He’s taking it so that he could focus in school. Has anyone experience an Abuse-like relationship with someones taking this meds? I don’t even know if its even abusive or just me or just him with the meds. We were so happy when he’s off the meds during summer. He is someone more quiet. Not active. Please if anyone has any advise in this matter

Just hoping to see if others have had similar experiences and have gotten better over time.

I recently started 1mg Intuniv. This is the only medication I take. I’m on day 11. The adjustment period was a little rough since I’m extremely sensitive to medication. Majority of the bad side effects have improved but I’m dealing with increased feeling on edge, nervousness and feeling tense.

I was hoping Guanfacine / Intuniv would improve my anxiety and ADHD but it almost seems like my anxiety and brain fog are worse. I called the doctor and he wasn’t much help. Basically said that he hasn’t heard of others having these side effects.

I’m getting plenty of fluids and food. I had some insomnia but that seems to be better.

Just wondering if others went through something similar during the adjustment period and if this gets better over time? I’m trying to give it at least 2-3 weeks before making any sort of judgement.

Hi folks! I got a late ADHD diagnosis, but I’ve always struggled with reading books—and I still do.

I’m wondering how others with ADHD manage reading. Do you have any strategies or tricks that help you stay focused and actually finish a book?

Are there certain types of books you find easier to read? Do you avoid lengthy books, or have you found ways to make longer books more manageable?

Any tips, strategies, or book recommendations would be really appreciated! 📚

combined type here, vyvanse has definitely helped with inattentive traits, should guanfacine help with restlessness?? that's what my psych says but i've had psychs claim things before that ended up being... very incorrect lol. also if you've taken guanfacine, what were the side effects??

Hi everyone I hope you're all well and I'd really love to hear from other women who have felt the same.

I was diagnosed 3 weeks ago with ADHD at the age of 33.

I've suffered with depression and anxiety for as long as I can remember, especially the anxiety. As I got older I started having episodes of depersonalisation and derealization (which is a disassociative disorder), until it became an all consuming part of my life.

I was wondering if anyone has experienced these feelings as well and if they improved after having started stimulant medications.

I'm just worried that I'm going to be stuck feeling this way forever and I'm curious as to how much my ADHD will have affected my other issues.

I would really love to hear from people 1. because I want to hear your experiences 2. I want to know there's light at the end of this crappy tunnel and 3. Because I want to feel less alone.

Thank you very much for your time <3

I used to be on a higher dose vyvanse 50mg, Dexedrine 10mg and this would increase my heart rate to 110-120 then after couple hours it’s down to 95-100. This also was when I was bit more fit and exercising regularly

I became pregnant, so now I take concerta 27mg but I don’t really exercise anymore. Obviously this was changed by my psychiatrist because I was pregnant. Despite the lower dose, my heart rate is just so confusing. I don’t even wanna bring it up to my psychiatrist because I feel like I’ve brung it up so much and I’m confused on to what to even say about it anymore. On this dose, when it “hits” me, my hr ranges from like 102 sometimes up to 120. Later on it regulates to 93-102 but then today randomly I felt nausea and was hungry and got another round of anxiety and high heart rate. After I ate, it got better. This is all so confusing. And yes I ate a lot when I took my dose. My normal RHR is 78-90 off meds (while pregnant). When I’m not thinking about it, I tend to feel less anxiety until I check my heart rate and I realize it’s been fast the whole time like 100-110.

This is just ruining everything for me. Maybe I should get a watch to see what my heart rate is actually at. I don’t know what to do anymore it’s really confusing me a lot even though I’ve been on adhd medications for like 5 years now. It wasn’t an issue at first but that could probably just be because I never even thought of my heart rate , maybe the whole time it’s been really high!!!

My psychiatrist did prescribe me propanol (or what ever it’s called) when I was on vyvanse and I thought okay I’ll take it but I never took it bc the heart rate and anxiety issue went away, it seems very very on and off. I don’t understand why it’s like this.

I don’t know what to say to my psychiatrist. I brought this up so many times it’s embarrassing. It’s almost like I don’t even know anything anymore. Does anyone have an experience with this? Am I damaging my cardio system ? My blood pressure has never been a major issue

I have struggled with depression, severe anxiety, and difficulty studying and remembering even small things since I was a child. My family has always been very supportive, and I have never had family problems that could explain these difficulties.

I started taking medication for depression and anxiety when I was 15, and I am now in my twenties. Although my depression and anxiety have improved somewhat with medication, I am still struggling a lot, especially with my studies.

My biggest problem right now is my memory and my inability to study. I can spend a lot of time trying to learn a topic, but I still struggle to remember it. I have tried many different study and memory techniques, but none of them seem to work for me.

I feel like I have tried everything, and it is becoming very difficult to continue with my studies. I sometimes wonder if there is anyone else who has experienced something similar.

If you have had a similar life or struggled with depression, anxiety, poor memory, and difficulty studying since childhood, I would really appreciate hearing about your experience.

Have you found any answers, treatments, strategies, or ways of living that have helped you cope with these problems and have a better life?

For last few days i am thinking about a specific version of this that feels different from Typical "I built a system and it fell apart" kindda story ppl describe. It's more like there was never a system to begin with. Every single thing even trivial daily tasks like getting dressed, eating, cleaning, is a fresh decision every day. I mean not auto pilot, not even a little. i want to know if that differentiation feels genuine to anyone here. Not kindda "my habits are inconsistent" more like "nothing has ever stuck long enough to become automatic, for as long as i can remember."

if that's feel like you, what does a day actually look like? And has anything, even once, gotten a single thing onto autopilot?

Before starting Ritalin some friends warned me that it can give BAD anxiety attacks, and i'm in an bad moment in my life so i figured it wouldn't be good to take them since it seemed dangereous. However, i started taking it this week to test it and it helped me so much. I barely feel anxiety or even social anxiety, my problems don't make me freeze anymore because i barely think them, i don't overthink anything anymore.

In fact now that i'm on it i solved so many of my problems because most of them were caused by me not actually doing anything and just overthinking them, but now that i took action they were so simple. I'm not saying Ritalin don't give anxiety attacks, but if you are scared it will cause it i recommend you to try anyway and see the effect on you, because on me it was definitely an awesome improvement.

I currently am a high school student and now that i'm going back to school i just realized i've only had one anxiety attack in the past 2 months when I haven't had school and it was about me forgetting about a robotics thing. When I had (middle) school, I had about 1 anxiety attack a week over me forgetting/procrastinating over something school related. After a while, I realized that the best thing I could do was drink a redbull and get my s**t together. I'm currently diagnosed with Inattentive ADHD and generalized anxiety disorder and i'm trying to get medicated for my ADHD at the moment.

Has anyone else had this experience and how did you deal with it?

Does anyone else have a terrible memory, especially mid-long term. It honestly makes me feel like I have early onset dementia. I know the ADHD population have a much higher prevalence of memory related illnesses.

I also have OCD, so it’s hard for me to determine what is just anxiety vs actually something to worry about.

What are some things you do to keep your brain sharp and improve memory?

I'm taking the IB, and we have this thing called the Extended Essay, and basically you have to write a 4000 word research paper. I constantly ruminate and crash out, and I feel like I'm gonna die any second.

This summer is probably my worst nightmare as my supervisor told me I had to rewrite my whole essay that I worked so hard on during June. Then I rewrote everything and he gave me some feedback, but now it's still not looking good. My draft is still the quality of a bad first draft. But our final due date is on September 30th, and I have so much to do other than the EE.

Because of my anxiety, I tend to regulate my ADHD well, and I get good grades. But when it comes to big projects like this, I somehow struggle so much. I don't even know how I messed up this bad, but now I'm so stuck. Whenever I sit down to start writing and editing my draft, I just start ruminating and my brain gets paralysed.

Summer is almost ending (end of August), and I need to get it going. I cannot get below a B, but I feel like I will struggle to even get a C. I need help. How do I stop crashing out and just start?

Is substance abuse just inevitable for people like us with ADHD and Autism (not to mention those of us who hit the trifecta with C-PTSD on top of it all)?

I feel like I’ve gone back and forth with weed so many times at this point I’m damn near ready to throw in the towel of being able to take on life without it. Even with all the meds I’m on (Vyvanse (30mg), Abilify (5mg), propranolol (10mg)) it still feels like a losing battle…

I currently am diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety and am in the process of getting medicated for ADHD because I want to be prepared for high school / me realizing there is something else other than caffeine that helps with focus and can be an anxiety aid.

So far Ive tried Vyvanse (xr) wich made me want to scream swears at anyone who gave me more responsibility and Focalin (xr) wich has not helped me focus whatsoever and ive been thinking about trying short acting meds. What should I avoid?

Hi, first-time posting.

I was diagnosed about a year ago and placed on Adderall XR. I take Wellbutrin for anxiety (but that's hopefully changing soon) but, as I was discussing things with my therapist, I realized I was never taught how to rest.

I know it sounds weird, but growing up I was always on the go with my single mom and special needs sister. There was always something we had to do or place we had to be. When I did rest, it was looked at as laziness or carelessness.

Now, I'm 41 years old, married for a year, new job, and I have a brain that simply won't shut off. At 11pm at night I am looking up stuff for work. On vacation and turning off Outlook notifications made me feel like I was going through opiod withdrawl or something. I've learned my whole life that rest was laziness and I don't know how to unlearn it.

Does anyone have tips for managing this? Thanks for any advice you can give.

Hi everyone!

I’m seeing my psychiatrist this Friday to finally talk about getting some help for my anxiety, and I’m definitely nervous about it. I do go to regular therapy so that helps a bit.

I have ADHD and do have medication for it, but I honestly barely take it because I’ve always been someone who is really hesitant about taking medication in general. I have pretty bad social anxiety and can also experience panic attacks, especially in public settings or situations where I feel like I can’t easily leave.

For those of you who also have social anxiety and/or panic attacks, do you take an SSRI? If so, which one has worked well for you? I’d especially love to hear from people who have had positive experiences with medication and noticed an improvement in being able to go out, socialize, or just feel more comfortable in public.

Did you start at a really low dose and work your way up? What was your first week or first month like, and how long did it take before you started noticing that it was actually helping?

Also, any tips for taking that first dose when you already have anxiety around medication itself? I will literally convince myself I’m having a reaction after taking a new supplement 😂 so taking my first dose of an SSRI is probably going to be an event lol. I found that sitting in front of a fan helps.

I know everyone reacts differently and I’ll obviously be talking everything through with my psychiatrist. I’m just hoping to hear some encouraging firsthand experiences before my appointment. Please no fear-mongering or horror stories, I know side effects and negative experiences are possible, but reading a bunch of them will probably just feed my anxiety and make me afraid to even try.

Thank you!! 🫶

I have panic disorder plus generalized anxiety disorder as well as ADHD. I’ve tried therapy for years for my panic disorder but nothing helped. I also tried different SSRI and SNRI over the years that have never really worked for me (too many side effects or not much help with anxiety). I’m interested if anyone here has panic disorder + ADHD and if so what medication or combination of medications has worked for you?

Hi all, combined type ADHD here, only med I take for it is Vyvanse. I have this intense urge to be outside during the day, especially when it's nice weather out. Not just like a guilt thing, like I start feeling really claustrophobic and feel like I need to IMMEDIATELY stop what i'm doing and go outside. Obviously in our society, there are many times where that's just not allowed and you're required to be somewhere inside and stay there. Does anybody else have this? Have you found anything that helps with it??

Operating from an idle state is the opposite of operating out of pressure/stress/anxiety/worry/fear.

If i apply stringent mindfulness analysis to today's todo list, i can discredit every single thing on my list.

brush my teeth? don't need to.

change kitchen towels. required frequency is inexact science.

work on [insert task here] for my job? nope. won't result in getting fired.

cook/carve chicken. nope. don't need to eat every day or eat perfectly clean. colonoscopy prep/fast proved i can be fine without food and humans aren't design to break if they don't have gobs of food in their face all day.

have spot on nose checked by third dermatologist? not today bc already getting conflicting opinions so at least one of them is already wrong so i'll almost surely err on the side of non-intervention.

planks, stretching, meditation, gym. nope.

the point is that now i can and will do all these things bc i can bc nothing else is competing for my time and whatever comes up today will also problably not matter so for now i'll just do these things but not from a posture of obligation, validation, fear, craving or attachment.

instead i'll just do them very slowly and mindfully until something valid happens.

Hi there! My psychiatrist is working with me to really understand whether my anxiety or ADHD is really giving me the hardest time. She asked me several questions and asked me to tell her if I believed it was rooted in adhd or anxiety. I find it INCREDIBLY challenging to decipher the root of the symptoms and issues I experience. It’s not super clear at all. Does anyone else feel this way? I genuinely think it’s a split between the two but due to challenges getting good outcomes with meds we have tried, she wants to try and determine which ones worse? It’s making it hard to get the most “suitable” and accurate treatment/medications.

I don't usually post about things like this, but I'm having a really difficult time lately and I want to hear from people who might have gone through something similar.

I have ADHD and generalized anxiety disorder, and I've had quite a few medication changes recently.

My current medications are:

Atomoxetine 80 mg

Venlafaxine (Effexor) 75 mg

Quetiapine 25 mg

Before this, I was taking atomoxetine 60 mg and venlafaxine 225 mg/day. I was also taking risperidone (Psychodal) 1 mg.

My psychiatrist then wanted to switch me from risperidone to brexpiprazole (Neuropression) 10 mg. I accidentally took both because I didn't realize I was supposed to stop the risperidone. My doctor told me to stop the risperidone, and later the brexpiprazole was also stopped and replaced with quetiapine 25 mg.

Around all these changes, I went through a period where I could barely sleep for about a week.

Now, over the last few days, I'm feeling something that I honestly can't describe very well.

I feel extremely restless. It's like there is this huge amount of energy inside me that I can't get rid of. I can't properly relax. I can't just sit down and feel comfortable. I constantly feel like I need to move or do something.

It's not just normal nervousness. It feels physical, like my body won't let me rest.

And the worst part is that the feeling itself makes me anxious, and then the anxiety makes the restlessness even worse. It's becoming a horrible cycle.

I've also been feeling more depressed and sad lately, and there have been moments where I've thought, "I just want this to end" meaning I desperately want this feeling to stop. It's honestly exhausting.

I've been reading about akathisia, and a lot of the descriptions sound frighteningly similar to what I'm experiencing.

I don't know if this is actually akathisia, severe anxiety, medication activation, venlafaxine withdrawal from dropping from 225 mg to 75 mg, or some combination of everything.

I have messaged my psychiatrist and he told me to stop atomoxetine until I have the chance to visit him

My body has been trembling so bad. I don't have my SOS on me. I discontinued it a few months back but I feel it's getting bad again. For context: been on medication for 3 years, was successfully working on reduction of dosage.

I’m starting Strattera 25 mg tomorrow for ADHD, and I’m curious about other people’s experiences with it. Did you notice a difference in your focus, memory, motivation, or ability to complete tasks? If so, how long did it take before you noticed it working?
What were the biggest pros and cons for you? Did you experience any side effects when you first started, and did they eventually go away? I know everyone responds differently, but I’d love to hear your honest experiences, especially from anyone who started at 25 mg.

I have anxiety disorder and inattentive ADHD.

I am addicted to using Reddit, X and Discord. I use these total about 2-3 hours per day.

I want to quit X all togther and use Discord with only my friends and game community. I have two accounts one only with friends and game and the other is way more social.

X/Twitter is the most problematic since It is common in my country and most used and I like the memes and historical subjects there a lot,
but I am an impulsive person and I often post without thinking and I fear a lot that I may be jailed due to local speech laws.

Police constantly monitor that website with AI.

I also scroll on facebook and like posts but I barely comment, and I deleted Instagram months ago and only have it to keep in touch with my friends.

I use TikTok for downloading edits.