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Medication lasting 8h, not 3 or 14? (self.adhd)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by pantherina to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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Hey, first day with Elvanse!

Was pretty crazy, and tbh 30mg are also too much for me. I find it crazy that this is the standard dose people get.

I had 110+ BPM (If my Mi Band 8 is reliable), slight nausea, 0% appetite etc.

I used Modafinil before to cope with my (then unknown) ADHD and there I took ¼ pill, so also really little.

I prefer to be in control, and this was a lot!

The pills are not delayed (retarded??) and a possible consumption way is powdering over a Joghurt etc.

So I will firstly just try 10mg, maybe 15 or 20. I have a pretty good body awareness, that should be enough.

But still, that stuff lasts 14h+ ! That is intense, longer than a lot of other drugs, even LSD.

This also means that my evening today was kinda gone, because I was so exhausted, like in my brain, a pretty strange feeling.

The alternative, Medikinet, lasts 2-3h which is kind of a joke.

Is there something that lasts 8h? A whole work day would be way better.

Why are 3 comments deleted?

I didnt find anything in the modlog, while my other post was removed as it links to Mastodon.

I find this pretty bad, because deduplicating writing effort is not sustainable

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[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago (7 children)

For me Straterra lasts about 10-12 hours which is just about perfect. Unfortunately though for me the longer I take it the shorter that time slot becomes until I up the dosage again.

I've been taking it for about 18 months and it's down to just about 8 hours for me now and for those 8 it's still okay on effectiveness though I feel it could be a bit higher.

Basically when I up my dosage it works great for awhile then kinda starts winding down a bit.

[–] pantherina 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Interesting! That is an atypical treatment, isnt it? It is a norepinephrine-reuptake-inhibitor, unlike others that act on Dopamine.

Why did you get this instead of the typically associated meds?

It could be interesting to switch (for people that really cant take pauses) between this and Amphetamines (acting on Dopamine) to avoid a tolerance.

Another person told me Adderal would last equally long, while that works on Dopamine.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's commonly prescribed for ADHD, my doctor wanted to try non-stimulant based meds first because of my extensive history of substance abuse and also because of my diagnosis with anxiety and PTSD.