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

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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[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

My first time taking ritalin was WILD, then it really slowed down and my heart beat stopped being crazy so it could be just your body having to adapt to the medication

[–] pantherina 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So you just took the same dose the next day?

Your body doesnt get used to that, the only method it has for this is tolerance.

So if you just take big amounts every day, tolerance may make it seem as if it was less. Still you have possibly too much in your blood...

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yup took the same dose 🤷 I have increased it twice ever since too

[–] pantherina 1 points 2 months ago

Yes because you build up a tolerance 😅 still, increasing the dose increases the stress on your body, what it needs to digest, and possibly more.