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Feeling like shit with meds (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by srestegosaurio@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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Basically the title.

Brief background information

After having tried all sorts of Elvanse (lisdexamfetamine) dosages (30, 50 and 70 mg) and noticing nothing at all, I've got prescribed with Medikinet 20 mg (Methylphenidate).

The thing

I don't think I can properly articulate the experience in English, but I'm going to try anyway.

I noticed that, shortly after taking them, I start to feel as if I was on the verge of having a panic attack (maybe that's a bit dramatic, IDK if I experienced one of those ever anyway). I become incredibly stressed, but for not apparent reason. Not only that, but I could not rationalize the source of my stress/discomfort.

It is an excruciating feeling. Thankfully, it does not last more than a couple of hours. Also, while going through it, I feel tired, exhausted even.

It is weird, very weird.

Trying to relax is futile, the same goes for breathing exercises, distractions etc…

Does anything here make any sense to you?

P.D: Thanks for reading this incomprehensible wall of text, I am currently in this shity state.

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Figuring out the right meds will likely involve some that don't work or have side effects. Do you have the same excruciating feeling from both of those meds?

I tried some other ones first, and there was a range of one that made me feel comlletely apathetic about literally everything. Like I just didn't care about anything at all. Not deprrssion, just detatchment. Another made me angry at everything.

In my case, the methylphenidate was the one that made me feel in control of myself. Thoughts were still coming in on a whim, but I could focus long enough to do something with it. Massive improvement to my life, but I kinda tweeked a bit for the first hour and it seemed to wear off lpetty darn fast. Tried out several dosages and settled ln 20. Tried the sustained release (SR) and Extended Release (ER) versions and out of all of the stuff the 20 ER methylphenidate was the one that I can take which lasts for like 8 or so hours with no jittery feeling and I can focus on what I want to during that time. SR is ok, but doesn't last as long for me.

If you are taking the standard dosage, I recommend seeing if you can try out the SR or ER versions. They use different methods of slowing down how fast the medicine is dispersed and one may work better than the other. It could also be the dosage or even the wrong medicine for you. But the slower release meds gave me no jittery feeling compared to the regular kind.

Also, if you are ingesting other stimulants including coffee, tea, or energy drinks they can affect how you feel on the meds. For me coffee + non ER dosages were not a great feeling. I do drink coffee with the ER version and don't have any side effects.