noticed the same day
was able to persist at a non-fun task for an hour, like lolwut
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For me it was very obvious on day 1, both on Xaggatin (an offbrand concerta copy) and ritalin prolonged release. There was just a feeling of a bit more energy, clarity and drive - it was kinda how I felt on a really good day premeds, if I had a day where I was cheerful and excited about something, then the adhd symptoms weren't as bad as usual. On my meds, that's basically everyday now.
But I was on concerta for a while in between the other two, and found that they did very little for me. Even though Xaggatin and concerta are meant to be the same, and I was on the same dose, the concerta didn't really work for me at all (despite being more expensive!).
Picture an 4 way intersection.
For me every single car just went about their way all willy nilly like it was nothing.
Occasionally a semi hauling triple trailers flys through grinding every else to a halt when everyone is trying to get through.
There's no order, the lights don't work, and almost no one wants to yield.
The cars were ideas, things I saw, and things I needed to do. The semi is my latest hyper obsession. The non functional traffic lights were my ability to regulate my thoughts.
When I took my meds it was like the lights started working suddenly. At first they were really strict, one car at a time like a highway on ramp. But then things amped down a bit as I got more used to the meds. I even went up to 60mg atomoxetine from 40mg where I started as things ramped too close to chaos again.
I hope that made sense.