Does anyone else experience variation in what the effect of their meds feels like?
I’ve gradually increased my dose to 2 x 30 mg of slow release methylphenidat and have had a couple of days where I felt fantastic. Very focused but also calm and balanced. I had this very strong feeling of “really being myself” as in being able to use my full potential as a person.
Then I have some days where I barely notice anything and today I’ve mostly just felt jittery and a bit anxious. I can feel the stimulating effect on my body (higher heart rate) but without the mentally calming effect.
Yo, I’ve been on an antidepressant and (when I can get it filled, thanks America) a stimulant for 4+ years now. What you’re describing sounds to me like what I had when first getting on my stimulant. It was maybe three months of my doc telling it’ll balance out. And it did.
Nowadays I don’t feel any different but more stuff actually gets done. Projects get finished and I can avoid starting twelve new ones at once. I still feel different day to day because other things are different, amount of sleep, amount of caffeine, what I ate, etc. They all feed into the system that is your body.
If after a few months at the same dosage you’re still noticing swings like that and the rest of your life isn’t varying enough to change it, maybe a different med is the answer, not different dosage?
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