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.
Not sure of your situation, but hormones also have a pretty significant impact on med performance for women, so for me when I am like a week out from my period I am both way worse ADHD symptom-wise and my meds are less effective so that’s fun.
I came here to say this.
My doctor gives me a mixed script, 2 weeks 18mg, 2 weeks 27 mg, the higher dose being for the week before and the week of my period. I find on the first 2 days of my period I sometimes need even more (36 mg)
I’ve got some amfexa for my weeks, but to be totally honest I keep forgetting to take them so now I have like a weird stockpile of them 😅
I pack my meds in a weekly pill box with the days marked, so that I can see whether I’ve taken them (because who can remember what I did 5 minutes ago?). Anyway, that combines with a recurring task reminder every 2 weeks to change the dose, which I check before packing for the coming week. So far, it’s working for me 🤞
I have a weekly pillbox also, but I am not organised enough to set a reminder to take a booster in the afternoon on/before my period week.
Need someone that can do me an app or something that adds med changes to cycle tracking.