Back in high school when I was able to use my parent’s insurance, I was on Strattera. But the generic version is, like, six times more expensive than Ritalin, so I’m thinking about trying something new.
@ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling We have this insane notion that doctors prescribe medicines and evaluate results instead of self medicating
In France we have methylphenidate, so we take that, I was taking Ritalin but they were out, so I tried medikinet and it works the same except it’s actually in stock 🤷 I wish I could try other stuff see if it works better :(
I’m on generic Adderall, XR and instant release. My doctor started me on just the instant release for like a month to see how it went, and it was ok but the crash/comedown was rough (headaches mostly!). She then put me on just the XR which kinda worked but was far less effective. Now I take a combo, and it avoids the problems with each individual med.
I take a 10mg XR and 5mg instant in the morning, and then around lunch I take another 5mg instant. It’s been like 11 months of that combo and it’s still working well, though I do tend to not take it on weekends which might be helping avoid tolerances going up too quickly!
My insurance pays for most of it, I think 30 days for each is like $10 or $20 total.
I tried every damn one of them and then tried some of them again.
cost plus drugs give me 90 day supply for about $45 of strattera without insurance, I’ve been using that since my health insurance has a carve out for mental health…
Came here to say the same thing.
I think your link is broken
Weird, here’s the direct link without the formatting:
D-amphetamine salt combo. Stimulant.
Tried several meds beforehand, many just made me nauseated or straight-up didn’t work, so my doc prescribed me “generic adderall”.
Changed my entire life. No longer fucking stuff up (as much lol) or living in filth. I have a memory now. I have energy. I get out of bed now and don’t uncontrollably fall asleep sporadically throughout the day anymore. I have the courage to try new things. My anxiety is at all-time low.
I don’t have insurance and a months supply costs me around 35$ - 40$ with a goodRX coupon. I have a wonderful pharmacy that doesn’t treat me like a criminal, and I’m so thankful and happy.
Been on meds for 10+ years now!
Vyvanse, which now has a generic but can still be pricey, is a “pro-drug” that your body metabolizes and turns into dextroamphetamine.
I’ve found that dextroamphetamine worked much better for me than normal amphetamine salts. Adderall was very helpful for me and has a mix of the dextro and the normal, but 100% sec was better.
But furthermore, the vyvanse has a nice gradual onset and offset and allowed me to get a strong dose through the middle of the day without the crash of being super irritable that I’d get as adderall wore off.
Took the one stimulant that was approved for adults (there’s 2 now).
I’ll stop being unhelpful now.
Ritalin, lowest dose.
I started with Ritalin in elementary school, went to Concerta during high school, and went back to Ritalin during and after college.
I thought I was supposed to feel the medication being active, so when my body would adjust to my current dosage after a few months and I stopped feeling it I thought I needed to have the dosage upped again a few times. At a certain point, when on Concerta, I noticed it was causing problems for me and dropped my dosage down and stopped entirely for a few years.
Taking low dose Ritalin with a meal in the morning is the way to go so it slowly activates through the day, this has been sufficient for a while now for me. As by doing it this way I was able to get through college and it now helps me excel in the workplace. I hope this helps!
You can give input but ultimately you don’t get to pick them…your prescriber picks them
Husband with a wife and three children. They are all on different medications. Two have the same doctor. They all started on something else. One went up on dosage. One burned through dosages until they hit a limit and we had to change. One takes one type of medicine. the other takes 3 in the morning, one in the afternoon, and one in the evening. Two of them we had to get genetic testing to understand what would work best.
I guess I say all that to say your prescriber and you have to work together and you need to listen to your body and your mind on what’s working. What is different when you take something? We had one drug that ended up making one of them have short term memory issues, another one had strange joint pain, all rare side effects.
Know that there are a lot of options but you do have to sometimes work through them.
Genetic testing? Never heard of that one before
I had this done too, went through a company called Genesight, though mine covered all different categories of meds, not just ADHD. I got on a good medicine for anxiety, it works wonders. I highly recommend getting tested, it cuts down on the testing
It was to understand which medication might have lingering effects and which ones might metabolize too quickly. It was specifically focused on ADHD medication.
Genesight?
I grow it, marijuana is the ultimate medicine
I also grow cannabis and it is sure as fuck not an effective treatment for ADHD.
That’s fucking ridiculous.
Where do you people get this shit?
Works for me
Dude, thats not even a stimulant. You’d be better of self-medicating with mountain dew.
Sounds like youve never tried
With the help of a doctor and a long time trial and erroring
Amphetamines all the way, for a good 25 years now. Started on dexedrine initially, now I’m on generic Adderall (amphetamine salts + dexedrine).
Time release messes with me so I just take the straight shit.
Anything else I’ve tried just makes me feel “medicated.” Amphetamines make me feel like a normal person.
Did some experimenting Freshman year of high school and wound up with Ritalin because the side effects were the most bearable.
Went through 5 different meds before finding one that worked, that’s how. Not a fun experience.
Mostly just talk to your doc, tell them your concerns about your current meds, all that jazz. They’ll generally set you on the right path.
Adderall worked best of the meds I’d tried. Unfortunately it’s a massive pain in the ass to get
