Is the rollback causing issues with federation? I've noticed a comment I made on a lemmy.world community doesn't show up if I go look at it locally, and I see comments on my post locally at lemmy.world that I can't see from yiffit
One thing that I found helpful is to break chores into smaller tasks, and track everything on a whiteboard we keep in a place I walk by often. Then set timers throughout the day to go check the board when they go off. It has also helped me to color code things on it with lots of different markers. Going to go check things off the board always feels nice. Just don't fall into the pitfall of adding too much to it at once. I did better slowly adding more tasks to it over a period of weeks
I have slight nausea after eating a meal, but my apatite has actually increased compared to when I was taking Adderall alone. Other than that I had some light to mild testicular pain for the first week for an hour or so a day. I don't really get the pain anymore though moving towards the third week. I'm only on 18mg though for now, but I'm hopeful I won't run into any of the really adverse side effects that force a lot of people off of it.
Started combined medication therapy
I've been having good results and just wanted to share how my changed treatment plan has already been having a big impact on me.
Two weeks ago my doctor reduced my Adderall xr dose and started me on Strattera (Atomoxetine) at the same time.
While on just Adderall my hyper-fixation was getting way worse to the point it was affecting people around me, and I was skipping eating and even sleeping to do whatever I was hyper-fixating on.
Once Strattera was added on after about a week my hyper-fixations have been drastically reduced, but more than that I've been having a lot of hard to describe positive effects, like its easier to think. I have an easier time stopping before I say something and thinking about the consequences or if my emotions are appropriate, and the best part are that the effects last all day and night and into the next day.
Strattera does nothing for my crippling lack of motivation to do things, but with both Adderall and Strattera I've been getting significant relief from symptoms that Adderall didn't solve alone.
Adderall makes me want to do things, but as my dose went up, I felt more emotionally 'muted', but also anxious at the same time, and each dosage increase of Adderall made my hyper-fixation worse and worse, and my interest in things I used to like went down, I started isolating myself socially.
Strattera has started to make me feel calm, collected, and in control of myself in a way that I've never felt in my entire life.
My girlfriend says I'm more present and attentive than ever before. My house is so clean now - I'm getting projects done at a rate no one that knows me would believe if I told them, and its so much easier to think that it makes me want to cry. I used to have so much trouble using the voice in my head, or verbally describing my feelings to people. I used to struggle so much to follow people in conversations before without repeating the words they were saying to me out-loud. Now its like I can hold information in my head now and move it around and act on it.
At my dosage I'm not getting anywhere near full relief from my symptoms, but with both medications I'm getting relief from the full range of symptoms I have by a noticeable amount, and it has me so excited for further dosage increases. I'm very encouraged by the knowledge that Strattera usually increases in effectiveness over longer periods of time.
I also want to add that before this, when I started Adderall treatment in February, I've been making a Herculean effort to build organization tools and strategies for myself, like a whiteboard with a weekly schedule on it and a ton of other useful information I need to go about my day and whatever project I'm working on, but Strattera has made it so much easier to follow now.
I cut caffeine out cold turkey when I started medication a few months ago. Now I only have it once a week and only a small cup, but I also take my medication later that day.
I was contemplating if I should go down, but I'm still struggling. The last two weeks have been kind of rough as far as how effective the medication seems and my doctor has slowly been moving me up 5-10 mg a month
They've got me on 30mg xr every day, right now I've been experiencing very dry mouth, nausea when I eat, loss of appetite, and I don't really feel tired anymore. (I can still sleep just fine, but losing out on the cue of feeling tired makes it easy to blow way past bed time for me.)
Dealing with Adderall side effects and tolerance
I've been struggling recently with increasing side effects and reduced effectiveness with my Adderall treatment. For those of you on stimulants do the side effects even subside?
Also, how long did it take you to get to a dosage where you found the balance between tolerance and functionality
I'm 27, and I've recently been diagnosed with ADHD a few months ago. When I first met with my psychiatrist I told them that I suspect I might have ADHD, and I told them why. There was a few appointments. I had to go through several evaluations where I answered a bunch of questions and they watched me closely when I was in. Then they interviewed my family to ask about my history and how I acted growing up, and then they started me on stimulant treatment. All in all it took me two months before they started medicating me.
Just make sure you're seeing the right doctor for the right treatment. As far as I understand, a therapist can help you with cope with ADHD by helping you find ways to form habits to overcome your symptoms. a psychiatrist will help diagnose you officially and work with you to find a medication to help mitigate your symptoms.
For me they put me on Adderall and it has been completely life changing, but I've been told my case is pretty severe. (For context, my Dr. doesn't like to treat people with stimulants first, and usually tries to treat for depression or other conditions that have symptom overlap with ADHD first, but he moved me to stimulants after interviewing my family.)
As amazing as treatment has been so far though, as they've been slowly increasing my dosage, the side effects are a bit rough, the medication wears off later in the day causing a crash - especially when I first started the come down was rough, and after about 3 weeks started to lose effectiveness, and no matter how much they've increased my dose it has not been as effective as it was in those first three weeks. (Tolerance seems to be building fast for me :< )
Holy crap. Duplicity is what I've been missing my entire life. Thank you for this.