Everytime dexamphetamine kicks I want to do something lol
But the effectiveness of each dose only lasts a couple of hours (which is why I take it the times a day, & why long active options exist though they don't work for me).
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I'd love to get back into writing line I did a decade ago, but I can never find the right topic. Or find the actual motivation. The desire is there, I *want* to... but I flounder in actually trying to do anything.
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This is probably a stupid question, but have you talked to your doctor about your medication not being as effective as it could be? You deserve to be happy.
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The dose was recently increased. The effectiveness being so short is pretty normal for most instant release ADHD medications. It's just the nature of the chemicals, amphetamine derivatives & the like.
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Dang. Hopefully once I jump through the necessary hoops and get the ADHD I've suspected I've had for decades diagnosed, they'll put me on an extended-release form. The one time a friend offered me an Adderall back in 2011 was the only time I've ever felt truly "normal".
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Adderall, which we don't get in Australia afaik, comes in a commonly available (in US) extended release form. There's also extended release form of Ritalin, & a modified release of dexamphetamine called lysdexamphetamine. I think Strattera (atomoxetine) is longer acting too?
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Thank you for all the information! It's very helpful to know beforehand, as there are still a couple of months yet before I can get diagnosed. I wonder why some countries have certain medications available but not others. That seems weird. o_O
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There's lots of reasons, ranging from differing medical opinions, to legal, to financial. I think for Adderall, as a dexamphetamine derivative, it's seen as an unnecessary duplication of what dex (& the long acting lisdexamphetamine) itself already does. Dex is seen as suitable
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Also ADHD medications and therapies in Aus are often treated punitively. All the stimulant meds are "Schedule 8", same as illegal recreational drugs. A lot of hurdles for psychiatrists to be speed to prescribe them at all, let alone the restrictions on who they can prescribe to
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It seems that in a few circles of the upper medical community (who make some policies) ADHD is seen as "fake". Actual science disagrees, so we ended up with this heavily biased & discriminatory system, that seems to allow access to medications, but makes it really difficult.
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Sounds like Sweden. Sought an ADHD diagnosis, was self-medicating with booze to "slow down" my brain, so the ADHD/Autism program referred me to addiction counseling. I asked if they'd considered that people self-medicate due to not getting the help they need. No real answer.
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While I was admittedly drinking to excess, it was not, nor was it ever, anything like alcoholism. If it was, it would have been way harder to just drop drinking like a hot potato, and just have maybe a beer or three with coworkers on a Friday.
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Then there's the fact that the guy who does my biweekly blood draws at the clinic is himself a nicotine addict. He failed to see the irony when I pointed it out.
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