I know I should be asking my doctor, but even though getting an appointment with a neurologist is free, it takes months where I live.
My problem is that I sometimes have severe pain in the stomach and abdomen. I have had acute Pancreatitis in the past and I fear it might become chronic (pancreas digesting itself).
Is this just a coincidence or does Methylphenidate damage my pancreas further?
Additional info:
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I was diagnosed with ADHD at age 6
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This is the first time I am taking medication
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Daily Dose is 30mg total (extended release 15mg and 15mg)
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I am not on any other medication
There’s no real physical reliance for ADHD meds, it’s used to treat symptoms of ADHD on an adhoc basis. You stop taking the meds, you instantly go back to the way you were before.
When I spoke to the psychiatrist they actually recommended I skip doses if I ever felt I didn’t need it that day. My GP also told me to stop taking the meds immediately when I had high BP.
If OP is suffering from severe pain then they should stop taking it, and at least speak to a pharmacist to get their opinion if getting a doctor’s appointment is going to take a while.
I just want to clarify that this may be true for amphetamine based adhd meds specifically. Non-amphetamine adhd meds sometimes require that you don’t go off them cold turkey because of risk to your liver.
I just had a week without meds and it was horrible, but it’s just because I had forgotten how bad it was without meds