My question is just what the title says. I am new to being diagnosed and new to taking medication. The first one I tried made me extremely fatigued to the point I would sleep all night. Get up and do a little and want to go back to sleep again. Obviously this wasn’t the right med for me because it was hard for me to function because of exhaustion for no reason.
I am currently trying a new medication(beginning my third day) and am trying to figure out if it helps or not.
What things help you know a medication is somewhat successful for you in helping manage your ADHD?
What helps you know it is not working other than intolerable side effects?
Thanks. I am not looking for specific medication suggestions.Just looking for examples of how you can tell if medication is working or not for you and your ADHD.
This is all new to me, the diagnosis and medication part, not so much the ADHD that I have been living with for a lifetime.
For me, the first day I took adderall, the world changed. I stop struggling with where I left things, started to remember the things I needed to do when I got home without the help of an app, it was like a light switch had been flipped. Sadly, my blood pressure doesn’t like stimulants and I had to switch medications.
I have been on Strattera for many years now. Every now and then I find myself thinking it is not working and I decide to stop taking it and my life gets 10 times more difficult.
Obviously what happened to me may not be the typical scenario, as there are many different aspects of ADHD, but from my experience if in 21 to 30 days you do not see improvement on your ADHD symptoms, might be time to try a different one.