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1. Don Romano 🍹 (thj@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jul-2019 01:39:00 EDT Don Romano 🍹

   ADHD medications 1/2

   The first medications I tried were Ritalin and Ritalin LA. They worked, but not reliably, and with too many side effects.

   I tried Vyvanse, but it didn't really have much of an effect on me, at least not at a dosage I had enough of until my next psychiatrist appointment.

   I returned to Ritalin and soon discovered that plain Ritalin was nicer to me than Ritalin LA, despite containing the same substance, so I'm just taking small but frequent doses of that now.

   1. Don Romano 🍹 (thj@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jul-2019 01:45:53 EDT Don Romano 🍹

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      ADHD medication 2/2

      Why small and frequent doses?

      Well...

      If my blood concentration gets too low, it doesn't work. If it gets too high, there are too many side effects.

      According to my plasma level simulator spreadsheet (which I have finally fine-tuned to the point where it always agrees with what I feel at any given half-hour of the day) I have to stay within a 12% range of blood levels to function optimally.

      You can't get that kind of precision unless you take it every 1.5 - 2 hours.