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Wellbutrin: felt easier to start tasks without waiting for motivation to hit, gave me headaches
Atomoxetine (Strattera): after a month felt a little less distracted, affected my mood and killed the sex drive, I was too irritable and had problems with relationships.
Methylphenidate (Ritalin): helped me stay awake and a bit less distracted, gave me a rash so I couldn’t take it longer or higher doses to see if taking more would make any difference
Lisdexamfetamine (Vyvanse): improved focus, kept me awake for 16 hours at a time, kills appetite, dries the throat, causes sweating, makes me want to go to the bathroom more often, makes me feel stressed a bit, tenses muscles in the head a bit too. The least worst out of them all so far, I’m trying to channel how I feel while on it to act more focused on the days when I’m not taking it, and it seems to help a bit.
Most difference for all of them I’ve noticed after I’ve stopped taking them, suddenly realizing that though while taking them it felt like they only helped a tiny bit, it was actually noticeably harder to do things without them.
Still, Lisdexamfetamine was the only one immediately noticeable, just need to watch myself and make sure to get more showers, remember to hydrate and to eat properly, to take it early in the morning and to force myself to sleep on time (didn’t learn how to do that yet though)
I'm considering just going med-less for this reason. There were times in my life without medication when i was perfectly productive, e.g in teenagehood, and shortly before i started titration i feel like i got well into my productivity groove because i started implementing systems for keeping myself in check. Exactly like you say here, the meds feel like a small difference at the time and a big difference later - i don't want to convince myself that i need them to function at work.
Thank you for sharing these details