I'll try to keep this as short as I can.
Since my diagnosis of ADHD Inattentive Type (no hyperactivity) about 3 years ago, I've tried several different medications (Vyvanse, Adderal IR, Adderal XR, and Ritilin). The only ones that are helpful to me are Vyvanse and Adderal IR. For the last year or so, my tolerance to these grew quickly as I found that I metabolized (or something) these drugs very quickly. Vyvanse was only helpful for 5 hours, then 3, etc. My dose has been 70 mg of Vyvanse in the morning and 20 mg of Adderal IR in the afternoon.
For the last few months, the general effectiveness of them has completely diminished. For the last week, I've taken my regular doses and I've felt literally nothing as far as relief goes. I'm foggy headed, scatter brained and lost, and exhausted. I've taken week long breaks from these medications in the last year when my work life allowed it to try to "reset" my tolerance, but I was utterly miserable and unable to function the entire time and the benefits were short lived. I'm afraid I've reached the point where these medicines no longer work and I'm back at square one.
Have you dealt with something like this? Do I have any more options as far as medications go? Any help is much appreciated.
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- Trileptal 600 MG - Wellbutrin 100 MG - Saphris 5 MG
- Vyvanse 70 MG - Adderall 10 MG - Buspar 15 MG -
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