Thread: Hypoactivity
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Old Jan 12, 2018, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Nocalove View Post
Not sure if this has anything to do with the topic but I just was started on a medication for ADHD that sedates me. Is this something like hypo?
The medication is generic Intuniv.
Thanks for your interest.

I do not know?

I have no experience with taking Intuniv.

I have read that taking ADHD medication (type of medication not specified) can cause hypoactivity.

I am more ADHD-PI, (some hyperactive symptoms but not enough to for me meet criteria for ADHD-Combined diagnoses)

I take methylphenidate SR, and on the medication bottle label given by the pharmacists, there is a warning that medication may cause drowsyness. (I do not think the pharmacists knows my exact ADHD diagnosis?)

But I have never experienced drowsyness/hypoactivity when I take medication, even when my doctor had me try taking higher than daily recommended dosage.

I was wondering if people who are more ADHD-PH/I, may be more likely to experience hypoactivity when taking medication, especially at to high of a dosage, but that only a guess?

I have experienced primarily hypoactive/inattentive symptoms all my life before diagnosis and now when I do not take medication.

In other words, I take medication to relieve my hypoactivity symptoms.

I will ask my doctor and pharmacist.

Very interesting question.




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Last edited by Umpulsive; Jan 12, 2018 at 07:26 PM.