u/Phantompoint

Yesterday I went to sleep pretty late and I was exhausted. This morning my neighbor made some knocking noise for very long time (not sure what caused it), which woke me up very early in the morning. I only had about 5 hours of sleep, which is not a very good for an ADHD brain. I decided not to go back to sleep and took Vyvanse as usual. It worked for a while but things started to get REALLY boring at 3, I am not talking about work, but there is a sense of emptiness, tiredness and a genuine feeling of boredom clump together and hit me out of nowhere. I don't like this feeling. I am not sure if this is something people experience when they are on their meds without enough sleep. If so, how do you guys deal with it? Do you drink coffee to boost the effect of the meds?

I am currently in Vyvanse 20mg and I was wondering do people jiggle between dosage? Like taking 20mg daily and take 30mg on tough days like for an exam or for a big work project for like a week and then go back to 20mg. I am just wondering is this something that people would do? Or people just stick with what they have? I’m pretty new to ADHD meds so I apologize if this is a stupid question. Thanks!

Hi guys, recently diagnosed 30m here. I think some of you guys might have experienced problem with recalling memory when needed. It doesn’t necessarily need to be about work, it could be something like the name of a well known Hollywood star or a famous scientist you want to quote in your argument/conversation.

I have always had this problem when I was a kid. I have problems recalling lyrics or like the next word of the song, my brain would go completely blank, nothing, and I will get anxious because the information I need is not there. It’s like the other day I was watching a stream (It’s about a guy interviewing a lot of OF models and ask them simple questions to prove they have no idea about the world), one of the questions was “who painted Mona Lisa”, my stupid brain went “Oh, that’s easy, it’s Leonardo DiCaprio. No wait… that’s the actor… wait so who painted Mona Lisa?” My brain went blank, trying to search for the right answer until I gave up about 15 minutes later and searched for the answer. Another occasion is when I was talking about Wednesday the Netflix series with my friend and I couldn’t recall the actress who played Wednesday (Jenna Ortega). I usually have the face of the person in my mind, but I simply cannot recall the name or the information I need to show the other person that I know it.

For those who experienced and are experiencing this, how do you deal with this? Are there any techniques to overcome this? I could’ve winged it when I was a kid, but as I grow older I realize people judge a lot, the moment I couldn’t recall a memory and just stand there, I looked pretty dumb. I read somewhere on this sub that meds might help but it might not, I’m talking Vyvanse 20mg for like a few weeks but the problem doesn’t seem to be going away. Feel free to share your experience.