u/Safe_Ant8701

Context: 29 M. 190 lbs

Have inattentive ADHD. Was on Vyvanse for like 7 years throughout high school and college. Was life changing. Worked really well, until I started to get bad side effects.

Been off of it for 5 years…been doing OK and have been managing OK, and feel like my ADHD has improved a lot. But I still have symptoms.

Last year I got a new psychiatrist and tried Wellbutrin XR, which was rough and had a lot of side effects. My new psychiatrist wants me to try Strattera as he is hesitant to prescribe stimulants for long term use. He didn’t rule it out, but wants me to try Strattera first as apparently he’s had other patients have success with it.

Most of what I read here is really negative. For those who have taken Vyvanse previously, how does straterra compare? In terms of how it feels, etc.?

Doc wants me to start on 25 mg

Management consultant here spend most of my day in PowerPoint and excel. Would you recommend a 27’ or 32’ monitor for home office? Or even a 34’?

Sharing a success story.

Been on 300-400 mg a day for a long time. Only side effects I’ve had are mild fatigue and very mild brain fog/spacy feeling.

Overall, this medication has worked better for me than any other SSRI or anti depressant, in terms of boosting my mood and lessening my anxiety. For what reason, I don’t know …

For those that have taken other stimulant medications like Vyvanse, how does straterra compare? In terms of how it feels and what brain receptors it works on??

I used to take Vyvanse for 5 years and have been off medication for a while….how different is straterra?

Most of what I see and read about copilot is negative. And honestly, compared to my experience using Claude and ChatGpt in my personal life, using Copilot premium in my workplace has been disappointing.

I have been spending a lot of time learning how to build out notebooks and agents for my workflows, and have seen some improvement in my output. Still, I have not seen anything anywhere near the same level as Claude.

I am a non-engineer and a non-technical person, so maybe that's part of it. It can't really be this bad can it? I have to be missing something? Has anyone been able to actually see a significant positive impact in using copilot at work? Like deeply using it for your workflows in their work at Accenture?

It feels like for every good context or piece of work you establish in copilot, you have to copy and paste it into a reference document to save it as a good example, whereas in Claude and chat gpt, it just naturally pulls context from other chats.

For those that take 5-htp, what does it feel like to you? How would you describe it?

If you could describe how gabapentin makes you feel when you take it, how would you describe it?

Do Copilo notebooks work similarly to Claude projects in the sense that it can automatically pull memory / context from other chats from within the same notebook? With Claude projects, sometimes it will automatically remember a good example of something I established in another chat from within that project….

Or is this different? Do I have to manually reference the particular chat / page / or rule/example that I established in the other chat?

I have to install the Okta verify app on my iPhone for sign-in purposes for a work account/login/workforce identity.

I’ve had to have similar things on my iPhone before at previous companies such as Microsoft Authenticator, etc.

Does having the Okta verify app on my phone mean it will/can spy on my personal data, activity, data, and apps on my phone? Can it access/spy on my other apps, text messages, etc.?

28M. Single. 120k salary. Take home after all deductions/taxes/HSA, etc. is gonna be about $6600 a month. I realize it’s solid, but this doesn’t feel like what it used to be for this area. Really regret not trying to get another $10k added on to my offer.

How far can this salary take me in this area, in terms of renting a 1 bedroom apartment in a nice area, other living expenses, and still being able to hopefully save/invest as much as possible, ideally ~2k a month for some kind of down payment for a property at some point…?

No debt but will likely need to get a new car in the next 12 months as well. Only ~35k in savings currently as my career got off to a late start.

I understand rents for a 1 bedroom will be somewhere around $2300-2600 minimum (probably $2600-2700 total with all fees, etc.)…A studio, maybe $200 less.

My main concern is just having close to 40-50% of my income go towards rent when things are all said and done.

Expect to (presuming I don’t get laid off) be on this salary for at least the next 1-1.5 yrs without any meaningful promotions or raises/changing jobs, etc…

Most of what I see and read about copilot is negative. And honestly, compared to my experience using Claude and ChatGpt in my personal life, using Copilot premium in my workplace has been disappointing.

I have been spending a lot of time learning how to build out notebooks and agents for my workflows, and have seen some improvement in my output. Still, I have not seen anything anywhere near the same level as Claude.

I am a non-engineer and a non-technical person, so maybe that's part of it. It can't really be this bad can it? I have to be missing something? Has anyone been able to actually see a significant positive impact in using copilot at work? Like deeply using it for your workflows?

Do any of ya’ll walk a lot with the pro max in short pockets, etc.? If so, is it manageable? Or it is just way too heavy/bulky?

I currently have the 17 pro and do like the fact that I can keep it in my pocket if I want…but desperately want to the pro max for other reasons

Within days of taking it, my eyes start to get red and irritated. Not like in an allergic reaction kind of way, but just irritated. Itchy, burning, scratchy feeling in eyes.

It goes away when I stop taking it

Do you find it makes it more or less?

Does anyone here take a low dose of gabapentin (100 mg - 300 mg) with an ADHD medication or stimulant such as Vyvanse or Wellbutrin?

Is there any huge red flags to taking both of these at the same time? I’m referring only to prescribed stuff btw, not recreational.

Am I the only one who can’t get copilot to format shapes and text boxes in PowerPoint for me?

Every time I use copilot in PowerPoint, and instruct it to format the shapes and text boxes for me (e.g. evenly space, etc.) it can’t do it. I have tried multiple different prompts etc.

It always offers to give me a new document. No, I want it formatted in the slide. Can copilot really not handle this. Claude connectors in PowerPoint that I use in my personal life can do this. It’s astonishing copilot can’t, or maybe I am just missing something…?

Every time I use copilot in PowerPoint, and instruct it to format the shapes and text boxes for me (e.g. evenly space, etc.) it can’t do it. I have tried multiple different prompts etc.

It always offers to give me a new document. No, I want it formatted in the slide. Can copilot really not handle this. Claude connectors in PowerPoint that I use in my personal life can do this. It’s astonishing copilot can’t, or maybe I am just missing something…?

Anyone else have severe eye irritation? I’ve tried this and times, and each time, within several days, my eyes become very irritated.

Many of you know this but it really hits hard.