When did you notice your generic Adderall was no longer working? For me it was sometime late 2023/2024. It’s crazy that it’s been 3 years since the FDA has done an inspection. Something is really off…
I’d like to preface by stating a few things:
1.) We are new parents with a beautiful sweet 12 month old baby currently teething. We love her very much. She’s also very high maintenance (requires lots of attention, everything seems difficult & cries & whines quite a bit). Will leave you very drained. We really don’t have a village either.
2.) I am newly a stay at home mom & take care of our baby the most. He watches her before work on the days he works late shift & after for about 2 hours on the days he works the either shift. He works from home & also gives me a break midday most days during lunch break.
3.) Cooking is my thing. I’m not great at a lot of things- but cooking, I am. He comments on how he loves my cooking & misses it since I haven’t been able to cook dinner every night like I used to, due to the demands of our baby.
4.) We are still in survival mode & it’s still tough to meet our basic needs ( sleep deprivation, tough having time to eat enough some days even).
5.) I’m still breastfeeding/ pumping full time & recovering from PPD & PPA.
6.) I’m currently feeling flu-ish.
7.) I do all the cooking, all the grocery shopping, all the laundry, 90% of the cleaning & 90% of the appt & activity setting/planning.
Tonight I made a dinner that took over an hour to cook, while multitasking paying attention to our daughter & prepping for the next day. I serve dinner in which I thought was absolutely delicious but he said he didn’t like it because it has goat cheese in it & he doesn’t like goat cheese. He refused to eat it & said he’s ordering out.
This really hurt my feelings & also struck a nerve in me. Husbands, is this something you’d say to your wife?
*edit: I didn’t know he didn’t like goat cheese.
Have any of you breastfed while on your Adderall medication? I have pretty severe ADD & my medicine has been vital for my mental health. I need it to be stable & be a good mom. I have a beautiful 10 month old baby girl & I have been breastfeeding her/pumping. I also give her formula here & there.
I’ve felt guilt & worry about taking my medicine while breastfeeding. I had to get off XR & switch to IR & reduce my dose by almost 1/2. I now take 15mg in the morning & another dose of 10mg in the afternoon some days & have a small coffee or tea. I also am a coffee lover & need it to function. I do stay within about 300mg of caffeine a day.
I breastfeed in the morning then pump my other breast & then take my medicine. I wait about 4.75-6hrs before feeding her again to make sure as much of the medicine & caffeine is out of my system.
Other than some reflux which is improving & some fussiness which improves with certain activities like being in nature or good engaging playtime- she’s a healthy, happy baby. She does move a lot, but idk if this is normal baby behavior. She twitches in her sleep a lot & moves her feet a bunch. She sleeps well & eats very well though.
I do feel guilt & worry that I may be impacting her by having my medicine & coffee, but I figured a healthy mama is better for her. Has anyone been on their medicine & had coffee & breastfed a healthy baby?