ADHD Meds Week 1 Log
Day 2 - 30/8/24 10am: 1 Pill taken
- Noticeable crash in energy around 3pm
- Slight headache towards 3 that got more intense after 3
- Psychosomatic rise in energy when taking medication (anticipatory reaction?)
- After ~1 hour noticeable increase in ability to focus. Reduction in brain fog and brain noise (?).
Day 3 - 31/8/24 10:28am: 1 Pill + HRT (Both)
- Struggled to finish breakfast in one go (appetite suppression?). Was playing video games so was distracted eating, but even when stopped playing there was a lack of appetite and felt a bit like forced feeding.
- ~12:53pm noticed sharp drop in energy when sitting down.
- 3:39pm 65kg
- 6:09pm 110/81/81 | 117/83/75
- Noticed appetite suppression throughout the day and into dinner somewhat
Day 4: 9:46am: 1 Pill + Estrogen
- 9:46am before medication: 131/86/83 | 127/84/85 | 66kg
- Salmon, 2 boiled Egg, Rice for breakfast ~30min before
- Med effects much less. Crash less noticeable. Protein does indeed seem to help (suggested by MANY reddit posts xd)
Day 5: 10:45am: 1 Pill (HRT earlier)
- Breakfast eaten just before taking medication (2 eggs and some rice, still low appetite though)
- 1:51pm: feel fine :) mostly working on computer all day
- 4:15pm: slight dizziness
Day 6: ???? Entry didn't save? Had Salmon and rice. Ate med during meal.
- 10:39pm: 64.75kg
Day 7: 1056am 1 Pill during meal (salmon and rice)
- 10:42am before meds: 115/96/90 | 119/89/86 | 117/80/96
- Last few days, not sure what insomnia is meant to feel like, but during bedtime it felt like the sleep signals were... dampened? usually if I'm tired its really strong and I can put my phone away and fall asleep, but right now it takes a lot longer for that instant sleep phase to hit.
- 12:27pm: 118/80/100 | 120/80/97 | 117/81/105
- 4:48pm: 64kg 127/84/90 | 123/83/83
Summary/Conclusion/Notes (idk):
- Meds definitely doing something
- Protein helps ALOT with side effects: crash much less noticeable
- Possible impact on sleep... but my sleep and sleep hygiene/discipline is generally bad so hard to tell
- Day 7 heart rate really weird. Admittedly Day 6 and 7 I was playing a semi-intense shooter so idk. But yeh usually my heart isn't that crazy for that long in the game...
- Some slight brain fog (recently, but noticeable on Day 7). Might be lifestyle, might be sleep, might be meds idk
- Also HRT changes may have triggered a period which didn't help :)