Generally some sort of meal replacement shake about 30 mins after the meds.

I have found that eating with the meds dilutes the effects for me, so waiting helps.

The meal replacement shake approach helps because I am generally not hungry by the time I remember to be having some food. Drinking it is easier than making myself eat.

Love it

The first thing that popped into my head when I put this on was indeed “Secret Agent Man” by Johnny Rivers 🤣

Haha, fair. He is only young still, gotta let him experiment

Thanks 😊

This is so dumb… the only migrants on UC must be refugees right? It must be simpler to use that process rather than having something separate to help them out.

Migrants on work and student and spouse visas are not allowed to claim any benefits, plus they pay an extra £2k+ per year in IHS (International Health Surcharge) fees to cover their use of the NHS (regardless of whether or not they work & pay tax).

But also, why is it so criminal to help people when they need it? It’s not even like UC is actually enough to live off or have some sort of lavish lifestyle.

He loves his meatballs 🤪

Haha yes 🤣🤣

There are always more pictures… I will put up some more today 😊

Im curious how he will turn out as he seems a bit lighter than the other fawn ones we have seen (that sometimes look a bit orange to me rather than a tan).

Oh yes 100%! He has two modes, chaos or potato. 😅😅

Yes I get that sometimes too! I like your explanation because I had been struggling to explain. I generally just need to sit in silence or something at that point and give myself space to readjust.

Definitely tell your doctor if you are feeling good and if the meds are lasting long enough for you right now. Speaking up for yourself is important to make sure you are getting what you need, not what someone else assumes you need.

You could always increase the dose later down the line if you need to.

I’ve been on Elvanse since around November of last year.

I was supposed to get titrated up to 60mg but when I got to 50 I felt… like the inside of me was just a black hole? I don’t really know how to describe it.

In the end I have settled at 40mg. Been on this for nearly 6 months now and don’t really have any problems. I did want to strike a balance between helping with ADHD and not going too far into light/noise sensitivity issues I found are worse when on meds, so it works for me :)

One thing to note though if you are a person who menstruates… I didn’t have periods for a while (due to my contraceptive), but as it’s nearing its end of life they have started coming back and let me just say that your hormones can really mess with how well the meds work. I’ve got an Amfexa top-up prescription for days I am really struggling, but other than those oddities it has been good so far :)

Very weird week.

Father in law passed at the beginning of the month and his funeral was this week. It’s been a terrible couple of months after we also lost our dog (my user-namesake) back in April.

On the flip side, we collected our new Iggy puppy, Devon, last Friday and he has been a gem. We even took him to the funeral.

On balance it was good, I’m still just a bit worried about my husband. I think he is okay but how do you know?

do your 40 hours then turn your brain off

🤣🤣 I wish

But logically you are correct it’s not like I’m going to earn more if I run myself into the ground.

The work itself is interesting in that there are new issues, questions or commercial options that people come up with more often than not. So the role itself I like, but the burnout bit…

For the last few months the number of things our rather small team has been asked to do has roughly doubled, so I am working longer hours and taking fewer breaks. I have been having dreams/nightmares about work, having anxiety when I’m not at work because I am thinking about things that haven’t been done, unable to sleep, appetite changes, frustration and snapping at my family, etc. I know I haven’t been in the best place mentally during this time. All of these things have clouded over the elements of the job I enjoy, because instead of being able to think about those or let my mind wander around to consider various options I am forced to make snap decisions and work on outputs instead of the thinking bits of the job.

My boss tries to support but he is under the same pressure and can’t do much about it. My coworkers are okay.

It feels important and I don’t know if that is the problem or not. Everything I do contributes to the top line of a large business but really my actions are a drop in the ocean of a vast and complex system and I am annoyed with myself for letting it get to me this much.

Is it? I feel like people think I know where I am going but it’s not that… I just don’t like feeling stuck

Even with meds I can get overwhelmed when there are too many competing goals and I know there isn’t enough time to get them all done. Too much energy is spent trying to mitigate the fallout from the ones that don’t work out.

This is really well put, good way to unravel some of that stuff going on in my head. Thanks

I agree, being forced to do something, or the monotony of daily life is a killer.

I’m not in the states, but definitely looking into options.

Best of luck

Yes… I know exactly what you mean!

I had tried to carve out a Lean/Process improvement role for myself but it didn’t work out.

Looks like I might get to move into M&A soon which would be good though, new stuff to learn and try and all that jazz.

Thanks for the insights !!