Your videos are good keep it up! Subscribed 😊🎉 would love to chat to you on FB! X

Also, cheers, you just set off my alexa at volume 10 when everyone is sleeping and it's not connected to WiFi and did a whole speech about how she's not connected to WiFi 😂😂

Hi again. So much that you have mentioned makes soooo much sense to me. I'm really trying not to build myself up for the benefits of medication because I know it's not a fix all. The best part about diving deep into ADHD is you realise that a LOT of people have a very similar experience in life. Which is weird when you think it's only you all your life. You've touched on it at times but you don't go into it too much which I completely understand, but I just know exactly what you're about to say when you talk about how hard it's been. This year has been the best and worst of my life. That part in the last video where you mentioned that now you feel you're actually living, rather than just thinking about what you could do, I can't wait for that tbh. I've been blown away at how aware the whole community is about themselves - especially tik tok. In terms of content, I guess I'd love to hear how you handle the transition, which you touched on. How to handle your individual way of doing things pre and post medication. I'm starting a new job soon with a lot of responsibility and although I tried to make no big life changes until I started treatment it just kinda happened. I'll basically be starting a job unmedicated and then 2 weeks in I'll start concerta xl. It's going to be fun 😂😭. Btw what's supply like now? Is it still as bad as it was?

These videos are great. Best I've watched - and I've watched hundreds 😂. I start concerta xl in a few weeks

The difference between long and short releases is that the long release .pi. ll. s. are highly engineered with micro-cavities to release the active-agent over time in the intestine. They can be of any dosage from 18mg to the higher do. se. s. I don't really know what you mean with the percentages

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Ohh my, ooh my......thank you so much. This is the realist and most comparsion personality i have watched in a very long time. i am in a similar position.....i was diagnosised march and prescriptes Elvanse (which work well but give me terrible anixety in weekly waves until i couldnt leave the house for few days (was 100% the tablets) so i stopped them and tried natural stuff like loins mane & L-Tryosine with jade oolong tea (has same ingredients) which was a game changer been feelong great, so few mths pass and my 6mth review is next wk, so i told my pyscharist what i went throu with the Elvanse (which was only 30mg) and she has prescipted Delmosart slow release 18mg for 2wks then 36mg for 2wks. i picked them up today and was really weary to try them but after watching your vids youce made me want to and cant thank you enough for being so honest amd hope your still doing as good as can be. i will go back to natural remedies if not a massive diff and maybe take when needed just in future BUT like you it the morning that are tough still and days doing nothing. SO again i think your a superstar for posting so candidly abt your journey. ❤😃😊 Cheers again. Keep On, Keep'in On #Knowledge & experimentimg to your own indiviual needs is the only way, as no one knows what except you how you feel really. ps the anxiety bit freaked me out that much and im not a drug novice lets just say. BIG LOVE

Wish you all the best ❤

In my experience eating and sleeping regularly and not drinking coffee does wonders with concerta

I'm on 18mg too and I can do anything and I feel great with just the music on

Concerta is underrated imo :D

Wait is 18mg "XL"?

Hey Cat Happened upon your meds journey vlogs. I was diagnosed in Nov last year after being undiagnosed for 60 yrs 🙈. Ive known pretty much all my life someghing wasnt quite right although i couldnt say exactly what ut was. All the finger pointing , name calling shame etc failed relationships yada yada. Its been interesting watching you go throught the ups and downs with the meds . They told me in Nov id have to wait about 7mnths due tk the shortages . So what im feeling now is alot of apprehension as opposed to having the meds straightaway so to speak. Ive been hyperfocussing on all the meds and their side effects and ha e been getfing myself in a state over them. Seeing you talk about yours triggers me , as i detest taking any medications due to past historionics with various meds such as pain meds etc so have always sought the natural route. Ive struggled moreso since c0nv1d with social anxiety and stress which seeing as i work for myself as a plumber that comws with its own stressors. Id get worked up about goung to do a small job which ive done thousands of times and it feels like im an apprentice on my 1st ever job. My HR wohld go through the roof and id make every excuae to myself not to fo to work. Id procrastinate over soo many things and id internalise eveeything over and over and id step away from doing things . Id need some milk for breakfast and bread for lunch and id go without for weeks even though it would take me 10mins to fo to the shop and get some. Seeing you experience alot of the side effects nausea headaches heart palps and overwhelm concerns me as i am suoer sensotive to meds . I feel i owe it to myself to at least try the meds to see what uts like to be a neurotypical. Im aware tbat the meds dont stop everything & my psychiatrist said meds only help about 25% and the rest is learning strategies. Being an empath as well i could feel all what you were experiencing expecially when you were all emotional & upset in the car. Ive heard the meds cause food supression and weight loss bit also anxiety . Ive run through every possible scenario of me taking the meds and how id actually feel before i took the 1st ones. I think similar to you about expecting tbat aha moment and that whoosh tk get up out of bed and get things done !! Thats was about 40yrs ago for me 😂 What has your sleep been ljke as im told the meds affect sleep quite bad? I find i have an elevated heart rate qhite alot due to stress and worry & hearing the meds cause that to rise concerns me as i dont wish to be on meds fkr that either! Im based in brighton and as an exercise i rang a couple of pharmacies to check out supply stocks of meds. One wasnf very helpful the ither was brilliant and told me they have reasonable stocks whixh is reassuring as much like you i dont wish to change meds during my trial as you mentjoned. Although im quite tech savvy the rhought of doung a vlog like you on here is very brave . So well done you 😊 Id like to do one myself but detest seeinv myself in the mirror let alone online for everyone to see. Id like tk do some vlogs to help older people like me whove been diagnised late in life. The other thing i come across alot on youtube is all those who do the videos etc about adhd all seem to work from home or in an office ! As i mentioned above i work as a plumber and that comes with its own set of rules ao doesnt fit into the IT sector of adhders as i call them. There are liads of us who work outside of an office environment that all the vloggers seem to think were based in an iffice and plough through lots of assignmnets emails etc. My job is aoo fat removed from that ao i can be stuck under a bath one moment and the next fixing a boiler jobs you cant step away from soo to speak you cant juat pull down the laptop lid . The benefit i guess is that every job is different and thats where the hyoerfocus comes in and probkem solving fiving me dopamine. But by the time i come home im burnt out and iver stimulated so can take the whole evening to decompress. Apologies i was in the zone there !! Anyways thanks for the honesty in your content , how does it affect your relationship dynamic with your bf im assuming hes a neuro typical! Keep the content coming as youre really good at explaining how yiyre feeling. Id be awful as im always struggling to find the right words to explain how im feeling to people who ask . Its like i get tongue tied and it all sounds gobbledegook and around the houses . Thanks for reading yhis post 😊

The ADHD emotional waves are truly rough, hopefully titration of the medication will level things out eventually. Hang on in there, and give your self lots of self-kindness. It does get better.

I’d love an update!

Still alive??

I'm really cautious about taking any medications, so thank you for this. I've just been prescribed Concerta 18mg.

my son just started at 18mg and has had no effect.

hello catherine, thanks for sharing your first journeys in ADHD medics, i have my concerta now right in front of me and searching for people's first uses, we would love to see how things is going now after a months... BTW, you are really beautiful🤗

Hi Catherine, great videos on your ADHD journey, thank you for sharing and well done for sticking with it and getting your diagnosis through the NHS, which is ridiculously slow. I've just been diagnosed at age 48 (and a half) and I'm waiting to receive my first prescription for ConcertaXL. Really excited to get started and see how they can help me with my symptoms. I'd be really interested to hear how your getting on now you've been on the meds for a couple of months, and the difference between the starting dose and an increased dose (if you did go up)? I hope you're able to keep posting, as you progress on your journey. All the best and good luck.

Hi Catherine. Thank you so much for posting about your experience with your ADHD medication. My daughter should be starting on medication soon and is feeling a bit nervous about it so it’s nice to see someone else’s experience. I know it can be different for everyone but it’s great that you’ve shared this and to get people taking more about ADHD, it’s different symptoms and how meditation can help. I hope you’re still getting on well with your meditation? 😁