Hi, a few weeks ago I had an ADHD assessment and it transpires that I have ADD as well as the autism. There is treatment for ADD and I wrote about how excited I was to be offered something which I anticipated to be a life-changing drug, I said that I would post regularly to talk about how it was affecting me, I am aware that I often have expectations of things which are rarely borne out with actual experience and I am sad to report that the same is true of the Lisdexamphetamine (30mg) I started taking yesterday. I can honestly say that I felt no noticeable difference.which was extremely disappointing as I was wiring up a slightly complicated electrical circuit of the type I have done enough times to be confident in my ability to do a safe job-I should add here that I check everything at least 30 times before I turn on the power! On this occasion however, my brain seems to have given up on me and although I had designed the circuit and cut all of the wires I got it into my head that there was a step I had not taken which was crucial but could not remember what it might have been. -I'll cut to the chase-my brain simply could not make sense of the wires and I had to disconnect it all and reconnect it to check but I have lost confidence as well so I repeated the disconnect/reconnect cycle 3 times but am still not confident enough to turn on the power because my mind goes to mush whenever I try to plot it out in my mind-I have to be able to generate a picture of what I am attempting to comprehend on occasions such as this.
This is a situation where I thought the ADD Med's would come to my aid but no, I do feel deflated and foolish-not to mention extremely embarrassed and perplexed by my inability to complete the electrical work.
I have another appointment booked for the 14th of May so I'll see what alternatives there are, I am inclined not to take any more of the Lisdexamphetamine for now.
