Newly diagnosed with ADHD and now on Ritalin [View all]
So, here I am, a 40-year old well accomplished educated woman, a newly diagnosed ADHDer with the combination of hyperactivity and inattention.
Just started Ritalin this morning - 10 mg. Within a short 30 minutes, a huge headache on the right side of my head, right above my jaw, began. It has now subsided.
My second dose will be coming at noon (I am in the PDT timezone).
Subtle changes: I am more focused and I have been reading whole paragraphs instead of skipping through and skimming. My head - which I described to the psychiatrist as watching a TV that changes channels regularly but I can't find the remote - is much clearer, less 'noisy' and buzzy. I'm still tired a bit, but I don't feel like I have to take a nap by 10 a.m. I'm not hyper (curiously stimulants have an opposite effect on ADHD people), just more clear headed and less distracted.
Hopefully, I can regain some sense of knowing who I am and be on the road to being and accepting me as I am.
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