As suggested myself and encouraged by the doc, I’ll take a fraction of a normal dose to check it out first. He signed off on any dose that is lower than the one he prescribed (30 mg in the morning), and the capsules are intended for opening and dissolving in liquid.
So, I’m very sensitive. Low dose opioids for a cough give me euphoria, and when I tried Modafinil, 1/4 of a pill (2 pills is normal!) turned out to be just right for me.
On one hand, I could really use the full productivity boost tomorrow, which would mean trying 1/4 of 30 mg, 7.5 mg. On the other hand, safer would be 1/8th again as it was with Modafinil. Then again, 1/4 of the Modafinil dose was “bearable”, it was not intense suffering.
Trying 1/8th in the morning and another 1/8th at noon if the effect is really as low as a cup of coffee could also be an option, with the risk of losing sleep. I tend towards that option.
Some of the worst hours of my life were on the minimum dose Venlafaxine (and many report that), so I’m careful.
What do you think? Doing the super-low 1/10th test at 4 pm would still take away my sleep, right?
Remember that sleep is extremely important for everyone, especially us neurodivergent folks. I would not recommend taking any stimulant past noon. Hell, I struggle with sleep as it is and I take my ADHD medication at 6 AM.
I have a feeling that you’ll adjust quickly and need to up your dosage to get any effect. I find that my body adapts very quickly to medications, especially stimulants. Unfortunately, that means building a tolerance over time and requiring either a long break or upping my dosage.
I’m not a doctor, so I can’t give you advice on dosage. I just wonder how you’ll measure it.
I’m not on any medication yet so can’t really compare. But where do you stand on caffeine? I guess it’s technically also a stimulant but since it doesn’t seem to have any effects on me I sometimes drink some in the evening for the taste. And it doesn’t alter my sleep/tiredness at all
The evidence that I’m aware of suggests that we with ADHD process caffeine differently, but it still has an effect on the brain which can affect one’s sleep. I drink caffeine in the morning because it helps me calm down and focus while I wait for the medication to kick in.
30mg seems to be the initial dose for adults and children source. So you could start af low af you want, but you might need to increase dosage over time to get any effect.
If your doc signed off on any dosage below 30 and you are afraid of a strong reaction, you could start as low as 10 or 5mg, but most ækel wouldn’t experience much.
If you have several capsules you could start very low and increase until you fell an effect.
Do not exceed the doctors recommendations and give each dose a day or two (you ingest a given dosage for one or two days) to affect you.
I am not a doctor, so stick to what doc says, but the smallest dose of Elvanse I could five was 20mg as a maintenance dose.
Thanks! I’ll play it safe and would rather start with 5 than 10 mg.
4 pm is too late to take and stimulants.
Take a low dose and wait at least 40 minutes for the effects to fully kick in and feel if it’s a good dose for you. Take more if the effects are too weak.
If you redose at noon, you will mostly extend the duration, not increase the effects.
This is a question for your pharmacist; they should be happy to help if you give them a call.
Not trying to be rude, but it’s a bad idea to take medical advice from people on the Internet.
OP has established that they are being safe and working within their docs guidelines.
They asked random people on the Internet for dosage advice when there is professional advice available for free.
Why not use informed free advice instead of dubious free advice? How is that responsible?
