ADHD Medication - Stimulants vs. Nonstimulants

I started a nonstimulant 5 days ago and i swear i feel the difference. Not in attention or hyperactivity but in executive function that ive always had huge issues with. Yesterday i cooked myself dinner for the 3rd time this whole year. I don't eat things that require more than 2 minutes of preparation, so this was a huge step for me. I managed to start working in the early evening instead of pushing it to the last possible hour like i would do always. Attention is still scattered and i keep forgetting and losing things, but what the medication did so far is just priceless to me.

I am 41, I started atomoxetine 10mg (non-stimulant) a week ago. It turned down my emotional dysregulaton, my executive function is better. Today I went to grocery, cooked, did laundry, did dishes. Earlier this was one week of doing. Forgetfullness and hyperactivity stayed, but I am not anxious. I like this new me.

Decades of pharmaceutical battles/doctors, and you managed to explain it to me better in just a few minutes. Thank you!

Can absolutely tell this video is made by someone who has adhd, because the visual diagrams being consistently on screen are an absolute JOY lmao, really appreciate that touch makes it easy to stay engaged and not drift off into my own thoughts as often <3

❤️Tip for Stimulant users: I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD combined type and started taking 36mg Concerta … The Dr instructed me to follow a method called “Holiday Drug” which means that you pause the medication once or twice a week preferably on weekends where you would need it the least … I’m not saying that it makes all the side effects disappear but trust me it’s literally the golden rule to get the best out of it for as long as possible ✨ much love guys

I can't believe I could have been tested for compatible medicine rather than just going through every variant available!! With every new thing I find out about adhd related stuff I feel like I've always been so lied to by my doctors 😔😔

Can we just appreciate how perfect this video is? not only is she conveying important information but she also put so much effort into making a COOL and very creative video. I loved this so much and it shows how caring you are to your target audience. Kudos to you!

Holy crap, you can get TESTED for medication????? You blew my mind. I'm at the very start of getting a diagnosis, but wow. Thank you for this video, it helped a lot!

This actually explained a lot of things about concerta for me. When I was taking it I always did so after eating my breakfast (huge meal xD) and it sometimes felt like there wasn't much of a different after an hour and through out the day (when its supposed to start kicking in). However for whatever reason I had this idea to take the meds 1-2 hour before waking up. Meaning I'd set an alarm before the actual wake up alarm, take the meds then go back to sleep. The difference was literally day and night. not only I woke not tired as hell (something I always suffered from) but I felt the meds and it was amazing! Seeing this video made sense to why that made a difference. Thank you!

I credit my ADHD for giving me less comprehension of how to self care and do the little things that improve quality of life. Daily habbits, or values that I was sorely lacking until Ive come to learn them with some measure of difficulty over the years.

Thank you so much! Not only was this very timely for me (I have my first "let's discuss ADHD meds" appointment next week), but this is the first video of any kind in AGES that I haven't had to turn up the playback speed on in order to stay engaged. I watched the whole thing in one sitting without having to rewind sections due to tuning out! Your editing style and your lively speaking style are perfect for me, and I suspect for a large portion of your target audience.

She super casually dropped Pharmacogenetic Testing like it's common knowledge I am shook!! Also, great video!!!

I was on a nonstimulant for a while then my mom made me stop taking it and switched me to adderall which literally changed my life. For about a month I had the medication and it literally saved my life. Before I had no motivation or focus and once I started adderall I could finally focus and do my work. I’m 16 so still a minor and when I told my pediatrician it was helping me so much and I was finally happy and could go out and socialize without crippling social anxiety. I finally felt like I could be myself and I had some motivation I had never felt before and my grades started to improve. Upon hearing this I guess my pediatrician wasn’t a fan of how “dependent” I had become on it and decided to cut me back from 20mg to 5mg. I never had any sort of withdrawal or whatever you want to call it but the 5mg literally did nothing and when I told her this she said that we couldn’t up the dose because I was a minor and the 5mg was a normal dose for kids my age. I honestly don’t know what to do I finally had a good month after so many years of being unmotivated and sad and I feel like they just pulled the rug out from under me and put me back to square one I feel so defeated.

The video is so much ADHD friendly that i could watch it w/o pasuing

This was the most thorough overview of medications. Thank you. I've been on this journey for almost 8 years now and no psychiatrist or pharmacist has ever tried to explain the mechanics behind it to me

This is one of the more detailed but also simplified and well explained videos on ADHD meds that I've ran into. Thank you for investing time and effort into these videos! Well appreciated🙏

Thank you for creating this in a way that made me able to stay focused to it 😂 the editing, pop ups and pictures wouldn’t allow my brain to get distracted by anything else, I was constantly like “ooo what’s this popping up” and I was paying attention! Thanks to you I also have finally got a doctors appointment next week to move forward in getting a diagnosis (never would have thought of ADHD if I hadn’t come across your Twitter) and it feels like I’ve found a missing puzzle piece to why I am the way I am. Thank you.

This channel needs more subs. Very informative and well put together!

When I was a teenager I was on Adderall and Wellbutrin. The Wellbutrin helped counter the anxiety/depressive side affects of the Adderall. But my mother had my Dr take me off the Wellbutrin cold turkey saying I was too young to be depressed. (I was depressed) and my moods and emotions got thrown so off, that I just neglected to tell my mom I needed a refill. Once I became 18 I took myself off it completely. I definitely need ADHD medication, I'm just afraid of changing.

How is it that I’ve watched probably a dozen or two of these kinds of videos and this one managed to pack the most amount of helpful information in the shortest amount of time?