I’m on lisdex in the morning and Dex in the afternoon, for the past 4 months since my late diagnosis (I mean im in my 20s lol).
I take medication on work days only and work as a psychologist.
I’m struggling with anxiety at the end of my day and I can’t figure out why or what to do. I do plan to raise this again with my own therapist (I know the irony of all this but therapists are human too!). I’m hoping others have advice based on their experiences…
Here’s what I’ve noticed:
- Work is now easier and I’m motivated and enjoying it more than ever.
- Home is not easier. It’s harder than work now because of this.
- Plus the stimulant crash doesn’t help, I’m starting to correlate home with anxiety and fatigue plus the pressure of gym/cooking etc. Which is so much harder without the medication to help with motivation.
- I’m not sure if medication is for me as hard as that is to say. It does worry me that I can’t bring myself to take one work day off medication to give it a try. I just don’t want work to be so hard again.
- I’m providing the best care I’ve ever given to my clients and this shows in their improvements, so I worry for this reason too
- I don’t take it on my days off though and I feel totally fine.
I’m wondering if anyone else has had this experience? Is this straight up just anxiety as a side effect of the medication or is this more underlying and an outcome of the comparison of being on vs off the medication?
I’m not asking for medical advice of course.
I know it’s different for everyone but I’m really at a loss… I’ve never been an anxious person and my mental health was pretty much always great. It worries me that these feelings are coming along with the introduction of meds 😞