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Medication and how it works remove filterStruggling right now remove filterIn a change remove filterClear all
Who it is written for
Someone I care about 2Me 2A practitioner 2
Where you are right now · Struggling right now
Getting ready for something 7Coping, mostly 6Struggling right now 2
On your own, or with someone
On my own 1Involves someone else 1
Theme · Medication and how it works
Systems for daily life 4When everything feels flat 4What ADHD actually is 4Your nervous system 2Medication and how it works 2Treatment and medication 2Your sense of time 2What you are actually defending 1Food, caffeine and fuel 1Feelings and focus 1Getting assessed and diagnosed 1Making it stick 1Reading, numbers and learning differences 1Obsessions and compulsions 1Remembering to do it 1Living with uncertainty 1When you use something to cope 1
When · In a change
Any ordinary day 16Under stress 7In a change 2

With many of these medicines the unpleasant part turns up on day one and the good part takes weeks. Knowing that in advance is most of what carries people across the gap.

The first fortnight can feel like a bad bargain, because it is one: you pay now for something that arrives later. Put a date in the diary two to four…

Twenty minutesMedication and how it worksMedical and treatmentQur’an 94:5

Treat the first fortnight as a stretch that needs contact rather than silence. Say plainly that things may feel worse before they feel better, and arrange to hear from the person during that window instead of after it.

This is when most people quietly stop. Somebody who has been warned experiences a rough two weeks as expected; somebody who has not experiences it as…

Twenty minutesMedication and how it worksMedical and treatmentQur’an 3:159

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