This is a vent/rant post along with a mini question.

I started medication for ADHD this year. First I tried adderall, and it made me feel maybe 1% more productive at 60mg. I swapped to vyvance and am now at 60mg, and it’s been a game changer. I’m able to actually start completing tasks.

I have found it’s so easy now to start a task. I don’t think “To do this task, I need all these things and need to prep for this task.” I just get up and do it.

It’s so easy to get out of bed now. It’s so easy to brush my teeth and wash my face. It’s so easy to clean my room and my fish tank. It’s so easy to start assignments and study for school. I don’t need extra help to understand school concepts now because my mind is paying attention to the words I’m reading, rather than not comprehending anything I’m reading and just assuming I understand it.

The only thing is, it’s still a little difficult to me to do another task after I complete a larger task first. For example, the other day I cleaned my fish tank. It took 3 hours, and then when I was done, I could not study. I couldn’t even comprehend any information I was reading for school. It’s like my “focus battery” ran out. When I was trying to study, all I was thinking was how I should make a new planner because I want one with flowers, and how I need to make a few appointments, and how I should put those appointments into my planner once I finish making one with flowers, so before I can even make an appointment I need to make a new planner. It was a whole rabbit hole and I spent an hour “studying” when that is all I was thinking about when reading and writing my course material. This is still not as bad as before medication, however, I still would love to be able to stay focused on something after I complete a task that needs a lot of focus.

Anyone else feel like they have a “focus battery” on vyvance? Does anyone have any tips on how I can battle this?