Anyway, the pregabalin really helps with masking the headaches (other painkillers don't seem to help) and also help with the anxiety. I'd go as far as saying the pregab makes life livable. This was reinforced when I came off it for a month. The headaches/pressure behind my eyes and the level of anxiety without is extremely high. That's the only reason I take it daily.
I'm glad you're one of those who actually gets health benefits from pregabalin without the downsides (horrible withdrawal). Happy for you considering that's some fairly serious health issues that'd affect your quality of life otherwise.
You're right, I've got an adult ADHD diagnosis. I was offered adderall or concerta. Looking back I reckon I made the wrong choice. It's actually on my to do list... to try and get it changed, as it worsens my headaches. I had my eye on dexedrine but I know I have to be careful about how I go about asking for a swap of medication. Luckily I have never disclosed any drug or alcohol abuse to any GPs or specialists at the mental health team.
You cannot get Adderall on the NHS so guessing you saw a private specialist? I don't recommend Adderall simply because you will need to get it on private scripts only, the NHS will not give it to you because it's not an approved NHS medication. The pharmacy will then need to get it specially imported just for you since scripts are so rare. As a result you will end up paying at least £500 for one script. I've heard of the cost being closer to a grand for higher doses.
Dexedrine is the one you want. The NHS prescribe it and it's the same as Adderall except without the levoamph so it has much less physical stimulation but much more mental stimulation. Because it's an isolated isomer of amphetamine it's actually more potent mer milligram than Adderall. There is no Dexedrine brand anymore though, it's now either Auden generics or Amfexa.
If you are worried about what you ask for, stick to time release meds, so assuming you don't see that specialist anymore, literally just say to your NHS GP the Concerta is causing you side effects and you've researched them to find lots of other people have the same problems on Concerta and say Elvanse is much better. And mention it is a time release med.
That honestly shouldn't be a problem, just a routine switch from one time release ADHD med to another.
I'd even say that asking for dex shouldn't be a problem either, but you want to have tried Elvanse first, that's the NICE guidelines. Concerta > Elvanse > dexamphetamine.
But hey you might end up liking the Elvanse, it is a good medication, I just personally found the time release to be unpredictable since it's a prodrug rather than a traditional time release tablet so how quickly it's metabolised into dex depends on a million things about your body that day. But already we've seen our bodies are very different in how they handle drugs so it could be no problem for you.
Got access to some Bensedin diaz at the minute but the kid wants £20 for a box of 28 which is outrageous since I know for a fact he is only paying a tenner for them..
Paying a tenner at
most. He obviously bought a fair few boxes so probably got a discount for the bulk. See if he'll take £15 though I'd say that's a fair deal.
Wish I had some weed... hopefully just a couple days till some arrives magically in the post.
