Day 2 & 3

Oops missed a couple of days.

The problem with ADHD and the cycle of starting medication is that for the first week, you only take 1 pill per day at the lowest dosage and 30 minutes before eating.  Since I am trying to train my body with regards to timing that will coincide with my teaching day, I am taking my pill between 6 and 6:30 am.  No big deal, right?

Ummm.....Wrong. - I'm on school holidays for Thanksgiving.  Do I really want to be waking up at 6am to take a pill then stay awake 30 minutes to eat?  Ummm....that would be a big fat NO!  But alas, I am doing it. Here's the other problem.  By the time I get truly going on one of my outstanding projects, the meds have worn off and I am distracted again. UGH!

Current side effects:  No significant side effects seen yet.  The dosage is so low, I don't feel it kick in.  I'm just suddenly able to maintain focus and at the end of the cycle, I suddenly can't maintain focus.  I have noticed the lack of appetite that others have seen while the medication is in effect.  Looking forward to being medicated 2 times per day.  Might finally drop below my plateau weight.  BONUS!

Trying to figure out next steps career-wise and academically.  Since I lost the job that I spent the last year and a half working towards, I've fallen back to the substitute pool.  Not a problem, I think I can be kept pretty busy until a permanent position can be found.  I just hope that I can be seen for the excellent elementary teacher that I was and not for the failed special education teacher that I tried to be. After the holidays, I will look into finding a different school and transferring my education.  I don't like leaving this unfinished.  Too much in my life has been left incomplete due to ADHD.

Enough on that for now.

TTFN