Now I’m going in for reevaluation and testing again soon. Probably to be put back on meds. So I’ve definitely gotten used to living with it untreated.

[–] odelik@lemmy.today 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This is probabaly largely due to the dosage.

Back in the 70s & 80s kids were, on-average, given 30mg instant release of Ritalin a day to start. These days they've cut that starting dose down to 5mg 2x a day for IR and the long acting is 10-20 once a day depending on the child's weight.

Dosage back then was also determined by severity of "undesired" symptoms instead of other factors like body mass and how well a lower starting dose is performing.

[–] femtech@midwest.social 2 points 7 months ago

Wow, my mom said the same thing, now I'm on Vyvanse.