ME/CFS
Outcome unclear
ME/CFS fatigue, tried Adderall and pseudoephedrine to stay awake longer
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Jan 2023
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
i am on low dose adderall for the same reasons with no adhd. it sometimes helps relieve fatigue
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Summary
Spruce 73840, a Reddit user in r/cfs, takes a low-dose prescribed Adderall daily to try to stay awake longer than ten hours a day; it sometimes relieves fatigue but cannot keep them up on a bad day. They also took large amounts of pseudoephedrine for a couple of months while trying to finish a single college class; it helped at first, then caused heart racing and insomnia, and they never finished the class.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- adderall · Helped
i'm on a low dose of prescribed daily adderall to try to keep me awake for longer than ten hours a day, which works sometimes
In context ↗ - pseudoephedrine · Worse
it helped at first, but pretty quickly it was obviously just trying to explode my heart and i was too exhausted to do anything yet completely unable to sleep
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Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| — | onset of ME/CFS, date not giveni am on low dose adderall for the same reasons with no adhdIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2023-01-17 | still on daily low-dose Adderall, which helps only sometimesi'm on a low dose of prescribed daily adderall to try to keep me awake for longer than ten hours a day, which works sometimesIn context ↗ | Mild |
Adverse events
- Pseudoephedrine (Sudafed)“i did take a fuckload of pseudoephedrine for a couple months ... it helped at first, but pretty quickly it was obviously just trying to explode my heart” In context ↗ Heart rhythm problems
- Pseudoephedrine (Sudafed)“i was too exhausted to do anything yet completely unable to sleep” In context ↗ Insomnia from treatment
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Sleep problems
it sometimes helps relieve fatigue and can help me sleep less
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