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My ADHD Medication Journey (Part 2)My ADHD Medication Journey (Part 2)
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Are you curious about how ADHD medication might work for you? Maybe you’ve already tried it? Or you’re happy with your prescription and it’s changed your life for the better? I’d love to hear from you.
My journey with ADHD medication (and ADHD and AuDHD) is still very much unfolding but here’s Part 2 of my evolving journey and some of the ways in which I’ve been using self-care practices as medication on days I can’t take it.
Both AND.
If you can take it daily, brilliant. If you’re not taking it at all, brilliant. We’re all different and this is purely my experience now (likely different to if I’d tried it decades ago).
I hope you’ll find it helpful and connect with (if you haven’t already) others to learn from their experiences too.
le grá (with love),
Eve
CHAPTERS
0:00 Considering ADHD medication and sharing personal experience
0:30 Podcast introduction and Eve’s background
4:47 Why it was time for an ADHD medication update
5:28 Starting medication and adjusting the dosage
6:05 Side effects and why I don’t take it every day
7:20 What medication changed about my daily life
8:59 Using the Feel. Love. Heal. framework
9:11 Movement, exercise and regulating ADHD symptoms
12:45 Accepting medication and letting go of shame
14:01 Community, neurodivergence and shared experiences
15:37 Reflecting on whether medication is right for you
17:01 Reflection and closing thoughts
LINKS
Will ADHD Medication Work for Me?
HASHTAGS
#adhdmedication
#adhdsupport
#selfcareforadhd
FULL TRANSCRIPT
Are you curious about whether ADHD medication might work for you? I’m not a pharmacist, I’m not a psychiatrist, but I shared my initial eight days diary of medication last year (Episode 69: Will ADHD Medication Work for Me?), and there’ll be a link to that episode in the show notes, and that was the very early days, and I realised that it was probably due an update.
If you’re a trauma survivor and AuDHDer like me, or you simply find self-care more of a “should” than a joy, this podcast is for you.
I’m Eve Menezes Cunningham, a trauma therapist, AuDHD and self-care coach, senior accredited supervisor, columnist and author of 365 Ways to Feel Better: Self-Care Ideas for Embodied Wellbeing.
Each Tuesday I share a mix of solo episodes and conversations with other self-care professionals. From other therapists, coaches, yoga teachers and authors to neuroscientists and medical professionals, many of them neurodivergent themselves and all honest enough to share the gap between their own ideal and their ACTUAL self-care.
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Are you curious about whether ADHD medication might work for you?
I’m not a pharmacist, I’m not a psychiatrist, but I shared my initial eight days diary of medication last year, and there’ll be a link to that episode in the show notes, and that was the very early days, and I realised that it was probably due an update, because I’m recording this in February 2026, so it’s been a good while, and my relationship to medication has changed.
I was put on Tyvense, it’s a stimulant medication, aka Vyvanse,