Hi comrades,

I am from germany and the healthcare here is disastrous. No matter how hard I try I can’t get a psychiatrist, even if I sit down with social workers for days on end calling every doctor in my surrounding area. However my adhd is very bad. Without medication I can’t get a job again, my flat looks like shit and I can’t cook proper meals. Without my wife I’d be on the streets due to my ADHD.

So I thought I’d apply the concept of diy-ing your medication for harm reduction from the trans community and apply it to my ADHD. Here is the beginning of my journey:

The only thing that ever worked for me back when I had a doctor was 70mg elvanse. This is a pretty strong stimmulant. This could only be matched by other street stimulants. This is a bad idea because they are expensive and WILL kill you. I tried to take bupropion which is an antidepressant the GP in Germany can perscribe. It can help with adhd and has pretty little side effects. This did nothing.

I often read that alot of adhd people (including me) drink alot of coffee. Caffeine is one of the few legal stimulants even though it is not strong. Because I don’t want to drink 4-8 cups of coffee every day I ordered caffeine pills. Yesterday I took 2 of them, which amounts to a dosage of 400mg, which is the maximum safe amount for an adult. Surprisingly I didn’t shake or sweat like I do when j drink way to much coffee. I just existed but felt human. I finally could do something so I wrote and finished a DND one-shot. I could have never done something before. Today I only took one pill (200mg) and have similar effects, so I won’t be taking 2 anymore.

Now the problem of tolerance will arise, which means I will have to take breaks for idk how long. I would love to hear tips on that.

I postet this to get tips on how I can improve my methodology and for other people to realize they can try other things if they can’t get medication from the state.

Solidarity <33