Adhd meds lower testosterone?

dinkle_berrg · 2015-10-23T10:33:01+00:00

Although other people might be able to give you good advice, it's probably best to consult with your doctor.

Just explain how you're feeling, and why you wanna try and drop the meds, and your doc will work with you to make dropping your meds the best experiment possible, and would only stop you in your very, very best interest. If you're 16 perhaps you can drive yourself so mom doesn't intervene, or just explain to your mom that this is important to you.

Other than that, try and do things that raise testosterone and see if they have an impact. Should they not, maybe that's when you go and talk to your doctor.

Oh_FuFu · 2015-10-23T11:29:10+00:00

That's what happens when you're drug dependent for most of your life...

Try to balance out your drug use, start lifting, eating more healthy, sleeping more efficiently, etc.

Try to go on without your meds. Yes I get you need it sometimes, I do too. But you don't need it all the time like for example to do normal everyday activities.

Apexk9 · 2015-10-23T13:52:49+00:00

Yes stop taking them (I'm not a doctor) the doctor isn't trying to cure you and med won't but they fuck with your brains chemicals and who knows what effects it can have on you when you're 70. There is no studies that deep.

Why did they diagnose you with add because you were a wild child? Like I was a fucking terror when I was a kid and I never paid attention to shit they would have probably made me take it if they had a chance.

beware_the_syllogism · 2015-10-23T14:17:12+00:00

Just recently came off of vyvanse (75mg dose). It was great the first few weeks and then I hit a pretty horrible wall. Have been on other adhd meds. I'm finding supplementing with a variety of minerals, staying hydrated, drinking tea, and practicing self control is a better long term strategy. I don't have that initial intensity of focus that meds give you but long term who knows what they will do.

throw_em_all · 2015-10-23T14:50:42+00:00

Did you consider maybe asking the doctor that prescribes that shit to you? Maybe make an appointment with an endocrinologist?

There's a lot of different people on reddit, including MDs, but you seriously don't think this is worth a visit to the doc?

BradLightningRooster · 2015-10-23T14:53:30+00:00

It makes sense that they would. The ADHD diagnosis is little more than treating boys like defective girls in most cases.

Starting chemical dependency young creates lifetime customers for big pharma. Now the drugs mellow you out. In your 30s and 40s you'll be popping boner pills and getting injections to fix your Low-T to try and get back that youthful vigor that they found so troublesome in your teens.

Edit: formatting and punctuation

topdog82 · 2015-10-23T19:23:52+00:00

I took ADHD meds many years of my life and I would venture to say it definately kills testosterone. If you have trouble focusing, meditation and yoga have helped me personally much more. Adderall works wonders in the short term, but comparing myself before and after adderal its like two diff people. It kept me stagnated for many years

Title	Adhd meds lower testosterone?
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