ADHD Be Like...Chasin' that Dopamine Dragon
Yesterday, I read a LinkedIn post from someone in the UK who is on the struggle bus without her ADHD meds. I can relate, on a smaller scale. While the shortages here aren’t as dire as in the UK, I can relate because of the insane protocol for prescribing ADHD meds here in the U.S. (every 3 months, you HAVE to see your doctor in person to verify nothing has changed, and frankly, a tele-visit should be enough already). Add to that, my doctor and pharmacy cannot play nicely in the sandbox with each other, so they spend weeks arguing with each other about who hasn’t contacted whom, and I get caught in the crossfire. In January, I was without my Vyvanse for 14 days.
Since I follow every hilarious ADHDer I can find on Instagram and Facebook (because we ADHDers are the funniest), I got caught in the algorithm of ADHD supplements solutions advertising. And that’s how a new-to-me product called STASIS captured my attention. (And to be honest, I hadn’t been shopping in a WHILE and was jonesin’…in sore need of that dopamine hit.) So…$70 later, I ordered the daytime and nighttime bottles of STASIS. If you’ve seen the ads, STASIS points out that those of us on stimulants experience these side effects:
Low-grade depression
Anxiety
Energy crashes
Insomnia
Those were all true of me. And this is the excuse I had prepared, were I to justify my shopping binge. So my two bottles of STASIS (morning and evening pills) arrived in beautiful packaging — like, Apple products-level-nice packaging. (They could probably dial that back to help their customers save a few pesos...)
Anyhow, I wanted to share with you my video review of STASIS in the event that you are experiencing any of the same stimulant side effects that I am. If you have any questions, feel free to post them below or email me at denise@writebrainmedia.com.