Tolerance to Concerta: Seeking Advice

So I don't think this will help much- I was on Focalin and it worked great for years! Then I switched to Vyvanse and it worked for... 3 days? Then I switched to concerta and I don't know if I can even really say it worked. It was so inconsistent. But it helped sometimes. I kept upping the dose because I had no side effects which was better than Focalin (which made me suicidal) or Vyvanse (which made it so my eyes wouldn't be able to focus sometimes as well as other things). But it just didn't work for me. However, I tried all those medications in the XR versions. I'm going to try short release next and see if that helps. I have been told XR just does not work for some people and gives them inconsistent energy. I'll update if I find anything that does help me!!

I started on Concerta and it worked for a bit and then stopped. I’ve since found out that generic Concerta is often not as effective, and my insurance stopped paying for brand-name Concerta about 6 months after my diagnosis, so I do wonder if the switched to generic is the reason it didn’t work as well. I ended up switching to Vyvanse. I mostly like it, though early on I was on too high of a dose and had horrible sleep quality. It has raised my resting heart rate and blood pressure a tad, but overall, I’ve liked it.

having this same fear rn cause it used to keep me up but now my hypersomnia is coming back