My pdoc prescribed me an antidepressant, Vortioxetine to improve focus, concentration. If it works in that direction, it could potentially change my life.
But, in the last 15 days since he prescribed, I haven’t taken it. This is because all the antidepressants I have tried in the past have triggered hypersexual mania, whereas all the ADD medications I have tried have triggered psychosis.
He said this is a newer antidepressant that I may try, it works slightly differently-- and I am afraid it will trigger sexual images in the head, etc…like all the other medications that I have tried that have been antidepressants.
Yeah, I took 5 mgs on alternate days (2 doses altogether) and it took me in a different type of manic episode, not a hypersexual one. I got sleepless nights, I kept working on my trading strategies day and night-- my focus became laser-like, and I couldn’t think about anything but creating new strategies. I also got, and tested, a ton of ideas related to trading.
I think I was manic, and I realized it afterwards. So, I stopped taking it, and between yesterday and today, I slept 15-16 hours.
So, it is a different type of medication, and caused a different type of mania for me.
All the ADD medications I tried, all the antidepressants I tried, and even anything that increases dopamine remotely, like modafinil, I got manic/psychotic. I just don’t know if ever I can take a medication for my ADD symptoms.