My medication is going well and I’ve been on it for a long while about 3 months now. I’ve upped it when there is no effect or when it’s worn off. You know the trial and error of medications.

But of late the last couple of weeks ( its only come on now ) . I am getting kidney pain. Can I say its not due to ma exercise. As I have been fine thoughout. I have let my OT know. Also I drink 2 liters of water a day. I know ritalin can make you very dyhdrated and ( a small percent cause kidney pain ) maybe kidney stones but its a very very very small chance.

I’ve looked into it more but I’m not going by doctor Google or anything I was trying to narrow it down. I have got in contact with my OT and said about it. She is a one women army so I am letting her get back to me( if and when ).

I’m taking time off from working out and back on 4th October. Back to the said subject. Not going to look into it too much. But I know it also said it causes kidney spasms or something like that.

Do I know why its come on now ? Nope not a hope in hell. They say long term methylphenidate can cause things like this. But I don’t think 3 months is long term to cause this. Unless my body has gone fuck you to ritalin and its has enough and my body has reacted ( ie my kidney ). I can be certain its not kidney stones or i would be in agony and than some.

I’m not a doctor but I know my own body very well. I’ve never had any problems with my organs in that sense. And I can only think that its ritlain that is antagonising it. There is a long ole name for it ( when you on ritalin long term and I can’t remember for the life of me ( sorry).

P.s I don’t want to worry anyone I’m fine ( ish ) ok just a bit of pain( pain i can handle) just a bit uncomfortable. The worse thing that could happen i could stay on this medication and persist it and hope it goes away and just a minor hiccip and a bump in the road. Or I have to come off it all together and find something else( dread). And go on another medication ( the trial and error) fun o fun)

I’m just waiting on a response from my OT , she probably email psychiatrist of said symptoms. And weather to stop it altogether. Just really fecked of that ritalin has decided to attack my body now 3 months into 20mg. I want it to pass but its been 2 weeks and still that stab like pains. So I’m expecting to be told lower it again or stop and try something else. Yes I know my health comes first but me and ritalin were getting on so well and its been great. But now its going. Nah had enough now.

I’m going to have a salt bath and eat pesto pasta and a dairy free chocolate shake. I have my tattoo tomorrow morning.( the pain i like). I don’t know if I’m going to take my tablet tommrow. I might just leave it for a bit and see if anything changes. If it does than its clearly my ritalin( time will tell) nothing I can do at the Moment) and no I’m not phoning the gp as mine are useless ( by experience many many years ago) when I had stomach pains the doctor said it was anxiety. Turned out it was a uti infection ( how well i ended up in A & E ). Yeah definitely not going to my doctors and not been in 2 years or more. I leave it in the hands of OT & psychiatrist.

Anyway my rant / vent