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Sorry, wasn't meant as judgemental. Just honest advice. Everyone has good days and bad, and varying sensitivity to various substances, like you said. Titration needs to evaluate the average response over a sufficient period of time to know what is right.
It sounds like self-medicating, going up or down based on the day. Talk to your physician about this. My understanding is it hurts the in-vivo experiment that is titration.
That's following her advice.
Unconventional, but not unheard of. Take detailed notes in a journal and report back the effects.
Everybody's brain is different, you may find this med unfit for your condition and supplement with another or switch entirely. You have to be patient.
Yeah, I second the advice of keeping a journal. It doesn't have to be something that you continue indefinitely, but it can be invaluable for this initial period, especially if you end up trying out different meds.
The journal doesn't need to be super detailed, and you don't need to be perfect in recording stuff everyday (that would be ideal, but we don't want to let perfect be the enemy of good), but some rough notes are good. Where relevant, include info about if there's anything that might be contributing to your mental state (e.g. if you got very little sleep the night before, or if you had lots of caffeine).
Also, try not to forget to eat. Adderall doesn't need to be taken with food, but I found it useful to ensure I did, so that I wouldn't forget to eat, as it's an appetite suppressant. Through keeping a journal, I found that my foggy days were more likely to be the ones in which I forgot to eat