Wow!! thats all i can say!
I have been on ritalin now for 3 days and didnt expect these results. I am more focused, can concentrate better but the biggest improvement is work. I jus started work at Subway and struggled with everything. I had been there two weeks and couldnt identify the sauces, did the sub up in the wrong order, dropped things, had to ask the customers 5 times what salads they wanted on their subs, having to chuck away alot of bread and subs because I muck it up etc. My boss had dropped my hours alot because i was a liability. I just started taking Rubifen which is a type of Ritalin and can now identify the sauces, do things in the right order, actually remember the salads and do a couple of things at once. I'm still slower than the others but its amazing!!! Doing things without reminding yourself steps over and over is awesome!!

That is fabulous!:)

I am happy for you....great Success Story.:cool:

Does your boss/manager know about your treatment?

Working at Subway is probably challenging for so called "normal" people; before you know it the repeat customers will be asking you to make their lunch.;)

Maybe having a visual reminder of ingredient order would be helpful (if allowed?); or small notecards with the items listed for a quick glance if you get stumped on memory. Remember, customers would rather be asked several times what they want on their subs/salads than to get back to work and find the order is all wrong.:mad:

I am happy for you! Success feels great!:)

Yep, that's how I felt when I started taking Ritalin :)

I have now been taking it for a year and a half. Although I to take a little higher dose now, it still works.

Oh man, 4got - I am so happy for you! Wow. That's the coolest. I know you were really suffering.

I worked at SUBWAY once. Lasted 3 days.

I joke that I "couldn't make a Sub the SUBWAY way".

That was before I seriously suspected that I had ADD. (Didn't have the problems that the REALLY stereotypically obvious ADHDers did, such as bankruptcy, legal issues, really big mouth, serious spaciness, losing everything, etc.)

The whole Working Memory impairment issue became quickly apparent at SUBWAY [in retrospect] I'd have to say.

*laugh*

"Ooops! You mean you didn't want HOT SAUCE all over your SUB ?"

Thanks! yeah its great. I have more confidence about getting a better job now as well.
sportbikechick - i havent told my boss that I have ADHD. I'm not sure if I should. I dont think she would allow me to write cards up. Before, they didnt get why I wasnt doing the job right, I was close to telling them why but wasnt sure how I would go about it.
I'm happy that I'm taking the medication. It really does work!

I understand! Sometimes it is better not to tell others about having ADHD; no guarantee they will "get it".

Your smart to play it safe for now....your boss does'nt need to know at this point. Given that you are taking Ritalin as a treatment option; you never know how they (others in your life) will react to that and there is a potential for others to want the "street drug". That would put you in a horrible situation.:eek:

Both my son and I take medication (Adderall-son, Ritalin-me); very few people know this....I do not need my house broken into or put in a "sticky" situation. I also get Migraine headaches and use Vicodin when the pain is unbearable; a friend of mine tried and tried to get me to give her some of mine for her "so called migraine". I didn't do it and felt a little guilty because she acted like she was in so much pain, at the time she had a boyfriend that was abusing pain killers and I thought she may be as well. Yikes!

When I go to Subway I will think of you.:)

I'm so glad for you! Ritalin changed our lives in a big way too.

yesterday my boss was in for the first time since i took the meds. I did alot better than last time of course and I thought she would see that but I must of still have been doing things wrong. Too slow or something...I dunno she was just screaming at me..
thanks bikechic! :)

I walked out of subway after 2 days, never even went back for the paycheck, Ritalin is excellent for tolerance of boring tasks and patience, I'm going back to the Ritalin soon because Dex isn't doing it right now in my life so, hey I agree

yesterday my boss was in for the first time since i took the meds. I did alot better than last time of course and I thought she would see that but I must of still have been doing things wrong. Too slow or something...I dunno she was just screaming at me..
thanks bikechic! :)
If your boss is THAT upset with you.. maybe it's time to pull her aside and ask her exactly what it is that she feels you are doing wrong... if she is too unreasonable, time to look for a different job..

i worked terrible yesterday. Im on a low dose of one pill at the moment but its going up to two next week.
I started doing things in the wrong order again or putting wrong salads on and asking things over and over because I forgot them. Didnt do the dishes properly..apparently you have to put them all in order before rinsing and washing them or something..im not an orderly person and didnt see the point. Got in trouble for not giving the receipt and card togethor in the right order etc..again didnt see the big issue in that. They all think im very slow and talk to me like a 5 year old and think I cant hear them talking about me when they are like 5 metres away from me. its crap, im not stupid but they treat me like I am. The funny thing is that I did really well at school and got really high marks and the girl I work with dropped out. I dont know how anyone can know how to do 500 things at once and at speed...how is it possible?
I dont want to have to keep upping my dosage..i think i just need to get another job..

Medication can't fix an unreasonable manager or a job where you are being picked on. If you feel comfortable with the dosage you're on everywhere else in your life, I would recommend a new job first. No reason to risk overdosing just to please a boss that obviously has issues with her temper and patience... and probably wouldn't be pleased in the end, anyway..