I often take painkillers (acetaminophen aka paracetamol), but I’ve noticed that it’s much more effective if I take them TOGETHER with my ADHD medication (ritalin aka methylphenidate) + my morning coffee. If I don’t take them AT the same time, the painkiller is far less effective.
I do not exceed the maximum dosage of painkiller (1gram per intake, mornings), but alone this would barely suffice to kill my morning headache.
My hypothesis is that since the LIVER has to convert all three, I am effectively overdosing on either substance (painkiller or ADHD meds), and damaging my liver in the process.
This thread sounds like a stackoverflow stereotype “How do I do X?.. You shouldn’t do X, you should do Y” except that the people in this thread are actually giving good advice (to find the root cause).
Definitely can see this. Seeing a good family practice doctor or GP would be my advice, this kind of thing is their bread and butter. Sounds like there’s a few potential issues.
Most of those Stackoverflow answers telling you you’re going at your problem the wrong way are correct, too.
Honestly, the only good advice is to consult a doctor.