Many similarities sremed. Your latest encounter with the psy-guys is amazing to hear but maybe not too surprising. Not all of them are are equal for whatever reasons. Unfortunate...but I can understand that in a way. These guys are pretty busy on many fronts in their work. Unless he's a private chap these guys don't have the time to bone up on all the info on the latest stuff. The problem is, their egos sometimes won't let them admit that. It's a human trait but potentially misleading in this business and we are the ones who bear the brunt. How are we to argue against what they say without becoming a 'difficult' patient? Geezuz Murphy...he hadn't heard of Concerta OROS? it ain't THAT new and would have been in journals for years during the testing phases etc. maybe more docs coast than i think. Good luck with your search.

I haven't tried meds for this long term yet. 3 yrs ago i started a sustained release Concerta but high blood pressure caused the mix to produce severe migraines and i had to stop. The HBP is corrected now and has been for a year and a half but I just got lazy [or something] and didn't pursue it again until lately. I went thru a depressed stage. That's what it was really.

Anyway my old psy-gal is moving practice and i've been turned over to a new guy. i have to wait until the middle of July to see him about the Concerta again. I'm very anxious to try it and hope there are no side effects this time. if it doesn't work I'm ready to try other meds in it's class. I really need to have this addressed...the years have melted away and I've missed out on so much. My flighty mind has constrained me from what would have been, if addressed earlier, a much more enjoyable life.

I currently take an anti-dep and have taken it for 10 yrs now. Wellbutrin. It keeps my head above water i guess. As I got older and my life hadn't been progressing i began slipping into pretty bad depression. This ADD diagnosis is just recent though. [3yrs.] They heaped all kinds of reasons on me for the depression before the psy-gal raised the question about possible ADD. I didn't take the big test but a smaller one and it was decided the ADD aspects might well be a big part of my problems. Whatever guys! Let's fire up the meds! last week i phoned his office requesting I be in line if there's a cancellation. I'm ready!

Whew seems like a long note. I have difficulty writing in this here tiny window where I can't easily glance up to see if what i'm saying is flowing and linear. heh...I'll say goodnight sremed. Take 'er easy and let me know how things are going. Pardon the punctuation/sticky [i] key and jumbled runningtoofast thoughts. Some times are better than others. *grin*