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Originally Posted by jimi...
I know we love to judge in here but mix nine years of untreated depression with an underlying problem... My ADD wasn't much of a problem before I became depressed because I could compensate in different ways. When depression became too bad, I lost the means of compensating. I used to do things in a hurry, but suddenly I was way too drained to use that approach and since it was the only one I knew I didn't know how to handle things.
But maybe I just wanted things handed to me what do I know???
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Good heavens. You think this place is judgmental? Apparently you don't get around internet forums much. This and the other Psych Central boards on which I have posted are some of gentlest, most accepting places I've ever seen in my nearly twenty years of internet communications.
I'm a student myself. I'm 49 and not 21. I run a home and household, commute 45 minutes one way, six days a week, work some 25 hours a week on top of my course load. I suffer from very dreadful depression, currently THANK HEAVENS well managed since a recent meds tweak and with ongoing therapy. I was also just diagnosed with ADD and started medication for that.
I had to go through quite an evaluation and sign a contract in order to receive a prescription for Adderall. Why? My psychiatrist was very clear: Because people who are under a lot of stress, particularly students, are very prone to seek this type of medication to improve their performance. There's a lot of evidence to back up that assertion. He could lose his license if he's found to be prescribing highly controlled substances inappropriately.
That's serious stuff.
Now, the OP is self diagnosing and looking for validation of same in an internet forum. That's not the way to go about getting good treatment, especially for a condition for which the primary treatment is speed. You have to dot your i's and cross your t's and do. it. RIGHT.
I want her to have APPROPRIATE treatment. Call that judging if you like. I'll tell you in that case to grow up.