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redbandit · Feb 12, 2014, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by blackwhitered

Obviously no one here can diagnose me, but I'm curious because I've gotten all three of these diagnoses in the past.

I was first diagnosed with ADHD before I can really remember (probably age 4 or so) but at around age 11, I was told that I didn't have it (don't know why) and we stopped meds.

Since my diagnosis of bipolar, my mom has insisted that I must have just been hypomanic most of my childhood.

I've also noticed that my negative and disorganized symptoms of schizophrenia (schizoaffective disorder) are similar to extreme ADD...

When I was on meds for ADHD, I remember being irritable, frustrated, and moody. I also had reduced ability to feel emotions. They didn't help with my concentration, organization, or impulsivity at all, but I guess they might have helped with hyperactivity?
I also have bipolar disorder .

I was just wondering if anyone else had a similar reaction to ADHD meds and whether that's typical of someone with or without it...

I was diagnosed with ADHD. In my late teens actually, which is odd. But i didn't attend public school,and i think thats why i didnt have major concentration issues til college. My last psychiatrist was skeptical as to whether I actually had it or not. But I was given extensive tests (he didn't have access to these tests) which strongly pointed to ADHD. I took adderall, which made me VERY irritable and moody. Then I took straterra for a few years in college . It helped a little with concentration, but my dr didn't think it was helping enough, nor did I so I went off it.