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Originally Posted by amandalouise
question do you have a diagnosis of ADD or ADHD?
reason I ask is anti depressants neutralize brain chemicals (by this I mean it brings all the brains chemicals to a more natural and stable level by the neurons and receptors firing and picking up the electrical impulses at a more stable even slower rate not a faster rate.)
anti depressants are not stimulants ( a kind of medication that causes someone to become hyper , manic, not able to sit still...) it actually works the opposite way making people slow, foggy minded, lack of affect (some people on antidepressants cant feel one way or anther, the meds keep them in a state of neutrality or no emotions.)
but with people with ADD and ADHD .....sometimes.... Anti depressants have a stimulating affect rather than a slowing down affect causing them to have more hyperactivity.
if you do have ADD or ADHD talk with your treatment providers there are some Antidepressants that do not have a stimulating affect on people with this problem.
my suggestion whether you have ADD/ADHD or not if this continues to bother you contact your treatment providers they can make changes/adjustments so that this doesnt keep happening to you.
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I'm suspected to have ADD and have tried adderoll, but stimulants are too addictive and affects my mood. I've tried a few different kinds of AD, all with ill or undesirable side effects.
I was doubting last night, but it's more than obvious. I am bipolar affected. We'd grasp at anything to rise up a notch to normalcy.
There's something to be said about AD induced bipolar. AD induces hypomania in bipolar affected people.
With a stabilizer (Lamictal) I stabilize on the depressed side, then we use AD (Prozac 25 mg) to bring me up to baseline. .5 mg less it doesn't work, .5 mg more I go hypomanic.
AD alone throws me into Ultradian cycling, like a yo-yo, and the highs and lows are magnified. Along with hypo, I'll switch into mind numbing depression. This once caused a pdoc to increase my AD several times which made it worse and worse till it got figured out.
When a happy alter switches out a depressed alter, it almost feels the same as bipolar switching. Alter switching is instantaneous, like jumping into a pool, one moment your dry, the next your wet. Bipolar switching is more of a rocket ride from the pits of hell to the stars in less than a second, or that same rocket crashing back to hell in the same amount of time.
There's no doubt I'm bipolar. Some of the others still don't want to accept that were mentally defective.