I'm sorry you had that experience with the pdoc, brewski. It seems rather harsh for him to say he wouldn't have accepted you if he'd known you had ADHD. ADHD people need help too

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he basically accused me of asking for Adderall or Ritalin

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">Ummm, yeah, and what is wrong with that? Those are two meds shown widely to be effective with ADHD--why wouldn't you suggest them? When I went to my doctor for anxiety, I suggested Buspar to her. She took my input. She said her approach to medicine is a team approach with the patient, so she wants my input. Why wouldn't your pdoc want to know your ideas for meds? (My doc did prescribe the Buspar for me, but it didn't help, but nothing was harmed, so big deal she took my suggestion seriously.)

What did your pdoc think of your objection to Straterra, that it doesn't mix well with Wellbutrin? Maybe that medline reference has been debunked. There are often conflicting publications of new medications, and it can take several years to sort it all out. Maybe the interaction with Wellbutrin is not worrisome after all? If Straterra is OK with Wellbutrin, maybe you could give it a trial. Maybe it would work for you? If not, maybe pdoc would be willing to then go to Adderall. I see this as somewhat similar to what I am going through now with heart medication. My doctor wants to prescribe one class of medication, but my drug plan will not allow it until I have first tried a different type of medication and shown that it is ineffective for me.

Best of luck.