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Jan 14, 2006 at 01:28 PM
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Hi!
I've been prescribed Adderall, and I was given Ritalin as a kid. But, I don't necessarily feel like I need it. That is, I don't necessarily feel like it's fixing something. I don't know that I feel the "night and day" thing that other people diagnosed with ADD feel. I feel that my problem may be more about motivation and decision making rather than attention. But perhaps that's related to dealing with ADD my whole life! I don't know. Basically the experience is that a lot in my life, I have found it hard to know what is worth doing, whether I "truly" like something, and what I should be doing. You could call this an "eternal search for a calling." Anyway, so I'm really interested in personal accounts from people who definitely believe they have ADD, and what being on medication (and being off medication) is like for them. Thanks! |
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Jan 15, 2006 at 12:58 PM
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Parsifal, you sound exactly like my husband. So is it a matter of motivation/discipline, or truly a brain function?
He has a really hard time prioritizing, and often ends up doing neither when faced with having to make a choice between doing two tasks. God forbid he has THREE things to do because it can cause him to curl up in a paralytic ball out of frustration. Our T and his pdoc both say that ADD meds can help and want him to try a stimulant instead of his current Strattera, but he doesn't see the point (and that's the depression compounding it). __________________ thatsallicantypewithonehand |
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Jan 15, 2006 at 02:54 PM
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i SUPPOSEDLY HAVE ADD AND CHRONIC DEPRESSION...... WAS TREATED WITH CYLERT AS A KID AND AM NOW AN ADULT ON STIMULANTS....... i DONT LIKE TAKING THEM BECAUSE i'M AFRAID THEY WILL HURT ME PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY BUT I FEEL BETTER WHEN I DO TAKE THEM. PROBLEM IS I NEED MORE AND MORE OF THEM TO FEEL GOOD.......... I DO GET MORE DONE WHEN i'M ON THEM............ AGAIN...... I'VE ALREADY TAKEN 2 DOSES TODAY AND HAVE AT LEAST GOTTEN UP AND STRAIGHTENED A FEW THINGS.. BUT NOW I NEED ANOTHER DOSE TO ACTUALLY PUSH THAT GOOD FEELING OVER THE EDGE ENOUGHT TO GO OUT AND JSUT ENJOY MYSELF...........I CAN ONLY TAKE 4 DOSES A DAY AND SO I'M SPACING THEM OUT....... I'M WAY TO EARLY TO TAKE ANY MORE.......... BUT TAKE MORE IS WHAT I WANT TO DO .......
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