[gregus]

Hey guys,

I thought i would stop by and say my piece, i dont know how things work... Still new to all of this.

So last year I got a promotion at work and I went from always doing physical types of work to doing sales, so paying attention and listening to what people want is a huge part of my job now.

Little back story now...

When I was young in grade 1, i had my own class for English because I was loud and disruptive and then in grade two i had my own teacher for math and English, i would get frustrated that I wasn't able to concentrate or comprehend how to do my tasks.. Just didn't know where to start first. Then in grade 4 same thing grade 5-6 don't remember grade 7 i had my own class for math and science. Grade 8-9 same thing for math basically my whole life there's been some modifications made for me, I've been lucky enough to have a good personality where people have been nice enough to help out.

So fast forward ten years after highschool.. Always worked physical jobs so that always covered my inability to concentrate and listen, age would help too i can deal with things alot better. But then I was moved into a sales position where all I do now is listen and concentrate, and if its a single task I'm great and fast.. When it comes to multiple tasks I get frustrated and then it becomes harder to do the same things. So i went to my doctor and told him I think i have some sort of concentration problems and i told him my previous history and how my mom just declined to medicate me.

He sent me to give blood, urine and get an ecg test.. Passed them all fine, he sends me to a psychiatrist...

I tell him I have a hard time concentrating send that one guy makes it even harder because he's so loud and that me and that guy almost got into it. So i tell him in the past I think i might have had a concentration problem and he's like do you have any school records.. Or previous records or can your mom come down...

I was kinda mad, i was like man I'm 30yrs old my school teachers are most likely retired and your always welcome to talk to my mom... Im a positive person and i dont drink or smoke or do drugs. Just have hard time figuring out where to start on things I'm super spontaneous and kind of a joke...

He says I'm depressed and puts me in 150mg venlafaxine and 150mg prevailing so fast forward 8 months later i send him a fax saying i dont think these pills are working they kinda crushed my motivation and drive I'm now 215lbs from a lean 165lbs and im only 5'7... So he tells me to come in and puts me on 54mg of concerta I asked If I could come down on my other doses and he said I should stay on them...

Its definately improved now I'm dropping back down I'm 178lbs now and still dropping hopefully back to normal I'm making progress definately can make goals and concentrate better, but i'm still not motivated.

I don't really think the 54mg of concerta is strong enough and was thinking of asking him for Adderall or vyvanse.

What's everyone else's thoughts, drop the anti depressants or half them? I don't really want to be taking so many pills right now I halved the prebagalin on my own.

[Travelinglady]

Hi, gregus, and welcome to Psych Central! How about reading in the ADD/ADHD forum here to see if any of that sounds familiar? It would be good to see if you have any kind of issue along that line.

I encourage you to see a new psychiatrist if you can. It's not a good idea to just start adjusting your meds without the approval of your doc. And I can tell you're not happy with what this doc is doing.

[HazelGirl]

That psychiatrist doesn't sound very good.

You might have ADD, and you would need a stimulant for that.