Am I ADHD? Would Adderall be the best? | ADHD Information

hahahaha i couldn't make it through your post reading all of it.  but what i reckon is 'adderall' is fantastic for people like me or GlenW for example who are internalised/low energy/all thought no action/passive almost.  it gives us the clarity and motivation and energy to get on...

ritalin is good for those who are all impulsive action, can't stop like DAvido.

strattera is good for those who are more along the depressed lines...


HOWEVER i am on NO medications and never have been - so take it as you will, other can feel free to contradict.  so seeing as i kinda gathered you are a bit hyper (right?)  you might be better off on ritalin - but your doctor should know. 

what do you feel might suit you?



well i wouldn't try to skew the test to get a certain medication --- i would do them honestly but if he suggests ritalin and you feel it is not right for you, then say so.  say you have tried that before - that it made you feel sluggish and depressed (and if she says that is not possible - then just reiterate it.  for crying out loud they said for years that there were no withdrawal symptoms coming off SSRIs and that it was 'all in people's heads' --- yeah, fricking right - not)

you know what you felt.  so stick with it.  you felt sluggish and depressed on ritalin.

you felt ok on Adderall.


but don't skew the test - answer honestly because it could bring up something else entirely.

having read your other posts i am beginning to wonder whether it is not a question of ADD at all but merely that you are being forced to work 11 hour days - that is more than enough to mentally exhaust anyone....

that is totally out of order.  you shouldn't be working that much - that is what you have to change, rather than trying to change your brain chemistry to be able to cope with an unhealthy situation. 

but good luck with it - whatever you decide.

I have to get up at 835am to work a 11 hour day, yea I would say its hard and tiredness is a issue alot.

I am trying to talk to my doctor who wanted me to give him these results. So just checking there on that and so. =/ Really dont know what type of results he wants, I tried ritalin before long ago.. I felt depressed and slowed down ALOT, and I didnt know why, when I asked my shrink about that etc, she said I couldnt be depressed and its all in my head etc.. yea right..

I always get the feeling I am happier when I am active or feeling like I have energy.
So I took this test, but really dont know what he is looking for to see if Adderall would work for me.

Hey all.. been coming more concerned that I might have a ADHD issue. I talked to my doctor about it today, he gave me a website to tell him the results. Which is this test.

http://www.amenclinic.com/ac/tests

I scored.
Type Probability  
ADD Combined Type
 Highly Probable more info

ADD Inattentive Type
 Not Probable more info

 
Cingulate System Hyperactivity
 Highly Probable more info

Limbic System Hyperactivity
 Not Probable more info
Basal Ganglia Hyperactivity
 Not Probable more info
Temporal Lobe System
 Not Probable

Was wondering, I talked to him abit about adderall but he wanted to me to try the test 1st to see whats there, based on what you all know, do you believe based on this test results that Adderall would be the best choice for me? Or would I need other "Hyperactivity" disorders that rated "Not Probable"? Kinda creepy as it is, I seem to tend to ramble on as it is on forums, sometimes make post after post for hours on end, never getting anything else done, then regretting it. =/

Was just wondering from anyone here who may have taken this test and the results they got and if Adderall was a solution for them or not. =/ Any advice or input would be great, thanks. =)

I have no idea.. I mean I feel like sometimes I am more lazy and so, only sometimes could I be more hyper, it varies. Thats the thing, But alot of times I get tired during the day, fall asleep when I dont want to, lose focus or keep track of work and what I am to do there.

So I took that test, I wouldnt say I bounce off the walls tho. =/ But based on the results above, would a Dr think adderall be the best choice for me? My Fiancee gave me XR once from her own for me to try, seemed to work better then anything else, had focus at least, ProZac didnt do anything.

But i dont know much about the other disorders that it said "not probable" which is what I am wondering, if a doctor saw my results, would he say I would need another condition for it to be a adderall case, or is the results I have above what he needs to make that case for adderall?

(Basically I know what has worked for me.. trying to convince a doctor that is what helps you, is another thing as they always wanna give you something else it seems and THOSE never work. =( )

Guess just wanna know from that test, which results would prove to be a case for adderall?

Jones said it, really.

Ritalin is good for me bc I am high strung. Really. High strung.

Adderall is like what I imagine crack is like. I have said this multiple times on here. It makes me feel like I drank way too much coffee or I'm driving a car w/o brakes. If you need that to get out of bed in the morning, by all means...

But no, really, the meds are different for everyone. I take Concerta (time-release Ritalin), & generally I think the time-release forms are good if you are a person with a real job who has to get through a real day. If you just need something to take when you study or talk to your wife or whatever, the IR forms are fine. Other meds can be good. Wellbutrin helped me, too...

Just talk to your doc & experiment a bit.

DJ

Sorry about asking about "skewing" a test and all. Just that I have tried from my fiancee who got me started on it.. she saw similar symptoms and had me try hers and it worked, tried a couple other things like Ritilin and it didnt.

 

Todays result, was honest, I let her do the test for me, which showed a Inattintive, Probable
Cingulate System Hyperactivity
  Probable 
Limbic System Hyperactivity
 May be possable 
Basal Ganglia Hyperactivity
 May be possable 

My doctor being my friend, told me something new that the pharmacy told me said it looks like its only been out in the market for a month openly now. I was given a free 30-day supply code from my DR to try out. Metadate, which they say is stronger then adderall xr, also it seems to be based off the same as ritilin.

Sad part is.. its not working. Not feeling ANYTHING from it. =( (Like I thought from past exp with ritilin when was perscribed) Just feel more like.. "Uh huh.." vs active. =(

But he said if something goes wrong or whatever, come see him before the month etc and he would just perscribe over the adderall xr, being I KNOW it works. He was amazed it takes 40 MG Adderall XR to have a good stable effect on me as that is kinda high, I will admit. My body seems to have a immune system when it comes to drugs, drinking etc. So i was given 20 MG Metadata, which tech should be the same as 40 MG adderall xp, but i will be honest to anyone else who wants to try this.

Its NOTHING like it. =( Says it surpresses hunger.. nope... ate a big meal, dry mouth.. yea, ok, after awhile, headache? maybe abit. But no energy, euphoria, anything that makes me feel focused or happy or awake WANTING to do things. =/

Kinda upsetting in a sense.. =/ Tommorrow I go back for a blood and thyalroid check to see if they are working and bloodcount to par.

Anyways filling people in here. Sorry if I seemed on edge.. just that I was nervioud, reading posts EVERYWHERE about douctors perscribing other things when that isnt what works etc, and how hard it is to get what you know works, also that I have VERY limited funds and I am finally trying to goto a DR and risk paying alot. =/ (how would you feel if you know what works and doesnt and you gotta pay the DR anyways for something that he says to take and it doesnt work thus you gotta pay more?)

i gotta say i really don't think you have ADD.  at all. not by a long shot.  no way.

ADD is something you have normally had all your life - not just cos you are being worked to death.  Adderall will work on anyone to increase focus - even a normal.  plenty of 'normals' use stims to get them through exams etc.

it's totally up to you whether you want it or not.  of course it will work but Mystic i would bet 100 dollars that you do not have ADD.

i would eat my hat if you have it.  i would eat my shoe if you are ADD.  i would eat my t-shirt...

read some of the posts (this is not to put you off taking the medication btw - go right ahead it can help anyway) but just so as you know.  you DON'T have add.  no way.  no way.

we have had this since seven.  six.  five.  as far back as we can remember we have been different, had troubles, been spacey, hyper-active, the weirdo --- life never made sense.  i can't go on.  mystic you do what you want - if you need stims to get you through your job - go right ahead.  billions of traders in the City (london) do it.  loads of students do it. 

but just know that you don't have ADD --- i'll eat my nightie if you have it!

good luck to yous anyway!

cj

OH this has nothing to do with the job actually. Had this since grade school.. saw a shrink etc, had this and so, never could focus and I do zone out, only time I seem to talk or post or do a project is when I am interested, Otherwise I dont do anything it seems, or tune out to people. Not one of those hyper pull me away people.

Just I didnt go back to a DR later in life as the shrink, etc all said I could NOT be depressed or slow on ritilin and it was all in my mind.. so well, I just said hell with it, was strong etc.. and just ignored it best I cuold and put up a act and try not to zone out or so, or fake like I wasnt.. which isnt easy either. Just listening to people ramble on and I dont know what they said. =(

Just wasnt till now that I am going to my DR as I am tried of it, one small thing could put all my focus onto it and Ill forget everything else, tune out from it. =(
(Thats the work issue part, zone out alot and dont even wanna sell to customers)

oh man.  i don't wanna have to eat my shoe....   Lol, well its not about eating shoes or so.. I mean yea, I can make long posts etc, but doesnt mean when I come across a long post I read them, lol. Only time I do all that is if it INTERESTS me, so if something does, I post, talk up a storm and if its a project, stay up all night, otherwise... day off or so, Im home.. sleep all day, wake up, cant get up as I dont feel like it, once I am up, bored to death, twitching around looking to do something, and cant get comfortable at all. Then get upset about it and just fall back asleep. Sucks. Well-put chjones!