Cant Go One Day Without Meds! Bad? | ADHD Information

Jimmy My name is Danielle and I can totalty relate. I have been on pritty much every med in teh book since the age of 4. When i was 4 i was dignsoed with adhd and put on rittlen when that did not work they tried every thing else in the book. when i was in 4 grade i was dignosed with ocd new meds that still was not the right answer long story short when i was in 10 garde i was dignosed with Auspergers witch if you dont know what that is it is a very very high functing form of autism. it also shares 80 to 90 pereent of its symportms with ocd and adhd. Any way the reson i can  relate is that i am now on three meds clomipramine celxa and seroquel all taken at night any way last week i ran out of the serquil and i got prbley 2 hours of sleep if that i could not sleep. The next night i got my meds and i feel asleep wirth in a half hour of takeing them. What taht means i have no idea expect mabey i am addicted to them. So ya i know waht it feels like to be kind of addicted tio meds

Danielle

petlvr38746.8199305556can some one please help.i have been on adderall for years and i cant go any higher in dosage.what can i do.?

Talk to your doctor! There are several options available.  You can change meds - there's dexedrine, ritalin and others.  You can go on med vacations.  Every 2 months of taking meds you stop for one week.  If you feel you can't then there may be a dependence problem either physically or psychologically and again you must tell your doctor.

Don't go through this worry alone.  Your doctor is there for you - and shouldn't make it worse but try to improve your situation.

 

Hi jimmy4th,

I have a 17 yr old son on Ritalin LA and your comments in your first paragraph regarding ability to function sound very familiar to me. One difference is that he never seems bored or complains about boredom. Sometimes when he is off meds he can just be very spacey, lay around, do nothing and then later be upset with himself for not accommplishing anything.

"When I take my ADD medication it hinders my ability to create abstract thoughts and think freely."
I have often heard or read this comment by ADD artists and writers. So some do not take meds when they want to create. In my son I may see more of the free flow of ideas off meds, but I would have to ask him. He loves to compose music and I think he does this mainly on meds than off. As far as curiousity and discussions he has always been curious on or off, but is able to maintain a focus for discussions better on medication.
Thanks for sharing your perspective. I found it interesting and a reminder again of how easch of us is unique.

Well you do have some troubles - but no fear they are standard for where you are.

I'm wondering if you have a small - h hyperactive along with ADHD?  Maybe talk to your psych about changing over to Ritalin?  I have seen it work best when there is too much energy (hence your boredom without adderall) and maybe it would work more on what you need.

Paxil is one serious med.  If you start it make SURE you don't just flip off it as there are serious dangers there.  Watch yourself ok?  There are better anti-anxiety meds on the market I wonder why you'd be placed on this instead? Hmmm....

Are you getting therapy from your psych and not just meds? Talk about the whole thing and take the time alotted to work on changing your behaviors - get behind why you do what you do.

Be warned many here find a serious drop in energy by taking Paxil with Adderall.  Must interfere with chemical production down the line somehow I don't know.

Best of luck.

 After writing this post I realized how  inconsiderate I was for writing such a long post.  For we all know that us ADDers have a hard time just making it through one boring paragraph lol.  But I started writing and couldnt stop and was wondering If you could please read this and tell me if you experience the same thing when it comes to medication.



    I was wondering if anyone else had this problem.  I have found that I cant go a day without taking my daily dose of Adderall.  I need the Adderall to help me function and if I dont take my Adderall I feel restless and tend to annoy the rest of my family.  I havnt taken it the last 3 days until today.  I tried taking a med vacation since I dont have school this week.  So the last  three days I havnt taken my daily dose of Adderall and let me tell you, it has been hell. I have been unbearably bored and couldnt even sit at the computer and listen to music.  I annoy everyone around me and my mom keeps telling me I have to take my medicine and this really frustrates me because I dont want to have to take medicine to enjoy life.

    Today I took my dose of Adderall and I am relaxed, content, and am fine just sitting on my computer listening to music or reading a book.  I just got recently diagnosed with having ADD (inattentive type) back in may and I dont know how I tolerated life before taking this medication. My mom says its just because I didnt know any better.

    Just the other day my psychiatrist prescribed me Paxil.  I will now be switching from Lexapro to Paxil because Paxil will supposedly help more with my panic, anxiety and OCD (obsessive not so much compulsive).  I dont know how I feel about this because for one i am only 17 years old and I hear this is a relatively strong drug.  And another reason is although the panic and anxiety are horrible and the OCD can become overwhelmingly untolerable.  However as crazy as this may sound, the OCD  often times I feel it keeps me occupied because I become obsessesed with learning new things and will read volumes of information on a certain topic before I become bored with it.  I have always been a good student and known as "the intellectual one"  when I am with my friends because I know a great deal of information on a wide array of topics and feel the OCD is partially to thank for that.

     However  since I have ADD and people with ADD tend to be more aware of their surrounding environment, because of this I feel I have developed this crippling fear of going crazy which often throws me into a panic attack.  After becoming "obsessed" with abnormal psychology and reading everything and anything I could get my hands on, I convinced myself I was schizophrenic and this of course is not true just a fear I became obsessed with.  I used to convince myself I was hearing whispering voices as I washed my hands when really it was just the sound of the water running.   When I would walk into a dark room I would look at my dresser out of the corner of my eye and mistake it for being a person for a split second.  All of these little things would throw me into a panic attack and I would convince myself I was having a psychotic episode. I have now learned that these are just illusions and not hallucinations and that they happen to everyone its just I jump to conclusion and obsess about each illusion until I convince myself I am going "crazy".

    However I have to say something which I find very  fascinating.  When I take my ADD medication it hinders my ability to create abstract thoughts and think freely.  When I am not on my ADD medication I notice I question everything and my poetry is more complex and abstract and I wouldnt of been able to think of it, if I was on Adderall.  Also my ability to comprehend complex philosophies and intangible ideas is greatly weakened when I am on the Adderall.  This has been clearly evident the last couple of weeks.  The other night I watched a documentary on quantum physics and the conscience.  That night after watching the documentary I decided to do more research on the topic and am now have become totally obsessed with quantum physics.  I found myself questioning and trying to rationalize and evaluate every aspect of everything.  However when I try reading and thinking on this topic when the Adderall is in my system I have a harder time comprehending the information and have no interest in it. But the Adderall helps amazing when it comes to school.  It helps me to concentrate, stay organized and sit down and do homework which was something I was never ever able to do up until now when I began taking this medication.

    I read that people who have ADD/ADHD have a higher ability to comprehend and demonstrate a higher level of thinking which generally makes us more creative as individuals.  So by taking medication are we putting a damper on this gift we were given?

    I am sorry for this long rambling post.  I just realized how much I typed lol.  I was just wondering if anyone else had this same problem where they feel they need medicine to lead a fulfilling and happy life. 

    I also want to thank everyone out there for the help.  My ADD and all my little problems are all kept secret between my family and I, not even my best friends know about any of the stuff that really goes on "behind the scenes."  Sometimes it just feels good to be able to tell other people your problems without the person your telling then writing out a prescription.
Jimmy4th38744.5057523148Do you fill a "physical" need to take the Adderrall or is it just that you think you're cranky without it? Remember, dude, it's speed and kids who abuse pay good money for Adderrall (my once drug abusing daughter claims /pill). You need to think over WHY you need it. If it's because you crave it, you may be addicted. If not, I'm not a big stim fan, but, if it helps you, take it every day. I was told to take meds for ADHD recently and I said "no" because I'm on meds for another disorder and I didn't want to add any stimulants to the mix. It's all up to you. You alone know WHY you need to take the med.