Question for problemed posters | ADHD Information

 

I use meds only sometimes - and when I do they help me with many things requiring focus.  For me, they are only part of the answer though. 

Counseling helped a lot.  Also, seeing my brain activity images (while doing different things) helped because it provided me with pictures - something concrete that I could understand - and visualize when I'm trying to figure out why I'm doing this or that.  By understanding it, I can overcome it somewhat.

After I was diagnosed, I still had to accept it, figure out coping strategies, get over the emotional issues associated with living with this, take responsibility for it, etc.  These things took a LONG time. 

Then, after that, after I felt ready - I had to wait for doors to start to open.  Even though ready - opportunities didnt just reopen after all of those burned bridges.

It's a long process - perhaps to some extent a never ending process - to "getting there."  However, on the bright side, nearly everyone I know has some sort of chronic issue that they're dealing with - this is just one of life's challenges that I get to work with.

 

 

For those of u complaining about the effects of add on your life.....Have you tried all the meds yet? no. 

i don't want to take meds.  so i'm just here to remind all those ex-Adders just what they have escaped from... so that they don't become complacent or ungrateful! 

i don't want to take meds.  i don't want to suppress my ADD i want to work with it.  i want to find a way to exist being fully blown ADD that doesn't mean i am also living in the gutter.  i still believe it is possible --- just that i haven't found the way yet.

 

I haven't tried all of them, I stopped when I found one that worked. 

Wellbutrin - sent me spinning around in circles and made my ADHD worse.

Straterra - mild improvement in mood, did zip for my concentration.

Ritalin - great improvement in concentration, but it only lasted me 2 hours instead of 6.

Adderall - works great, haven't needed to try anything else.

And even with meds that work, there is no magic pill.  I still have ADHD, I still act ADHD.  I am simply more aware and able to actually use coping skills when medicated.  When my meds wear off, my ability to even remember a coping skill goes with it.

 

I havent,  i've only been on Adderall, so if theres anyone out there who loved it and then found something even better, i am all ears!

Christi

I've tried...

Paxil

buspar

prozac

xanax

valium

elivil

others I don't remember

ritalin

adderal

provigil

concerta

effexor

wellbutin

and lastly

cymbalta

 

I've tried Adderal, it worked great for a while.

I tried herbal supplements, they worked great for a while.

I tried Concerta and it made me depressed for a week.

I tried crawling exercises and they have helped me very much.  I am hoping that they continue and don't wear off like my meds did for me.