It's rough going it med-free and I sympathize with you truly. Have you got a psychiatrist? Many times there are therapies that help you unlearn the habits we have that are self-destructive. Meds still are an important part of any good therapy though.
Check with your local chapter of CHADD (www.chadd.org) they have free or inexpensive tools and people like yourself to work with.
thanks for listening Glen...yes I have a psychiatrist. I was doing well while on meds. I feel like I am starting my therapy all over again...only this time I feel like I am starting five Giant steps behind where I started to begin with. I am a very sensitive and emotional person. And when my inlaws found out about my meds I really let them get to me. I have a psychologist too, who I really should get back in to see. and I need to make that a top priority.
No trouble - we're all in the same boat here.
Welbutrin in my opinion is the last ditch effort of a doctor who is frightened of prescribing stimulants due to the stigma that anti-med groups have attached to them. I find that the experiences posted here for it aren't all that great. Add to that the fact that seratonin syndrome is a very real and bad side effect of those SSRIs being prescribed and it honestly isn't much better an alternative is it?
Talk to your psychs about getting Cognitive Behavior Therapy if it hasn't come up yet. It's a fairly new therapy that gets to undoing old habits rather than dwelling on past trauma. You can see a big difference fast with the right person.
Feel free to message me if you want any more help.
Hi, I am having concentration issues. I quit taking my adderall about 6 months ago (was on it for four years) and since I have been very depressed and cant concentrate at all. My Dr. Started me on Wellbutrin XL 300mg about a month ago. I cant see where its doing much good. I am still depressed, unmotivated, cant focus, or concentrate. I think I am going to ask to get back on the adderall, along with an antidepressant that wont leave me feeling "numb" or "emotionless". I cant seem to motivate myself to do anything. I quit the adderall because when I get stressed I get really bad muscle spasms and while taking adderall it makes it much worse. But the adderall really helps me think clearly and concentrate and I havent been able to find anything else that compares. Plus I have some very unsupportive family members(in laws mostly) who found out I was on meds and made a big stink about it, which made me feel really bad about myself. I take vitamins, B complex, omega 3's, Ginseng, Ginsana,Ginko biloba.... My house, and life is a disaster area. I am lucky I get my bills paid before they get cut off because I forget. I know I need a planner but I cant seem to disipline myself to use it. I cant do lists well because I will spend all day making them (rewriting) until they are perfect. It drives my husband insane when I try to make a list because he knows I wont even follow it once I am through. I am a project starter, but not a project finisher. Does anyone know of any books that have helped them. I am really worse now then before I ever started taking meds for ADD. I need a coach but I cant really afford one....
I have to say my hubby is a trooper that he puts up with it, but I hate that he has to "put up with it" I want to fix this, its not fair to him.
thanks Glenn, I appreciate having this support. Its hard to discuss issues with anyone who hasn't been there. I am thankful I found this forum.
He actually wanted to put me back on Adderall, I asked for something new before I went back on it, I had been on it for years...I just figured since I had been off for so long that maybe a nonstimulant could work.... He said that wellbutrin does help some. I was so depressed he figured if it works thats two birds with one stone. I really wanted wellbutrin to work :o( Oh well. I know I can benefit from therapy. Thank you again for listening.
Steph
steph - perhaps ask to try either Ritalin or (what I'm on) dexedrine. They have generic versions at a much lower cost and I find that dexedrine worked right after the first dose and keeps me going now for a year and a half at low dose. It's trial and error but well worth it.
Welbutrin may work when the others have been tried and exhausted but I'd say it's a low percentage. Keep fighting for your better health!
Oh by the way - it's one "N" on glen - just thought I'd mention it many here seem to want badly to attach that extra one. Not important.