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[QUOTE=floofthegoof]Ritalin at dinner? No wonder you can't sleep! Personally, I absolutely hated Ritalin. I felt like I was getting brain damage from it. Adderal is much smoother for me. Ritalin is just really harsh.
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Same here about Ritalin. I can't take Adderall any later than about 1 or 2 p.m. or I will be up all night. I have to use Ambien once in a while for sleep.

Also, I tend to have similar issues: depression (big time), anxiety, and ADHD issues. Omega 3 fish oil (4,000 mg/day) has helped with this. Previously, I have been on most of the major anti-depressants (Paxil, Prozac, Welbutrin, etc...). I want to eliminate as many drugs as possible and these seem to be helping, I think.

Limactil is supposed to help me smooth out stormy emotions and keep me from getting "stuck" (overfocusing). We'll see. I'm a bit concerned about taking something like this (anti-convulsant)...so, I don't know.


Ritalin at dinner? No wonder you can't sleep! Personally, I absolutely hated Ritalin. I felt like I was getting brain damage from it. Adderal is much smoother for me. Ritalin is just really harsh.

Hi everyone, I am 18years old and have been told by lots of people and ex friends for the longest time that I had ADD/ADHD whatever... When I was in school I was always the class clown, but when I turned 15 I dropped out of school cause my grades were very poor and I couldnt ever concentrate on my work. My friends would really enjoy my company until I would become annoying out during times we hung out and that pretty much killed those friendships. I no longer talk to my family, we got into a fight and I moved away to a different city and its been about a year. My family was very negative about everything so it's been better on my own anyways. I have been running my own marketing business for a while but the problem is, I can only get so far in the business because I make empty promises which I think I can commit too but end up never getting around to it.

I finally researched online about ADHD and realized I had it very severe for almost every single symptom and went to a doctor last week for the first time to see if I had ADHD . He prescribed me with 10mg of Ritalin which to take 3 times a day. I havent really noticed much difference with the Ritalin except maybe I dont think about as much negative things, but I still get irritated easily by stupid things and the 3rd dose I take around dinner but after that I am stuck the whole night with the negativity again which really sucks and I usually cant fall asleep until atleast 2 or 3am. I really wish I could concentrate on my priorities, be more organized and stop getting annoyed over things that dont even matter.

I am sorry for typing to long folks.. But I am wondering if the 10mg of Ritalin is enough and why I am not really noticing too much on it.

any info and help on what i should do or take would be much appreciated.

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Brent, you probably have depression, that is usually something that is associated with ADHD due to all the really negative situations that we find ourselves in growing up.

I would consider also a anti-depressant.  But what you need is a good psychiatrist to help you with these meds, because they have so much better an idea about what you need than a MD

thank you for the tip. I was thinking I could have that. I dont ever think suicidal thank god, I just think negative. I always dwell on things. I have a list of ADHD pyschiatrists and I will call around and see which one can get me in the earliest (its so hard living with the stress and negativity, I have psoriasis too and my skin just keeps getting worse from it)

thanks! and any more tips and help are appeciated