A "negative" of a person | ADHD Information

I'm that way right now, but the problem is that my meds AREN'T helping me the way they should and I'm angry at myself, my Dr and end up taking it out on my family. I'm also mad that my oldest daughter has to be on ADHD meds as well as Epilepsy meds to function normally.

However.... We just need to think of it this way, if we had Diabetes and needed to take Insulin to function normally.. we'd do it without even thinking twice. There's no difference with us. We need these meds to help us function, and be thankful that you have a med that allows you to function. I'm still in the beginning phases of meds, and having a hard time with my Dr. Yeah, I get mad... but then I think it could be worse... there are a lot of people out there that are so much worse then me and can't even take meds to help them. ::::Hugs:::: I'm in no way telling you to shake it off... it's natural what you're feeling.

Is it posible that the stress of ending the marraige and other issues is causing your meds to not be as effective? THe brain is less efficient with stress and symptoms can get worse. It sounds like a little depression has also crept in. You should be discussing all of this with the doc.

It is a pain to have to take a daily med. It is a pain to have a disorder that requires long term treatment. As you get older there are more disorders with long term treatment and you have to adjust. I was really upset when I first had to start taking thyroid medicine. Without it I get tired and braindead. I realized that I was not as independent anymore...I was now dependant on a medication to be normal. That made me mad. Now I realize that if I have to get a disorder, at least I got one that can be easily treated. There are many worse things to get.

I am new here. Hey everyone!

I am on Adderall (60mg qd) and have been since about 2000. Before that, I was on Ritalin intermittently growing up (since about age 12).

I see these people: people like my roommate, my (soon-to-be-ex) husband, my inlaws, my friends, the lady at the post office, and so on, all seemingly functioning 'normally' without the help of ANY medications and I get SUPER sad and start feeling almost 'deformed', like 'a negative of a person' - NOT WHOLE. I get MAD, I finish out the month because if it's there, I can't NOT take it because it's too incapacitating and then the day after (when the next rx is waiting to be filled in my purse), I CANNOT get out of bed, even if the house were on fire. So, it takes me about 3-4 days to even get the energy to get up, find some clothes (praying that I don't put my underwear on OVER my jeans), and go get it filled. It is a literal nightmare. And the shame of it all... well, I can't even talk about it, which is why I am here and not talking to any of my friends or my roommate about it because they just look at me blankly, as if to say "shake it off".

Anyone else feel this way ever?