Hey everyone!,
It's good to get back on the message board and see that all of my old friends are still here. My old finally PC bit the dust. But, Dudes, the VA bought me a Dell!
It will take a while to read through and catch up on what you all have been up to, but if you are at all interested, here is where I am with my treatment.
I was up to 120mg on the straterra with no improvement in concentration or focus. I was prescribed another anti-depressant called cymbalta, but it too did nothing. Then, during the week of final exams, I was behind in completing my term papers from just procratination and feeling overwhelmed. I was at my desk trying to get through some reading. I kept geting up to walk around and shoot the sh*& with patients and co-workers and getting nothing done as far a study goes. There was this cop at a desk across from mine grading essay exams. He sat at his desk for hours, working through scores of boring essays and I don't think he looked up more than four or five times during the entire shift. I thought, "Now I am on the maximum dosage of a medication that is supposed to help me do that. Why can't I?" That Monday, I asked my shrink for adderall. She prescribed 5mg of the XR. Problem solved!
It just seems to me that I didn't need to suffer through so many semsters of school. When the med that I needed could have been prescribed sooner. More about this later. Right now I am anxious to get caught up on the posts that I have missed reading from you guys.
BTW,
An ADDer welcome to all you newbies.
Chief B
Hi ChiefB, Welcome back! GettingagripWelcome back!
I am off Straterra also. I went back to concerta (stimulant). Much better.