Hi all. I am a 25 year old female who was diagnosed with ADD when i was in middle school. I was put on ritalin back then with positive effects (according to my mother, I acutally don't remember). I took myself off of ritalin when I went o high school due to mostly embarassment, it was high school ya know... and I thought I didn't need it anymore.
I now consider myself a successful adult. I have been living on my own for years now, I have a steady career as a certified dialysis technician, I think I do pretty well for myself. I thought I would try ritalin again to correct some of the habbits I have that annoy me. I have alot of trouble staying focused when it comes to cleaning and home projects, though I have little to no trouble at work whatsoever.
I've been on ritalin for a month now, and I haven't noticed myself being ANY more focused at all. But I have noticed that I lack a certain spunk I used to have, and I am having alot more trouble dealing with bad things that happen. I have been falling apart, I've been taking out bad days at work on my boyfriend, and worst of all I have been HATING my job that I have loved for 5 years. I feel as though maybe the ritalin has brought me too far down, and not done anything good for me. I am normally, and have always been, a VERY happy somewhat hyper person. I feel like ritalin took my hyper and my happy with it.
I came to this conclusion because I had a busy couple of weeks where I did not have a chance to pick up my script, and during that time I was happy again. As soon as I got the script and took it steadily again, I went right back down into my hole. Even worse than before. I stopeed it a little while ago and I am happy again. Has anyone else ever felt this way from taking ritalin?
sounds to me like you ought to stop the ritalin. Maybe try something else. Bonzaii - do you only notice your lack of focus at home? if so, then it might not be ADHD. ADHD knows no boundaries. It shows up everywhere, when we probably most don't want it to.