Thanks for responding.
I have always had anger problems, really quite bad at times, but as I get older I've been able to control them more and more, of course till this year. I just feel overly agitated lately.
Yeah, I've tried to overcome my money problems for years, but no matter what I try I always wind up not paying bills and buying stupid sh*t for myself, or just wasting money on drinks at the club or something.
Yeah I've never had a bad temper and I can usually control that pretty well. My only exception is that when I do snap, which takes alot of irratation from someone or something, then I will explode. Like if I am walking down the street and some random person was an A*hole to me, it wouldn't phase me. Now if I was in the middle of trying to do a task that was frustrating me to begin with then somebody irrates me further I will snap. Overall I've always been mild tempered though, but as you will learn here we are the same but still have differences.Hello,
I was just diagnosed with ADHD about 3 weeks ago. I've already been taking Lexipro for GAD that my Dr. gave me, but per my wife request I started therapy and here I am. I've been taking Strattera for almost two weeks, I started on 18mg and am at 40mg now. I'm not sure if it is working. I felt pretty good last week and at work there was a big difference, but I go through stages like that anyway. The last few days I've felt like my symptoms are worse and mostly at night. I get easily agitated and have had quite a few problems this week. I've flown of the handle a couple times, even kicked my car and broke a blinker
I feel restless and have a headache all day. I've also been picking at my thumbs, which is an old habit that I have not done in awhile-I don't even know I'm doing it-till they start to hurt or even bleed. Could the meds be the cause of this? I’ll ask my Dr. too.
Anyway, this is all very knew to me, I'm 29 years old and I can honestly say that based on all I've learned I've had ADHD forever, just never knew I guess-I didn't even really know what it was till recently. At first I always thought it was a way of shifting blame for my laziness, irresponsibility, and immoral attitude. I was always a big party person and wasted lots of money, and always felt like I let everyone down cause I would get involved in things and then quit (like college and jobs) or just never follow through with my ideas.
Anyway, sorry for being so long winded, but I have a lot to talk about and tons of questions. My poor wife is going through so much, I don't know how she put up with me these last two years.
Well, I'm just here looking for advice and people to talk to. If anyone wants to talk feel free to e-mail me. I think I will need some friends, who are going through the same things.
Thank you for reading this long ass posting and anyone fell free to respond.
Peace,
Jake