Hi cyndirector,
That was so me in highschool! never motivated to study and winging my way through! College is horrible for me though! I also struggle with reading schoolwork stuff. So boring and ican't focus. I could never sit and read it. I'd just put it off. :( I didn't know I had ADD then at the time and wondered what was wrong with me and why I couldnt focus on studying and reading material when others could! same here cyn. I have read the same words or paragraph over and over and it still makes no sense whatsoever. I feel your pain! I can also read well but not understand what I"m reading! it's horrible. Especially for school when you have to LEARN the material! yikes! To be honest, if you haven't tried concerta yet I totally recommend that you try it! I'm on 54mgs now and it has helped me a lot! Of course I'm not perfect and I can't expect the meds to make my grades perfect because it requires effort on my part as well, but it is so nice to have some help with concentrating. I'm not sure about the reading though. I still struggle with that, even with interesting books. But it probably helps some with that as well. lol I also have been unmotivated to get anything i didnt like doing! i would just either procrastinate and do the homework in a hurry, not putting in my full effort, or just not do the assignment at all! I've gotten more motivated though. Concerta has helped me get things done that I don't want to do as far as school, not with housework though unfortunately lol. Anyway, yes it is frustrating about meds and how each one works different for everybody. I guess the only solution however is to try each med you can think of. Of course talk to your doctor first and then try different meds. I'm sure you'll find the right one! Concerta has no bad side effects for me! It's wonderful! I feel that I'm still the same person, hasn't changed my personality any, and it just boosts my motivation and focusing/concentration level. Anyway, good luck finding a good med! let me know what happens!
-Princess-
Wish I had some suggestions on meds, but I dont. But, I do have insurance on the brain today for some reason, and that made me wonder if the "psych coaching" that you were looking for might be covered under your behavioral or mental health benefits? It might be worth calling and asking.Dear Board,
I'm about 19 and recently went to a psychologist for ADD testing because I was having problems concentrating in college when I had to read a lot. I had never had a problem passing anything in high school because I just never had to study for anything. I either bs'ed my way through or did some very logical and good guessing. I made decent but not good grades all the way through. Now at college, it's not so easy and I can't do that anymore. I try reading somethign and it's like the biggest struggle of my entire life. I read a few words and they just don't click for me. It's like they don't mean anything to me. I try everything I know to do but it's like I can't even get a sentence to mean anything. I have a good vocabulary and I read very well but when I read a sentence, it just has no meaning to it. There's too much reading and too much info in a short time to do that kind of thing in college. That's when I went to the psych. This whole situation is very frustrating and it seems that no matter what way I turn, I can't get any help. I tried Adderall XR and I was hoping it would be some miracle cure and just work wonders. It worked but it also sped up my heart rate and made me breathe heavy all the time to the point where I had to take an EKG to check my heart. Now I'm trying strattera, which is making me so sleepy that even if it did help me concentrate, there's no way on earth I could stay awake to do it. I thought well, maybe if I quit the drugs, I could just go see some kind of psych for coaching or homework help. Well, the only one I can go to around here charges about 125 a session. No way I can pay for that. I can never do anything or get anything done unless I really want to do it. Everything I don't want to do is a struggle to get done. It's like I'm having the weirdest time trying to fight myself to get done with things. I can't ever seem to get to sleep until really late at night. I can go for days without sleeping...I can try to time things just right so I'll be sleepy at night...I can even take straterra to where it should knock me out at night, but for some reason, I'm always awake at nights. I can't seem to get to sleep right or get tired. It's helpful but also frustrating to read these message boards because I'm looking for success storise for meds, but all I find is horror storise about side effects. Not only that, but I'm finding that everybody is different and nothing reacts the same for everybody. For instance, straterra makes some people sleep and some people have insomnia. Some say it makes them hungry while others say they can't eat with it. What's the deal with that. Just wondering if anybody can relate or does anybody have any recommendations for the frustration about the whole situation. Thanks.