Posted by adhdgina on April 5, 2005, at 23:38:37
In reply to impulse control and motivation, posted by jessers11581 on April 5, 2005, at 20:35:42
Hi Jessers,
I don't have any real advice for the moment... I am sure others will soon though. So read on only if you care to...
I too am suffering from similar frustrations. Impulse control (eating or drinking something, just so it isn't sitting there tempting me anymore) and the attention to things that have no importance or benefit (so many useless hours online searching for ANYTHING I can think of - so OCD)... while the important things stack up and become a huge tower of anxiety...but, I am working on those things! I am learning how to be my own parent...
I am taking Dextroamphetamine now for ADHD - and since re-upping my dose to 3x's a day at 5mg, today - I feel alot more "grounded" - for lack of a better word... I have tried Lexapro in the past - it made me sooo tired and I would pass out for hours after taking it... and what good does that do to someone who already feeling behind the game, and just wants some normality and progress in their life? I am sure you feel stifled, it is such work just trying to cope with these disabilities!
I also took Wellbutrin along time ago - I can't remeber what it did to me... obviously it didn't make an impression on me...
I believe half the battle is finding a good doctor - do you trust his/her diagnoses? I have had meds perscribed for problems I didn't have, now that is alarming... one "doctor" told me I was bi-polar/ manic - gave me free samples for three months of moodstabilizers! I was really just ADHD - so SCARY!
Well, if you need to chat it out - or vent (b/c sometimes that helps) - I am here :)
Wishing you success!
Gina
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