Posted by yesac on July 8, 2005, at 16:11:05
In reply to Re: 'Nother thought on this one... » yesac, posted by Jazzed on July 7, 2005, at 23:18:55
> OMGosh! Yes! Yes! Yes! I live in a constant state of anxiety. It's what keeps me focused to some degree, but it feels horrible sometimes. I think of what I need to do, what I didn't do, what I could be doing, what I should be doing, what didn't get done, what bills need to be paid, what I should have said but didn't say, what I did say but shouldn't have, how I want converstations to to, or every possible way they could go, all the bad stuff that could happen, and on and on and on.
Wow, cool. I mean, not cool that you have that, but just cool that other people experience this kind of thing. It's hard to say if it's ADD or anxiety, but really I think it's both. Like, having such constant obsessive thoughts and not being able to tune them out might be more because of ADD, but then the thoughts themselves make me anxious often. And a lot of the anxiety is related to ADD issues-- for example, I freak out because I feel so disorganized and it makes me very uneasy and I'm afraid that I can't get my act together and will forget something important, or will lose track of something important like the ten tons of mail that I don't bother to open because I find it too overwhelming.>
> Anxiety is often co-morbid in a lot of adult ADDers.Really? I didn't know that. Maybe because ADD symptoms CAUSE a lot of anxiety... ? Like if I don't pay attention in a class or meeting or whatever, then I get stressed out about not knowing what's going on. And then I feel stupid because I don't know what's going on or know what I'm supposed to do (for example, in labs when I was in college), and then I feel bad/down/depressed.... It's all just one big psychopathological cycle.
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> Strattera was great for memory and motivation for me, but if you ever try it, be sure to titrate up SLOWLY!!! Go to www.addforums.com for advice on that.Thanks, I'm thinking of trying it soon. I'd like to try Dexedrine, but I think my psychiatrist might not prescribe it for me. I had sort of a bad reaction to Adderall. It really messed me up emotionally, and I'm already pretty messed up! People say that they're all different, like a person can not respond to Ritalin but have a good response to Concerta, or a person can have bad luck with Adderall but not Dexedrine. But I feel like my shrink doesn't believe that or something. He seems to think that if Ritalin didn't work for me, Concerta won't. I'd like to try, just because, well it can't hurt right? But yeah, all I've taken are Ritalin and Adderall and neither seemed to work. How do you know if they work? I mean can you really tell that there's a difference? Is it very noticible?
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