Posted by Jazzed on July 8, 2005, at 18:07:13
In reply to Re: 'Nother thought on this one... » Jazzed, posted by yesac on July 8, 2005, at 16:11:05
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> 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.
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LOL, no not at all cool that I feel anxious, or you! I think a lot of it IS related to the ADD. Like when I stress out because I can't seem to get my sh*t together like everyone else, do all the things the other moms do, get my house together like a normal mom, cook a normal dinner, get everything done, blah, blah, blah. I will also start to do things, get distracted start something else, and on and on. Or, will start out to go to the post office, and end up at the other side of town before I remember I was going to the PO! Then I worry what everyone thinks of me, which I think is more anxiety than ADD, but probably caused a lot by the stuff I can't seem to do because I'm so freaking scattered! I take everything personally, every look, every comment, everything.
> 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.
>Yep, yep, like I always tell everyone....go to
www.addforums.com and you will find the largest community of ADDers anywhere, and you will feel normal!!! I only love babble better!
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> 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!Tell me what Adderall did to you. I had a bad reaction the first time. Tell me your dose, and what happened. Bad depression?
>>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.
Oooo, time to see someone who specialized in ADD!
I wouldn't trade my p-doc, he's a specialist and just the best.
>>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?The difference is like a different world. I did have problems on strattera, it was not all good.
Get on Babble mail and babble mail me, and we can chat about all of this!jazzy
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