Posted by Racer on September 16, 2006, at 13:15:28
In reply to Re: more on add/stimulants, posted by nickguy on September 14, 2006, at 19:34:08
> I think adderall will help...whether I actually have a.d.d or it is because of slight depression or anxiety or whatever.
Good luck with it.
Just a note, though: Adderall caused greatly increased depression for me. Apparently it's a known side effect. (I stayed on it because my T advised it, but my pdoc said to stop right away, and we switched to Dexedrine, which was a halfway point for me: Adderall made things much worse, Ritalin helped a lot but had some other problems. Dexedrine wasn't as helpful as Ritalin, didn't have the side effects that Ritalin had, but didn't make me as depressed as Adderall...) Anyway, my point is that if Adderall should happen to have that effect for you, the others might still be good.
And the problems with Ritalin were: headaches, feeling high -- and stimulated appetite. The headaches and high feeling would probably have gone away in a few weeks, and there's the chance that the appetite would have, too. The problem is, I've got an eating disorder, and that was just too scary for me. I'm hoping, though, to go back for another try of it after something else in my life is over...
Good luck.
poster:Racer
thread:684549
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20060909/msgs/686578.html