Posted by SLS on September 18, 2006, at 6:55:34
In reply to What kind of cognitive/mental issue is this??, posted by jparsell82 on September 17, 2006, at 23:31:01
Hi Josh.
How old are you?
How old were you when you first developed any kind of mood or concentration issue? Can you be specific what you experienced?
Is there a history of bipolar disorder in your family? Other?
- Scott
> I have major cognitive issues. I have memory problems, problems focusing, learning problems, and I lose my thoughts frequently. I can't seem to retain anything I read/hear/watch for very long. I've been diagnosed with ADD and taken ADD online tests that show I have ADD. Adderall doesn't seem to help much. In fact, it seems like I lose my thoughts easier with it. Such as... I'm writing a paper and thinking of what to write and how to word my sentence and during all this thinking I lose track of it and forget what I had in mind. This happens all the time with various things, not just writing. I space out frequently. With everything I just seem to feel a constant pressure, whether it be reading, writing, talking, listening. I have to have a silent room with just myself in it and have a comfortable seat just to be able to try to concentrate... and it still doesn't go all that well. It seems like I constantly have this inner energy going all the time, I'm also extremely impatient, hypersensitive, etc. I can never calmly have a conversation, read, learn, write, work, etc. I always feel pressured and can't concentrate or focus on the task at hand. I have no desire/drive/discipline/motivation to do anything involving any kind of work.
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> As I said, Adderall doesn't seem to help much. SSRIs I absolutely couldn't stand... they made me more spacey and disconnected, they also made it hard to concentrate. Anti-psychotics didn't help any... Zyprexa just knocked me out and I got Akathisia from Seroquel and various doses of Abilify. Klonopin game me major memory issues plus no drive or motivation to do anything.
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> Is there anything out there that could help me calmly focus on what's in front of me? Whether it be talking & listening to someone or writing/reading or working? Something that could calm my impatience and restlessness and allow me to think with less pressure? Something that doesn't cause other cognitive issues? I post here once in a great while... I wish I could be of more help to others on this site but I'm having so much trouble dealing with myself. I feel that if somehow I could fix this cluster of problems that I've tried to explain here, I could more easily overcome my Social Anxiety and other things.
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> Thanks,
> Josh
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