Posted by english on September 28, 2009, at 0:47:20
hi,
i'm currently unmedicated for both my adhd and my depression. i also have a lot of problems with social anxiety. i'm not doing all very well and want to start looking into medications again. the problem is i'm not really sure where there is left to go - i don't really respond very well to stimulants. they make me feel very robotic and cold and often depressed. i can hardly interact with people while i'm on them, i'd have no 'color' at all, and would sink much father back into my head. they also didn't make me any more motivated or passionate, with the effect generally being that i'd be more focused but wouldn't actually do any better in school, i'd only be more focused at the things i liked to do to begin with. i'd still fall into the same behavioral habbits. aside from this, i already have problems keeping up my weight. my parents also strongly disliked what the medications did to me.
i've tried:
strattera
adderall XR
ritalin
metadate
concertaalso wellbutrin for both adhd/depression, which didn't work for me, mostly because of some bad memory problems which cropped up. short term memory issues don't exactly help adhd much.
anyway, i'm curious what the possibilities for me might me? i can supply a more detailed description of my mental state, if that would help, i've been pretty vague here.
i don't want to try try an ssri since they'll have an inhibitory effect on dopamine, moreover, i seem to hear a lot about them having a generally 'numbing' quality to them, which i don't need any more of. i also don't really want to combine a stimulant and an ssri, i'd rather avoid the stimulants if i can.
would nardil help with adhd at all? would it possibly make it worse?
thanks!
poster:english
thread:918786
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