Posted by Francesco on October 10, 2003, at 14:52:13
Hi, how are you ?
Today I saw the adhd doc ... and he allowed me to take the rit ... I'm going to try it and see what happens ... my plan is takin'it only when I need it (anyway I have a script only for 1-2 pills per day) ... I'm quite curious rather than excited. In the last days I forced myself to study despite my problems (and without anafranil) and I'm glad to say I had some success. My normal concentration is ridicolous compared with the one I get with anafranil but I managed not to blame myself for my lack of focus. Of course if I don't blame myself I don't get depressed and my concentration gets better. I think that even if adhd is a neurological problem there also psycological sides that can be treated with a bit of cognitive-behavioural-auto-therapy. I mean, you're not obliged to get depressed if you don't manage to do what you're supposed to do ...
If the rit fails or if I get unbearable side-effects I will try Imipramine, only taking it when I need it to study and quit it occasionally if I wanna be myself for a while. If all of the above fail I will start to take tyrosine and ginko and so on. After ten years of "Anafranil depression" I have now a lot of alternatives and this makes me wilful to live. Psycho-Babble has helped me tremendously (I'm the only Italian guy who knows something about adult adhd ;-)... Just to change subject, which as you know is very uncommon to me, the good thing about PHD is that my study is not strictly controlled so I have time to make my "brain experiments" ;-) the doc suggested also to quit coffe, which i'm going to do (I'm an addict in this department) ... I'll keep you informed and ... why did you quit yohimbe ?
poster:Francesco
thread:267912
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