Posted by DSCH on October 10, 2003, at 20:03:56
In reply to news for dsch, posted by Francesco on October 10, 2003, at 14:52:13
> Hi, how are you ?
Alive. :-) "Kill Bill" was probably not the best movie to go see when restarting on pemoline. ;-) I have a hornet's nest of resentment stored up in regards to a number of people. One ex-girlfriend of mine in particular. So naturally I had to go see an ultra-violent revenge movie while my dopamine level was rising! *shakes head*
At least my new bank cut me a little slack when a problem cropped up today. I was beginning to doubt the wisdom of switching banks as it seemed you never win in an argument against a banker anyway. I wasn't informed (hey, I try and listen closely!) an extended hold was placed on my deposits and I started writing checks once the general new account hold came off. Fortunately they have made available a portion of those funds to cover the ones I wrote plus some extra to tide me until the deposit holds come off.
> 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.
My thinking is that you should start a familar pattern and let your brain/body acclimate to it. "When I need it" can be a slippery slope with medications, the pstims and opioids in particular.
>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.I would try "steering" for desipramine and only settle for imipramine if the pdoc is being intractible. ;-) If you found my post on regular PB, I've uncovered that the other well-tolerated secondary amine tricyclic nortriptyline is also weighted more towards 5-HT reuptake and thus is probably not a good candidate for you if the monoamine hypothesis holds weight. :-)
>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)
This is not at all uncommon for ADDers. I abused caffiene myself and cut back before I recognised the possibility of my having ADD rather than atypical depression or dysthymia.
> ... I'll keep you informed and ... why did you quit yohimbe ?
I found out the serum half life of yohimbine is ridiciously short. I think I was kidding myself regarding the notion of coming up with a OTC treatment plan on my own. I've helped myself out a great deal so far, but I think if I'm going to go the full distance I need to find the right professional(s) to help me.
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