Posted by cybercafe on October 19, 2003, at 18:33:58
In reply to Re: So tell me about adult ADD (LONG!) » cybercafe, posted by girlygirl on October 19, 2003, at 15:46:04
> The only one that really worked was lofepramine - the rest (the SSRIs) just seemed to make me totally numb and lethargic. I lost interest in everything, cut off from my friends and ended up totally alone... and didn't really care that much. I was on Prozac during the really bad stage of my depression but when I went to my GP to ask for a change of meds or some other kind of help she instead gave me a lecture about trains and sent me
hmmm... i got the same reaction from celexa, SSRI apathy, and it didn't totally work for my depression so i think you can't judge if you have ADD or not unless your depression is pretty much gone
having said that ....
>away. Concentration-wise, my problems with it were the same as they always have been - with something that interests me I can sit for hours with it and not even hear things going on around me, but with most things it takes me forever to get started and usually it's only the panic of a looming deadline that focuses my mind.
that sounds like ADD to me! ....> Hmm.. I enjoy being with groups of people if I am close friends with them all anyway, but groups of people I don't know very well I've never been comfortable in. I worry so much about what people think of me I can't relax. When I was really depressed I couldn't even face seeing people I knew well because it was too difficult and frightening. But I DO like attention from people I trust. I don't know...
okay sounds like you are me then... more shy or depressed than actually introverted necessarily (not saying you aren't introverted, just that other things can make you appear that way)
> > oh yeah for sure.... in my case ... i worked my butt off and then found i couldn't handle a job and all my dreams suddenly were crushed.... that was very depressing....i totally think ADD can cause depression
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> why couldn't you handle the job?uh.... feeling of profound boredom after first 1 or 2 hours of work, sleepiness, depression would set in ..... would want to go and do anything else ..... felt trapped, overwhelming sensation that i was wasting my time and could be doing things much more fun or meaningful... VERY overwhelming....
like mine is an extreme case i think, but if i tried to concentrate i would eventually just fall asleep
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> > sorry to hear that........ i hope you get well soon... my heart goes out to all patients of the NHS :(
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> Yeah, we need all the sympathy we can get! the NHS is great for emergencies but truly abysmal for mental health (among numerous other things). If you swallow a bottle of paracetamol no problem - but since I am holding down a job the doc just wants me out of his office. I'm waiting for the day I earn enough money to pay a psychiatrist (hah!) hey, but I know I'm lucky. At least I've started to pull myself out of it (touch wood).i think my doc charged 90 quid a visit (back in london) .... ummm... and i'm hoping when i go back to the UK disability would be easy to get (worst case, i.e. if i can't work) and disability + regular dole would be enough to pay for a doc once or twice a month ??? i think dole is 50 quid a week and disability is another 25 or 50 ??
> So what do you reckon then, ADD or not? Clearly no substitute for a consultation with a trained professional, but since I'm unlikely to get one of those... ;-)sounds very possible ... if i were you i would get myself the OFFICIAL british psychiatric association diagnostic criteria for ADHD (if there is such a thing?), fill it out, and then show it to my doc .......
> In the US, do you have to pay for all your meds or do they come out of health insurance automatically? GG xdunno, i'm not a yank :)
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