Any advice?
yeah, for a long time i was telling my doctor about all my concentration problems and he said he didn't want to try any meds but only recently i finally convinced him that they were that bad (which is 100% true). i have taken adderall on the side but i didn't tell him (since of course he would have been even more against giving me meds). he prescribed me ritalin finally. i haven't noticed a change so far but its at a pretty low dose currently.But if you are dead set on the idea, you need to hop on the medication merry go 'round. It definitily won't be a doctors first line of treatment
Dextroamphetamine Sulfate? Your message would apply to those who are predisposed to abuse stimulants. But some people, including myself never had this urge or desire. Was never a "coffee" person, never ever wanted to try meth, and have a prescription for a ton of Ritalin, which does give me energy and a bit of confidence, despite the physical anxiety...yet I have an urge *not* take too much, like 5-6mg every other day. My body knows what is bad for it, and what is toxic and naturally just tells me enough is enough. I have no tolerance for the med either.hey, i would NOT take adderall, even as prescribed.....i am a psychologist (college educated) with much experience in psychopharmacology and was on adderall for maybe 2-3 years from like 1999-2001 or so...because of the amphetamine psychosis that it caused from me taking it as directed and abusing from time to time...adderall is actually basically the same drug as a popular amphetamine that was used recreationally in the 70's the way that (i wanna say dextroamphetamine was the name of it but i don't think that it and i'm very tired and haven't slept and am too lazy, but look on google and you'll find out what i'm talking about)..anyway, i developed some amphetamine psychosis from using this adderall that had me thinking people were plotting at me and that cars that followed me for a couple miles or turns were the police and knew i was abuse the adderall, etc...just crazy stuff...and the comedown from the stuff is just awful, even if you take it like you're supposed to...just awful....i've now been on anxiety meds (the benzodiazapine ativan) since i came off the adderall just to deal with my anxiety and now are dependent physically on those because and literally cannot go one day without my relatively low dose of ativan (1-2mg daily) without completely freaking out...anyway, i'm trying to keep a very long story short but i would completely advice you as someone in the field of psychology and psychopharmacology to completely stay away from any amphetamine based drugs (ritalin, adderall, etc) to help you with any of your ADHD, etc related issues because belief me i was much happier and content with being very scatterbrained than the slave to prescription drugs that i feel like i am now ...(i actually came on here to find a way to get off my ativan by very very slowly reducing my dose over maybe six months or something since i've been on it for so long now...if anyone can help me w/ that it would be wonderful..i want to put together a chart or something to help me specifically follow it...not only that i run and that creates more problems because it increases my tolerance to the drug and i need approx. 50% more of it to feel the same effect on the day which i run)
How does the adderrall help your SAD?............. same symptoms of ADD. Out of my 5 or so docs I have only had one that had the slightest misgivings about me taking adderall mainly for my social anxiety (although it does help a ton with focus as well). He had some pretty major misgivings however. He was also a stuck up prick. :thumbs up:
I've heard about these ADHD test's before, I'm just curious, what do they entail? Is it like a written questionnaire that you need to fill in or something?If that doesn't work, study up on adhd-i (or even just adhd) and ask to be tested as you noticed a lot of symptons match
Its simply a matter of trying the med in question and evaluating its benefits vs drawbacks. You may find adderall will help you be more productive, you may find it causes you to think so rapidly you can't string a rational thought or sentence together. There will be physical and personality side effects which will effect each individual uniquely and the only way to properly evaluate a med is to experience its effects on your infinitely unique chemical excretion of consciousness. While doing so its good to be on the look out for certain aspects of personality that might be affected negatively by stimulants (such as mania, OCD, etc.) which the dopamine rush of the med might cause someone to overlook the significance of.I guess I have two questions, or scenarios I'd like comment on, both for my wife and I.
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I'd like to hear comments on both scenarios if possible. Though I know ultimately we'll have to consult a physician, I thought it wised to be as informed as possible before proceeding with anything.