Posted by JohnX2 on November 6, 2001, at 23:22:41
In reply to Stimulants, how do you get them?, posted by adamie on November 6, 2001, at 22:03:42
> hi. There seem to be a lot of messages on this forum regarding stimulants. I myself am desperate for relief and I'm just wondering, how do you get these stimulants? Do your pdoc's prescribe them after several AD failures or do you get them by some other means? I am sick of feeling this way. If something can help after just one dose then I want it. I'm the type of guy who wouldn't even drink coffee but now my life is on the line. please reply
Well, you could read up on the symptoms of
ADD and go to a new pdoc and fake out the
symptoms. Don't tell him you have ADD, but
talk about the depression and all your failed
trials on meds, and if he says to try a med
tell him you already did and it didn't work.
List symptoms of ADD. He'll give you a stealth
ADD quiz like asking you to recite the months
backwards or count backwards from 100 subtracting
by 7's. Then he'll mention a list of fruits,
change the conversation to something else then
ask you to list the fruits again. Tell him
you have a lot of trouble sitting still. You
feel calm driving your car or walking around or
when you have caffeine in your system, otherwise
you are antsy.If your depression has reached rock bottom and
all else has failed, a stimulant is a choice
that the psychiatrist should acknowledge, however.How many pdocs have you worked with and what to
date has had any positive effect?sorry about your delimma,
-john
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