Posted by lillabelle on June 10, 2003, at 4:13:01
In reply to Re: Differences between BP II and ADHD » katia, posted by Ron Hill on June 9, 2003, at 15:57:42
Ron and Katia thanks for your post.
Rereading my last post I see that a lot of the symptons I mentioned for BP2 sound a lot like ADD.
I know I am definitely BP2 but in the last year I suspect strongly that I may also have adult ADD. It is somewhat difficult to differentiate the two, in my limited experience.
I think part of the problem is that in the past I have always associated ADD with children's ADHD, which primarily affects boys. I know I was not an ADHD child and I'm not sure if I was ADD either, apart from excessive daydreaming.Because I have a relatively high level of education (MA), and because I read constantly at a fairly intellectual level I always assumed that I could not have adult ADD. However as was previously posted much of my behaviour could be dxed as ADD and perhaps (not sure) educational achievement is no indicator of this disorder.
At present I cannot get to the bottom of this as i live in, for all intents and purposes, in a third world country where pdocs, for all intents and purposes, don't exist. Also pstims are banned, banned, banned. Anyway as I also wrote I can no longer tolerate pstims, at least ritalin, and phentermine (since the nardil overload).
The good news is I am going home to Toronto, Canada in two weeks. For the first time ever (I've been away 12 years) I hope to find a reputable and sympathetic pdoc. However, adderall and cylert are not available in Canada which is, as always, just my luck.
Back to you Katia; it doesn't sound like you have ADD, but who am I to tell. As for BP, that is for you and your pdoc to discern. Do you think you have ever experienced hypomania in any form? Did you get 'high' from AD's?
Ron, I really appreciate your research. There is so much to learn in this field and in spite of all the stinky things that have happened to me and the med disasters I still have hope that I will find lasting peace of mind.
Final word, at present I take 100mg of lamictal, 200mg of serzone and 50mg of trazadone at night to sleep. Bear in mind however that it took me a very long time to reach these levels. In the beginning I could not have tolerated such high dosages of any of the above.
PS (in previous post I mentioned gaba as being involved in my meds, I ment glutamate!!) (add??)
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