Posted by sunny10 on December 3, 2004, at 12:49:48
In reply to Re: Help - AD for ADHD guy? other drugs?+long rant :-(, posted by dove on December 3, 2004, at 10:13:48
Jaydee,
My son was on Ritalin from 5 yrs old 'til 12 yrs old. He was not thriving as he should and was depressed often. He was then put on Adderall XR (or is it XL, sigh) He is 13 1/2 now. Last month he had to be put onto Zoloft as an AD because the stims had exacerbated his depression so much that he wasn't eating, sleeping, losing weight he could ill afford (at five foot, three inches he was 93 lbs after losing the weight-having "skinny genes" in the family), and was extremely volatile/angry/anxious (as I'm told depression will often come out when mixed with testosterone)!
I am telling you all this because I need you to understand that you cannot afford to lie when you see this Nurse or Doc. They are doing this to protect you. They want to make sure the AD is working at optimum efficacy before they add on a known depressant and rage stimulant.
Please don't attempt to diagnose yourself. If you have zero faith in that particular office, please seek another, but stay on the AD's in the meantime- otherwise the next doc will probably have to start you on them all over again, too, which will only further your delay onto the stims that will help the ADHD.
I know, I know, it is very easy for me to tell someone suffering from ADHD to wait, but I just thought you should know WHY the medical staff is treating you this way. Feel FREE to bring up the topic of the ADHD meds, but don't lie when they question you. Another poster suggested that you explain that you feel that the anxiety could be making you feel worse. If this is true- maybe you should be taking an AD that helps with anxiety specifically. Being less anxious with all of those thoughts in your head should also enable you to slow down a bit.
Just my two cents... take 'em or leave 'em !
poster:sunny10
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