Posted by alohashirt on January 24, 2005, at 18:58:43
In reply to Re: Concerta vs Adderall XR » alohashirt, posted by ed_uk on January 24, 2005, at 10:01:51
> Hi,
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> >Where are you in England?
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> West Yorkshire.I have bleak memories of Bradford.
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> >With Concerta (and all the methylphenidate drugs) I get tunnel vision and am much less distractible.
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> So.. you don't 'hyperfocus' when you're on Adderall?
No more than unmedicated.> What sort of thing does MPH make you hyperfocus on? .... ie. do you simply end up doing more of the things that you find interesting and less of the things that you ought to be doing?
either - depends on my willpower / level of panic
> >I had read a discussion of some clinics that were exceptions to this rule.
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> Yes, there are a very small number of private psychiatrists in the UK that recognise adult ADD. They are expensive though, not sure I can afford! I doubt that there are any National Health Service pdocs who treat adult ADD.Do the private ones do NHS work to keep up hospital affiliations and the like.
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> >It may be worth emailing some of the big names in US ADHD and asking for recommendations?
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> Who do you think I should email?Jeepers. I really like the "update on medications" paper on John Ratey's page ( "www.johnratey.com" ) I also like some of Ned Hallowell's articles
""http://www.drhallowell.com/resources/index.html""The forums on www.amenclinic.com have a lot of good info, especially on medication, but I haven't read any of his books.
Fight for the right to get great treatment!
Good luck
> Thank you,
> Ed.
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