Posted by francesco on September 14, 2003, at 17:23:38
In reply to Re: Update time :-) (Redirect Dr. Bob? Meds!), posted by DSCH on September 14, 2003, at 9:21:10
HI DSCH, nice to hear you again ... yes, the parallel is interesting ... some of the posters wrote something that sounded like: "When I was ADHD I was used to said the first thing that came into mind and people laughed ... Now I think before speaking and people don't laugh anymore" ... I really sympatize with this ... One of the problem of ADHD is in my opinion that you don't aware of what you're doing or thinking ... When I'm on Anafranil I'm TOO aware ... that's great if have to study for ex. because I can notice that I'm beginning daydreaming and I can go back and concentrate ... but it's not great if you have to talk to people because "I can hear myself saying what I'm saying" ... Maybe when you have more self-control you are less spontaneuos and viceversa ... Anyway I hope Ritalin will work for me (if the psychiatrist will allow me to take it) and however after I re-started taking Anafranil the worst has passed ... Now I know how to spend my time (reading and studying and so on) and so I won't care if for the next month or so, waiting for the appointment, I'll be a little bit social phobic (hope I won't care). After all these trials I can say that I'm one of those persons who do better on TCAs than SSRIs (I have some feelings dumbness on TCAs but it's nothing compared to SSRI's one).
I'm glad you're doing fine. Did you have problems with stims ? I know supplements are working for you but what's was your experience with stimulants ? (Ok, we'll see each other in the other babble, we're going to be redirected ...)
Ehm ... What about St. John's Wort and SAM-E ? ;-)
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