Posted by jojo on August 3, 2001, at 11:33:16
In reply to ADD without Hyperactivity, posted by Roo on August 1, 2001, at 8:53:41
> I'm curious about this and have been for awhile. I
> have cyclothymic depression, for sure, but I'm also
> starting to wonder if I might have ADD without hyperactivity
> as well, and might benefit from something like adderall.
> I already take meds for depression, and don't so much
> feel depressed (when on meds), but I do have a lot of
> trouble concentrating and focusing. About 10 years
> ago, I remember being able to get lost in a task--focus
> on painting and paint for hours at a time. Same with
> reading--I'd read for hours. Now it seems I can't do that
> anymore. I can only paint for 30 minutes, tops, and I start
> feeling distracted and unable to stick with it. I can
> only read a chapter at a time. I'll see a movie and won't
> be able to remember the plot to tell someone about it. Have
> a hard time following conversations. Concentrating on a
> person who is trying to train me at work. Those sorts of
> things. I'm also not trusting myself on this--I don't want
> to be jumping on some sort of ADD bandwagon...but at the same
> time, the symptoms seem to fit and it really bothers me
> that I can't seem to accomplish much b/c of my inability
> to focus. Can anyone relate? Is this just normal human
> stuff, or could it be ADD? I'm almost afraid to bring it
> up to the p-doc b/c I think she feels I'm always trying
> to change things, meds, and that it's a way of trying to
> be "in control". But I really just want to be the best
> I can be. I'm not hyper. I can lay around and space out
> on the couch for hours, but I'd rather be doing stuff, getting
> involved in projects, I just don't feel like I have the
> focus."I'm almost afraid to bring it
up to the p-doc b/c I think she feels I'm always trying
to change things, meds, and that it's a way of trying to
be "in control".I think "almost afraid" means afraid, and I also think that possibly she should give up her need to be in control. Patients hire physicians, and should feel completely free to discuss choice of medications and who must live with the consequences of those choices. Of course YOU should be in control, but should listen to her suggestions and do your homework.
jojo
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