Posted by alohashirt on May 22, 2005, at 14:57:48
In reply to Re: Can stimulants be used on an as needed basis? » alohashirt, posted by Paulbwell on May 21, 2005, at 23:38:55
Do you have any concerns that long term med effects (less sleep, for example) might also contribute to your symptoms? I walk around feeling great that I am medicating my ADHD but my work performance and life organization doesn't seem to match my subjective confidence that I can get stuff done. My wife thinks I'm getting worse, not better.
Complicating this is that when I take objective ADHD symptom tests my scores are much higher now, and my life itself is much harder (parent of two toddlers) than it was a few years ago.
So am I getting better or worse? Sometimes I just don't know.
If I don't take meds for a couple of days then I struggle to get out of bed and get going. But is that really an objective test of teh efficcacy of the meds? I don't take them to get out of med, I take them to reduce ADHD symptoms.
I think that what I really need is a butler / man friday who can run around and organize my life.
Thoughts?
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