Posted by utopizen on July 6, 2005, at 14:28:41
In reply to I need to talk about Dexedrine Treatment, posted by rjlockhart98 on July 2, 2005, at 14:50:16
> I have been on adderall 40mg, at one time 60mg for ADHD.
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> I am growing older now, since im 18 and i can cope better with things, such as work.
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> Right now i am only on Clonazepam 4mg daily for severe anxiety. But i get very low, but still a nervous wreck.
>Inattentiveness related to anxiety and mood is commonly, although not necessarily exclusive to, depression.
Keep in mind, it's common, according to my doc, nowadays to use RITALIN (keyword: not Adderall, which is harder to rationalize unless ADD is also diagnosed) at a moderate dose to keep your energy activated enough so you can follow the routine and schedule your therapist has you do-- exercise, meet friends, go to work, enjoy a movie, etc. (Anything is better than lying in bed, you know that).
That said, I'm worried about you. Your mood was one way one moment, another the next. How realistic do you think it is to expect yourself to persist in your mood as you last reported and never float back again into your prior, unmotivated mood?
There's no problem in taking a small dose of Ritalin as a booster in the morning or so to get you out of bed, doing the things that lead you to get the motivation to keep doing other things throughout the day, until that little passing cloud called depression everyone is so convinced is as perpetual as it is to see in Seattle fades away over time.
In the meantime, get out of bed by placing an alarm clock so far away and hard to shut off you have to wake up and find it buried somewhere each morning so you're up by the time you shut it off.
Then, take a shower before you let yourself philosophize over whether you can afford to expend the mental energy to turn the bathroom facuet on.
Then, go outside as soon as you're dressed and eat breakfast somewhere outside of your place, as an excuse to relocate yourself and walk outside before like 3PM. It will make you feel better. iPods enhance this effect ;)
Finally, exercise. Pick something you love to do, in my case, riding my bike, and do it so often each day it's hard for you after a couple of weeks to imagine NOT doing it a single day.
Bad habits can be replaced with good habits just the same, trust me.
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