Posted by detroitpistons on May 30, 2006, at 13:52:08
In reply to Re: Ruminating and Obsessing, posted by willyee on May 30, 2006, at 13:15:45
> I thought my obessions might be a form of ADHD,but instead all the stimulants did was give me more energy to make things even worse.Im not saying this to frighten u,its just ur complaints sound so close to mine i thought id give u a heads up.
I'm still confused as to whether I'm bipolar II, ADD, anxious, one of them, two of them, or all of them. Right now, my concentration is worse that it's ever been because of Lamictal, I believe.
Also, I supposedly had my first discernable hypomanic (dysphoric) experience recently while taking Effexor. That's why I was diagnosed BPII, although I'm not completely convinced of the diagnosis because I don't recall prior instances of hypomania (only periods of high irritability), and this hypomania only occured after taking an AD.
At that time, my mind was racing and I was very distractable, so my concentration was terrible. I started taking the Lamictal and it helped, but I'm wondering if I'm still a bit hypomanic. Maybe that's part of my problem with concentration right now. Maybe some of the symptoms of hypomania are still there. It makes sense because I don't think Lamictal is a very potent antimanic. It's much better for the depressive side of things.
I think I have a history of mild AD/HD. I can definitely be inattentive and space out, but I did very well in school (learned a lot by reading the books at home, not necessarily in lecture) so nobody ever suspected it. I adapted while in school. I scored very high on Dr. Amen's AD/HD test, but a lot of the symptoms are common with anxiety/depression/bipolar II.
OK, I went off on some tangents there. I started Adderall on 5 mg and it made me feel weird and nervous. I'm on 10 mg now, and I don't feel the nervousness anymore. I'm not wired either, and I never was. I feel normal in that respect, and it actually makes me tired when it wears off. But lately I've definitely been ruminating more, and I've had more symptoms of anxiety and depression. I don't know if this is related to the Adderall because I had some stressful things happen to me.
So far on 10 mg, I'm not noticing any increase in focus/concentration. I'm going to give this trial a fair shot though and continue to go up as my Dr. instructs. I will keep some Xanax close in case of emergency.
Thanks for the comments Willy.
Marc
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