Posted by hopefullynow on July 13, 2011, at 3:23:25
In reply to Re: The ADHD community » hopefullynow, posted by mtdewcmu on July 12, 2011, at 0:21:29
I also suffer from dysthimia and anhedonia and they surely overlap on me, too.
I never was suicidal, only my mood is down, I don't get joy on normal things or on my past hobbies, I only do things that I HAVE TO (and veeery hard).
I'm glad that you're finally on something that works.Do you suffer from crashes on Dex at the end of the day or on the afternoon?
Unfortunately stimulants are not available in my country and AD's with norepinephrine reuptake inhibition only gave me anxiety and panic, so they are not an option.
Good luck to you !!!
> > Interesting subtype of ADD
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> > It sound very much like anhedonia that many fellows on this board complain.Trying to complete a task and being bored and unmotivated, then jumping to another thing was with me all my life.Also the lack of hyperactivity and impulsiveness is very interesting
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> I definitely have anhedonia. At first I thought you wrote dysthymia. It would be sort of like dysthymia, since both are chronic, and there could be some overlap. For me, there is significant psychomotor slowing. In psychometric testing, my performance IQ has consistently been much lower than my verbal IQ. The fact that it was 20 pts lower when I was tested in junior high, and 30 points lower when I was tested 5 years ago, says to me that this has to be more than depression. It would be unusual to stay that depressed so consistently for such a long time.
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> > You shed a light on me.
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> > Are you on a treatment right now?
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> Yes. Dexedrine. I'm prescribed 30mg, but more seems to work even better.
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> > Did something along your course of the illness helped with these symptoms?
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> Wellbutrin has helped for relatively short intervals. I started Dexedrine a couple months ago, and it helps the most so far.
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> > For me, ephedra and beta agonists helped a lot but I developed rapid tolerance and I crashed with grace all the time.
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> > All the best!
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