One week ago I was started on Adderall 30mg for narcolepsy which was being brought on by Lyrica (which I take for Fibro) and my pain meds mixed with the Lyrica wasn't helping. The problem was that I am allergic to many medication and this combo has given me my life back but at a cost. I couldn't drive anymore or I would fall asleep behind the wheel. If I tried to do work on my computer I would out of nowhere fall asleep. If I was actively moving all day long then I did not nod off. When it started happening I thought it was the pain meds but the doctor said no, it was one of the number one side effects of Lyrica. He told me that I needed to monitor my BP for one week before taking it because at my last 2 appointments my BP was high, most likely for sitting in his waiting room for 3 hrs for my scheduled appointment had a little to do with it lol.
After confirming that I did not have high BP I started the medication. The effects were immediate which I was sort of shocked since most medications I have taken require time/weeks to work. After being on it for a week and seeing so many areas of improvement not just in the narco (which has completely gone away) but with my ability to concentrate and finish one task at a time. I couldn't do that before! I was always starting on task and jumping to another and another without completing the prior one. I had a hard time focusing and couldn't remember nothing past a few minutes. I swear, at times I felt like Dory (Nemo). My best friend even called me Dory before she knew I felt like Dory, I guess that is why I started feeling like her. ;)
I am 40 and I have suffered from depression (SAD) and anxiety for most of my life. I wasn't hyper as a child. At least not that I can remember. I have my whole life been unable to complete a project like hook run, needle point, drawing or anything like it. I always told by doctors that the ability to follow through on projects, inability to focus and memory problems were caused by depression. I have been on almost every depression medicine/combs etc and none of them helped. I am now wondering if I even had depression at all or maybe the depression wasn't the cause of my problems?
Could it be that I had ADHD and didn't know it? Can it develop later in life from severe trauma? The reason I ask is because for the first time in my life I feel normal! For the first time since I can remember I am not deeply depressed at sundown. My SAD had started on time as usual in mid Oct but it is now gone. I feel calm but I have energy (normal amount of energy) and just feel good.
I would like to know if any adults out there maybe experience the same thing? I would like to know more about Adult ADHD and I will be discussing this with my doctor at my next visit too.
After confirming that I did not have high BP I started the medication. The effects were immediate which I was sort of shocked since most medications I have taken require time/weeks to work. After being on it for a week and seeing so many areas of improvement not just in the narco (which has completely gone away) but with my ability to concentrate and finish one task at a time. I couldn't do that before! I was always starting on task and jumping to another and another without completing the prior one. I had a hard time focusing and couldn't remember nothing past a few minutes. I swear, at times I felt like Dory (Nemo). My best friend even called me Dory before she knew I felt like Dory, I guess that is why I started feeling like her. ;)
I am 40 and I have suffered from depression (SAD) and anxiety for most of my life. I wasn't hyper as a child. At least not that I can remember. I have my whole life been unable to complete a project like hook run, needle point, drawing or anything like it. I always told by doctors that the ability to follow through on projects, inability to focus and memory problems were caused by depression. I have been on almost every depression medicine/combs etc and none of them helped. I am now wondering if I even had depression at all or maybe the depression wasn't the cause of my problems?
Could it be that I had ADHD and didn't know it? Can it develop later in life from severe trauma? The reason I ask is because for the first time in my life I feel normal! For the first time since I can remember I am not deeply depressed at sundown. My SAD had started on time as usual in mid Oct but it is now gone. I feel calm but I have energy (normal amount of energy) and just feel good.
I would like to know if any adults out there maybe experience the same thing? I would like to know more about Adult ADHD and I will be discussing this with my doctor at my next visit too.
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It’s not really possible to have a disorder like ADD and then not be able to remember any of it symptoms, like you said you don’t. And no, you don’t have it now. Attention deficit disorder always starts in early childhood and never develops in adulthood, trauma or no trauma. The term adult ADD is used to describe symptoms of people who have been diagnosed with ADD when they were children, but are now grownups. There is a very simple reason why you feel so much better, especially if you have history of depression and anxiety – Addrill is a psychostimulative drug. This is why it was effective from the start. It makes you feel energetic, awake and concentrated. That’s how stimulants affect most of the people, except people with ADD, but that’s a whole different story.
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ADHD was not tested for in schools in the 70s like it is now. Kids like me were just placed in "special" classes, hated school, skip school and eventually dropped out. They didn't test us to see what was wrong they just put us to the side and we were made to feel like we were not good enough. The only subjects I ever excelled in were the ones that I really really enjoyed. I had a horrible time with reading and spelling as a child, went to speech therapist and had a reading/spelling tutor yet I would still get on my report card S- doesn't apply herself fully! In classes that bored me I would be asleep on my desk within 10 minutes no matter how hard I tried to stay awake.
After getting my HS diploma (through a drug rehab -probably the only reason I didn't have to go get a GED) I tried some college. That didn't last long either so it was off to work. I would find a job that I loved but as soon as I became really good at it I got bored and started looking for something else. Finally I got a job at a big corporation, I loved the work and did really well (always for the first year). One company I was promote 5 times within the first year but then it happened again, I became bored, or anxious or depressed. I got really depressed with my inability to stay with a job that I ended up at 25 yrs old checking myself into a hospital. Nothing they tried worked so I was left to deal with it on my own. Five years later I ended up having health problems which I just ignored because I was afraid to go to the doctor, thinking it all in my head.
It wasn't until a little over a year ago when I couldn't put up with pain anymore that I finally went a primary care doctor who sent me to a neuro. All I know is this medicine is not making me "high" (and it is basically legal speed right?) it is keeping me awake and makes me feel normal. When I am bored or anxious my left leg bounces so fast that it looks like it has a motor in it. Oh god, how that used to drive my parents completely and totally nuts! It still drives my husband nuts too. But since I started this medication my leg hasn't bounced! I even went to get my hair cut and the stylist asked me if I was okay. I said yes, why do you ask. She replied, your leg isn't doing the bouncy thing and you are usually very talkative. She went on to say, you just seem so different and calm. I was like really?
I never said I wasn't able to remember any symptoms. I asked if one could have ADHD and not know it. I just thought I was messed up, depressed just generally an odd and different misfit. I just thought my symptoms were depression since I was first diagnosed as depressed at age 16 when I overdosed and was sent to a intense 1 yr dual-diagnosis rehab program. Even there nobody asked any early childhood questions, it was all focused on why we used which focused more on teen related problems.
I honestly have to wonder how many people have experienced something like I am right now. Like I said before this is the first time I have ever felt normal. I haven't had any anxiety issues the last few days and I have been under stress that would normally have me an emotional wreck. My SAD is not affecting me at sundown and nothing I have ever taken before has helped the SAD.
I understand this drug is a stimulant. My neuro was a little concerned that it might make me "hyper" and it hasn't. It has stopped the narco which was making me feel real sluggish. Now I have normal energy and not following asleep when I stop to sit down for a few minutes. Anyways I guess the best thing to do is talk to my neuro about this medication and see if he has someone he can refer me to whole specialises in this area. Having someone review my childhood and full history might be in order. Perhaps this is something that has been misdiagnosed or perhaps I am just a mental case misfit. Looking for the answer to that question I guess was inappropriate to ask here. Sorry I wasted your time. I hope you have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving.
After getting my HS diploma (through a drug rehab -probably the only reason I didn't have to go get a GED) I tried some college. That didn't last long either so it was off to work. I would find a job that I loved but as soon as I became really good at it I got bored and started looking for something else. Finally I got a job at a big corporation, I loved the work and did really well (always for the first year). One company I was promote 5 times within the first year but then it happened again, I became bored, or anxious or depressed. I got really depressed with my inability to stay with a job that I ended up at 25 yrs old checking myself into a hospital. Nothing they tried worked so I was left to deal with it on my own. Five years later I ended up having health problems which I just ignored because I was afraid to go to the doctor, thinking it all in my head.
It wasn't until a little over a year ago when I couldn't put up with pain anymore that I finally went a primary care doctor who sent me to a neuro. All I know is this medicine is not making me "high" (and it is basically legal speed right?) it is keeping me awake and makes me feel normal. When I am bored or anxious my left leg bounces so fast that it looks like it has a motor in it. Oh god, how that used to drive my parents completely and totally nuts! It still drives my husband nuts too. But since I started this medication my leg hasn't bounced! I even went to get my hair cut and the stylist asked me if I was okay. I said yes, why do you ask. She replied, your leg isn't doing the bouncy thing and you are usually very talkative. She went on to say, you just seem so different and calm. I was like really?
I never said I wasn't able to remember any symptoms. I asked if one could have ADHD and not know it. I just thought I was messed up, depressed just generally an odd and different misfit. I just thought my symptoms were depression since I was first diagnosed as depressed at age 16 when I overdosed and was sent to a intense 1 yr dual-diagnosis rehab program. Even there nobody asked any early childhood questions, it was all focused on why we used which focused more on teen related problems.
I honestly have to wonder how many people have experienced something like I am right now. Like I said before this is the first time I have ever felt normal. I haven't had any anxiety issues the last few days and I have been under stress that would normally have me an emotional wreck. My SAD is not affecting me at sundown and nothing I have ever taken before has helped the SAD.
I understand this drug is a stimulant. My neuro was a little concerned that it might make me "hyper" and it hasn't. It has stopped the narco which was making me feel real sluggish. Now I have normal energy and not following asleep when I stop to sit down for a few minutes. Anyways I guess the best thing to do is talk to my neuro about this medication and see if he has someone he can refer me to whole specialises in this area. Having someone review my childhood and full history might be in order. Perhaps this is something that has been misdiagnosed or perhaps I am just a mental case misfit. Looking for the answer to that question I guess was inappropriate to ask here. Sorry I wasted your time. I hope you have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving.
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You didn’t waste my time, and it’s a good thing to sometimes be proven wrong – you wouldn’t think things through otherwise. When I assumed things about your life and assumed the wrong things, which made you to think about them, even to write them down. You wanted to know more about ADD – I told you what I know and what is generally accepted among medical professionals. All you said about high school “misfits” is true, I was one of those, but still I don’t think ADD had anything to do with it. Today it’s just the opposite extreme – parents say their kids have ADD for every stupid thing a kid does. It’s equally bad.
And what is the harm in knowing exactly what are you taking (I mean ADD meds) and what exactly are they doing to you? Most people don’t and they just make a bigger mess than it was. . In most cases you can do a lot more when someone disagrees with you, than when people around you just nod.
And what is the harm in knowing exactly what are you taking (I mean ADD meds) and what exactly are they doing to you? Most people don’t and they just make a bigger mess than it was. . In most cases you can do a lot more when someone disagrees with you, than when people around you just nod.
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Wow, I know I'm responding late, but I have battled with the same issues myself! Reading what you wrote... I feel as though I wrote it myself!?!? I can totally relate. Today is my first day of Adderall, and I feel completely calm, in control... as if a huge weight has literally been lifted off of my shoulders! It's amazing how feeling so good can feel so foreign... I'm just wondering if this feeling will last or if this is an adjustment period. Hard to say since this is my first dose, but so far so good. I have no anxiety, perhaps just a little noise sensitivity and increased thirst (thirst I definitely expected). I feel pretty normal... perhaps the struggle is over. I sure hope so and will remain positive. Blessings to you. : )
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