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Benagain
Oct 10, 2007

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Hi, so after years of suspecting and one year of having three different therapists outright say to me "You almost certainly have some kind of attention disorder" I've finally accepted that I probably do and am working on getting a formal diagnosis and also actively attempting to do better.

In other news my relationship with my wife is not going great because of poo poo like cleanliness issues and putting things away. Possibly related!

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Benagain
Oct 10, 2007

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What should i be looking for in a diagnostic test?

Benagain
Oct 10, 2007

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My therapist is recommending some pyschologists to get a formal diagnosis, so it's more just go to expert trust what expert says?

Benagain
Oct 10, 2007

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Anybody else break things?

Benagain
Oct 10, 2007

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See i had the opposite experience, coke never did much for me. Even as i watched a few of my friends get scary addicted! (They're better now)

Benagain
Oct 10, 2007

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Oh hey. That's the feeling that wakes me up at 3am, when i am sometimes able to crank out paperwork.

Benagain
Oct 10, 2007

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I'm lucky as hell and don't have any bad side effects from my normal dose of adderal. Worst that happens is I sometimes forget to eat lunch.

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Benagain
Oct 10, 2007

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Zurtilik posted:

How much of an obvious effect are ADHD meds supposed to be? Should I obviously feel different? I feel like I don't notice much, but my wife swears up and down they help me when I take them. So maybe they work and I suck as self-assessing. Or maybe another med/higher dose would satisfy us both? Idk.

Personally speaking I notice but it's good that your wife notices a difference. I'd talk to your psych about trying a higher dose to see if you notice, when I was dialing in it on Adderal it went "okay I feel different, I'm noticing an effect, it's working but not as much as it could, theeeere we go."

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