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shoetastic posted:I have ADD (not ADHD) and i'm happy to contribute.. Edit: gently caress, beaten
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I have ADHD and cannabis (even one hit) makes me pass the gently caress out, sleep for 12 hours and wake up feeling pretty good but totally not in the mood to do any work. If I'm not allowed to lay down once high, I start getting really panicked and freak out.
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they should just give speed to anyone who wants it and can pass checkups to show they're not going insane/losing too much weight/losing teeth/stealing their relatives' belongings Edit: and who doesn't have heart problems of course
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Kneel Before Zog posted:No adhd medication makes you lose you teeth/causes heart arrhythmia but if you have any actual proof that shows otherwise... I don't recall ever saying that any ADHD medicine caused heart problems, only that people who have heart problems should not take stimulants.
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Mein Eyes! posted:I think even I assume that ADD a behavioral problem rather than a chemical problem, and that I'm treating my laziness more than a deficiency in how dopamine moves in my brain  All behavioral problems are chemical problems, some are just easier to fix than others.
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Qu Appelle posted:oh Gods
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zoso820 posted:Could someone elaborate on the effects video games have on someone with ADD? I'm new to the thread and saw it briefly mentioned on the first page, and now I'm really curious. Before I was diagnosed, I simply could not stop playing them, and I would get really angry at myself for putting off homework again. Then I would just say gently caress it, I don't have enough time to do it anymore anyway, and I would go back to playing video games.
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The drymouth has given me more cavities than I've ever had in my entire life (either that or the dentist I switched to massively overdiagnoses cavities)
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if you can convince your doctor that you need more than you actually do, your prescriptions can easily pay for themselves (especially if you live near a college)
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flavaaDAAAAAVE posted:I wonder why adderall is schedule II
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Have any of you noticed that, while on your meds, you are more productive... but not on the thing you wanted to be productive on? Whenever I take my dex I end up with a DJ mix about 2 hours later... when I was supposed to be cleaning my room or doing homework.
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TheBigBad posted:What do I do with these Vyvanse pills? I'm done with them and there are 27 of them.
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(controversial "advice" removed) helpful content: I found weed to be a very effective sleep aid, as long as I used it very sparingly--only on those days where I desperately needed to go to sleep and nothing else worked. In my experience, if you use it too much it stops working as well for this purpose. Weed is a mild psychedelic/hallucinogen and in general mixing those with stimulants makes it easier to have a paranoid freakout (stimulants encourage the "fight or flight" response). Of course I'm prone to paranoia on weed alone so your mileage may vary. Disclaimer: I don't actually smoke weed very often, and it affects different people in very different ways, so don't take my word for it. Socket Ryanist fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Mar 1, 2011 |
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I'm sorry, I live in california and I keep forgetting that we are actually a different universe than the rest of the US. Carry on. Edit: If smoking weed is part of your lifestyle then you probably have weed-smoking friends. Ask them if they know any weed-friendly doctors. They're easy to find around here and if you live near another major city (like chicago or NYC) then they might not be too hard to find there either. If smoking weed is NOT part of your lifestyle already then I think it would be silly to start smoking it if you're going on an adderall regimen. Socket Ryanist fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Mar 1, 2011 |
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Take magnesium supplements and that jaw-clenching and tongue-biting will all go away.
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Blame the fact that meds are hard to get on the government's misguided drug policies, not individuals' decisions about what to put in their bodies. Or better yet, why don't we keep all discussions about the drugs in a non-ADHD context in TCC? This thread is about ADHD, which only makes it tangentially about ADHD meds. (Not trying to backseat mod, just a suggestion) Socket Ryanist fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Jun 23, 2011 |
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Jun 23, 2011 21:35
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signalnoise posted:You can't split a capsule.  You sure can. Or do you mean you can't split it precisely?
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signalnoise posted:Are you suggesting doctors tell their patients to split capsules? It's as if i said you can't serve drinks inside a sandwich. Sure you can, but not seriously.
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signalnoise posted:Are you saying that if you put "take half of one capsule three times per day" on a bottle, that more than 5% of your customers will just do it without problems? If you're implying that a doctor assumes all of their patients are ignorant morons, then please tell me who your doctor is so I can make sure to avoid them.
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Dec 8, 2011 23:23
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My life has significantly improved since I discovered my phone's schedule/reminder feature. Now if I have to do something on a certain day I just set a reminder.
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Dec 12, 2011 11:09
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Protip: Your phone can't remind you to do something when it's off.
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Dec 13, 2011 02:54
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Qu Appelle posted:There are also generic versions of Dexedrine and Ritalin. No idea about costs, but they are out there.
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so apparently if you want IR dextroamphetamine the proper script to write is "dextrostat" not "dexedrine". My doc has been writing me for "dexedrine" for 2 years and only now has a pharmacist refused to give me the IR tablets because of that.
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My suspicion is that it's not specific to the drug, but rather when dopamine activity decreases, the first effect is lethargy, but then when it decreases further you get into this goofy, hyper mood--like when you stay up past the point of being tired. I think that people with ADHD tend to be in this region of dopamine activity by default, and a small dose of amphetamines pushes you up into the "lethargy" region, whereas normal people are already above that region so taking amphetamines pushes you up higher into the "stimulated" region.
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Feb 15, 2012 19:40
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If you can't find your keys/wallet, you probably put something on top of them. Seriously I spend minutes checking the same spots for my keys and they're always under the hoodie, backpack or pile of books that I just tossed on my bed.
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Sub Rosa posted:Just like the rest of the Schedule II substances prescribed for ADHD, Concerta requires a face to face consultation for every script and cannot be prescribed for longer than 30 days. Presuming you are in the US. I've been through the same thing many times. My advice: make sure you refill your script like clockwork every 30 days, even if you don't run out, that way you (hopefully) slowly accumulate an emergency supply. It would be immoral and/or illegal to get your doctor to up your dose just so you'll end up with extras. So don't do that. Socket Ryanist fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Nov 25, 2012 |
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Nov 25, 2012 23:12
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Sub Rosa posted:It is possible for a Pdoc to write three separate prescriptions at one face to face visit, but not one script with two refills. Some states have further restrictions that state that a Pdoc can only write one script per person per thirty days, closing that loophole.
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VulpesInculta posted:<snip> Are you perhaps overweight? (drinking lots of soda plus sitting on the computer all day leads me to think you might be). You might have sleep apnea, which doesn't help. Force yourself to be on your feet as much as possible, walking, not standing in one place (your ligaments won't like that). As soon as you notice that you're sitting in a haze of doing nothing, get out of your chair and walk around the block. When you wake up, shower and get dressed FIRST, before you open up your laptop or pick up your phone. I find being clean and wearing clean clothes are a huge factor in whether I feel like leaving my room or not. Go on camping trips and don't bring any unhealthy food with you. Don't put things like cleaning and laundry on the back burner because you have "more important" work to do. That "more important" work will be more easily done if the space you do it in is uncluttered. Socket Ryanist fucked around with this message at 07:04 on Dec 12, 2012 |
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Jared592 posted:Yeah, but at least we (in the US) don't have to wait months for a consultation and testing (okay I exaggerate, it was $500 for me)
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Why are you skeptical? the GI problems are a result of the drug being concentrated in your gut before it spreads out to the rest of your body. If the drug is released slowly it never gets concentrated in your gut thus no GI problems.
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Casual Annie posted:That makes some sense, I just sort of assumed everything that wasn't over the counter was controlled. Thanks for explaining that. Controlled substances can't be possessed without a prescription.
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Signs you might have ADHD: The deadline for your 6 page paper is three hours away and (due to unforseen circumstances) you realize you might not be able to make it... ...so you bang out a four page letter asking for an extension, in an hour. evidence
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signalnoise posted:Pulled a 17 hour shift today and let me tell you, I am no stranger to stimulants but the come down off adderall when you still need to focus is loving mean
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Whenever I'm at a music festival or out camping I barely even notice that I have ADHD I'm really starting to subscribe to the idea that ADHD has always existed and was completely normal until society started demanding things that not everyone can cope with.
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