I have an appointment to talk about drug options in about 2 weeks and I’m just curious how effective they are at treating all of these? Or are medicine focused on only some of the symptoms.
Nobody will be able to tell you anything of value about this. We all react differently to medication, so there’s no way around trying it to see what it does for you.
One thing people should talk about more, is that even for those of us who respond well to medication and use it daily, there are side effects, and they are unpleasant.
Be prepared to weigh pros and cons of medication and not. It’s a highly personal process and it takes time.
Adderall works great for me for pushing through the focus issues and inattention. However, my anxiety and rumination kept building and building until I had an anxiety attack and have since gone on an SSRI as well and after a week of upset stomach, and 3-4 weeks of feeling nothing, my anxiety melted away. The funny thing is, I honestly didnt know how fucking bad my anxiety was. I am an extremely self-relfective person, but that shit was hiding behind everything, and it took the attack for me to identify it.
So, my advice is once you’re on a med that’s working for you, after about 2-3 months work with your psych and therapist to analyze whether you have anything else impacting you on top of the ADHD. Depression, anxiety and a few other mental health issues are comorbidities to ADHD and if you don’t treat those effectively, or let them hide behind you unknowingly like I did, you could suffer a mental health episode like I did.
Medication is working great for me. The clarity and focus have been astounding. And I only was partially the way there with adderall alone.
Anxiety is a problem for me as well I’ll be scheduling a psychologist appointment soon, just waiting for a call back, but knowing has helped me deal with it a bit more.
After decades of struggling and thinking everyone was like me, I just want to know what normal feels like.
Speaking as someone who has had a very good experience with meds, I was put on Adderall recently, and had a massive improvement in all these areas. YMMV, I have several friends with ADHD who’ve all had different experiences.
I have an appointment to talk about drug options in about 2 weeks and I’m just curious how effective they are at treating all of these? Or are medicine focused on only some of the symptoms.
Nobody will be able to tell you anything of value about this. We all react differently to medication, so there’s no way around trying it to see what it does for you.
One thing people should talk about more, is that even for those of us who respond well to medication and use it daily, there are side effects, and they are unpleasant.
Be prepared to weigh pros and cons of medication and not. It’s a highly personal process and it takes time.
Adderall works great for me for pushing through the focus issues and inattention. However, my anxiety and rumination kept building and building until I had an anxiety attack and have since gone on an SSRI as well and after a week of upset stomach, and 3-4 weeks of feeling nothing, my anxiety melted away. The funny thing is, I honestly didnt know how fucking bad my anxiety was. I am an extremely self-relfective person, but that shit was hiding behind everything, and it took the attack for me to identify it.
So, my advice is once you’re on a med that’s working for you, after about 2-3 months work with your psych and therapist to analyze whether you have anything else impacting you on top of the ADHD. Depression, anxiety and a few other mental health issues are comorbidities to ADHD and if you don’t treat those effectively, or let them hide behind you unknowingly like I did, you could suffer a mental health episode like I did.
Medication is working great for me. The clarity and focus have been astounding. And I only was partially the way there with adderall alone.
Anxiety is a problem for me as well I’ll be scheduling a psychologist appointment soon, just waiting for a call back, but knowing has helped me deal with it a bit more.
After decades of struggling and thinking everyone was like me, I just want to know what normal feels like.
Speaking as someone who has had a very good experience with meds, I was put on Adderall recently, and had a massive improvement in all these areas. YMMV, I have several friends with ADHD who’ve all had different experiences.