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Written by zombieluv 1. Jul 2008 09:23 PM

my doctor just prescribed me dexamphetamine. i've been wanting to try this for quite some time, but i kind of just got laughed at when i suggested it.

i know i have had severe concentration problems my whole life, i cant follow conversations, im a million miles away, daydreamy, bad memory, all that add stuff. but i always was told it was just part of depression even though add can cause depression or even just accompany it. i cant sit when im told to i need to get up every few minutes, i get good ideas to do something and thirty seconds into whatever it is i'm ready to move on to something else. school was just a blur every day. i can't drive, i can't read books, i can barely watch a movie. ive suspected add for a long time but every time i mention it i get no response. today my doctor just said it out of the blue and gave me a script. im pinning all my hopes on this now i feel that if this doesn't work i'm just doomed to feel confused and fragmented for the the rest of my life. i will never get anything done.

ugh.

i really hope this medication helps.

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Zombie

Good luck with dex.... but also get help with the ADD... it is not just medication.. it is strategies to manage the ADD ... get some books... i know from a counsellor who is an adult with ADD ... she said she needed to learn how to manage the ADD...

take care

rgds
cate

Written by cateblack, 1. Jul 2008 09:38 PM

Zombie

What is dexamphetamine supposed to do as I don't know it unless it has a simple generic name. Good luck with the new med.

Go Zombie!!!

Mrs Studying1

Written by studying1, 2. Jul 2008 05:32 PM