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Njadd,
I have struggled with ADHD throughout my life, I just didn’t know what I had until recently. My parents got a report about me from my 1st Grade teacher regarding my behavior and apparently thought I would grow out of whatever problems I was having.
While the ADHD goes way back, the PTSD was a more recent phenomenon. I didn’t seek therapy for it until eight years after the mugging, by which time I had lost my job and most of my money. So I started on Lexapro first, in Feb 2009. The Lexapro greatly decreased the intrusive thoughts and pacing I was having. It also improved my driving by making me more decisive behind the wheel.
At the clinic I attend, the therapist, a social worker, provides counseling and the practitional nurse dispenses meds, with the approval of a psychiatrist. To make a long story short, in one of the therapy sessions I related some things I had done without really thinking about them–turning the wrong way on a one way street in an area I was familiar with, for example (fortunately no accident or ticket on that (on my previous history and interviews with me and my brother (my only surviving immediate family member) I was diagnosed with ADHD in late February 2011 and put on 18mg Strattera. In March, the dose was increased to 30mg and nine days ago to 60mg.
I’m just starting to notice changes after the increase to 60mg Strattera. I think it’s made me less prone to be impulsive, which in the past has led to money problems and indulging in junk food.
Being in a relationship certainly helps. My fiancee is very supportive and has stuck with me during some low periods back in 2008. Hope you have someone to rely on through all of this.
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