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[jeanne]

To sb-12,  I wouldn’t just stop taking Prozac without talking to your doctor first. Some folks have terrible problems when they do.

To That Guy With Add, You are so lucky to have a doctor AND a therapist that you can work with you have no clue how lucky you are.

I found out not only about myself but about ADHD too while researching different mental problems looking for something that would answer why my brother was so “out there”. When I ran across ADHD I looked at the quiz to see if it applied to my brother. I got 9 out of 10 on the standard ADHD test. I was floored. I started looking into everything I could find to make sure this was correct. I even went to forums like this one to see if others were really having the same problems as I do and if they were getting diagnosed. Unfortunately it seems that a very high percentage of folks are having trouble getting the diagnosis. I went to my doctor of 20+ years and he blew off the notion saying that ADHD was a fad and diagnosed me as manic depressive. He’s had me on Xanax and Prozac for 20+ years and has never changed anything until that day. Due to the high rate of abuse the clinic that I go to has stopped giving patients Xanax in leu of a lesser medication that isn’t as addictive. He also prescribed a manic medication that struck fear into the poor pharmacist at WalMart. The guy’s eyes widened and he stepped back from the counter like I might jump over it and assault him or something. I never took the meds which the forst thing on the fact sheet said “Warning! This medication can cause a rash that can prove deadly resulting in death.”. Hence why I didn’t take it. So, I went to another doctor at a small clinic in another town to be told that there was no way I could be 55 years old and just finding out I had ADHD. So, here I am with no diagnosis still considered a dingbat by anyone that doesn’t take the time to get to know me. I am currently in search of a reliable physician that didn’t stop his education when he or she got her license. I should have known something was up when my old doctor said there was no cure for Hep C when I had been virus free for years and he should have at least had that in my chart. I broke my back 3 1/2 years ago and he asked me why I was using a cane for God’s sake. So, on the hunt I am. It appears that I will have to go to a major metropolitan city to find a doctor as these rural docs have blinders on. It really sux having to start all over but whatever it takes (even driving 75+ miles) I’m gonna do it to prove to myself at least that I’m not a dingbat.

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