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Sounds like you have a huge problem with lack of sleep. And even when you do get a few hours of sleep, you don’t feel like you’ve slept at all. You should be getting at least 7 hours of sleep (including several hours of full, deep, REM-phase sleep) per night. A lack of sleep as significant as yours will make ADD symptoms far, far worse.
For this reason, I suggest that you ask your family doctor for a referral to a sleep disorders clinic. They will do a thorough diagnosis of your sleep habits and your brain function during sleep. They will then give you the help you need to fix your sleep issues—starting with having a regular, relaxing bedtime routine that you do at the same time every night.
As I recommended in my earlier posting, when you see your psychiatrist, please tell him of your sleep issues, and show him Dr. Handelman’s instructions on augmenting Concerta with Ritalin. If you need to augment your morning dose of Concerta, you should be doing it with regular Ritalin, NOT more Concerta. Making this change will help your sleep issues somewhat, and will also extend the benefits of the Concerta (since it’s the same drug, just in a different form).
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