Re: A sober look at stimulants …… ?

[Anonymous]

I am starting to get a better understand of things. One I don’t think stimulants are the key to your success story, honestly I think they may become another stumbling block in what actually is a pretty impressive story. My patients don’t include a whole lot of people who could not ever put together 12 years or 9 years or even 6 months of meaningful sobriety. I understand your frustration of living in what feels like torture because you can’t seem to get even the little things right. My friendly advice is to go and see a psychiatrist, and find somebody you can tolerate. You will not like your psychiatrist or any therapist and if you do something is wrong because they aren’t forcing you to work through the tough stuff. The key to this working is that you find somebody you trust, and then trust them implicitly. This means stop talking and listen, follow directions, and take advice with the faith in yourself for picking a trustworthy person to take care of you. With this person, develop a plan of action and embrace it. Once you start the process give it one year and then evaluate.

Part two don’t take stimulants EVER. Stimulants will lead to a quick descent into disaster at worst and at best bring back all those feeling of discomfort in your own skin that drove you to use. I just spoke to somebody today that had 15 years clean, was having a chronic depression and was put on stimulants to “wake her up”. She felt great at first, very productive, and maybe a little speedy, then she started feeling bored, and she even said the kind of boredem I got when I wanted to drink. :She then became more agitated and uncomfortable, to the point that everyday was overwhelming, Luckily she came to see us before she really started using again. We stopped the stimulant, she started doubling down on her meeitngs and things have improved again. The other thing was we got her other psych meds under control to treat her depression properly.

I can’t do much through a computer, all I can do is give you advice based my experience as clinician and as someone with pretty strong instincts. Please do not try anything without getting properly evaluated by somebody. I hope i am not out of line and being offensive, I just get the feeling you have a lot more going on than you will expand upon and you seem motivated to get well.

Disclaimer: I am a health care professional, a registered pharmacist in the province of Ontario with my Doctor of Pharmacy degree. I am not offering specific medical advice or counseling in a professional capacity. I am not affiliated with this site in any capacity other than that I am a member. This is purely one ADDer to another

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