Re: I don't know what to do with my life

[billd]

>>what if i take the wellbutrin and it does not work? i’m nervous about taking it and i’m nervous about not taking it.<<

Advice – stop the “what if’s” now. Get past that – what if it doesn’t? Will you be worse off? If you follow a doctor’s orders (and I refuse to even hint that taking meds without a doctor helping is even remotely OK) and it doesn’t work – then they will find something that might.

There’s no guarantee any meds will help. Some may, some may not, some may help a little, and some may help a lot.

I’m on my THIRD drug in the last 6 months.

Strattera, bad side effects, no help.

Nuvigil, side effects (head aches, etc.) no help after the first 3 days – it was like side effects, but no help on the 4th day.

Currently generic Adderall XR 20mg. Sort of helping early in the day. Side effect – I’m finally staying awake during the day, sleeping well at night. It’s wearing thin on me, though – meaning I have noted after 2 weeks, it’s not as effective. So they will probably up the dose and see what happens.

I lived through 2 “what-if it doesn’t work” trials, and am on my third. I was happy even with the failures for this reason – now I know what does NOT help me, and what the effects were – we can now move on down the list. Even a failure can be a gain – sometimes it’s not finding what works, it’s figuring out what will not work – narrowing down the possibilities.

SEE A DOCTOR. I am a BIG, FIRM, HUGE believer that to take these meds without a doctor’s blessing is DANGEROUS and you can end up worse – even DEAD. ADD is bad, dead is even worse.

See my other post on this – meds will not fix this. They will be an aid so that YOU can fix this.

Compare to this: Your car won’t run right – it’s sluggish, runs poorly, and won’t get up to highway speed. There’s an engine problem.

Now you call a mechanic to fix it – problem is, he can’t because the door is locked and it is an inside hood release (ADD is the lock on the door)

You need to find the key to unlock it so that the mechanic can work on the engine.

Meds MAY be that key – but like all locks and keys – not every key will fit every lock, and if it fits, it still may not unlock the door. Only the right key (right med, right dose) will unlock it.

So you find the correct key and get the door unlocked. Great – now you can open the hood and work on the engine – but that part is up to you! (the mechanic). The drugs just unlocked the door – the rest is up to you.

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