Re: I'm getting frustrated and impatient with my dang doctor.

[Robbo]

Thanks bill, I was writing the above reply when you were writing the one above it that I just read. I needed to be reminded all that stuff you said. In fact you talked about most of the fears that have been causing my stress. I too have a tendency to build up a tolerance to medications. I’ve already noticed the 5 mg of Ritalin not quite working as much already only after one month!

I thave a good organized set of folders with lot’s of medical records. And I too keep myself educated about my own health care, I’m still alive because of nutrition studies and research, n lot’s of books I’ve got about food as medicine. When I move to Utah where the health care is rumored to be much better, I’ll have a good big stack of medical records to get the new army of doctors informed about my complicated cornucopia of health care issues. The spinal cord injury really baffles even spinal cord injury specialists. There’s real data out there about people with disabilities, and ADHD that do turn to substance abuse. So I have to be honest and give my GP doc some credit for being prudent and actually protective towards me even though my child like thinking (not childish!) doesn’t want to see him as a wise n prudent doctor. Authority and me have had some real disastrous communications problems and plain old human error. I’m sure a good 4 or 5% emergency room doctors especially are high functioning ADDer’s. General practice might be the next best adrenaline junkie/never boring choice for doctors.

My daughter is almost done with her Internship and will be starting her career as a dietician very soon. When she gets settled that’s when I hope to make my trek east, to one of the more beautiful states I know of. Utah has 5 awesome national parks. I’ve survived a lot of the spinal cord injury complications by eating very healthy, protein shakes, whole food, raw green vegetables, fresh juice from my trusty juiceman Jr. and the right combinations of supplements when I had pressure sores that normally kill people with spinal cord injuries. Most people with SCI die from infection due to pressure sores, kidney failure, and of course plain old apathy!, possibly the biggest Killer of all. I wonder how many ADHDer’s let apathy slowly defeat them and end up drunks and drug addicts because they destroy one too many successful businesses. Ever wonder why so many skid row bums are still in their last 1200 dollar suit when they hit skid row?

I love that Neil Young song that Pearl Jam does, it’s called “why do I keep Fu*&in up” hehe. Maybe he’s got this thing we struggle with too.

I give credit to God most of all, and the prayers of people with more faith than myself, people from my church praying for me most of all. That faith gave me the strength to put away the 120 grams of protein a day plus enough “roughage” to be able to digest it all.

Anywayz, thanks for watchen my back some more, have a great day.

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