Re: Now I'm just mad

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Hello Zandra,

I was about to talk about co-morbidity as well. Mine is Dyslexia. Throw in a few neurosis acquired through 56 years of living with ADD without knowing it as well. Adderall works on almost all of my top 4 symptoms of ADD, attention, focus both the inability to focus and hyper-focus, working memory, and outbursts due to frustrations.

When I started this whole thing, the psychiatrist had a list of drugs used in the treatment, but no list of councilors, discussion groups, therapists, or other resources to deal with this thing called Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. So, she loaded me up with pills to take twice a day, for the rest of my life. By the way… come back for prescriptions every two months.

I did not want to just pop pills and call myself “treated” and go on with my life. I read books, talk to fellow “sufferers”, and I see a therapist/ coach. I find the drugs reduce the symptoms to a level that allows me to use coping mechanisms I learn from my coach and the books. I am in the process of altering my behaviors and reactions to the world around me.

Is there a message in here? In keeping with my non advise, advise, drugs and therapy help me a great deal. Will it work for you? Only you can answer that.

Has this made my life one of blissful happiness? FAR from it. I am finding that I was not put on this earth to coast or to exist in a state of happiness. I struggle for the things I have and the things I want to do. I have found I am happy more often. I experience this thing I call “peace” every once in a while as well. That is where I can just look out across the fields and enjoy the stars or the moon.

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