[bedelia]

I have a question about omega3 too. I am taking a product called OmegaBrite–3 x a day with meals. The ratio is 7:1. I was told with ADD we needed the ratio to be AT LEAST 3:1, and this was the best I could find. However, after taking it for five or six weeks, I noticed I had gained about 10 pounds, and that is not my style. I usually gain weight slowly. I also notice puffy ankles so suspect water retention. I stopped the omeraebrite, and things went back to normal–I was even able to lose some of that weight. Now I’m trying it again, and I think the same thing is happening. Can you explain why? Is the ratio too high? Is there another product that would be better? Do I even need to take a supplement of omega3?

Bedelia

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I have just joined this discussion–fairly new at ADD and this website. I see lots of interesting questions, some of which I can relate to big time. But where are the answers? I don’t understand about tags, either! But I do see the misspelled word, right in the tag box bekow this box!

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Hi toofat and others–did you think I had totally disappeared? Well, almost! I got a really nasty virus/malware on my computer, and couldn’t use it for a week, and lost alot of stuff. And got really behind in my work, and just had a general downer. I have just got back from it and was trying to find the forum where I had been writing–couldn’t remember which one! Now I’ve found all our old (3 weeks) correspondence, and have re-read them. Thanks for reading all my whining and making all your suggestions. I am getting started in many different directions, and the therapist (I think she is more like a coach) is helping, too. But I feel like it is getting worse–she says it is because I have suddenly become aware of my ADD–had been doing pretty well with it when I didn;t know I had it . I am writing a journal which I send to her regularly. I actually stopped meditation because I was having such a hard time to stay focussed–that’s where the monkeys came from! Meditation is supposed to quiet them, but mine are really stirrred up these days.

I will find a doctor who will prescribe meds for me, if things don’t start to improve soon.

My therapist is trying to find more research on ADD and the elderly (I hate that word) because there are not too many undiagnosed cases of ADD among the elderly, but the number is increasing, and in the next few years t here may be more and more of us. I see them everywhere!! I may have to start a new topic about research. I don’t know how the tags work–there’s alot I don’t understand about a site like this–I am still learning.

I just posted another topic re omega3, because I would like an expert opinion on that–the ratio, dosage, etc.–and what I can expect from it. Thanks again. See you later.

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PS–I donèt believe in will power.

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I’m glad to hear about zsazsa’s keys, and would like to share the same idea, but with more depth. I am/was a teacher too. IN my History of Education course, I learned about John Amos Comenious–the “father of eduction” in the 1600’s. He’s the dude who first said A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE. He is my hero. I found a portrait of John Amos, and framed it and hung it right inside my front door. Most people probably thingk it is my great-great-grand-father. There is a basket there for my keys and my wallet, which solves the problem of lost keys or wallets about 98% of the time. (The other 2% of the time it is still hell! ) But John Amos rules throughout my house. There is a place for nearly everything, and some of those places are actually labelled. The only things that get lost now are things that don’t have a place. So I just keep creating places for things, and giving myself the time to put things away in their places QUICKLY before things get out of hand. On a good day, John Amos makes my life alot more livable. On a bad day–watch out!

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I just wanted to add something after reading some of the other shares. The only reason I wanted the diagnosis was so I could get the meds. And to know definitely what is the matter with me. My therapist told me she could do the tests–it would take three sessions, and cost about $1,500, and it would still be inconclusive. So I opted for therapy. After reading my journals for a couple of months she says she is pretty sure that ADD is what I have. My GP agrees! So I don’t really think I need to take those tests, unless I want to take the meds, and no doctor will prescribe them because of my age, and the lack of info about my childhood. That’s why I asked the questiton in the first place, to see if there are any “seniors” like me, who have just recently started the meds. Is it a good idea? Some days it seems like a very attractive choice–boy! flipping a switch, and acting normal? Other days I like myself just the way I am, and believe what I’m being told–that I an coping quite well with ADD–that I have developed strategies that are good for me, and that it shouldn’t matter AT MY AGE if my life is in a bit of a mess! A doctor once told me–a good doctor–that age is not a disease. I go by that premise now–and believe that my age is irrelevant–=but I still need to listen to people who know more and are more experienced than I am. I appreciate all the advice you are sending my way. Thanks.

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Dear toofat, Thanks for all your good advice. I really appreciate you taking the time. You are an old hand at being an ADDer, and there’s alot of wisdom there. As I am 15 years older than you, and my ADD is getting worse, not better, I think it is because I have been retired for 14 years, and this disorder has progressed, because I no longer live a structured life. I always knew there was something wrong with me, but didn’t know what it was. So I am going to try to put some more structure back into my life. I have started on an Omega3 programme, and am hoping that is going to help. I’ll give it two months before I go back and ask for the meds. I think my GP would prescribe them, but I am not crazy about taking meds myself, if I can avoid it.

I started on my exercise programme today–walking the dogs. If I do that every day, or nearly every day, I am thinking I will see a difference. And I, too, have skin problems which have stopped me from going to aquafit class for quite a while–as soon as I get that under control, I’ll be back to that twice a week.

And, okay–I guess I better give the post its a try–I know Rick and Patrick have fun with them. In the office where I do volunteer work we had a personal organizer to come in to help, and she said we were using too many post-its, but what does she know!! I just put pads of paper all around my house, and they all end up in a pile of bits of paper all different sizes and colours, and confusion reigns again. Post-its might help–at least they wouldn’t pile up, or get lost. I took part in a tele-conference the other day with a psychiatrist who lectured on HOARDING, and am glad to report that this is not one of my serious problems.

Mainly, I’d like to learn to focus . . . to calm down the monkeys in my tree, and learn to finish things I start . . . .and not always feel I am behind the eight ball . . .always running late. . . etc etc. It is SO GOOD to read this forum and realize there are lots of people like me, and that I am not such a bad person after all. Thanks alot. Bedelia.

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Thanks, Mrs Harry. Unfortunately, no. I was an only child, my father too, and all the elders are gone. My cousins were all younger than me–I was the oldest child in my mother’s the family. My Dad was in the army, so we moved around alot–sometimes two or three schools in one year. I didn’t learn to read until Grade 3. Have been reading up a storm ever since. I did pretty well in school with very little effort–my report cards said: ” Jane could do better”! I didn’t do home work, assignments were always late. My parents didn’t push me–they had their own problems. I’ve been told that the only child of alcoholics are called “the forgotten ones”. I wasn’t hyperactive–but a day dreamer. It is all pretty much a blurr. I became an alcoholic, too. I’ve been sober 31 years now. My sobriety brought me some sanity, for which I am very grateful. I live a very busy life now–doing volunteer work in the community. That helps. But most of the time I am running in circles like a wet hen. I want to stop that! And enjoy life more.

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Hey–it’s me again–is this like Facebook? Should I post my photo? Jane Patrick

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I have just started taking Omega 3 supplements with a 7:1 EPA/DHA ratio, and am hoping this will help. I read somewhere that it should be AT LEAST 3:1, and tHIS was tHe only one I found. I am 75 years old, and although my therapist seems quite sure ADD is my problem, she said it would be difficult to get a conclusive test result at my age. Instead she is helping me with strategies, and I am trYing the omega 3 route. The brand I found, which is American, but has a Canadian supplier, is: OmegaBrite.

I would also like to know if there is any research on ADD and the elderly. boy, I hate using that word to describre myself. but I guess it’s true. Any advice FOR an elderly ADDer?

Bedelia

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Can anyone recommend a doctor in the Montreal area?

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Well, Always Moving, we sound like twins! I think I have stopped moving, and have given up on marriage or even living with another human being. I have 2 dogs and 2 cats who appreciate me and forgive me when I get the crazies. We’re all going to sit in front of the TV tonight and drink ginger ale, and then get to bed at a decent hour. I’m hoping someone who reads this forum will come up with some good idea to help me (us) change–fast, because I don’t have much time to lose! Does that sound like ADD or not! Shane G. who commented on my share suggested I go to my doctor and ask for help. I’m afraid she will just laugh! But maybe that’s what I need to do–ask to be referred to a therapist who can help. I live way out in the country and we don’t have many specialists here, but I am willing to go to the city if I have to.

I am really happy to meet some others like me. It is encouraging. I am still amazed at what I have discovered. It never crossed my mind that I might have ADD but now it all makes so much sense–I keep remembering things that I did years ago, that shsould have been a warning.

Can someone explain to me what are tags? I’m not much of a tecky.

Happy New Year everyone–let’s hope for a haappy, healthy 2011.

Bedelia

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