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I am not giving up for sure. I have noticed though, with having a coach once a month or so, I have been able to tackle things a little better. I started noticing that I have been keeping my apartment in better shape, and cleaner, have been keeping my dishes mostly done, although not always right at the time. I still struggle to get laundry done, but eventually if I have nothing more to wear I get it done. Motivation or no motivation has been one of my worst problems. the way stuff goes around and around in my head is literally mind boggling…a decision followed by a counterdecision, or things I should be doing instead just immobilizes me. This is other than the mornings when I have no motivation at all. I am struggling to get to bed at a decent time, be able to get to sleep even though I take stuff to help [latest: 3mg melatonin, my beta blocker med, an advil for my arthritis and then just before I pop into bed. Rescue Remedy.] and I have to rub bengay on my right thigh because I have a very jumpy nerve in it that wakes me up if I dont do that. I love the later evening time because it is quiet and nothing is expected of me, so I end up doing stuff like genealogy research, or plalying a game on the computer. I think I am going to take my computer mouse to my fiance who lives next door and get him to keep it until morning, and maybe the tv converter too….! Anyway at the beginning of this rant I said I think some things have been helped by a coach. I never thought I would be a person who could find one, and then I did..and it is free. I am grateful.
REPORT ABUSEthank you andria, I have done all those things. My pharmacist was very helpful with research, and came up with a couple of ideas which I took to my dr. about Wellbutrin, complete with articles and studies. Dr said she would not put me on that much Wellbutrin. There did not seem to be, in my own research and the pharmacists, more drugs that were suitable. I am trying to be patient, but this has been months. Everything is a dead end. I am going to call directly to the centre for addiction and mental health in Toronto to try to reach Dr Jain, I have gotten no response from posts here about that. ,,maybe I wasnt supposed to get any. In all it has been more than 6 months.
REPORT ABUSEDr Kenny Handelman is all over the place these days. Do u know his website, etc, all the things he has “going on”?
I find it hard to keep up with all his stuff…maybe he has it like us? anyway, I totally agree about finding a psychiatrist even in Ontario it is so difficult. I have been around this site a few times trying to link up with Dr Jain and so far I have not had any luck with any response that directs me to how. I know where he is, but not if he takes adult referrals these days. I am going to call the centre for addiction and mental health directly if nothing else happens. My dr has had no luck finding anyone to see me. Soo frustrating, because I probably only have to see someone a couple of times …I need to know about ADD meds and use of Beta Blocker drugs for heart issues. Otherwise, I am in good hands with a coach and a good partner these days. Have been on meds for a few yearsbut was taken off when I went to see the cardiologist. [who says he knows nothing about what to advise me]
REPORT ABUSEWell, either I am posting wrong, or somehow I am not getting replies to these posts. I went to the place that seemed appropriate to post about this, and I still have not been able to find where there may be an answer…maybe I missed it somewhere…quite possible..could I possibly get info again about the way to go about posting about how to find help?
Thanks again.
REPORT ABUSEThank you Andrew, for your info and insight. We did go through many of those things when the boys were teens. Neither of them got any more help except medication at that time. They have both experienced a lot of situations in their lifetime, and can handle social situations and professional situations rather well. The stuff I have anxieties about have to do with our personal relationships, and those with people who dont know them as well. I think with D. it is a result of tapering down medication. He can do his work well, and seems to be good with his friends, and can be socially adept and polite. He is a professor at a university, and since he can do all his work well with very little meds now he chooses to do it that way. He is thinking about medical effects on his liver over time. It is, I guess, more at home [his home, my home] that he lets the filters relax. If I think about it, I am more concerned with him and my partner, J.. He is 70, and I am 66, He has come from a very polite family who doesnt act like we used to act as a family…boistrous [?] and sometimes kiddingly sarcastic with one another. J is quieter, he has been convinced that D does not like him from some things like, for example, not wanting to talk to him on the phone for a minute, or saying offhanded things in a kidding way. Now I think I am getting to the core of one of the problems, just writing this. I got to the point that I decided to visit alone, and not expose J. to D. or vice versa. I couldnt take it anymore trying to explain things to each of them. At that time D apologized about the phone thing, and offered to talk to J about whatever he wanted to say. I let J read the email, and it helped a little. J said it was ok that he didnt have to talk to him. but some of the problem I know is different upbringing and different social behaviour.
My other son R is always nice to J but doesnt really listen sometimes when J is speaking. I know that is just how R is, his mind drifts, but it is still difficult. We dont see R much as he lives a good distance away with his family.
Wow, thanks, this is helping. Yes knowledge is power…
REPORT ABUSEI just keep on posting and posting all over the place here! Have used dexidrene for about 10 years and have been on antidepressant. [effexor xr 150mg] Had to stop dexidrene for investigation into cardiac problems. Now I know what I have and am on beta blockers, but neither my doc or myself can find ANYONE to see me to re evaluate and give me an answer. I have support systems, a coach, a lot of self education, and two sons who are successful ADHD adults. I am doing as much of the supportive stuff as I know how, but now I cant get going..no motivation..the way the dexidrene used to help was that it would kick in, so to speak, and I was doing things before I really had to think about it. now I can waste a whole day because I cant get it together, and I dont think I am on enough antidepressant anymore. We discussed Welbutrin, but she wont rx it in the recommended dosage.
REPORT ABUSESo, Rick, can you tell me anyway how to get someone to see me to assess med use now that I am on a beta blocker for cardiac problems? SO far neither my family dr or myself have been able to get any appointment with anyone. She wont take on the task because she doesnt know as much about adult ADD as I do. I live in Hamilton, she is in Burlington.
REPORT ABUSEI am aware of how age might effect getting treatment with meds. I still think, although not an expert, that someone could diagnose you…but then here I am at 66 having to come off meds and finding it impossible to get an appointment with an ADD specialist to see if there is something I can use now that i am on cardiac meds.
as for omega 3, I take wild salmon oil, didnt start for ADD but for nutrition and arthritis. I just keep taking it, cant hurt.
REPORT ABUSEI have had to discontinue taking Dexidrene because of cardiac valve problems. Now I cant find anyone who will see me to talk about 1. whether now that I am on beta blockers, can I start SOMETHING?
2. so far my dr and I have had NO success getting someone to see me and re-evaluate me
3. I am on Effexor xr 150 mg for depression, and it is not enough without my dexidrene. Dr will not consider wellbutrin, because of the dosages recommended
I am really stuck and have nothing left to look for. I am 66 and have been on dexidrene since I was in my mid 50’s..dx then.
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