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Thanks, Larynxa.  I believe you are right.  I am dealing with less externally imposed structure than I have ever had in my life and I am having trouble creating my own.  Going off meds right now would probably be exactly the wrong thing to do.  I know I just have to make myself start (again) and the satisfaction of progress will keep me going provided I can manage to ignore the distractions that inevitably come up.  I hate this struggle.

 

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Three months ago, I moved.  By that I mean I had the movers move my stuff in.  I haven’t completely unpacked because the whole place needs to be painted.  I am doing it myself because 1) I really do like to paint and 2) I can’t afford to hire painters.  I procrastinated (of course) and when I finally did start, I had a problem with the paint, finally went to the paint store for a change of paint and haven’t been able to make any more progress.  I had the entire day today free and I did nothing that would help me get this place together except shop for filing cabinets and other furniture online (didn’t buy, just looked).  Besides the house, there’s a whole lot of other things I need to be doing, such as looking for a part-time job.  The inertia is starting to scare me.  Today, I started to wonder if the medication is exacerbating the problem.  I’ve only been diagnosed and on meds for about 2 years (and I’m 64!).  They really help when I am actually working on something and they calm me down, but they also enable me to spend hours focusing on things I do not need to be focusing on.  I guess restlessness has its place.  So, I, too, am thinking about going off the medication for awhile.  I tend to be tired when I don’t take it, but that could be because I stay up way too late and don’t get nearly enough sleep.  Maybe without the medication, I will need to rely on better lifestyle routines to help me.  Right now, I’m in a rut and need to get back up on the road.

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I was 62 when I was first diagnosed (now 64) and have been taking Adderall XR 20 mg for most of that time after starting out with a lower dose.  I have had no problems with blood pressure or any heart issues.  I also understand that the size of a person is unrelated to correct dose for most add meds.  I am a woman 5’2″ and 115 pounds.  So, billd, I’m sorry your Dr. won’t consider giving stimulate medication to anyone over 50 unless there is a pre-existing condition that could make it unwise.  My psychiatrist did ask me to see my regular Dr. to make sure the meds were not causing any problems, which I did.

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