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interesting observations on ADHD meds
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commander2 wrote:
I cant take meds bc they make me rlly anxious and unable to eat, at some point I feel like they didn't rlly work anymore anyway
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Date: 18-11-2021 19:32
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Barbarella wrote:
Focalin wrote:
ouch wrote:
Focalin wrote:
My psychiatrist sent me to one to do an attention test. I had to pay attention and click something on a screen for a period of time. Ofc I didn't last long lol.
Pls I got so stressed from that test that I just clicked the thing even when I shouldn't cus I was excpecting smth to come n it was too slow 
Right, I eventually zoned out. 
lol I had two long sessions on zoom, and in between them they sent me a questionnaire in email, like two of them, and they were over 100 questions each!
and i was like
whos bright idea was it to make the ADHD screener this goddamned long
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Date: 18-11-2021 19:33
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Barbarella wrote:
commander2 wrote:
I cant take meds bc they make me rlly anxious and unable to eat, at some point I feel like they didn't rlly work anymore anyway
some ppl with anxiety do really well on Strattera but its got a lot of potential side effects...
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Date: 18-11-2021 19:33
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Noir wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
Focalin wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
My friend is struggling a lot to get her son a diagnosis, she had him start with a psych and he went to half the visits, and she didn't like something that happened in a visit, and when she spoke up on behalf of her son, they dropped him as a patient, and now she has to start all over. 
But this kid really needs some help, and so does momma, he's a handful, and not just in a "oh, kids are hyperactive" way, but it's just nonstop, there is absolutely no amount of activity that wears this child out. His teachers are like begging her to get him medicated.
How old is he? It can be difficult to get a diagnosis under the age of 15/16 in the US bc of how hard the meds can be for someone so young. It's still possible, just more of a process.
He's only 8, she had to wait at least this long for him to be big enough to even tolerate the medication.
crying because I was 8 to 9 when I started medication hahaha
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Date: 18-11-2021 19:33
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Solar wrote:
commander2 wrote:
I cant take meds bc they make me rlly anxious and unable to eat, at some point I feel like they didn't rlly work anymore anyway
i have a question abt this actually!!!

when i take my meds i get clammy and cold and shaky . is that a common side effect? 
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Date: 18-11-2021 19:34
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commander2 wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
commander2 wrote:
I cant take meds bc they make me rlly anxious and unable to eat, at some point I feel like they didn't rlly work anymore anyway
some ppl with anxiety do really well on Strattera but its got a lot of potential side effects...
I dobt have anxiety as far as i kmow bbut im like stressed 24/7 n th meds seem 2 make tht worse or sth like ill just b like  fear sweating nd trembling n still unable 2 concentrate bc I feel like im going crazy 
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Date: 18-11-2021 19:35
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Barbarella wrote:
Conqueror wrote:
commander2 wrote:
I cant take meds bc they make me rlly anxious and unable to eat, at some point I feel like they didn't rlly work anymore anyway
i have a question abt this actually!!!

when i take my meds i get clammy and cold and shaky . is that a common side effect? 
Do you take them with food or coffee?
I get like that if I take them with my coffee and do not eat
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Date: 18-11-2021 19:35
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ouch wrote:
animeislive wrote:
I have a question. I see a lot of people get diagnosed by a psychologist, how is the process of getting diagnosed? like do you need to do some cognitive, hearing and seeing tests like if you were diagnosed by a neurologist? or do you get just like a list of symptoms? 
I was seeing a psychiatrist and she sent me to a neuropsychologist, tested for personality disorders, autism n adhd I think, filled out multiple questionnaires, did a lot of tests, I think all together it took like 5-6 hours but I didn't get diagnosed w anything at that time tho (since I didn't have adhd/autism and was under 18 so no pd diagnosis) but I think that I could only have gotten a suggestion of diagnosis from him n then my psychiatrist would have diagnosed me after that if she saw fit 
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Barbarella wrote:
commander2 wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
commander2 wrote:
I cant take meds bc they make me rlly anxious and unable to eat, at some point I feel like they didn't rlly work anymore anyway
some ppl with anxiety do really well on Strattera but its got a lot of potential side effects...
I dobt have anxiety as far as i kmow bbut im like stressed 24/7 n th meds seem 2 make tht worse or sth like ill just b like  fear sweating nd trembling n still unable 2 concentrate bc I feel like im going crazy 
I felt like that for like the first 3-7 days 
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Date: 18-11-2021 19:35
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Noir wrote:
Focalin wrote:
animeislive wrote:
I have a question. I see a lot of people get diagnosed by a psychologist, how is the process of getting diagnosed? like do you need to do some cognitive, hearing and seeing tests like if you were diagnosed by a neurologist? or do you get just like a list of symptoms? 
My psychiatrist sent me to one to do an attention test. I had to pay attention and click something on a screen for a period of time. Ofc I didn't last long lol.
and dindt you need to do like math problems or like listen to sounds and stuff like that? ummm interesting. 
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Date: 18-11-2021 19:36
Solar
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Solar wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
Conqueror wrote:
commander2 wrote:
I cant take meds bc they make me rlly anxious and unable to eat, at some point I feel like they didn't rlly work anymore anyway
i have a question abt this actually!!!

when i take my meds i get clammy and cold and shaky . is that a common side effect? 
Do you take them with food or coffee?
I get like that if I take them with my coffee and do not eat
i dont drink coffee :[ did have breakfast before them but that was an hour before or smth
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Date: 18-11-2021 19:36
Noir
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Noir wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
animeislive wrote:
I have a question. I see a lot of people get diagnosed by a psychologist, how is the process of getting diagnosed? like do you need to do some cognitive, hearing and seeing tests like if you were diagnosed by a neurologist? or do you get just like a list of symptoms? 
My friend was diagnosed with a super short questionnaire. 
I was diagnosed with a super in-depth assessment that took several sessions and it included intellectual/cognitive tests to rule out other types of developmental delays. 
I honestly dont like that much teh questionnaires, i feel a lot of people might get misdiagnosed by that. Yeah you probably did like mine. It took me almost a month, everyweek i went to the hospital like two or three times and did a bunch of cognitive tests
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Date: 18-11-2021 19:38
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commander2 wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
commander2 wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
some ppl with anxiety do really well on Strattera but its got a lot of potential side effects...
I dobt have anxiety as far as i kmow bbut im like stressed 24/7 n th meds seem 2 make tht worse or sth like ill just b like  fear sweating nd trembling n still unable 2 concentrate bc I feel like im going crazy 
I felt like that for like the first 3-7 days 
I actually didnt have it at 1st but at some point I switched to concerta I think? N then tht started happening
N now it happens w ritalin 2 so I quit
Th appetite loss was always a thing tho bbut at this point I dont think its even safe to try again bc Im severely underweight hhh
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Date: 18-11-2021 19:40
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Barbarella wrote:
animeislive wrote:
Barbarella wrote:
animeislive wrote:
I have a question. I see a lot of people get diagnosed by a psychologist, how is the process of getting diagnosed? like do you need to do some cognitive, hearing and seeing tests like if you were diagnosed by a neurologist? or do you get just like a list of symptoms? 
My friend was diagnosed with a super short questionnaire. 
I was diagnosed with a super in-depth assessment that took several sessions and it included intellectual/cognitive tests to rule out other types of developmental delays. 
I honestly dont like that much teh questionnaires, i feel a lot of people might get misdiagnosed by that. Yeah you probably did like mine. It took me almost a month, everyweek i went to the hospital like two or three times and did a bunch of cognitive tests
Mine was questionnaires along with the cognitive tests, both. 
I was misdiagnosed as bipolar so they wanted to re-test me for that too
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Date: 18-11-2021 19:41
Noir
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Noir wrote:
ouch wrote:
animeislive wrote:
I have a question. I see a lot of people get diagnosed by a psychologist, how is the process of getting diagnosed? like do you need to do some cognitive, hearing and seeing tests like if you were diagnosed by a neurologist? or do you get just like a list of symptoms? 
I was seeing a psychiatrist and she sent me to a neuropsychologist, tested for personality disorders, autism n adhd I think, filled out multiple questionnaires, did a lot of tests, I think all together it took like 5-6 hours but I didn't get diagnosed w anything at that time tho (since I didn't have adhd/autism and was under 18 so no pd diagnosis) but I think that I could only have gotten a suggestion of diagnosis from him n then my psychiatrist would have diagnosed me after that if she saw fit 
wierd. Maybe you were misdiagnosed, but i dont know because neuropsychologist are usually oriented towards adhd, autism and similars. 
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Date: 18-11-2021 19:43
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