I desperately need help- Im losing all
interest in life.....
I freak out at nothing, have a short
attention span/lose interest in things in
a matter of minutes, cant hold a job, i
think 24/7- my mind does not stop, small
things tick me off............ Also, i
have to do alot of things 3 times eg:
taking sips when drinking, closing doors,
turning on light switches, generally
touching things, putting on shoes and
taking them off etc...... This is just
touching the surface..
I went to an employment agency intern
psychologist the other day and through an
hour and a half session, she strongly
believes that i am suffering both ADD and
OCD.
She told me to go to my GP and see what he
thinks as well..
Can he prescribe anything himself because
i know i desperately need help and fast
but physically cant afford a
psychiatrist..
What do i do.......
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z8NeonGenesis
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Mar 2008 Posts: 58
Posted: 03-23-08 08:00am
He can prescribe you stuff,
I am studying this alot now and im gonna
go for the anti-drug thing and say living
a very active life style is the key
There are different medications that i
know of that your GP can give u like
Ritilan & Dexamphetamene (Both of
which i was on when i had ADD or ADHD)
They could never figure out which one i
had
I storngly believe now ADHD and ADD may
not even be a disorder or a Genetic
diesease, More of a ill discipline /
neglective family lifestyle, i know from
my own diagnosis that i was never given
alot of attention at home, ADD (Attention
"Deficiet" Disorder would suggest that u
are Defcient of Attention would that not
be the case? and why would u Grow out of
it in your later teenage years when u get
a job and become more active with people..
Im sorry but i really don't think that ADD
is a real term i think its more of a
label.
You can ask your GP about medication and u
may find that it helps. As for OCD i dont
know enough about it to comment
P.S I'd try and get more active (exercise
wise) try and get a well balanced diet
(Eg. not much sugar or saturated fats)
before trying the drugs
If you wanna talk more please dont
hesitate to pm me
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lilylover
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Mar 2008 Posts: 14
Posted: 03-25-08 16:40pm
I knew some people who also suffer from
ADD. They benefit from OPC-3-- a natural
strong antioxidant. Maybe you can give it
a try.
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motherofhighspiritedones
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Joined: 16 May 2008 Posts: 85 Location: Silverdale, WA United States
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okay now Posted: 05-16-08 17:19pm
please...enough with the saying that
ADHD/ADD/OCD yada yada yada is a
discipline/negative family lifestyle yada
yada yada problem and not an actual
MEDICAL problem. Come over to my house,
spend a day with my son while he is off
his Adderol, watch him break into that
lockbox, the one you have trouble opening,
pull out a knife (yeah I have to lock my
knives up...out of reach from a SIX year
old), watch him hit the dog for no reason
(we don't hit or spank in this family),
watch him scream uncontrollably because he
can't get the keyboard on the compute to
work to finish his computing
homework...then come back and see him on
the Adderol. For those of you who say that
Adderol/Ritalin and the likes are nothing
but amphetamines, you are
pharmacutecally(sp?) correct; however a
child with ADHD will not respond in the
way that a normal, chemically balanced
human being would, i.e., get high. Please
keep this forum supportive and quit
bashing those of us who have kids or
personally have ADHD.
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JHS88
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 May 2008 Posts: 4
You dont know Posted: 05-30-08 03:50am
I have had ADHD/ODD/LD and many more
problems my whole life, Stop trying to
understand how we feel, stop trying to
think you know what you are talking about
because you dont. I am an adult now, I
have lived with this, and i need to live
with this the rest of my life. Some of you
need to grow up, becuase really you dont
know until you have lived in or shoes.
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