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Callista
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If they work, they are definitely worth the risk. Statistically (i.e., on average when you look at large numbers of people), people with ADHD are better off on medication, though the best outcome has always been medication plus an organized environment and family therapy. Untreated ADHD seriously reduces your life expectancy, probably because of the impulsivity and absent-mindedness in the area of monitoring one's own health.
That doesn't count the individual cases where medication doesn't work; mine, for example (caffeine does work, though), and doesn't count the cases where medication is contraindicated for health reasons.
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poopylungstuffing
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ADD meds do not cure ADD...they are an aide..... in my case, a badly needed aide. I wish wish wish wish that there was something that really really worked and wasn't dangerous, addictive, and expensive. With meds, my symptoms do not go away, but I am slightly more able to cope with the complete chaos that I have to manage every single day.
There are adverse effects to being on ADD meds...my meltdowns become more dramatic...I can be more irritable in general...but without the meds...the stress of not being able to do all the stuff I have to do will also cause me to be irritable and have meltdowns and be extremely inefficient in managing all the stuff.
I live in an extremely disorganized environment. My main partner has untreated ADD symptoms...His filing system is to throw everything on the floor. He is forgetful and loses everything...He can be standing right in front of something, and bark at me when I am all the way in the other room to come and find it for him, rather than attempt to look for it himself...It is very stressful...in using the meds, I am sorta attempting to manage the ADD for both of us..The only thing he is able to focus on is his "computer work"...I have trouble when it comes to attempting to focus on things not related to my repetitive non-productive routines...but at least I try...
With the meds, I am only just slightly better....but that slightly better makes it worth the risk...I still have terrible executive functioning, difficult focusing on tedious tasks....difficulty multi-tasking and maintaining an orderly environment....i.e. organizing the piles of random junk that proliferate in every corner of our giant warehouse...
Without meds it is a train wreck.
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Ritalin was ineffective, but Adderal seems to help with the lack of executive functioning due to a self inflicted frontal lobe injury I obtained as a child, as well as having an electrically hyperactive brain. I banged my head incredibly hard and very often when I was distressed as a child. I would rather be on Adderal and suffer the long-term side effects than spend my life unable to care for myself (to cook, clean, get ready for work).
For most cases of ADHD I've seen, there are other cognitive behavior modification techniques that would work just as well as medication. Those who call themselves ADHD and have not extensively tried behavior modification before trying medication make me severely angry.
I'm not particularly fond of people taking "XR" versions of medications, because that is very hard on the heart and body. I try and measure my doses to use the least amount of medication per day, and week. |
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pensieve
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Most drugs are ineffective in the long term and have side effects.
My SSRI's aren't working as good as they once did.
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