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Dealing with it all

How are you dealing with and adjusting to meds and managing your behavior techniques?

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New guidelines for diagnoses - How old were you?

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Alternatives for active 6 year old boy

Message body My son is 6 and in first grade. He is very impulsive and doesn't focus the way everyone else...

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When a child is struggling and is having a difficult time keeping up in school, I would recommend having a...

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Trying to figure myself out

I was diagnosed with ADHD (inattentive type) a year and a half ago. I have tried Focalin IR (did nothing)...

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I was diagnosed with ADHD (inattentive type) a year and a half ago. I have tried Focalin IR (did nothing) and Focalin XR (was very helpful, but only lasted about 4 hours, and I had really bad mood swings), and I'm currently on Vyvanse. At first it seemed to be helping me, but I have increased the dosage twice, and now it doesn't seem to be doing much. How I feel without it: kind of blah, unmotivated. How I feel with it: happy for no reason, unmotivated, fidgety.

I'm 21, but still with a pediatrician, and I'm kind of reluctant to move to a new doctor without getting this at least sort of figured out. My current doctor listens to everything I say and lets me change to a higher dosage without really asking questions, which is nice in a way because I don't have to argue, but I also feel like he's not giving me enough guidance. I don't know how it's *supposed* to make me feel, and I kind of think that he's just more used to dealing with children with the hyperactive type... But would an adult doctor be any better, since maybe they would have even less experience with ADHD?

Another thing I'm wondering is how I'm supposed to tell if I have symptoms of anxiety/depression that are caused by my ADHD, or if I have a separate problem. Over the past month I have started seriously thinking that I may be depressed, but since the Vyvanse relieves that, is the depression just a symptom of my ADHD? With the anxiety, I haven't had an actual panic attack since the spring, but I feel like I have a general sense of unease most of the time, and sometimes I think the only reason I don't have panic attacks is because I'm suppressing my feelings. If I let myself worry or stress even a little, it turns into panic. Most of the time I feel kind of... monotone, if that makes sense? I sometimes wish I was still taking the Focalin, because at least then I could cry when I felt sad (and then I remember that no, that was completely horrible).
So, suppressing my feelings makes my ADHD problems with procrastination worse, because I don't usually let myself care about anything that's going wrong. I don't try to address my ADHD because that would mean stressing about it, and if I stress just a little, it becomes overwhelming. But then again, the things that I panic *about* are mostly related to my ADHD, so maybe I'm just not good at dealing with my issues in general?

Last problem: I know I need to ask for help, and I have asked for help already, but the number of people involved is so confusing to me. There's my doctor, my counselor, and academic support at school, and I'm never sure who to talk to about what, who I should talk to first, who will actually know the answers to each thing, etc. (There's also my teachers and my parents, but I try not to ask too much of them because it's confusing enough already.) I feel like my counselor could be more helpful than she is, but that's more my fault than hers; I always seem to sidetrack when I talk to her, and I'm not very good at explaining how I feel when I don't feel that way at that exact moment. And again, I'm not sure how much she can answer and how much I just have to figure out myself.

So, uh... Thoughts, anyone? I know you can't tell me what my problem is, but advice on how best to go about figuring this out would be great.View Thread

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Very interesting info, Dr. Quinn!

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Yes, come join us! It's always helpful to have "reality checks."

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I'm sorry to hear of your distress. Yes, there is abundant information on the poor outcomes of untreated...

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The physician should be working with your daughter to find the right dose and medication for her. Do you...

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HI there, I assume you mean Adderall? Yes, Adderall can make some people cranky and moody. And yes, that's...

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I suggest an evaluation by a Child Psychiatrist who is board certified. I would not trust a "typical...

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help please

my 12 yr old daughter has adhd, learning disorder nos, depression, and psychosis. I am trying desperately to...

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She was diganosed by a child psychiatrist. The testing was done in to sessions. The first session was with...

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Hi there i posted yesterday my son was just diagnosed with ADD and he is 5yrs old they told me i can crush...

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Also, they are having my daughter meet with the school psychologist weekly to work with her social skills...

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I hope that you discussed your cardiac symptoms and history with your prescribing physician....

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Reply: I need help

Dear Mother If you son takes methylphenidate there are several options...the daytrana patch,...

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Reply: HELP!!!

Dear Nika I agree with the other responses, but just want to add that children with ADHD do not...

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Reply: Is this ADHD? Or something else? Please help!

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Reply: Ritalin SR vs. Concerta (I have ADD and Depression...

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Reply: ADHD and lying

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Please forgive me I am new

I have read on all the other medicines that is out there for ADHD. Tuesday, is when we go back to her doctor...

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how to help ADHD girls, when they become hormonal

I have a 12 year daughter, who has been on Vyvanse since she was 8 and now with her getting her period, the...

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how to help ADHD girls, when they become hormonal

I have a 12 year daughter, who has been on Vyvanse since she was 8 and now with her getting her period, the...

Gyspie Mom

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Can you develop ADHD as an adult or is this someth...

I am a 30 year old male. Over the last few years, I have found it increasingly difficult to process...

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Reply: Nailbiting and picking at skin

I agree it is a compulsion. I just turned 74 and I am still doing it to my fingers. I pick at the skin...

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Reply: Where to start?

Thank you Kathleen! The links you provided are very helpful. I appreciate your response! Sarra

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Taking Adderall XR

The most effective way to take Adderall XR?

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