Adult ADHD

Kage has been pretty quiet on the forums lately. I wonder if the Ritalin has kicked in and his working harder? :D
 
w1z4rd said:
Kage has been pretty quiet on the forums lately. I wonder if the Ritalin has kicked in and his working harder? :D
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Actually...I am. :D

It is odd...the "need" had to multi-task is gone.
I can now do one thing at a time, complete it and then move on.
It feels like a spotlight as opposed to a floodlight. Make sense?
 
Kage said:
Actually...I am. :D

It is odd...the "need" had to multi-task is gone.
I can now do one thing at a time, complete it and then move on.
It feels like a spotlight as opposed to a floodlight. Make sense?
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I totally understand :D Well .. welcome to the Ritalin club :D Your life will become a lot less complicated I think :D
 
Stupid question but can i take it with welbutrin?

Welburtrin is good for keeping the smoking at bay. This ritalin sounds like something i badly need. So would you say i should off welbutrin and onto ritalin?
 
killadoob said:
Stupid question but can i take it with welbutrin?

Welburtrin is good for keeping the smoking at bay. This ritalin sounds like something i badly need. So would you say i should off welbutrin and onto ritalin?
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I was told not to take Ritalin and Zyban together... I dont know if your drug is related, but I have being told not to mix those two.
 
killadoob said:
Stupid question but can i take it with welbutrin?

Welburtrin is good for keeping the smoking at bay. This ritalin sounds like something i badly need. So would you say i should off welbutrin and onto ritalin?
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Yes you can, I was on it with Aropax, which is more intense than Welbutrin. Welbutrin is an ssri (antidepressant) - similar to Zyban...Works with seretonin, Ritalin works with dopamine...You should be fine...But ask a professional just to be safe.
 
HyperBudgie said:
Yes you can. Welbutrin is ssri (antidepressant)...Works with seretonin, Ritalin works with dopamine...You should be fine...But ask a professional just to be safe.
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Ok cool cause without welbutrin cigi's make my mouth water :D.

I don't think they actually know how zyban works though but i don't think it is serotonin

Some physicians feel Wellbutrin is ideal for ADHD because they think it may act on the neuro-transmitters dopamine and norepinephrine.
 
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garyb01 said:
To all the naysayers out there: ADD /ADHD in adults is not an excuse or a figment of the imagination! Its does exist! Suffered from this all my life! Reports at school always were something along this line: "Gary is a gifted and highly intelligent pupil, if only he would learn to apply himself, if only he would learn to concentrate etc etc". Those days of course, the "Medication" was six of the best and a teacher who felt satisfied with himself having beaten the crap out of an "ill-disciplined young Sh*t causer, without manners"! Still disgusts me!

Last year when I was finally diagnosed at the age of 40, my life changed completely! My Mom watched the episode last night and knowing my diagnoses, actually called me last night to apologise to me for all those years that I went undiagnosed and what I had to go through up until I finally received help. :(

Starting projects with such vigour and then losing interest is a common problem, feeling depressed because you feel misunderstood all the time, relationship issues and arguments, divorces, grumpy and low all the time, unable to finish even the smallest and easiest of tasks some times, not being able to read and finish a book, study at school, low marks when you know for a fact that you know all the work and if they would just ask you to do an oral exam and tell them about them the work instead of having to write it down, because you really just cannot write it down, you would get 100% etc etc...Lost keys, lost phones, car accidents,
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NO **** man!! u practically described my life there! but my sex provider says my problem is more like Bi Polar :(
 
Kage said:
Actually...I am. :D

It is odd...the "need" had to multi-task is gone.
I can now do one thing at a time, complete it and then move on.
It feels like a spotlight as opposed to a floodlight. Make sense?
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That sounds good Kage.

I've made an appointment to check it out. Earliest date 16 Nov, so I might try someone else. :(
 
Those random thoughts I had are gone.

I also don't have the "lack of creativity" that some report but it feels as if there is a significant method of control of the creativity. This was something I was concerned about as I paint.
However it is almost as if it went from "organic chaotic art" to "geometric ordered art".
 
Kage said:
Those random thoughts I had are gone.

I also don't have the "lack of creativity" that some report but it feels as if there is a significant method of control of the creativity. This was something I was concerned about as I paint.
However it is almost as if it went from "organic chaotic art" to "geometric ordered art".
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I write music and I lose a whole lot of what makes my music mine. I can focus but find that those random "accidental" creations disappear when I'm on Ritalin.
 
HyperBudgie said:
I write music and I lose a whole lot of what makes my music mine. I can focus but find that those random "accidental" creations disappear when I'm on Ritalin.
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I understand.
Is there perhaps a way you can focus your non-accidental creativity?
I don't think that the accidental creations are gone.
I just think that they are now standing in line waiting for you to get to them. Like little soldiers.
 
Kage said:
I understand.
Is there perhaps a way you can focus your non-accidental creativity?
I don't think that the accidental creations are gone.
I just think that they are now standing in line waiting for you to get to them. Like little soldiers.
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I've tried, but there is a definite lack of inspiration when I'm on Ritalin. Besides, I skip Ritalin on weekends, so it doesn't really matter. I like the zest I have when I don't take Ritalin and I can get completely immersed in my music and lose myself in my own musical chaos. I write it all down, record most of it then refine it all later on Ritalin.
 
Venom Rush said:
Ok, R130 later I have Neurovance...just taken two tablets. Let's see how it goes.
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Ok, I've just been to the GP who prescribed 30 days of Concerta 27mg. Cost me R500.

What is your dosage and how many pills?
 
I've been given 30mg for 2 months at about R500 per script I think.

I'll be taking Ritalin tomorrow and then not on Sunday to see the difference.
 
I keep reading this dang thread title as "Adult DVD", tempting me to click on it :D
 
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