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Sabbatical from ADHD & Depression

I'm getting treatment, but frankly, I am bored and irritable.
Adult ADHD Blog | Thursday December 11th - 4:58pm | More December 2008 Blogs
 
Jane D.

I'm wondering if I'm getting tired of everyone, tired of even people who I'd considered friends until recent. Maybe it is the lack of sleep due to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, stress, or, once again, the medication playing games with me.

I keep thinking about what the group leader said in the last support group meeting for adults being treated for ADHD. He said the ADD/ADHD individual finds it hard to get and stay motivated. Like the dream apartment with the Jacuzzi balcony is a flash of a thrill, an idea, and then as quickly as it starts, it fizzles like fireworks in rain. Depressing, very.

Because frankly I am getting bored and irritable again. I am almost certain Adderall causes the side effect irritability. So on one hand, I can sit here and work and work, and on the other hand I am depressed. I just want to be alone. What sparked this reaction? I'm not sure except to say that with life in limbo, I feel like I've been walking around like a wet towel. Escape, escape.

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2 Comments:

  • Posted by The Attention Doctor - Dec 12 2008 @ 6:19 PM
    My Experience
    In the past five years I have had the unique opportunity to treat a large group of adults who suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder, probably on the order of three to four hundred patients in a variety of clinical settings. Partly due to the experience, and partly due to my own lifelong struggle with Attention Deficit Disorder in myself and in my three children, I have been able to develop some innovative approaches, primarily hypnotic in nature, to treat the wide range of secondary complications (depression, anxiety, substance abuse and other compulsive behaviors, disorganization, procrastination, etc.) that can result from ADD. For example, the most powerful and effective treatment for multiple personality disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder is a system called EGO-STATE Therapy. It uses a wide range of hypnotic techniques, what I would refer to as right brain utilization techniques, to resolve conflict between the selves. I use it in my work with adults who, like myself, suffer from attention deficit disorder.
  • Posted by MellowYellow - Dec 12 2008 @ 3:12 AM
    Newly Diagnosed (?) ADHDer in NYC
    Hi, 35 years old Japanese man (I was born and raised in Japan then educated in the US) just took a package from Wall Street to face this new "realized" "disorder." I am certain if I weren't on all the "happy pills," I would be crying my eyes out realizing that I wasn't the only one. Well, this isn't quite a comment but question. Do you have any ADHD Support Group in NYC you recommend? Appreciate if you either post it here or email me directly @ mkoiso@gmail.com... Thank you.
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