“RSD Has Blessed Me with an Immense Capacity for Feeling — and I'm Grateful.”

"Just as a force of nature can be powerful and destructive, RSD can also bring me to my knees in awe and wonder. It feels amazing and special to be able to contain such enormous, intense feelings – and come out on the other side.”

designmama

February 19, 2021 at 1:53 pm

Thank you for this perspective. I was diagnosed in my mid 40s with ADD. My psych prescribed Guanfacine after I brought an article from ADDitude re RSD to her attention in one of our sessions. She has had good experience with it and was encouraging to try it. I agree, as I am still adjusting the dose in combo with Adderrall, I am confident that it has had a significant shift in my ability to manage my emotions in a more positive way and not get swept away in the tsunami of feelings, yet have a more curious approach. I haven’t gotten to the grateful part of accepting, but with the work of Positive Intelligence (PQ) meditation practice as part of my training, my tool box finally feels up to the challenge to boost me to my best self.
CatB69

February 19, 2021 at 9:14 am

I talked to my doctor about medication and because they are for blood pressure, he would not even think about it. It took a lot for me to even gwt him to prescribe adderal, I was open to try anything but my insurance wouldn’t cover anything he wanted to give me. $500/month was just not something that I could do.
The adderal didn’t seem to do much or just that he wouldn’t up the dosage, not sure.

I just know that I would love to manage the emotions. I was going to start seeing a therapist and they had never heard of RSD because it is not in the diagnosis book. UGH