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| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
i know what u mean about the ritalin abt (DAMNIT! every time i write ur name i have to go check that it's ABT and not ATB...LOL) anyway! when girls have add, it's a bit different. i was definately a hyper active child...always runnin around and talkin all the time. but as i got older the opposite started to happen. i was just always day dreaming and forgetting stuff. i was always in a "zone". ppl would be talking to me and after they were done, i'd be like, "wait, so WHAT did u just say??" hahah basically i come off as an air head but im really not. i am highly intelligent, i just have to apply myself (as is the case for EVERYONE w/ add) im sure it's annoying to other ppl. my dad can always tell when im not listening to him and he'll be like, "YOOUU WHOOO JAMIEEE!" anway, i tried the ritalin and it DOES make you concentrate better, BUT...i felt that it made me hyper. it was weird. i was smoking like a pack of cigs a day when i was on it and it would get me kind of nervous. it's like mild speed (why do think these moron kids snort the stuff!) i read up on the side effects of ritalin and the most common one is nervousness. now the LAST thing i need to feel is nervousness, cuz i feel that way already without it. i have some kind of anxiety disorder i think...my stomach is always in knots and i've had several actual pannick attacks in the last few months. i have an appt. w/ a shrink on thurs to talk about that and maybe get on some xanax. so i that is why i try to stay away from ritalin. i try to use more natural methods. gonna seem cheesy, but oh well. i am going to sign up for yoga classes this week and i also take herbs like ginseng and ginko every morning. it also helps to eat right and have a regular sleeping schedule. eat lots of carbs (they give you more energy) and try working out or going for walks. they help you clear your mind. every day i just take my dog and a tennis ball out to this grassy area and play with him and chill there for like a half hour and and just THINK! i love to just think about the dumbest shit, it's fun...lol anyway, set a time aside for you to think that way u can focus on studying after u've had ur "time". maybe it'll work, i dunno....
btw, i am very impressed that you all are sharing your experiences and not putting on this front. i think that is really cool...most ppl are ashamed of having that sort of problem, and all of us, obviously aren't |
I was just like you when i was a child , i was extremely hyper active , always talking and playing soccer every single day ... but right after the puberty , i completely changed , i wasn't the same person at all , i was almost scared by everything (i still remember i couldn't go out of my house just like the others because i was scared to death of getting agressed by a thief or something) , i wasn't interested at all to make new friends or even hang out with my current friends , it was just weird . So i went and see a doctor , he gave me some Paxil , and a month later i felt really better , just to tell you that these kind of drugs DO work , and that if u feel like ur too happy or something , it's just that u are back to ur normal state that's all
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If I can get something to make my head stop jumping around and actually let me pay some attention to my school work, I might make something of myself yet. 
