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Posted by rjlockhart on May 2, 2006, at 16:50:10
Right now im not on ADD medication, its HELL.
I just cannot belive what happened, i can go see my doctor but my mom will go crazy if she see's that im on stimulant medication, it will be very very unstable enviorment. Which she really i think has a condition herself (personality, manipulative, demanding, overaggressive) I have had many fights with her.
Everyday i think of myself, in a diffrent image, changing, overcoming my problems. Make Plans.
In the matter of this situation, i have to become stonger, to cope with this, adaptation, but i want more than adaptation, i want to excel past just "adapting". I am already making plans to get help from a hynotherpist. But i still dont have much money, im 19 and only work at the GAP.
, there are many people who suffered with disorders in the past that didnt have treatment like today.
Please have some feedback.
Thanks
Matt
Posted by saturn on May 2, 2006, at 19:25:37
In reply to Can you become stronger with out meds over time, posted by rjlockhart on May 2, 2006, at 16:50:10
Hi Matt,
I don't have any advice for you but can relate to what you're saying.
> Right now im not on ADD medication, its HELL.
I have ADHD and am not on medication either. I realize how difficult this is.
> Everyday i think of myself, in a diffrent image, changing, overcoming my problems. Make Plans.
I like those words...they almost sound like song lyrics, poetic. I think you're onto something there.
>>but i want more than adaptation, i want to excel past just "adapting".
I know exactly what you mean. With meds I excel, without them I merely "get by", stuggling no less. You're not alone in this regard.
--sat
Posted by rjlockhart on May 2, 2006, at 19:38:53
In reply to Re: Can you become stronger with out meds over time » rjlockhart, posted by saturn on May 2, 2006, at 19:25:37
Yea, i do think it is better, well it is easier to excel with medication, Adderall, Dexedrine, but really it all comes down to just your real mind. Not the drug. Kinda like what your ambitions are. Just set your mind to something, see what is making problems and get past them.
Right now im at point where im in the beggining of doing this. Make plans.
Well thats my put.
thanks
rj
Posted by Phillipa on May 2, 2006, at 22:11:47
In reply to Re: Can you become stronger with out meds over time, posted by rjlockhart on May 2, 2006, at 19:38:53
And may I add you have a job!!!!Love Phillipa
Posted by vainamoinen on May 3, 2006, at 14:13:06
In reply to Can you become stronger with out meds over time, posted by rjlockhart on May 2, 2006, at 16:50:10
good question,
I would answer, my opinion only, a qualified yes.
Psychotherapy can be very helpful. However the more serious your disease(like schizophrenia,
bipolar I) the less therapy is going to help your condition and just help you cope with it.For ADD if you aren't using a prescription medication I'd start using caffeine throughout the day as a replacement.
From my limited understanding, the brain is plastic, even in adulthood, and can be rewired,or retrained if you prefer. However I think that the more genetically determined a disease is the less control you will be able to exert over it's course.
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