ADHD medication

Medications
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Have you been diagnosed with ADHD and do you take medication for it?
  • I have been diagnosed, but do not take medication
  • I have been diagnosed and take medication
  • I have not been diagnosed

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I would like to know how safe adhd medication can be for us.

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The poll won’t let me vote for some reason. It hasn’t been closed, it just isn’t working. Anyways, I had been diagnosed and take medication that treats both ADHD and my sleep disorder. I will add though, that my doctor is monitoring me very closely and keeping me on a very small dose, because the risk is there.

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I’ve never been diagnosed with it but I find it extremely hard to read stuff that I want to read, except this forum, I don’t watch TV or movies or computer games either.

Idk man. Is it the meds or is it just me or, is it both.

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Oh. Your poll is the type where you need at least two answers to vote. Do you want me to fix it for you?

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Im really interested on talking about this with my new doctor i have read alot on it and i think it has affected my life quite bad .

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I’ve never been diagnosed with adhd.

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Fix it please that would be nice.

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There are other medications for ADHD that aren’t quite as risky as Adderall/Ritalin. Stratera, Wellbutrin, etc. They are dopaminergic, but not quite to the same degree. They are also harder to abuse. Wellbutrin was terrible for me, it made me suicidal. But everyone is different. I know loads of people love Wellbutrin.

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The problem with some adhd symptoms its that they can also be confused with negative symptoms i would be convinced they are negative symptoms if i didnt had them all my life and didnt fidget so much.

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I love the irony that on the poll about ADHD you made an error on a minor detail that would be typical of someone with ADHD. Poll should work now.

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Don’t adhd meds raise dopamine?

So I wouldn’t be surprised if there were some similar mechanisms between adhd and neg symptoms :woman_shrugging:

Since negs are caused by aps which reduce dopamine

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The universe has quite a sense of humour :sweat_smile:

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Exactly they are caused by lack of dopamine it happens many times that i get lost, im afraid the doctor would dismiss as negative symptoms and wont even try to test it.

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This is the screening tool my pdoc used on me. Maybe it can help you get some insight.

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So far alot of the questions answers are very often.

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4 often or very often in part A means you likely qualify for a diagnosis, and the part B section informs the doctor about your symptoms. But the symptoms had to have been present before age 7.

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I have been diagnosed but my doctor refuses to treat because he says I can fall into psychosis.

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It is very likely than, thanks for this document.

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Even getting a diagnosis won’t necessarily mean they can treat it, like @anon4362788 said. The only reason my doctor is treating me is because my main diagnosis for my psychotic symptoms got changed from schizophrenia to a sleep disorder. So now I need to take a low low dose of a stimulant in the morning to keep me awake, and a sedative at night to make sure I get proper sleep.

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