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Honestly it is way over-prescribed in the US in my opinion. I don't know anyone with legitimate ADHD, but I don't doubt that a very few people need it.
Topamax gave me kidney stones. They actually weren't as bad as I was expecting, but I did choose to have the remaining ones surgically removed instead of waiting to pass them (also I stopped taking Topamax).
were you drinking plenty of water, staying hydrated? would did you replace it with?
IMO, yes. Amphetimnes are precribed I know for people with chronic fatugue, Methamphetimine is given to people with narcolasy...so in IMO, tottally fine..and that goes for all other Meds(anxiety meds, pain meds, ADD meds, anti-deppresents). If the person is fine and doing better, thats kinda the point, not to be exhausted all day from chronic fatugue or wanting to blow their brains out once the natural remedies are not working and be able to get out and have a functional life. And on the tolerance issue you might bump into later, I found when I was taking ADD meds ( REALLY IS A MEDICAL DISORDER! To say not is BS and to go to natural remedies, give me a damn break(no offense). I was on Focalin, Adderall, and Vvynasse, my doc would switch my meds up every now and agian to help with the tolerance issue, which actually seemed to help.
I'd already tried and failed on lamictal before settling on topamaxYep. I drink about three litres of water a day.
I'm on lamotrigine now, which is practically a wonder drug for me.
I'd already tried and failed on lamictal before settling on topamax
Exactly. I know people who have narcolepsy who take Adderall for it.
I also know people who have ADD who are or were on Adderall/Dexedrine. I'm one of them. If you have ADD or ADHD you don't get high from Adderall or Dexedrine, or even Ritalin. The people I know who have ADHD it gets them to calm down, and for myself I didn't get high from it and I would sometimes fall asleep while on it.
ADHD, and ADD do actually exist and are real. But you will have a lot of people who claim they have ADD or ADHD who really don't and they just want the Adderall, Dexedrine, etc. to get high on.
Idk man. All uppers calm me down and usually couch lock me. They still get me really high though. ADHD meds calm me down the most. Even more so than weed. Everyone seems to have this idea that people with ADD/ADHD can't get high on the meds. But this isn't true. I struggle everyday with attention problems. I think almost everybody does. SO yeah it exists, but is it really enough of a problem to start habitual use of uppers? I think psychiatrists love to script them cuz they usually will keep the patient coming back and that's good business for them.
There is no such thing as a cure for major depression. Even with mild depression - which is supposed to be treated with short-term medication and talk therapy - the aim is to relieve symptoms while you learn coping strategies, not make the depression go away. Most people with major depression who seek treatment will be taking medication for a substantial portion of their life, if not forever. This is totally normal and OK.
While I agree that it's not necessarily fair to class the symptoms of ADD/ADHD as a disorder you cannot deny that the symptoms that accompany such a "disorder" are real.
Recently I was diagnosed with adult-add, and the subsequent prescription to methylphenidate has genuinely helped me. Without it I struggle to get anything done and it's incredibly frustrating. While I agree that attention problems are common there is definitely a sliding scale. It is normal to forget things from time to time, and to procrastinate, but if this is continuous then it really is a problem.
However I do not think that my mental processes are a "disorder," rather they are simply the way that my brain functions. Unfortunately for me the society in which I live does not view those who behave in such a way favourably and so I am offered medicinal help in an effort to combat it.
What is your objection to a medication also making you feel good? When the methylphenidate kicks in I definitely feel it working and that feeling compares favourably to stimulants I have taken for recreation in the past. But surely anything that has a positive effect will also make you feel good by definition?
Personally I feel that if something works for somebody then they should have access to that, regardless of their mental health situation or the label they have been given. In regard to the OP it seems almost cruel that something that has been working for them for so long is being taken away from them because it doesnt fit a certain criteria.
Yeah man it's bad, but you cannot deny people let it defeat them and prefer to be on some shit. I for one wish to never have to be scripted benzos, stims or painkillers.
I just don't think it's worth listening to a psych tell you what YOU are experiencing and treat you how THEY see fit. This ends usually in addiction and the psych making you feel like you CANNOT get thru it on your own. That's how the last psychiatrist I went to had me feel. Told me I'll never leave the drug phase on my own. Guess what? I fucking did. I was diagnosed with severe anxiety and moderate depression. I accepted 0 pills and I'm as happy and calm as can be and I took nothing to help it.
It is the easy way out IMO. All of those "anti" drugs.