Prescribing Restrictions and Secondary ADD
backindauk said:
dialated665,
Obviously you do not have ADD/ADHD.
I have always eaten healthy and my parents are both of the legal profession.
I dont think its upbringing... That is for sure
Go look at all the research that has been done.
How come when people take medication it seems to relieve the symptoms, but when non ADD/ADHD persons take these same medications they do not get the same effects?
What he's saying does have credence.
There is the strain of thought that ADD/ADHD can be caused, in part, by intolerances of food and particular preservatives.
I also believe that ADD is overdiagnosed in children, and that it could be better controlled by teaching parents how to more efficiently discipline their children (please do not jump on me for saying this - I am not saying that this applies to ALL or even MOST people with ADD/ADHD). Clearly it is a bit of a chicken or the egg situation, and I recognise that it would likely be a difficult cycle to overcome.
Finally, in response to the first post-
Do even the smallest amount of searching on the net and you should find out that a GP can not prescribe ritalin.
From memory, you must be referred to a Psychiatrist and(?)/or a neurologist. I'm not sure if the last bit is correct, but I remember when I looked it up that it was extremely restricted.
Moreover, you should do some research into how your age effects your chances of being diagnosed and prescribed medication.
When I looked into it, for the adult, you had to have documented proof of ADD problems whilst a child.
Although I understand why this is in place, it was completely shite for my situation. I got Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, having all my life been articulate and a hard worker who could focus for hours, and then ended up with massive attention problems and pseudodyslexia and pseudophasia... resulting from a kind of temporary brain damage that is inherent to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
My cognitive difficulties were such that at my worst I could not remember how to write down my name, nor my home address, nor how to spell simple words like "birthday" or "tomorrow". I had no memory of ever having met good friends and if I was going out, I would write notes to myself to remind myself what I was doing, but I would forget that the note was there or I wouldnt be able to work out what the notes meant.
eg.
"Oh what a lovely walk I'm on...
OH! I've got money (note) in my pocket! I didn't know I had that...
Oh only a piece of paper. Oh well. I wonder what it is. um ok that's my handwriting. Maybe I wrote a note to myself. Hmm what on earth does that mean..."
Or, for example, when handing in an assessment my teacher at uni exclaimed in desperation - "Pip! You've tried to hand in that assessment 4 times and I've already handed back 2 marked copies." (my docs had told me to keep on trying to use my mind).
Actually getting the assessments done was an absolute nightmare because I wouldnt remember or understand what I was doing for more that a second or two, and notes that I wrote myself never made any sense after those few seconds of insight.
Both my long and short term memory was completely destroyed and I could only focus on one thing at a time - for example it was almost impossible to talk to someone whilst there was any significant background noise.
Anyway -- long story short --
People who come down with CFS severely before the age of 16 are able to be treated as ADD patients, and therefore can be prescribed ritalin (which helps other CFS symptoms than just the attentional difficulties). They therefore have access to these medications as adults, in the extremely likely circumstance that their illness continues.
Those who come down with CFS severely after 16 - well tough luck.
It doesnt seem to matter that there is immense amounts of research out there proving that the cognitive problems associated with CFS are substantial and incapacitating.... coz we don't fit into the traditional image of ADD...
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