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Post by phil on Jul 9, 2011 11:58:17 GMT
say the N.H.S pulled there fingers from their arses! actually put me on equasym and i did respond well on it! where does that leave me? meaning i left school with no quaifications! i want to work but being on D.L.A is a safty net for me and without it i would not survive so what would happen? if i was cured would they just bung me on job seekers allowance and thats that? or is there anyway i could go back to school and re take my education? living with the condition for so long change in anyway is going to be dramatic and say i was cured on equasym would this effect me psychologically with anger not only with stupid doctors i have had dealings with recently! but with teachers that did not reconise the condition and the years i have just wasted not knowing about the condition if you can understand this
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2011 16:12:03 GMT
I think education is the way forward, meds helped me a lot with this and i would really recommend study as a confidence booster.
Check out re-taking your essential subjects and see what unfolds? Dont worry about too far ahead just yet its early days.
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Post by phil on Jul 10, 2011 13:09:12 GMT
Another question I have about Equasym is about the anxiety thing! In the passed I have had bad anxiety that actully manifested in full on panic attacks! Although I'm over them by learning what is going on in my mind! I still get a panic'y feeling every now and again for absolutly no apparent reason that last for a few seconds? Then just go's away! Could this hinder me getting put on M.P.H?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2011 13:18:56 GMT
I was in a similar position when I started treatment. I'd suffered from anxiety in the past, including panic attacks at one stage, but had also overcome this by learning what was going on in my mind.
I'm on dex, which actually reduces my anxiety! Apparently it can go either way when you're given a stimulent - sometimes anxiety coexists with adhd and goes away when the adhd is treated, or it can make it worse because the anxiety is quite separate from the adhd. Does that make sense?
My psych wasn't concerned about my history of anxiety when he prescribed the dex, he just said I would have to see what effect it has on me and that I might need to take something for the anxiety if dex made it worse.
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Post by boo on Jul 10, 2011 13:30:29 GMT
i think they will take anxiety into account when discussing meds options, however, i suffer with anxiety,and i am on meds (not to the point of debilitation mind you, and that might have made a difference if it was).
i think they will monitor your anxiety levels more if you are susceptible generally though.
i have those feelings too at times, nothing to warrant it, just an unexplainable feeling of impending doom, maybe my brain is so used to some sort of anxiety, it doesn't know what to do if i am not anxious, and compensates by making something up, something way down deep in my sub-conscious ;D
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Post by boo on Jul 10, 2011 13:35:12 GMT
ditzy, i meant to say that too, about my anxiety being reduced since i have been on meds, i must have deleted that bit while trying to re-word my post ;D but i agree with you on that, i think i have mentioned it somewhere else before too, but can't remember where...
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Post by phil on Jul 10, 2011 14:00:22 GMT
i think i get what you're saying it depends on the person so one person could take it and it could cure their anxiety with filling them with confidance! and another person could take it and end up a nervous wreck on it i don't really see a big issue why i can't even try this medication just for a trial if i get bad nerves or i should have a seizure i could be weened off them but what will P me off the most is having a machine to sleep with i'd rather have surgury lol i hear they blast you with oxygen imagine having some weird dream then getting a blast of that it would scare the crap out of you
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Post by kakema on Jul 10, 2011 14:24:44 GMT
I was in a similar position when I started treatment. I'd suffered from anxiety in the past, including panic attacks at one stage, but had also overcome this by learning what was going on in my mind. I'm on dex, which actually reduces my anxiety! Apparently it can go either way when you're given a stimulent - sometimes anxiety coexists with adhd and goes away when the adhd is treated, or it can make it worse because the anxiety is quite separate from the adhd. Does that make sense? My psych wasn't concerned about my history of anxiety when he prescribed the dex, he just said I would have to see what effect it has on me and that I might need to take something for the anxiety if dex made it worse. That was my experience too. I think it depends very much on how each individual responds to the meds - not sure if it matters how anxious you are to start with. I'm not a massively nervy person - i've had panic attacks but they were driven by the adrenaline overloading I was giving myself coping with a hight stress job when untreated. mph definitely ups my anxiety levels noticeably, and for me, it's cumulative - I can go a day on it, just feel a bit more edgy, but after a couple of weeks on full dose was a basket case, snappy, road ragey, paranoid. Dex is the opposite for me - feel very chilled and balanced, patience of a saint. My family love it. I think it's more in brain chemistry than changing mindset - I don't think it 'fills you with confidence', just calms down the unmanageable volatile thoughts that can take you straight to fight/fight in a situation whereas a steadied brain would have time to assess it rationally before starting to pump adrenaline.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2011 19:59:42 GMT
Phil,
J returned to study at age 28 with no qualifications and undiagnosed ADHD and dyslexia and got through O levels, A levels and an honours degree before getting diagnosed with dyslexia and 2 PG dips before being diagnosed with ADHD...
This country has a f##king silly set of rules around post-secondary education, but WHEN you do get on your meds, and they are working for you, I am sure you can find a way of returning to education.
It just takes a great deal of bloody mindedness, which you exhibit in spades! ;-)
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Post by ChaosLily on Jul 10, 2011 20:10:55 GMT
That was my experience too. I think it depends very much on how each individual responds to the meds - not sure if it matters how anxious you are to start with. I'm not a massively nervy person - i've had panic attacks but they were driven by the adrenaline overloading I was giving myself coping with a hight stress job when untreated. mph definitely ups my anxiety levels noticeably, and for me, it's cumulative - I can go a day on it, just feel a bit more edgy, but after a couple of weeks on full dose was a basket case, snappy, road ragey, paranoid. This is where I am now on mph - as you say, I was ok to start with but now... Thanks for sharing this.
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