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Post by unohoncho on Nov 11, 2014 20:52:02 GMT
Back to square one... Anxiety is back, procrastination is back, irritability & anger is back... Concerta sucks balls for me longer term, honeymoon period is well over - Got another appointment a week Saturday, another £125 I'm hope doesn't go down the Suwannee
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Post by unohoncho on Oct 13, 2014 8:24:02 GMT
Doc says to stick with the Concerta... All of my anxiety is related to current stresses in my life, being kicked out of my rented house as the landlord wants to sell it, finding somewhere new to live without screwing up things with travel/work etc, work stresses and procrastination... The list goes on - He didn't think it was necessary to prescribe Strattera instead as we both concluded the Concerta works for me really well, but seems to also allow me to concentrate on the crap things as well which leads to anxiety.
He advised he would prescribe 9mg tablets and to try them for a week before going back up to 18mg... Then phoned me an hour later to say 'Sorry, they don't do them in 9mg so you'll have to stick with the 18mg and increase up to 27mg as an when the effects of 18mg are not enough'
See how it goes I guess
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Post by unohoncho on Oct 7, 2014 10:51:42 GMT
Next appointment with the Doctor on Saturday, reckon I'll be coming off the Concerta, not unless he can prescribe an anti-depressant to go with it ? - Chest pains eased up and I've had none since so certainly conceivable it was anxiety related. Problem now is that the Concerta is affecting my moods too much, anxiety and feeling low mainly, I had 3 days off them and I felt 100% my old self, took them the next day as I was getting behind with work again and anxiety returns instantly....
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Post by unohoncho on Sept 2, 2014 13:43:20 GMT
For what purpose ? A debate ?
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Post by unohoncho on Sept 1, 2014 12:04:37 GMT
ECG been moved to Wednesday, thank you NHS for causing me another 48 hours worry... Well done Chest discomfort still the same on 18mg... Not looking good for staying on Concerta this
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Post by unohoncho on Sept 1, 2014 11:50:33 GMT
Can cause Chest Pain too... only been on Concerta a week May be in part attributable to a chest infection that wouldn't shift from about 4 weeks ago but that might a red herring as both 'Angina' and 'Chest Pain' is listed as side effects. GP checked pulse and blood pressure which is normal, got another ECG this Wednesday... My instant motivation and ability to finally focus on the things that matter might be short lived
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 29, 2014 15:24:20 GMT
1 week on the Concerta.... Probably the most productive week of my life, at work and home - The only problem is that I do have some chest discomfort which I've just had to see the GP about, I go for an ECG on Monday and then speak to the GP again on Wednesday - I will be devastated if I can't continue on the Concerta, apart from feeling 'wired', the ability to finally focus on everything is unbelievable, brain fog has evaporated It's been a stressful week though, best man at a wedding, finishing jobs on my house in time to hand over for the estate agent, work pressure, job interview, so unsure if this is stress related ? The only other thing I can think of that may have caused the issue is not checking the bottle labels, I've been taking 36mg as a starting dose instead of 18mg... Oh dear! Anyone else experienced chest discomfort/pain on Concerta ? Stuey
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 21, 2014 7:53:21 GMT
Hopefully starting Concerta next week, has anyone here combined Concerta with an anti-depressant ? Not been prescribed any presently but considering asking my GP for some. Seems Concerta can react with Amitriptyline / Citalopram / Doxepin / Fluoxetine / Nortriptyline / Paroxetine / Sertraline and others ?
A search on another site says a pure SSRI such as prozac, lexapro, zoloft, paxil might be the answer although a low-dose start
Anyone any experience ?
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 21, 2014 7:27:55 GMT
I had a psychologist for my NHS assessment... Guess that's why they screwed up the diagnosis
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 20, 2014 15:41:14 GMT
I had the best loving parents I could have wished for as a child, my Dad however suffered from manic-depression and was an in/out patient at a psychiatric unit for 20 years, like others here he'd been sexually abused as a child. Apart from suicidal thoughts and attempts, my Dad was relatively sane, others on the ward weren't and I suppose it was difficult to process from the age of 9 year old why your Dad is in a place with people who aren't in any way the same as him, some poor souls there were extremely disturbed.
Dealing with his suicide attempts and cleaning up the physical mess afterwards just had to be buried in the back of my mind as long as I knew he was still alive and back on the mend... Never to this day have I ever blamed him for what we went through, I'd have him back in a second
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 20, 2014 14:48:52 GMT
Better a diagnosis late than never ? I guess so, but at risk of repeating myself again - NHS ballsed it up in 2004 saying there was nothing wrong with me other than I was poorly organised and I'd benefit from a 'Life Coach' - Within 5 years, I'd accrued well over £30k's of debt, had few friends, was divorced, and concentration getting worse by the day. That old vicious circle... Stress = inattention = more stress = more inattention 2014 and at the age of 40, I've remarried, had a a son but perilously close to a 2nd divorce and still in debt to the point where I have to sell my house to break free from it all, I thought I'd go back and get assessed again, I mean the NHS expert surely couldn't have misdiagnosed me, could she ? GP didn't seem keen to refer me down the NHS route and suggested I utilise my private medical insurance, he cited that for this kind of asessment the NHS were especially 'slow and ponderous' - I was referred to a ADHD specialist in the North West near Alrincham. Chap was ok, asked lots of open questions about my adolescence/schooling, I was lucky to have kept my school & bad behaviour reports from Comprehensive school along with a list of exams I failed. The school reports I believe proved invaluable to the assessment and he asked numerous questions about comments the teachers had put about failure to hand in homework, lack of concentration, disruptive behaviour, distraction, daydreaming, etc. The reports were pretty much text book extracts of ADHD symptoms so made his life easier I reckon Work questions were simply a potted history of how many jobs I've had since leaving school, how long I stayed at each and why I left each one, lastly it was around how my life is now and what are the difficulties I've experienced recently. Finally I completed a questionnaire which looks like it was based the DSM-IV symptoms list ? He said that was only to compare with his diagnosis. Result was that I definitely show signs of adult inattention and he's prescribed 18mg Concerta for 2 weeks and the upping it to 36g for 4 weeks until my 1st follow up appointment. I've had a ECG today and blood tests, results next week and then I can start the Concerta. I know the tablets alone are not a magic fix and that I have to organise myself better in many ways, but if I can just focus better and silence the constant chatter in my head, I know I'm on my way to achieving better things
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 18, 2014 13:42:20 GMT
thats like saying the cause of racial abuse is the person being the wrong race, its not, its the bullies ignorance thats the cause. Whenever anyone is bullied the fault lies w the bullies, and societys lack of appriciation.of difference Yes if you want to take an Egalitarian viewpoint in 2014, no if you want to take a realistic viewpoint from 1980's schooling based on my (and countless 1000's of others) real-life experiences - I could blame social stigma and lack of respect from the bullies, but why when there was no education as there is now ? The fact remains that I was bullied because I acted/behaved differently, if I acted like the normal kids and fitted in, I wouldn't have been a target Were you in secondary education during the 1980's or earlier, were you ever persisentely and progressively bullied with even the teachers turning a blind eye ? Just interested if your viewpoint is influenced by reasoning or experience ?
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 18, 2014 9:05:26 GMT
With all.due respect all of the things you.list as a consequence of adhd arnt things adhd directly causes. Bullying for a start obviously isnt caused by adhd, or you, its caused by other people. Disagree.... If I didn't have ADHD, I wouldn't have acted the way I did and become a target for bullying... I was a prime target to get a reaction for their entertainment, which inevitability got me into more trouble rather than them. So the root cause of bullying in my case... was ADHD
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 12, 2014 21:42:30 GMT
It's hard for me personally to be proud about a shit part of me that continues to get even more shitter and affected my life in more negative ways than positive. Bullying in school, no qualifications, massive debt, divorce, more jobs than I can count on two pairs of hands, few friends, drug abuse - If I could counter the negatives with positive experiences because of ADHD I'd be a much happier and positive person and find it easier to accept that it isn't a genetic defect I'd like to see a positive symptoms list rather than a negative one that I could relate to
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 12, 2014 20:17:18 GMT
it was depressing how many people said they'd eradicate their ADHD in a heartbeat I'm still trying to work out what (if any) advantages ADHD brings to my life, after another really shitty day at work today owing to my inability to complete jobs, I'm guessing there are few for me personally Got to wait to start Concerta so I'll reserve judgement until I've had a month on it and how it affects me from a personality point of view and whether I'm a better person with my ADHD controlled than uncontrolled. Interesting comment about those with Hyperactivity being more driven and logically I can see how that might occur, inattentive for me so I don't feel that I've accomplished anything to feel proud of in my lifetime to date outside of having my son, which in actual fact has nothing to do with ADHD
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 12, 2014 13:07:14 GMT
Waiting for an ECG and blood tests to start Concerta... Let you know if it all goes well and I've been able to take them for a couple of weeks
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 12, 2014 13:04:40 GMT
I *still* walk upstairs to fetch the dirty washing and come back down with an empty drinking glass. Completely relate to that
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 12, 2014 9:38:20 GMT
You have to feel for anyone who is in that much mental pain - Ironically he did a film called 'What Dreams may come' in which he dies in a car accident but his wife commits suicide afterwards be unable to cope with the loss and ends up in purgatory. It does have a happy ending unlike his real life - Poor soul
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 11, 2014 20:18:46 GMT
For me, it's emotion, dunno why, it's just always been that way. My long term memory is outstanding but I think this is at the cost of my short 'working' memory which is just shit. Typical ADHD'er in always losing my keys, wallet, phone, sometimes two or three times a day with absolutely no recollection of when I last had any of them.
Smell is particularly powerful for me in recreating an emotional memory, especially aftershaves and perfumes but typically I feel the memory and the images and sounds follow, can't explain how it works much better than that I'm afraid
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 11, 2014 13:09:38 GMT
I like his reference to Calvin and Hobbs, a friend of mine is/was the only person who ever spotted my ADHD and said 'You remind me of Calvin and Hobbs you know" - This is how I became aware of ADHD - I don't think it's ever been formally recognised that Calvin and Hobbs is about an ADHD boy but like Dr Mason says 'Where do they get their ideas from ?'
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 11, 2014 9:10:46 GMT
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 10, 2014 7:05:12 GMT
"Welcome to the club" I believe is the collective term ? As with @foggyboy I've got to have an ECG and blood tests before I can start Concerta. It is somewhat bittersweet, I feel like a weight has been lifted that I've finally been taken seriously but angry still at the NHS clown who dismissed it 10 years ago. A mountain has been climbed though
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 8, 2014 10:34:37 GMT
Anyone know why sometimes we just 'have a good day' ? Work/reports are completed on time, emails all up to date, bills are tackled, housework is done, maybe even some DIY might be tackled.... But unfortunately for me, these days come only once a month, maybe twice if I'm lucky, the rest of the month work/reports are not completed on time, emails are not up to date, bills aren't tackled, house doesn't get tidied and DIY just angers me What is so different about these odd positive days ? They seem completely random with no pre-cursor I can identify i.e. Good nights sleep, had a relaxing day previous Frustrates me that whilst normal people don't always have good days themselves, they are the reverse in experiencing more good days than bad
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 7, 2014 10:46:18 GMT
For me personally, I've overcome it by being so far in debt I cannot get credit for anything anymore and that if I don't pay what I owe, the bailiffs will come knocking... After my monthly repayments, I have little to spend so if I can't afford it, I simply can't have it now Cutting my credits card up didn't work, it took a county court judgement and an attachment order on my house to stop my gallop
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 6, 2014 13:09:22 GMT
My wife can't understand why I can't focus on tasks as simple as tidying up after myself, gets her quite uptight. We went to see a marriage counselor 2 year ago and she was getting quite angry with the counselor guy who was telling her to give me a break, and that in my case I wouldn't be changing at 40 years of age if I've been untidy all my life... so she needs to let go of things she cannot change about me. Sessions didn't help....
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 6, 2014 11:22:36 GMT
Similar tale as you Foggy, I'm 41 this year... I've tried Vegan and Vegetarian diets instead of meat, intense exercise (Circuit training, boxing, long distance cycling, long distance swimming, running, triathlon) and can say that even when combined, diet and exercise have only benefited my physical fitness. A crappy diet probably affects normal people but my ability to focus/concentrate is just shit all of the time, good diet or bad Stuart
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 6, 2014 10:57:11 GMT
Yep, my appointment is this Saturday scatterbrain, I'm somewhat tense about it given the negative experience of my previous NHS assessment - Easier said than done to 'relax' right now Desperately want things to change...
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 5, 2014 21:05:24 GMT
If I knew meditating would be as effective as medication I'll gladly do it... The constant static in my head prevents this though, it never switches off
I was only in part joking about this, the last assessment I had ten years ago I was advised to engage a life coach and listen to relaxation tapes as I didn't have ADHD apparently... 10 years on and £30k worth of debt, a divorce and almost a 2nd divorce later and my concentration and focus worse than ever... The idiot was somewhat wide of the mark
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 5, 2014 20:39:11 GMT
Kicked the shit out of one of me Mum's plants in the garden earlier, all because I couldn't find me wallet :-(
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Post by unohoncho on Aug 5, 2014 13:59:57 GMT
Sympathise with you Pazza, it's times like this when people tell you to 'pull yourself together' and you feel like punching them If the costs have spiralled with your renovation and you can't continue, you are going to have to halt the progress until a time when your finances are in a better condition and make the best of unfinished rooms as best you can - I've only recently been finishing projects that have taken 12 years to complete so know only too well what it's like living in a DIY hell. I hope you can get yours finished a lot quicker than I did... only reason mine are being finished is so I can sell my house to quash all my debts that I've ran up How supportive is your wife in all of this ? Have you spoke to your GP about you feeling low ?
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