when i was first diagnosed with adhd, i was relieved to know what was up with my crazy brain. the medication was helping, i felt great. but now it seems that i am not really progressing anymore, but maybe back sliding. my doctor was going to try to take me off of the effexor and just stick with straterra. but i dont know, i feel very down and disconnected. i have some other issues going on in my life too. but i still go back to my meds. do i really need the effexor and the streterra? but all this medication i am taking is making me extremely constipated. and there isnt much the doctors can do about that. so they put me on more medicine. maybe... i need to find a doctor that knows more about adhd. maybe... i need a brain scan to see if i do indeed have adhd and it isnt something like a tumor. that goes back to finding the right doctor. but when you live in the middle of small town michigan, it is not the easiest thing to do. i am about 2 hrs from chicago and ann arbor. anyone know any good docs that would understand my plight. i am tired of feeling disabled!! i know, i know, that is how i am letting myself feel. well i guess i am just rolling in self pity right now. i knew i wasnt normal, but i didnt think i was really not normal. who am i? disconnected. that is who i am
disconnected
Hi Mrs. Williams,
I, too am in Michigan and if you're willing to travel to Ann Arbor, I can recommend an excellent neuropsychologist who subspecializes in ADHD. He and his staff are top notch. I think it IS time for you to work with a clinician who can put all the pieces of the puzzle together for you.
His name is Dr. Roger Lauer and you can read more about his clinic, etc at his website at: http://www.cnandl.com/ . Just use my name when you call him. I think you will be pleased with the workup he and the staff can offer you.
Let me know how you fare-
Terry
If your feeling disconnected... Find a place to connect. I always say
Go BACK GO BACK GO BACK... I know this feeling all to well. I am a 4th grade teacher and I too have adhd. I am not on medication. I don't like to way the meds make me feel. Disconnected to me is when your mind, body and everything around you seems like your on the tilt-a-whirl. I say get off of the ride and find something you can connect either your body, your mind or your soal to. Take a break and do something you are good at. We all have to find the place in our life where we can exsist an be whole. Believe in who you are. Go with it and channel your goodness. AND... when you are on the tilt- a- whirl again... get off and go back. IF all else fails ASK some one for HELP! My friend Holly is all to used to that. She is a great support she understands that I am trying hard but having difficulty pulling it al together.
Hope this helps???? LOVE WHO YOU ARE!
Aimee
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Hello.This is Kaori in Tokyo,Japan.
7years since I diganoged,I feel no progress(sometime feel progress)and depressed.
Now I feel"Oh,this is life time training to live using some inconvinience brain..".
I feel how hard you feel.(maybe...Here we have very little help for ADHD)
But If you suspect brain tumor(having other sympton),really,you have to see another doctor,cause people with ADHD or not may have brain tumor.
Life goes on,
Kaori
(Sorry for my bad inglish and maybe some misunderstanding)
no, dont apologize. i am just thankful someone else knows what it feels like. when i was younger i functioned much better than i do know. it just slowly krept up on me right before i turned 30. what a year to find out i have adhd. such is my life. i just wish the world had a better understanding of the problem. people just look at me and say, "i thought only kids get that." education is the key, i think.
but some days i just want to be normal. today is better than yesterday, and you contributed to that. thank you, kaori. it is very nice to meet you and i hope to hear from you again.
amberjane