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re: Wife prescribed ADHD meds
Posted by Chimichangas8 on 5/2/23 at 9:06 pm to cassopher
If she has an addictive personality or has been addicted to things before then I would have concerns.
Otherwise, talk to her about going to see a psychiatrist. It can take a while so taking the adderall in a very small dose until she gets a full diagnosis won’t hurt. The testing can be expensive but is worth it to get fully evaluated. Adderall isn’t a fix all either. Nor does it have to be taken all the time. She needs to look into cognitive therapy and some books for adults on managing ADHD. Those will be the most helpful and eventually she may not need the Adderall.
Quit asking advice on OT Lounge of all places and talk to her. Hear her out on her concerns and don’t dismiss her or start that shite about “well you’ve handled it so far”. ADD can go undiagnosed well into adulthood. Support her in this journey to becoming what she feels is her best self even if you think she’s great as she is. Chances are she has an entire list of perceived shortcomings that she hides from you or masks when you’re around.
And since you’re into research, look into articles about adult ADD/ADHD like
LINK among others. Don’t limit yourself to just side effect research or addiction potential as you’re skewing your judgement.
Organizations like CHADD and NIH have stuff as well that shows you the side of ADD if she does have it.
ADDitude Magazine is a good resource for you both. There’s a lot of information that may help explain what she’s been dealing with that led her to seek out help and also tools to help without solely relying on medication.
It’s clear that you care about her. But you need to support and hear her out with an open mind.
Otherwise, talk to her about going to see a psychiatrist. It can take a while so taking the adderall in a very small dose until she gets a full diagnosis won’t hurt. The testing can be expensive but is worth it to get fully evaluated. Adderall isn’t a fix all either. Nor does it have to be taken all the time. She needs to look into cognitive therapy and some books for adults on managing ADHD. Those will be the most helpful and eventually she may not need the Adderall.
Quit asking advice on OT Lounge of all places and talk to her. Hear her out on her concerns and don’t dismiss her or start that shite about “well you’ve handled it so far”. ADD can go undiagnosed well into adulthood. Support her in this journey to becoming what she feels is her best self even if you think she’s great as she is. Chances are she has an entire list of perceived shortcomings that she hides from you or masks when you’re around.
And since you’re into research, look into articles about adult ADD/ADHD like
LINK among others. Don’t limit yourself to just side effect research or addiction potential as you’re skewing your judgement.
Organizations like CHADD and NIH have stuff as well that shows you the side of ADD if she does have it.
ADDitude Magazine is a good resource for you both. There’s a lot of information that may help explain what she’s been dealing with that led her to seek out help and also tools to help without solely relying on medication.
It’s clear that you care about her. But you need to support and hear her out with an open mind.
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re: Wife prescribed ADHD meds
Posted by Chimichangas8 on 5/2/23 at 8:43 pm to dgnx6
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Dude addy fricks me up because i dont need it. I wouldnt sleep for days on that shite.
Yeah it doesn’t work like that for people who need it if you aren’t taking too high of doses. I can take mine and fall asleep within an hour.
re: Wife prescribed ADHD meds
Posted by Chimichangas8 on 5/2/23 at 8:40 pm to Porpus
Yeah it’s the same class, but “treating like meth” is a reach.
If she has an addictive personality or drug abuse problem, then yeah, I’d be concerned. But if the poor woman legitimately has undiagnosed ADHD then a low dose of Adderall can help her along with cognitive therapy.
This is complete BS. ADD/ADHD people miss and move a lot of appointments. Worse than others because you have no awareness of time and your memory is screwy. Unless it’s tattooed to your arm and you set 8 reminders, you won’t remember.
While I agree it’s overprescribed to the extreme and only a psychiatrist should be able to prescribe it after testing, the assumptions surrounding the drug and people with ADD are overgeneralized.
If she has an addictive personality or drug abuse problem, then yeah, I’d be concerned. But if the poor woman legitimately has undiagnosed ADHD then a low dose of Adderall can help her along with cognitive therapy.
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Doctors like patients with “ADHD” because they don’t miss appointments. Ever.
This is complete BS. ADD/ADHD people miss and move a lot of appointments. Worse than others because you have no awareness of time and your memory is screwy. Unless it’s tattooed to your arm and you set 8 reminders, you won’t remember.
While I agree it’s overprescribed to the extreme and only a psychiatrist should be able to prescribe it after testing, the assumptions surrounding the drug and people with ADD are overgeneralized.
re: Wife prescribed ADHD meds
Posted by Chimichangas8 on 5/2/23 at 8:30 pm to el Gaucho
No it doesn’t. It affects some people differently but usually there are underlying issues. Plenty of women are fine on adderalll.
re: Wife prescribed ADHD meds
Posted by Chimichangas8 on 5/2/23 at 8:28 pm to MyRockstarComplex
Not everyone gets mood swings. Some people have them more without the medication from overstimulation. Not saying it fixes everything, but everyone reacts differently and it could help his wife if she really needs it. Especially if she’s going in at 37 y/o for this stuff.
re: Wife prescribed ADHD meds
Posted by Chimichangas8 on 5/2/23 at 8:26 pm to waiting4saturday
You can have adult diagnosed ADD which is more prevalent in women.
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