[romiia]

thank for sharing that and good luck with your pursuits in nursing!

Dont ever let any one tell you that you cant be successful If your really sure thats what you want to do, GO FOR IT,,and remember you have this forum of support to help back you up.....

lin

[funsizedliv]

I took wellbutrin for a little while, not realizing that its like adderall, and didnt sleep for 2 days, plus it made me wicked sick, so I went back to the celexa and adderall combo which has worked well so far.

dont give up, I hated hearing that for so long but I didnt and finnaly passed the first semester of my last year of nursing school. just have one more semester to get through and the NCLEX and ill be done for a while! I deffinately need a break before getting my next degree.

[jh479352]

I've decided to give up nursing because it seems like no matter what I do I make medication errors. Even though I went back and took the RN refresher course and passed the MEDICAL/SURGICAL certification (with special accommadation is why) I just don't want to hurt anyone.

[xtclass08]

my husband was diagnosed with add when he was a teenager, and he insists that he no longer has add. However I am unsure if something like that ever really goes away. He has always had trouble with school, and till this day he has yet to finish because he has trouble concentrating and getting tasks done in school. It's kind of frustrating because I feel like he still has to deal with this issue but he insists that nobody will believe he has add

[xtclass08]

oh by the way he use to have to take ritalin when he was younger but he stopped taking them all together when he came to college. Can he really just not have ADD anymore?

[Morgan314]

jh479352
Please do not give up!!!! There is another area of nursing that needs you, your talents, gifts, and skills. Find it. I felt the same way after losing jobs (prior to becoming a nurse, and then can you imagine how devestating it was to lose my first job as a nurse!!!)because of inability to focus and organize. I was ready to give up too, but I found I was better suited to long term care. Working in a nursing home provided opportunity to use skills, but at a slower pace, especially when working night shift. Before you give up, search out other areas of nursing.

[smilealot]

I was reading some of the post and wanted to make a comment on a few posts. I recently purchased an audio book Driven to Distraction it covers a lot of information on ADD but it also talks about our society and obsession with time, fast paced, and right now mind set. Based upon our societies expectations ADD can be misdiagnosed the author rights about it as Pseudo ADD. Here is a link to an excerpt I found. PBS - frontline: medicating kids: readings: pseudo-add

Please dont misunderstand what I am trying to say. ADD can also take different forms I myself am ADD I am not outgoing, or very talkative. Most of the time I am lost with what is going on around me and often spend my time just trying to catch up (when I am not day dreaming).

Any way, I also wanted to vent about somthing. If you dont mind. In addition to ADD I am also Dyslexic over the years I have learned different technics to surrvive accademically. One thing that bothers me at work and school is when people make comments like " sorry, I had an add moment" or "a dyslexic moment" for me its not just a moment its a lifetime. Sorry about the venting. I was jsut kind of wondering if any one else felt the same way.

[Suesquatch]

Originally Posted by Morgan314

jh479352
Please do not give up!!!! There is another area of nursing that needs you, your talents, gifts, and skills. Find it.

[grace90]

I'm not diagnosed with ADD/ADHD but good golley I swear I got it. If another nurse is giving oral report near where I'm sitting getting report, I am constantly tuning in to them. I get easily distracted by other nurses, pt's tv's, forgetful... yada yada yada... My report sheets are always a mess. Concentration... forget it... mind wanders like crazy. Glad I'm not the only one.

[jh479352]

I can relate to piling things up at the front door and mutli tasking at home but when it comes to giving medications I miss some. Have you got ways that you use when you give meds at work so you wont make a mistake. I am going thru menopause and its a know fact that adhd meds don't work as well when you in menopause. I've really decided to quite nursing. It is a huge loose to give up my lively hood but I can't go on making med errors. I also have dyslexia so that is a determential factor as well. Thanks for any suggestions or how you do it.