[smilealot]

Your post interesting and funny. I am such a hypochondriac so I completly understand the dehydration-diabetes thing in fact I think I may have thought that about my self. Perhaps its due to our overactive ADD imagination.

Originally Posted by funsizedliv

Ha! whats funny is that before I was diagnosed, I used to say "sorry, ADD moment" all the time! at least now I'm telling the truth. It also doesnt help that I'm a hypochondriac so I've always thought that I've had everything known to man. Just the other day I was convinced that I had diabetes when I was just dehydrated. (dont even get me started on trying to explain that one because it did and still made complete sense to me lol)

[middlekane]

Originally Posted by Bipley

Heh.... was considering starting a similar thread.

I take Dexedrine 5mg ii po tid prn. Best stuff in the whole world. With dex I have more control vs. something like a long acting drug. I used to write a newsletter for my dept. I knew I had to wait for the Dex to wear off before writing. Creativity goes to sh!t with amphetamines.

Anyone have the experience that when you take too much amphetamine you want to crawl under the desk and go to sleep?

Yes, yes, yes, to both the creativity and to the sleeping! Also, I've noticed that almost every stimulant drug makes me irritable, I feel like I can get very angry all the time (I really don't like driving with them.) I take a miniscule dose (2.5 mg adderal prn). Has anyone else had this problem? I haven't tried it at work yet. I need the drugs, but this worries me.

[middlekane]

Originally Posted by funsizedliv

I agree that ADD is overdiagnosed, but i feel that its overdiagnosed in children. probably because kids have a tendency to be hyperactive and inatentive anyway. I was different as a kid, I was quiet, lethargic, overly sensitive and all I wanted to do is sleep. Im still like that when Im not on my medication. These are actually signs of ADD but I guess most dont know it.

I wish it was as easy to get my Adderall prescription legally as it is to get it illegally, its a pain to have to go to the doctors and have her write a new prescription each month.

My doctor will mail me mine or leave it at the pharmacy for me (same building as my dr.s office) so I don't need to have a monthly visit. I couldn't afford that. As it is, I usually take significantly less than what's prescribed so I don't need to make the extra trips. One time between doctor's after I moved, I rationed one month for a whole year until I found a new physician. I wish we could get three months worth at a time. It would make it much easier.

[JeremyNursingStudent]

Originally Posted by HopeToBeANurseSoon

I agree...I am not yet a nurse...I am a senior in highschool who has ADD...Have had since sixth grade...my teachers who knew about it could tell when I did not take my meds...I will be following this thread very carefully because I want to be a nurse someday and this thread could help me if and when i do.

Same here! I was diagnosed in 7th grade. Teachers couldn't understand why I couldn't pay attention, so my dad finally got me tested. That was Hell.... sitting in a room answering 300 questions about how I act. The last one should have been "Are you feeling extremely restless now that this test is over?". Anyway, I got on some meds which I had to switch a couple times. Now I'm on 40mg of Strattera. It works well. I am able to concentrate a lot better. Days when I don't feel right, I think about it and I'm like, 'crap, i forgot my meds today'. I hope I can be a great nurse despite my 'setback'. I'm glad there are so many of 'us' here!

later!

Jeremy [goes to stare at the birds outside] lol

[edgwow]

I was self diagnosed after my then 4 year old son was. I thought, gee I have all these symptoms. Don't give me a checkbook and bills, can't keep up with them. Good thing I have a great husband who tolerates me because of my sense of humor and compassion. Nursing is a great field for those with ADD/ADHD because you can multitask as long as you keep a list, as not to forget the priorities.It is also good because you can job hop when you get bored, which for me was after about 3-4 years. I thought that when I went back to college at 39 to get my BSN, I would need something in the classroom for those 6-8 hour class days but I was so interested in the content I did OK as long as I went to the bathroom every hour and took the class breaks.

[sandlewood_nurse]

Hi,

I think I have ADD but I'm not sure. I have trouble sleeping sometimes and have always felt quite lethargic and been very sensitive. Right now I've got mild to moderate depression. I have been telling my psychiatrist that I may be suffering from ADD and have felt for a long time that I have been.

When I was in highschool I could read and focus on a book for a long period of time, but with short two or three minute breaks every 20 to 30 minutes. Now even if I pick up a book that I love, I want to abandon it after 10 minutes. My mind has gotten quite sneaky, sometimes I'll be reading for a few minutes, or doing a task and realize I'm not even there, my minds been running around a million different places, and I'm simply looking at the words but not digesting them. Does that make sense? Should I be more insistent that my Psychiatrist test me for ADD?

Originally Posted by funsizedliv

I agree that ADD is overdiagnosed, but i feel that its overdiagnosed in children. probably because kids have a tendency to be hyperactive and inatentive anyway. I was different as a kid, I was quiet, lethargic, overly sensitive and all I wanted to do is sleep. Im still like that when Im not on my medication. These are actually signs of ADD but I guess most dont know it.

I wish it was as easy to get my Adderall prescription legally as it is to get it illegally, its a pain to have to go to the doctors and have her write a new prescription each month.

[lttlsassy]

Im the main nurse in a family practice clinic my doc still doesnt know i have adhd well i think i do anyway but he thinks i have dyslexia but i dont know how to tell him i think i have adhd but ive never been diagnosed. Hes know i have seizures and htn but thats it. SHOULD I TELL HIM?????

[funsizedliv]

I thought that i had been doing well in clinical , but I apparently forgot to sign a bunch of forms the other day. My teacher is really supportive, and told me to make a checklist (which i had done before but decided that i didn't need it) and she has me check in with her every two hours during clinical so she knows that I got everything done. this should help me get in the habit of checking up on my work. of course i wont have someone check up on me in a few weeks when im out working, but ill be more on top of things at least.

[edgwow]

There is a great article in the ADD magazine about telling your employer about the diagnosis
http://www.additudemag.com/additude....=404&SUB_NO=25

[wannabemw]

edgwow:
WOW! What a great article! It even has stuff that I can use re: prior neck surg & accommodation's needed! (I am also ADD).

Thankx! I feel much better now. I was feeling guilt b/c I wasn't always able to disclose. Now I know there r other ways around this!
~MJ