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hello again! i found this ad today at work and thought someone on here might find the information useful, even though this is a study for children. (rn-bamastudent!) i live in the st. louis area but i don't know the geographics of the mercy medical group. mercy health research add is your child: easily distracted impulsive finding it difficult to remain seated having difficulty paying attention? mercy health is conducting a research study of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children ages 6 to 12. if eligible, benefits include: study medication at no cost to you study-related consultation at no cost to you compensation for study-related time and travel for more information, please call 1-877-883-5056 mercy medical group.

cryssi: obviously, i'm not a doctor (not even a nurse!)....but i would definately talk with your doctor about the depression meds too. my boyfriend just started taking wellbutrin and i think that may help with depression and add? i'm not sure. but it's work asking to get your life back! i know how you feel....hang in there, things will get better! :kiss

thanks so much! i can't wait to get through the next 2-3 years of school, i'm all geared up for it and i know it's going to be hell. by the way, what exactly do you mean "tell them what they want to hear"? i'm not sure what a nursing school would want to hear? that i love helping people and am personable and professional and want to be a nurse? that's what i'd tell them....lol thanks again!

this is a sad story, actually happened to a friend of mine. or, should i say "acquaintance"... poor 16 year old has been having minor troubles with friends/drugs/laws for awhile....at one point he decided to pierce his tongue on his own. after the initial piercing of his tongue, instead of putting a real metal bar in the hole through his tongue, he used part of an extension cord. (!!!) then, i guess he burned both the top and bottom of it to make an edge to keep it in place. i think he waited a month or 2 and then got a real metal bar. sadly, a few months later, he tried to commit suicide. he put a gun under his chin and shot. i don't know how common this is, but the bullet apparently hit the metal in his tongue and pushed it up into his brain. he was hospitalized for awhile, and actually turned out with more sense and intelligence than before! his mouth/eyes/nose are all functioniong properly and his speech and facial features were not even affected! pretty amazing huh. i guess the bullet and metal ring that are permanently lodged in his brain had altered his personality. this definately makes this "never ______" list! never pierce your own tongue and then shoot yourself in the chin!!!!!!!!!

rn-bamastudent: i would say definately get your kids checked out if you think this is a problem. i believe add has been determined to be hereditary. in my family my mom has it, my brother has it, i have it, and 2 out of 3 of my cousins are on high doses. before putting them on meds i would think over what their lives are like now and how it would help them? for instance, my brother is very intelligent and my parents would discipline him over and over about keeping his school papers in his backpack and turning in his homework, but he would always forget. he would miss turning in half of his work in school because he wasn't paying attention in class or he couldn't find it. when my mother would go in for parent-teacher conferences and such, she would find tons of papers crammed in his desk that never got turned in. eventually he did start taking meds on a regular basis and now he is doing great in high school and wants to go pre-med. for your 20 year old (i'm 20), what would matter most now is probably his ability to concentrate in classes and keep his brain on track when he's trying to study/write papers/take tests. sometimes it's taken me hours to read one page of text or write 1/2 page of a paper just because i can't stay focused. and i mean in my own bedroom, at my desk, no music/tv/etc, only my homework in front of me and nothing else. i had the same problem taking tests, i would either forget the information or just space out and time would pass and i wouldn't get my test finished. meds definately help!!!! also, i do think that alot of parents put their kids on ritalin or adderoll when they don't need it. it seems to me that this is the easy way out for parents who don't know how to discipline their children or who think their kids' bad grades will improve if they are on meds. my opinion on this is, if your kids really do have a problem with their brain cells communicating, and meds will help them, don't feel bad about giving them the meds! you could always try it for a little while and then take them off or switch meds/doses if needed. gottabeanrn: if you have an insurance, you can find a primary care physician and just call and tell them you think you might have add and would like to make an appt with the doctor. most of the people i know have just asked me or someone else who their doctor is, then called and got an appointment. most of the people i know just get the prescription from their physician. if they think there's something else wrong with you or you need another opinion or whatever, they made refer you to a psychiatrist who will evaluate you. my cousin who has asbergers syndrome (a form of autism) obviously doesnt get her meds from her primary physician. my boyfriend who is on adderoll get his from a psych because his physician thought there may be something else wrong with him besides add. it really just depends on your doctor. well guys, i hope this helps! i don't know much about anything else on this board, haha, so here's my nutshell advice! sorry about the post being so long, i talk too much!!!! :chuckle

i would definately check with your doctor. tell him/her you are going back to school and worried about your studies and concentration. my boyfriend and i both have been diagnosed with add....he takes adderoll but since i don't have health insurance now i'm not on anything. but there is a huge difference in his behaviors and conversation when he is on it. i'm sure anyone would tell you that. he loves school (plans to get a degree in chemistry) but really can't sit and read more than 1/2 page of a book without losing his mind. when he's on the meds he studies and learns and we have great conversations. it's amazing when someone really has a problem and gets treated, you realize how big of a difference it makes in their life. i would highly recommend the book add and romance which we both have read. even if it's just one person with add, this book does a great job of explaining the effects of add, treatment, and how to accept it and live with it, whether it is you or someone you love. there are hundreds of stories in this book that made me laugh at the sad and hilarious things we forget and screw up in everyday life! it also goes into depth about the different types of add and different areas of your life they can affect. obviously, not everyone is hyperactive and not everyone forgets things, there are a lot of traits in between. also, i dont remember what the name of the book is, but a year or 2 ago i flipped through a book at barnes & noble that was specifically for college students with add. the title was probably something like "add and the college student"....??? i would just look in the health/psych section of the store. the book has an extensive checklist of the traits of add, so you can see if you should be diagnosed/treated. also it had a lot of tips and information for college students! we need all the help we can get, right!? good luck in your searches!!!

i'm just curious as to how you guys can afford deaconess!? are there hospitals on stl that will pay the tuition at an expensive school like that? i failed my first semester of college (didnt like the school, so i didn't go to any classes/do any work) :-( so i'm just afraid i won't be able to get into a good nursing school, even with as and bs at meramec. i plan to just get my asn at meramec for the time being, but it's going to take me about 3 1/2 years, including summer sessions. yuck! if you guys have any advice how you got into the program i would be happy to hear it! :) thanks!

i don't know if you are still looking, but i found this neonatal np job listed on st. luke's website: http://www.stlukes-stl.com/dynstl/employment/view_job.jsp?requisitiontypeid=1154&pages=2&pagenumber=1 good luck! :)

i'm sorry you had to go through that! i was watching the show with my parents, who had a baby in the nicu for 5 months. the hospital was a 10 hour drive from their house. they finally released her and 2 days after they brought her home she died. my dad refused to watch the show, but my mom watched the whole thing with tears in her eyes. what got me is the parents who said after 16 days "we can't take any more of this!" and i was just thinking, what about those parents who are there 50 days, 70 days, 5 months!? i know i would feel tortured after only a week or 2, i cannot imagine what it would be like to have your baby there for months on end. what i'm trying to figure out now is if it would be to difficult for me to work in nicu, or would i be good at it because i have so much compassion? hmm..

yes....that's exactly what i was wondering. i am considering working nicu someday and just want to know more about daily life. is it always busy like that? do you have time to just take are of your patients without constantly running in circles doing procedures and running them to or and back? lol. i would assume it's always stressful and can be very sad, but didn't think it would be hectic like that all the time. another question: how much time do you spend suggesting to the families to go home and rest? is that something you usually say to the families or do the doctors tell them? i bet that would get old really fast. other than the obvious...too healthy of babies being shown...what else was unrealistic? just looking for more information. thanks! :)

which show are you talking about? i used to watch both er and chicago hope religiously.... are you talking about chicago hope? yes, i did notice those babies looked a little bigger/more plump and healthier than usual. they were all awake and kicking and looking around.... also some of them had a few tubes/machines, but from what i remember, there are a lot more in the real nicu. i'm curious....does anyone know if er uses a medical advisor for the specific floor/unit that is predominant in that episode? i assume they have medical advisor(s) in general, but i wonder if they use any real nicu people when writing the script or when setting up for the shoot. hmm...just a thought. :)

anybody watch er? i plan to go into nicu nursing, just wondering if you guys thought this was realistic. is it always that crazy in there? it looks busier than the er! lol i'd love ot hear your comments!

hello fellow missourians! just wondering if any of you are in the st. louis area? i'm just looking for some general information regarding hospitals, schools, programs, etc. i have been looking for a job that will train me to be a cna, i plan to get my asn (probably at meramec) although it looks like it's going to take me a lot longer than i planned (3 1/2 years) i'm anxious to get into the field and get a good job so if i find a good lpn program i'd probably go ahead and do that first and get my assoc. degree later. also, does anyone work at any st. louis area hospitals? i'm also looking for a scholarship program since i can't afford to pay for school. please let me know if you have any advice/input! thanks everyone!