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I wonder if ADHD clinics are a bit like a hammer in search of a nail. Unsolicited suggestion: go to a neurologist. Failing that, go to a psychiatrist. When I t
by benjamincburns 13y ago
I wonder if ADHD clinics are a bit like a hammer in search of a nail. Unsolicited suggestion: go to a neurologist. Failing that, go to a psychiatrist.
When I took Concerta I had similar problems. The irritability was awful. My nerves just felt raw. Methylphenidate (aka Ritalin) anecdotally amongst the people I know who've taken it seems to be the most likely to cause heart problems - with one friend having been hospitalized.
If you feel like you aren't making it, there are other options.
- mikevm 13y agoMany neurologists don't have a deep understanding of ADHD, so if I were to go to one, I'd need to find one that specializes in this field. My ADHD doctor was a psychiatrist, by the way. I agree with you about the Concerta. I have a short fuse, but Concerta made it much worse. Unfortunately, I don't live in the US, and the only gov't subsidized ADHD medication is 'Ritalin'. That's right 'Ritalin'. Not even the active ingredient 'methylphenidate' (which is why Concerta is much more expensive than Ritalin around here). I know some people report that methylphenidate based drugs doesn't work for them, and yet the amphetamine-based do (Adderall, Vyvanse, etc...), but if I get a prescription for either, they're going to be very expensive, and the import process for these kind of drugs is a bureaucratic nightmare. I guess I'll just have to suck it up. Next year is my senior year, so the end is very near!
- benjamincburns 13y agoThis is a total tangent, but some of us in the USA look to countries with socialized/subsidized medicine programs as ideal. What country are you from?
- mikevm 13y agoI'm from Israel.