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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Ask me about childhood and adult ADD.
 
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Johnny Got His Gunt
Aug 19, 2008

I can't stop thinking about Dr. House's huge, throbbing...diagnostic skills.
I have diagnosed Adult ADHD.

I've been on Ritalin and Adderall. If I had to choose between the two, I'd rather go with Ritalin. I found Adderall didn't work nearly as well as Ritalin did.

I found a really bad side effect of taking either Ritalin/Adderall was it made me angry. All the time. I'd just fly into a rage and there was nothing to be upset about. Of course I was coming down from the drug so that might be a factor.

I'm nervous though. Both Ritalin and Adderall gave me secondary tachycardia due to amphetamine use, so does the non-narcotic meds work as well as the narcotic meds?

Also: I've ran out of Adderall, and my prescribing doc is holding off on giving me any sort of ADD meds due to severe depression. I'm going crazy. I notice now, my attention is everywhere.

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Johnny Got His Gunt
Aug 19, 2008

I can't stop thinking about Dr. House's huge, throbbing...diagnostic skills.

Qu Appelle posted:


So, question - anyone have their emotional lability (sp?) go off the charts on Adderall? I'm normally really stoic, but for the past week or so, I've felt like I've been on the edge of tears, and weird little things trigger crying. Watching a documentary on Obama on TV? Tears. Playing with the cat? Tears. Getting flamed for something monumentally stupid on the Internets? Tears. Messing up something minor at work? Tears. No other emotion feels inflated or dampened.

I found I got angry on Adderall. Everything would be perfect and I'd still be livid. But for the crying thing, Ritalin did that for me. Cried all the time.

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