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Hello everyone,
I am 50 yrs old and have been diagnosed with depression and ADD. My psychiatrist had some trouble figuring this out and I think she still does not know exactly what I need med wise. Gosh, this started out with me on Valium onto another med that was overkill, made me feel like a zombie, sorry I have been on so many over the past 3 months I can't keep up. I thought I was bipolar, and I may be, but she is leaning towards ADD with depression which from her experience is very hard to treat. Recently I was on 75mg of Lamotrigine and 10mg of Celexa. I am not sure that the Lamotrigine is doing anything other than causing hot flashes. I do know for sure that the Celexa helps me a lot with the depression I am assuming. I am just so much easier going, and things do not bother me near as much when I am on the Celexa. She started to feel like I have ADD so she put me on Concerta along with the above. The Concerta pumped incredible life into me, like taking a diet pill or something, I wanted to go go go. But in the afternoon I would crash badly. I couldn't stand it anymore so I stopped taking it. So then she put me on Welbutrin along with the lamotrigine. The Welbutrin was not as intense as the Concerta with very little crash in the afternoon but it made me irritable as hell. She told me to stick with it for 10 days so I did but nothing changed, I hated what it was doing to me, basically amplifying my irritation. I went back to the Celexa with Lamotrigine and things are better but again, I still have the ADD problems. The Celexa has a sexual side affect that I hate, very hard to reach orgasm but no impotence problem. My ADD is not as bad as some. I am fairly organized, I like a clean house, I do not have an issue with ignoring my wife and going off and doing my own thing. I do have a problem with needing attention, I always have since I can remember. One way that I need attention is through sex. I am just now realizing this on my own. I could never understand why sex was so important to me but I know now that it is because of the one on one extreme attention I am getting. Also the feeling of feeling of being extremely wanted. Lots of problems for me in the workforce and dealing with management and co workers. A serious problem of hanging on to things and not being able to just let it go, dwelling. A feeling that everyone is against me. Many failed relationships, etc. Easily addicted to gambling, always taking risks because of the thrill. My life has been a living hell because of my behavior. I could go on and on but I am just wondering if there is anyone here that has similar issues, if so would love to here from you. Thank you. Jim |
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Hello Jim: I see this is your first post here on PC. So... welcome to Psych Central. And thank you for sharing your experiences. I can certainly relate to quite a bit of what you wrote. And I'm quite certain if you continue posting your own threads, as well as replying to other members' posts, you'll find quite a few other members who will too.
One forum in particular, here on PC, that may be of interest to you would be the Psychiatric Medications forum. Here's a link: https://psychcentralforums.com/psychiatric-medications/ Here's a link to an article, from Psych Central's archives, on the subject of ADHD & depression: ADHD and Depression: Common Bedfellows I hope you find PC to be of benefit. __________________ "I may be older but I am not wise / I'm still a child's grown-up disguise / and I never can tell you what you want to know / You will find out as you go." (from: "A Nightengale's Lullaby" - Julie Last) |
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Hi @IfIonlyknew- do you identify with what I quoted below? The reason I ask is because what you shared doesnt sound so much like adhd but I am assuming you were just summarizing.
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