Posted by Alec on August 6, 2001, at 11:32:50
In reply to Re: I Have Just been Diagnosed With Type 2,3,5ADD, posted by gldngodess on August 5, 2001, at 14:51:53
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> > > > Hi, I have just been diagnosed with types2,3,&5 ADD. Alec
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> Hi Alec,
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> I would love to know the name of the book and read it.
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> My brother's name is Alex and I felt the urged to talk to you for some reason.
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> He got hooked on benzodiazapines (like valium , klonopin,xanax)because he needed help falling asleep and as he got older he just got more depressed. I wonder if there is a link to long-term benzo use causing more aggravated depression.
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> It's also, peculiar, that some people spend most of their life trying to help and please others that they love and others don't appreciate it.
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> So those "givers" in the world are the ones most seriously affected, and when they get older they get depressed because they spent most of their life being told what to do and doing and when they lose that they lose their purpose.
> When the whole time they should have been focusing on themselves and what made them happy. They are lost.
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> I have good friends like that and they are considered bi-polar with some other numbers and letters beside it. :)
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> I read on here, that they can augment effexor, if you have problems with concentration with desoxyn, a methamphetamine. I heard by many many people it works great. It takes away the daytime sleepiness and it is not long lasting to were you have to worry about insomnia. You feel sharp and focused, which is a good thing. Further, it doesn't seem to make you jumpy either.
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> very nice talking to you~
> gldndodessHi Again, The name of the book is Healing ADD by Daniel Amen M.D. It should be available at Tower Books or Barnes & Noble although I have these stores here in the San Francisco bay area but I don't know if those sort of stores are in your area where ever that is. I am on my fourth day and now up to 150mg this morning. I haven't had any problems as you described when I roll my eyes nor have I had any twitching before I go to sleep. I have been staying up a little later than usual but once I turn out the light I don't have much trouble falling asleep and I sleep well. Felt really foggy yesterday and today I seem to be coming out of it. The thing I notice most is the absence of anxiety or at least a great reduction. I really don't think its a placebo effect, the drug really is working.The nausia seems to have gone.I have to phone my M.D. this morning to check in and I think he is going to up my dose. Hope your brother is over his problems. In regard to people like us putting others before ourselves,I agree with you 100%. My Great Aunt used to say "No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished" I consider this a very unpleasant saying but it does have a ring of truth to it. So I guess people like us have to strike a happy medium, I am getting a little better at those sort of things,finding a "Happy Medium". Very nice talking to you also, Thank You, Alec
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