Posted by Lou Pilder on March 24, 2012, at 14:35:00
In reply to Re: Lou's response-, posted by West on March 24, 2012, at 14:13:37
> All good points Lou (or me, should I say).
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> It's not like I haven't experienced symptomatic relief from stimulants, I could concentrate on Concerta, and its impact on mood was initially positive, but it made me feel zonked, and also produced a degree of anxiety, mainly around others.
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> I suffer from poor attention/memory retention, low pleasure and motivation, which is just as likely to stem from an attentional disorder as it is depression, if what we are led to believe, that both stem from insufficient dopamine levels in the prefrontal cortex. I should add that both dignoses' are from adult ADHD specialists and are ADHD (PI) with Depression.
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> You can check my school reports from 6 1/2 up; bright pupil, easily distracted, distracts others, struggles with learning basic concepts required for arithmetic, has to have material explained several times, etc etc.
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> Hi West,
I sometimes post what the member wrote and then follow with my response on the next post, as long as I do not have to do something else which is what happened here. I intend to post to your situation from my perspective ASAP.
Lou
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