About doug with ADHD
I am a psychiatric physician.
I learned I have ADHD at age 64, and then wrote two ADHD books for adults, focusing on strategies for making your life better. I just published my first novel, Alma Means Soul.
Your Life Can Be Better; strategies for adults with ADD/ADHD
available at amazon.com, or smashwords.com (for e books)
Living Daily With Adult ADD or ADHD: 365 Tips O the Day ( e-book).
This is one tip at a time, one page at a time, at your own pace. It's meant to last a year.
As a child, I was a bully. Then there was a transformation.
Now I am committed to helping people instead abusing them.
The Bully was published in January, 2016.
It's in print or e book, on Amazon.
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Thomas – well, not everybody needs the medications but they sure can be tremendously helpful for some.
Thank you for commenting.
Doug
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Sorry to bother you but I broke Google’s guidelines by not using my name in the comment above. If you could please erase that comment and approve my next comment instead which uses my real name. I really appreciate it if you can help me with this. Please email me if there is any issue at tlartin@aol.com
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Thomas –
I didn’t know about Google’s guidelines.I tried to erase the comment, but haven’t been able to figure out how to do it. Can we just leave it?
Doug
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It is causing me serious issues, please do it. There should be a small edit button next to my comment and when you click it you will see you can change the name.
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There’s a button to erase in there too. Sorry, just saw that.
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natural- the meds certainly aren’t for everyone, and i’m sure the herbs work well for some people. still, i lean towards the meds, as they are manufactured under controlled circumstances. mainly, i believe in whatever works for each unique person. And whatever they take, or nothing, i believe in strategies..
thank you for commenting!
doug
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hopeful – sure sounds rough. i have to wonder what medical condition, there are very few that contraindicate the stimulants or the antidepressants, but some do. and if you cant take those i guess you cant use coffee either??
so you need strategies, and i would add yoga or meditation and exercise for both conditions.
best wishes and thank you for commenting
doug
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I’m an ADD parent with an 11 year old boy and a 10 month daughter. I am aware that on days when I don’t take adderall my good parenting skills are diminished and can have a negative effect on my son and the rest of my family.
I know that many studies are in journals that require a subscription of sorts however, when you discuss a study is it possible to cite it so that your readers could look it up?
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bj – that is a great idea but feels like a lot of work. but i can try anyway. this one i think was in the latest issue of the psychiatric times.—- but i just searched and cannot find it (not surprised).
thank you for commenting.
best wishes
doug
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Stimulants act as an anti-depressant? That makes sense….
I was diagnosed at age 40 (an “aha” moment) at the same time my 8 year old child was. We both started taking stimulants. Life improved. I DID become a better parent and she was less difficult to parent. Having ADD along with a child who does also is a double whammy. Because of another medical condition I have not been able to take medication for 2 plus years. It has been an uphill battle to think straight on many days. I felt the depression as well. Thanks for posting.
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