Just d-amn!
My youngest has one of the worst cases of ADHD ever. I used to think it was a myth -- it's not, although it's grossly overdiagnosed.
This fellow needs to consult a specialist - either a psychopharmacologist or a psychiatrist with a specialty in adult ADD. It's more difficult to manage than the juvenile variety, and Ritalin is no longer by any means the best drug available to deal with it.
May I suggest an alternate title? How about “My GOD, I’m Fascinating!!”
I found out years ago that people who can’t pay attention often have moms or spouses who are compulsive talkers.
They simply learned when young to “tune them out” and it sticks with them for years.
You should hear my mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law and wife when they get started! They actually have to yell at each other to get a word in. Thank heavens I have a means to escape!
Speed kills.
I'm just trying to avoid asfixiation from burning dead dinosuars.
It's ok to "My whole life, I have been distractible, disorganized and impatient." We call that being male. If you look down you will find a device...
I quit using mine, Celibacy, Oath, stuff like that.
But roar your mahood. Even if it means opening the doors and letting some air in.
Or as I told my brother... this sea is awash with estrogen. We'll live a ittle testosterone and do stupid stuff. Hold my beer..
I am correct. Too much estrogen.
/johhnny
>>“That happens sometimes,” she says, with an inquisitive smile on her face, “in people with ADD.”
So, this idiot gets a diagnosis of a complex mental condition based on a perceived reaction to a narcotic, and then is prescribed a drug that acts as a stimulant in adults and can’t figure out why he is buzzing at 3 am?
Someone once told me that they thought I might be ADD. I said, “Of course I am. I have testicles!”
Day 295: Suffer massive stroke due to constantly elevated blood pressure thanks to Ritalin.
I sincerely hope this nitwit didn’t just get put on ritalin because of that odd comment about percocet, though the total distractability is a typical ADD problem. This is *not* a typical reaction to ritalin. I started taking late in high school after more than 6 months of evaluation by two of the doctors who did the initial study on ADD/ADHD. For me, being put on the medicine was an immediate “holy s#it, I can actually get things done”, not the half-assed dithering this guy is doing. I took one 10mg in the morning with breakfast, and another at lunch, and was suddenly able to breeze through my classes. If I took the afternoon pill too late, it did mess with my sleep a bit, but not to the extent that this guy is seeing. Either he’s on too large of a dose, needs a different medication (and shouldn’t be waiting the whole 2-week trial to switch), or he doesn’t really have ADD.
He needs Concerta. You only have to remember to take it once a day. Ritalin wears off too fast.
And drugs don’t solve all the problems the ADD person has. He needs systems and structure to organize his life. At least taking Concerta makes creating those systems a possibility. It lets you focus, and all those brilliant, beautiful ideas the ADD patient has finally come to fruition instead of getting tangled up with five billion other ideas.