Category: health

10/27/08 10:04 - ID#46363

I wanna be sedated

After being motivated by (e:jim) (and my wife, my mom, my co-workers, and my general state of disorganization), I sought treatment for ADHD, which I have had for as long as I can remember. Up until this point, I just worked with it/around it. Now, I have Stratera on my team.

I'm not usually one for taking drugs (or even vitamin pills) but I am curious to see what is going to happen.

Also, I need to eat better and exercise more. I am working on that one.

james writes at 11:41:43 10/27/08 - Comment #41014: Diet and exercise help with a variety of problems.

But then, some people who eat worse and don't exercise have no problems what so ever.

I know that to battle my depression I can't miss a gym day, I can't eat lots of sugar, I can't stay inside all day, I can't do a laundry list of things. Thankfully, most of these things I can't do aren't very good for me anyway. But, before cognitive therapy I couldn't do other things, like be in a large crowd for too long, be by myself for too long, be with other people for too long. That is debilitating and getting a little medication to help is no crime.

So, I wish you luck on your adventure. I hope you have a good outcome.

mrmike writes at 10:47:16 10/27/08 - Comment #41013: I renewed my Bikram Yoga for another month. In the two and half weeks of going & still getting used to it, and the backaches are gone, it's helping with what's left of the Bell's Palsy and I actually lost six pounds that stayed lost. I like the program because it's not competitive, along the lines of the "Do the best you can" mentality. I think the regularity of that or anything (not a runner myself) can be a good outlet.

drew writes at 10:29:23 10/27/08 - Comment #41012: Once upon a time, I was an athlete, and even when I swam over 2 hrs/day, I was still affected.

But I am going to step up my running, because it is good for me in general, even if it doesn't do much for my brain.

paul writes at 10:23:24 10/27/08 - Comment #41011: Okay, I don't think I have ADHD although I usually am working on 1,000 tasks at once - so this is just a tip for better concentration, not a cure for a disease.

Have you tried upping exercise alone. Since I started being more active (gym, running to/from work) it has changed my life in a lot of ways. No more headaches, crohn's is in check, less body pain in gerneral and much better at relaxing, concentrating and handling stress. The only thing is if you try it after the pills you could never know how much affect each one was having. And then you might give credit to the pills where exercise was due credit.