{"id":7171,"date":"2012-10-30T16:01:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T23:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=7171"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:58:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:58:19","slug":"oh-no-its-back-a-d-d-strikes-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/oh-no-its-back-a-d-d-strikes-again\/","title":{"rendered":"OH NO! IT’s…. BACK! A.D.D Strikes Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My \u00a0ADD has simply been OUT OF CONTROL. I haven\u2019t been able to work comfortably for two weeks- this led to the simple conclusion that\u00a0my Ritalin isn\u2019t working anymore. I increased the dose to 15mg and that is obviously not enough. I will try 20 mg tonight and if that doesn\u2019t work, I will switch to Adderall. ADD is painful. It\u2019s physically uncomfortable- mentally uncomfortable and embarrassing. It makes you feel stupid- as though you could do better if you just tried. I can\u2019t believe I let this go for another week. I assumed it was me- I wrote about my social media OCD on facebook- and it\u2019s all true- but the foundation for this is that my ADD has come back en force.<\/p>\n

What to do? I have my techniques from Get it Done When You\u2019re Depressed. For example, I put myself in a place I can work. I go to a fabulous restaurant with a friendly bar, low light and sports on the TV.<\/p>\n

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But the biggest thing is that there is no internet.<\/p>\n

This is the best way for me to focus these days. I can remind myself that this is my brain and not me. I am actually extremely focused when my brain is firing correctly. So, I talked with my nurse practitioner and my coauthor John and we agreed that I would up the Ritalin and see if that made a difference. If not, I will switch to Adderall. I wish I could deal with this ADD on my own. I hoped it would go away when my depression got better. But I guess it stuck around because it just likes me too much! I will keep you posted on my progress.<\/p>\n

I may write books on the topic, but my brain doesn\u2019t care. It\u2019s still mean!<\/p>\n

If you have questions about ADD, please visit me on my facebook page at Julie A. Fast. I have become quite the expert in terms of natural treatments and medications.<\/p>\n

Julie<\/p>\n

PS: ADD is interesting. It only happens in certain situations. I have no problem at all when I’m coaching on the phone or speaking. It’s when I have to choose a project and then focus on the project. People with bipolar have to be careful about taking ADD meds. The only way we can take them is if we are on a mood stabilizer or anti psychotic. ADD meds can lead to mania- so careful planning is needed before the descion to use ADD meds is made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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My ADD has simply been OUT OF CONTROL. I haven\u2019t been able to work comfortably for two weeks- this led to the simple conclusion that my Ritalin isn\u2019t working anymore. I increased the dose to 15mg and that is obviously not enough. I will try 20 mg tonight and if that doesn\u2019t work, I will switch to Adderall. ADD is painful. It\u2019s physically uncomfortable- mentally uncomfortable and embarrassing. It makes you feel stupid- as though you could do better if you just tried. I can\u2019t believe I let this go for another week. I assumed it was me- I wrote about my social media OCD on facebook- and it\u2019s all true- but the foundation for this is that my ADD has come back en force.<\/p>\n

What to do? I have my techniques from [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11445,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171\/revisions\/11445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}