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Darrell Mayeda drmay...@hawaii.rr.com
Does anyone know if there really is something called AADD (Adult attention deficit disorder or is this something the writer made up?
I read this in a editorial and I rate it a toss up whether this is real or not. Also can anyone tell me if there is an anti anxiety medication that starts with an E?? I can't find the blister pack from my samples. I tried one web site but came up blank. probably a bad search technique
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cmorri9 ...@aol.com (Cathy Morrison)
I started to read this editorial, too, but then I got distracted.... <G> I think it's real.
How about Effexor? I think it's new. Also Elavil. Do those sound familiar?
Cathy Morrison
"Dawn Klein" dmkl...@charter.net
I think it's Effexor. I saw a drug rep dropping one off the other day at work.
Dawn
"Sharon" my3sonsand_d...@nospamhotmail.com
It's very real. ADD is ADD. You are born with it - it never goes away. I have it, and now my middle son is dealing with it at a much more severe level than what I eventualy learned to accomodate. There are some wonderful things about ADD - I can hyperfunction and multitask like nobody's business.
Unfortunately, a downside is I'm always tired because it takes hours for my brain to cycle down at night. You would never know to look at someone that they have Attention Defecit Disorder, or ADHD. A book recommended to my by my son's psychologist is Moms with ADD, by Esther Gwinnell, MD. A great read.
-Sharon
Ronnie Wexler rwex...@nospamtias.com
Most likely. I say this because if a kid is diagnosed with ADHD or ADD they may or may NOT outgrow it. If they don't, then I would ***ume that AADD would be the diagnosis. In a way, "AADD" is specious because from what I remember, the diagnostic criteria aren't specific for children only. Ronnie In article <VQwOa.88296$98.3125...@twister.socal.rr.com>, Darrell
kitchen_we ...@webtv.net (Gina *)
OT: medical info AADD? Group: alt.tv.er Date: Tue, Jul 8, 2003, 10:15am (EDT+4) From: drmay...@hawaii.rr.com attention >>deficit disorder or is this something the writer >>made up?
I read this in a editorial and I rate it >>a toss up whether this is real or not. Also can >>anyone tell me if there is an anti anxiety from my samples. I tried one >>web site but came up blank. probably a bad >>search technique .
Just came from a ceu on the topic!
The exstance of AADD is debated between neuro-scientuists and docs who are set in their ways. My DSM4 is at the office, so I can't say whether it is an "approved" diagnosis, but it follows if a person who has a neurlogical disorder at age 5 will have it at age 35. Here in Washington, the docs who medically manage this and other brain disorders are neurologists and neuro-surgeons. (Probably because of the more favorable insurance rates.) Any shrink who would treat this would be one who specializes in brain illnesses. A garden variety shrink would probably know only what s / he had been taught, which is usually a load of shite.
Darrelll, a great tool for remembering the nmes of meds is the PDR.
There is a section with color pix of meds. If you can recall the shape and color of the pill, you can match up theat and the picture on the page. IIRC, these pix are group by the houses? eg, if I wanted to recall the name of a trazoidal-shaped pill (the Pfizer shape) which was pink and I knew it to be an anti-fungal, I would find out it was Diflucan 200mgs. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
There are a number of meds which are prescribed for anxiety, though.
Can you ask the doctor who gave you the sample? S / he would have noted dispensing any sample in your chart.
Gina ~~ "...then you know he's so arrogant that criticism merely bounces off him..." Order of the Phoenix
"Connemara" justice_for_de...@spam.medscape.com
Yes, it exists. ADD or ADHD -- which is Hyperactivity Disorder, and both can exist in adults. As far as medications....some have mentioned Effexor -- which is not a new med, but has recently been approved as an anti-anxiety medication. It has been in use for over 10 years in the states, longer in Europe, as a newer type of anti-depressant which works with the reuptake of both norepinephrine and serotonin in the brain.
Researchers and psychiatrists have found that many of the newer antidepressants -- the SSRIs -- selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors --
like Paxil and Celexa, for example, have been helpful for anxiety. Effexor, has likewise been found useful and it's additional reuptake of norepinephrine may be more beneficial in some cases.
Michelle
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La ...@webtv.net (Lorraine)
I have a paperback version of the PDR (Physicians Desk Reference). I got it at my local drugstore. It has come in handy many times for looking up info on medications for myself & for family and friends. The paperback version is geared towards the general consumer (ie. the non-medical person) and is easy to understand.
A new issue is put out every year, same as the regular PDR, but unless you want to spend the money or are a doctor, just buying one every few years should be fine.
Love and God Bless always, Lorraine }??{
"Ellen K. Hursh" ekhu...@bdexx.comATOSE
I think it's fairly safe to say that the name of the stuff is *not* "Ecstasy".
Elavil is a tricyclic (the brand-name version of amitriptyline) - I take it for insomnia. (ObER: Plus, I'm fairly certain that it's one of the meds that the widowed husband of the "blue dead" woman in "Homecoming" used to kill himself. I suppose that'd be one way of dealing with anxiety... albeit not a *healthy* way, of course.)
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Darrell Mayeda drmay...@hawaii.rr.com
I'm taking Effexor and that's not it.
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Darrell Mayeda drmay...@hawaii.rr.com
No, Effexor is probably an anti-depressant. I'm already taking it and that's not the one.
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Darrell Mayeda drmay...@hawaii.rr.com
this editorial suggests that dubya, and his foriegn policy team have ADD and create a couple of rather interesting versions of ADD. EADD empire attention deficit disorder. HADD historical attention deficit disorder.
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"Dawn Klein" dmkl...@charter.net
The package said Anti-anxiety pack on it!
DAwn
"Dawn Klein" dmkl...@charter.net
I found these meds that start with E on about.com http://panicdisorder.about.com/cs/druge/index.htm Couldn't you just call your doctor??
Dawn
Ronnie Wexler rwex...@nospamtias.com
How about SRADD - self righteous attention deficit disorder?
Ronnie In article <0JQOa.90840$98.3283...@twister.socal.rr.com>, Darrell
Ronnie Wexler rwex...@nospamtias.com
Bloody hell, Darrell, this is your health you're talking about. Call the damn doctor already! Ronnie (no slap intended, but you need to do that, you know)
kitchen_we ...@webtv.net (Gina *)
ADD and create a >>couple of rather interesting versions of ADD. >>EADD empire attention deficit disorder. >>HADD historical attention deficit disorder.
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Do I understand this correctly: George the Son and Dr Rice, et al are creating new diagnoses? For real? Gina ~~ "...then you know he's so arrogant that criticism merely bounces off him..." Order of the Phoenix
kitchen_we ...@webtv.net (Gina *)
Re: OT: medical info AADD? Group: alt.tv.er Date: Tue, Jul 8, 2003, 10:24pm From: La...@webtv.net (Lorraine) a great tool for remembering the nmes of meds is the PDR. There is a section with color pix of meds. If you can recall the shape and color of the pill, you can match up that and the picture X Gina ~~ "...then you know he's so arrogant that criticism merely bounces off him..." Order of the Phoenix
kitchen_we ...@webtv.net (Gina *)
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Hmm, but to be arrogant and / or self-righteos one must pay _constant_ attention. ;-) Gina ~~ "...then you know he's so arrogant that criticism merely bounces off him..." Order of the Phoenix
kitchen_we ...@webtv.net (Gina *)
got it at my >>local drugstore. It has come in handy many >>times for looking up info on medications for >>myself & for family and friends.
The >>paperback version is geared towards the >>general consumer (ie.
the non-medical >>person) and is easy to understand.
unless you want to >>spend the money or are a doctor, just buying >>one every few years should be fine.
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I get hand-me-downs from my doc. I usually invite him for dinner, so he even delivers it! Gina ~~ "...then you know he's so arrogant that criticism merely bounces off him..." Order of the Phoenix
Ronnie Wexler rwex...@nospamtias.com
To oneself, thus effectively denying the existence of any other opinion, however intelligent. <G> Ronnie In article <27737-3F0C58C...@storefull-2355.public.lawson.webtv.net>,
Darrell Mayeda drmay...@hawaii.rr.com
I did call the doctor. We were playing telephone tag for four days.
I call her in the morning and she calls my home number when I'm at work. I call her from work just before I start my shift but she's busy. Before that she was out of town. I had to squeeze her in between strings cars last night. made for a very tiring and trying conversation.
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Darrell Mayeda drmay...@hawaii.rr.com
We were playing telephone tag. see my other post. I was stuck using secondary resources in this case.
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Darrell Mayeda drmay...@hawaii.rr.com
a reporter I guess Maureen dowd. she came across a self help quizz for ADD and tried applying the actions of Dubya and the rest of his foriegn policy crew in answer to the questions. she also suggests that variant forms of ADD explain some of the poor results of US actions in the middle East as far as Afghanistan and Iraq go. she also thinksthe US as a whole has ADD since they can't focus on one topic for very long.
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Ronnie Wexler rwex...@nospamtias.com
Sounds like a load of bs to me. ADD is inborn, sometimes genetic.
What the US as a whole suffers from is an addiction to stimulation. This, I think, proceeds from the notion that we are bored and need to be distracted from our bordom instead of using it creatively. Our culture and media have led us to believe that we must have NOVELTY, and CHANGE every waking minute, so once we become habituated to vast amounts of stimulation, we continue to seek more and better input.
If you think I'm joking, look at video games - they started out pretty innocuous, then some violence was added, then more violence and so on until, today, we are relatively innured to waging war on a country, whether or not it is a real threat. This has leaked over into everything - how many people do you know who actually have and enjoy downtime? Adults seek to be entertained every moment, parents have their kids busy and involved in "stimulating activies" every day for hours on end, so it should come as no shock that Americans are "ready for action" and want to "bring it on". Addiction, plain and simple.
Ronnie
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