I am getting some great feedback here. Thank you so much.
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I am getting some great feedback here. Thank you so much.
Most physicians do not believe in ADD, and therefore often just throw stimulants at it. There are better alternatives that show real results and backed by science, but you have to be willing to give it a shot.
Can you elaborate?Originally Posted by RhythmDawg
I guess it depends on your health insurance. It sounds like you were diagnosed as a child, right? If you have a standing diagnosis, it shouldn't be hard to get a physician to prescribe appropriate medication. Here are a few options to consider:
1. If you are in Louisiana, I'd highly recommend seeing a prescribing psychologist. PM me with your location and I can get a recommendation for you.
2. If this is not an option for you, the next best thing would be a good psychiatrist. You really want to do your homework, though, because it can be hard to find one who is a good fit for you and your particular issue.
3. If you are certain of the diagnosis, do your homework on the difference medications available, and talk with your PCM about what might be a good fit for you. If Adderall worked, you might want to go back with that. If your concerns about addiction were based on experiencing tolerance (needing more of it to get the same effect), then you might look at some of the non-stimulant options. If you tend to be moody, especially tend toward a lot of anxiety or mild-to-moderate depression you need to be careful with the non-stimulants, because they can exacerbate the problem.
What alternatives are there?
Finding a physician that believes in, and produces results in holistic medicine (not alternative medicine, there is a huge difference). Rather than treating ADD, and other things, as the disease and throwing medication at them, see it as a symptom of other issues, find the problem, and fix it. There are even physicians using these thype treatments to treat cancer and autism, with amazing results. Louisiana is way, way, way behind. the state board of medical examiners doesn't like it because it is not traditional medicine. But science supports it. And the results are real. They have been doing it for 15 years in some places. there is only one in Louisiana that does it the way it should be done. He blends traditional and holistic medicince. He practices in ruston. He is also a tech grad.
Now, I am not giving him a plug. Just giving you an alternative answer that I have seen work with my own eyes, and seen it work over, and over, and over...
If it were my kid, knowing what I know, i'd give it a shot. If it were me personally, it would be a no-brainer. But I have the luxury of knowing what you can't know, so you would just have to take my word and make up your own mind. They see men and women.
And it is not cheap.
www.seasonwc.com
Good stuff.
I agree that this approach is worth looking into. That said, I love that you just referred Sooner to an obgyn!
And, while we're advocating thinking outside of traditional biochemical approaches to healthcare, let me get a plug in for the behavioral aspects. There are behavioral aspects to ALL health and wellness issues, but they are particularly salient with ADHD.
So, if you don't look up Dr. Goodyear, I'd definitely recommend that StrongBad look into seeing a prescribing psychologist. (PM me.)
Funny huh. In all seriousness, he's an obgyn by trade, but hasn't done ob in years. Of course he sees females, but for everything. Not just your typical gyn visit. And he sees many, many male patients. He's more of a metabolic specialist, so to speak.
You have definitely piqued my interest. I really would like to learn a lot more about what you are talking about. I would prefer not to be medicated and would give it up in a heartbeat if there was a better way. Right now, though, I can just say that the medication is one heck of a lot better than Full Throttle.
As for behavioral aspects, I'm not sure exactly what you are referring to. I do know that I never allow having ADD be an excuse for anything. Also, my parents were very good at what they did, and they made sure that I stayed on task. Bad behavior is bad is bad behavior, no matter what the stimulus.
Finally, it is true that my doctor's first reaction was to prescribe a stimulant. I specifically requested that we try any other method first. Without so much as a comment, he wrote the script, I wanted relief and have been satisfied with the result. That doesn't mean I wouldn't be willing to go another route if I thought it would work.
P.S. I love my doctor, which is why I did what he suggested. He listens well and has always diagnosed correctly in the past. I hired him, he knows his stuff, so I did what he said to do.
During the summer its not too, bad - I try to leave the office by 4 and put him in the pool until 6:30 or 7:30 everyday of the week....
School is a different matter - we start working on homework when I pick him up at 4:30 and struggle through an hour or an hour and 1/2 to get some of the work done - then we shoot hoops for another hour to help him wind down and finish wearing him out...
By that time supper is ready, then bath, 15 minutes of reading and bed -
Then it starts over about 6:00 am every morning - and until it kicks in its like herding cats getting him ready for school
''Don't be a bad dagh..."
Yep - that is what we use and we like him, expensive but worth it - even though we can't always see the difference those around us can...
He is always trying to find the correct balance between modified behavioral issues and the proper medication levels -
It ain't easy, and the first thing you have to realize there is no such thing as a magic pill -
''Don't be a bad dagh..."
Is Dr. Goodyear in Ruston?
Yes he is in North Pointe behind Portico's
There is a reason only one doctor does it. If it were real has positive results for 15 years, everybody would do it. Also, for such cutting edge medicine I find it odd that the only doc that does it in Louisiana is from Ruston. I'd be wary of anything that is "non traditional, works, and is expensive."
Oh, I'm all the way over in Longview during the day.
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