Post by shardstar on Sept 4, 2004 14:45:47 GMT -5
Hi All! I've been away for a while and thought I'd give you all an update...
I have been spending the summer going through kind of a self discovery period. After spending 40 years undiagnosed and untreated, and then starting treatment in February, it has been really sort of weird for me. It's kind of like I started my life over as a new person or something.
In Feb. I started taking Strattera and within a few weeks I really noticed a difference. I started being able to tackle those tedious pain in the butt tasks at work and I really started working hard at not procrastinating. After a while I noticed that life was a lot more enjoyable because I felt like I was on top of things. I didn't conatantly have that sinking feeling in my stomach that I had once again forgotten to do something important, or that I had spent my day doing unimportant things instead of real work that needed to get done. I noticed that I wasn't spending a lot of time thinking of ways to get myself out of bad situations that I had gotten myself into because I was avoiding what needed to be done, anymore.
After a few months, though, I noticed that I was starting to slip a little and felt like I was backpeddling a bit, so my Neurologist suggested that I add a small dose of Ritalin LA in, and this combo has been fabulous!!! On top of all the benefits I described above, I have also been able to get it together at home and keep the house more organized, start an exercise program, and I've become so much more responsible with the bills!!! I finally don't feel like a big looser and a failure at life. I hate to say that about myself, but I DID feel that way before.
I'm hoping that the upward trend I am on will continue. It's just so great not wasting all of my energy on negative things, but using it towards making myself a better Mom and wife, a better boss in the office, and a better friend to the people that stuck by me. I feel like I'm finally a responsible productive human being!
I have been spending the summer going through kind of a self discovery period. After spending 40 years undiagnosed and untreated, and then starting treatment in February, it has been really sort of weird for me. It's kind of like I started my life over as a new person or something.
In Feb. I started taking Strattera and within a few weeks I really noticed a difference. I started being able to tackle those tedious pain in the butt tasks at work and I really started working hard at not procrastinating. After a while I noticed that life was a lot more enjoyable because I felt like I was on top of things. I didn't conatantly have that sinking feeling in my stomach that I had once again forgotten to do something important, or that I had spent my day doing unimportant things instead of real work that needed to get done. I noticed that I wasn't spending a lot of time thinking of ways to get myself out of bad situations that I had gotten myself into because I was avoiding what needed to be done, anymore.
After a few months, though, I noticed that I was starting to slip a little and felt like I was backpeddling a bit, so my Neurologist suggested that I add a small dose of Ritalin LA in, and this combo has been fabulous!!! On top of all the benefits I described above, I have also been able to get it together at home and keep the house more organized, start an exercise program, and I've become so much more responsible with the bills!!! I finally don't feel like a big looser and a failure at life. I hate to say that about myself, but I DID feel that way before.
I'm hoping that the upward trend I am on will continue. It's just so great not wasting all of my energy on negative things, but using it towards making myself a better Mom and wife, a better boss in the office, and a better friend to the people that stuck by me. I feel like I'm finally a responsible productive human being!
