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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 696796" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Speaking as one "on the inside". (I have Bipolar), I wasn't able to take antidepressants at all until I was fairly stable on medications for the bipolar. Even then, the one antidepressant I've found that works, and that I can tolerate, is citalopram (Celexa). The others that I've tried send me right up the nearest wall.</p><p></p><p>I also have ADHD and it was attempted early on, to medicate me for that. (Despite my telling my psychiatrist at the time that I had tried "speed" in the 70s and reacted very unpleasantly to it.)</p><p></p><p>She RXed Ritalin. I took ONE dose and the only thing that kept me from jumping in front of a bus was not wanting to scar the bus driver and passengers for life, and the knowledge that the Ritalin would wear off in a few hours.</p><p></p><p>After that, I refused to take stims. So, psychiatrist tried Strattera, went sent me into one of the most irritable, hypomanic states I've ever been in.</p><p></p><p>I just live with the ADHD and concurrent lousy executive functioning. I write notes to myself. I use a organizer app, and most of the time I'm where I'm supposed to be when I'm supposed to be there, the cat is medicated when he should be, bills get paid on time, car get maintained on schedule.</p><p></p><p>I have good computer skills, and I've kludged together quite the Rube Goldberg-ian system to make all this work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 696796, member: 1963"] Speaking as one "on the inside". (I have Bipolar), I wasn't able to take antidepressants at all until I was fairly stable on medications for the bipolar. Even then, the one antidepressant I've found that works, and that I can tolerate, is citalopram (Celexa). The others that I've tried send me right up the nearest wall. I also have ADHD and it was attempted early on, to medicate me for that. (Despite my telling my psychiatrist at the time that I had tried "speed" in the 70s and reacted very unpleasantly to it.) She RXed Ritalin. I took ONE dose and the only thing that kept me from jumping in front of a bus was not wanting to scar the bus driver and passengers for life, and the knowledge that the Ritalin would wear off in a few hours. After that, I refused to take stims. So, psychiatrist tried Strattera, went sent me into one of the most irritable, hypomanic states I've ever been in. I just live with the ADHD and concurrent lousy executive functioning. I write notes to myself. I use a organizer app, and most of the time I'm where I'm supposed to be when I'm supposed to be there, the cat is medicated when he should be, bills get paid on time, car get maintained on schedule. I have good computer skills, and I've kludged together quite the Rube Goldberg-ian system to make all this work. [/QUOTE]
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