Treatment options for adult ADD

[425runner]

What are some of the treatment options for adult ADD-inattentive?  My doc put me on Wellbutrin XL 150 mg once a day but it's not really helping.  I still get very distracted and can't focus on just one thing.  

Are there any adults that have experienced success with other medications?

I already take Omega-3 fish oils, B-complex, etc. and exercise 30 min./day

Thanks!

[misty1477]

Hi....

Concentration issue has not been getting worse due to thyroid stuff.  Concentration + all of the other ADD symptons have been going on for a long long time ... just seems that I finally realized what the symptoms relate to.  

See my June 11th post on what my kids said and how I would change subjects in the middle of a conversation.

As I keep saying ... I just want someone to actually "fix the problem".

BTW.....I found my camera .... LOL.

[Sandman2]

   Ummm, I really meant have you noticed the concentration problems getting worse lately?
    The thyroid is very related to emotional and mental health.  Symptoms:
--  a feeling of mental fogginess and slow thinking
--loss of motivation or enthusiasm
--issues with both short term and long term memory
-- depression
-- general hoplessness
   If you still haven't hit the right balance of replacement hormones (and it seems pretty hard to do so), that could be part of the problem.
   Vyvanse might be worth mentioning since It uses "an innovative approach so that it is an ADHD ADD medication that cannot be abused."  Perhaps that will soothe your psycs.  But the problem seems to be more getting your docs attention then the meds.  Anyway a pretty good site on vyvanse is      http://www.addadhdblog.com/does-vyvanse-work/#bc4c  and     http://www.addadhdblog.com/vyvanse-dosage-how-to-get-the-right-dose/#c987e.  Both sites are by Dr. Kenny Handelman, I like his stuff.

[misty1477]

Good Grief .... need my camera....I put it somewhere a week ago ... AND... duh...I don't remember where I put it !!!!   Now it will take me at least half a day (or more) to find the silly thing....I hate when I put things away....can never find them.  Maybe I should make a list of where I put everything I touch .... NOT lol.

[misty1477]

Hiya Sandman2 ...

WOW.....I have my own site !!!!   LOL

I have been doing TONS and I mean TONS of research on the Thyroid issues and have been to Endocrinologists ... many blood tests to monitor TSH/T3/T4... medication doses modified ... etc.

My concentration + ADD symptons have been going on for many many years.  Seems  that I really never realized that ADD was/could be the problem until a few months ago.  Jeepers Cats ... I am 56 years old and actually might have been ADD for who knows how long !?!?!?!  

I remember when my kids were teenagers still living at home, my one Daughter would always say to me "Ma, you are ADD" because I would always switch topics when I was talking to them.  I remember that I had to go to the next thing on my mind or I would forget about it.  It really drove my kids nuts...LOL.  

I am still like that when I talk to people,  A topic pops into my head while I am talking and I just switch to it.  Must drive people to craziness ... they probably regret starting a conversation with me.   Yikes .... not a good thing.

Yes, the shrinky-dinks know about my thyroid removal.

What is your take on my Vyvanse suggestion?

Talk To Ya Later.

[Sandman2]

  Oh wow! I was going back through your old posts to see how many we have done and stumbled across one of your first posts about your thyroid removal!  Have you looked at what the lack of a thyroid or Hypothyroidism can cause.  This site is pretty good - http://thyroid.about.com/od/hypothyroidismhashimotos/Hypothyroidism_Underactive_Thyroid_Hashimotos_Disease.htm
     It is possible that some of your problems are thyroid related.  Were you having the concentration problems before your thyroid was removed?  Or have the problems gotten worse since then.  
    I am sure that you must be on meds for your thyroid?  How is that going?  Do your psyc's know about the thyroid removal?

[Sandman2]

   My bad,  forget the new topic idea.  I had clicked on the top and saw that there was something like 51 posts.  Went back and saw that most of them were from you (and other people replying to you).  So ya, this is your site.  Run with it.