cameramonkey 0 #1 February 6, 2003 Well, after many years of fighting it, and it getting progressively worse, I finally saw the doc to control my ADD. I have been fighting to focus, and concentrate of what I really NEED to do. It has cost me over $6000 in wasted tuition over the past several years. I was diagnosed and treated when I was a kid but that was over 20 years ago, and they tended to over do it with ritalin. So much so that mom and dad took me off because I was a zombie. The kids today take less in a day than my single dose (3x/day)! I am now trying wellbutrin, and hoping it will help. I'll know for sure in about 3 weeks. My biggest problem, is that ADD requiring medication is a disqualifier for a 3rd class medical. I have had my pilot's license since '95, and even tho' I havent been in the left seat in going on 3 years, I had hoped to go back to it when my personal economy went back into the black. I guess the most frustrating thing, is that high stimuli activities like flying arent a problem with the ADD. Figures, the one thing that it doesnt effect is disqualified. Feeling a little bummed, like a part of me is now gone. Yet at the same time, I am hopeful that this will help my life in general return more to normal, and let me do what I need to do.Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #2 February 6, 2003 Good luck to you, wellbutrin works for a lot of people, without the side effects of the stronger stuff like Ritalin. _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #3 February 6, 2003 I'm taking welbutring to help quit smoking. It makes me spacey and I seem to have less concentration. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #4 February 6, 2003 Good job! Being ADD myself, I know what you've been going through. One of these days I may actually get to the doctor and get back on meds myself... Let me know how/if the Wellbutrin works for you. I got great results with 10 mg of Ritalin 3 times a day; I liked that because I could NOT be on meds when I didn't need or want to be. Bummer on the medical. I had to quit taking Ritalin while I was doing tandems for the same reason. Y'know, Wellbutrin is prescribed for other things; do you have to tell the FAA doc that it's for ADD? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samurai136 0 #5 February 6, 2003 You may not need to take medication very long. My doctor offered that in his observation many people w/ ADD take ritalin or wellbutrin for a short period of time and then decide they don't need it. General consensus is that medication will help you develop the ability to cope w/ the ADD symptoms better and then you can quit taking meds, if you want. Ken"Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #6 February 6, 2003 QuoteGeneral consensus is that medication will help you develop the ability to cope w/ the ADD symptoms better and then you can quit taking meds, if you want. Didn't work for me. I quit taking meds and I went right back to getting things done only once they become emergencies... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cameramonkey 0 #7 February 6, 2003 thanks to everyone for your support. Samurai: if they didnt find it helped them, they probably werent truly ADD/ADHD. Thats the fun of these meds, if you dont have the problem, the medicine does weird things to you. And I could probably not tell the FAA doc I am even on it. I just switched doctors, but havent had my records transferred. I could always just tell them my doc is the old one ... he wont have any records of meds. oh, and to give you an idea how bad they used to be, I was on 30mg x3 ritalin. and I was a whopping 85lbs. No wonder I was spacey... surprised I didnt pass out. Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
