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i am messed up.
Hi 19/f i am a sophomore in college with ADHD. i take medicine for it. well even though i take focalin i still can't concentrate and i end up watching tv and going on the computer. and whenever i go on the computer i go facebook, youtube, and watch porn. i don't know what to do. i am not even suppose to be on facebook/youtube but i still get on. i am suppose to be studying for my midterm in geography. i didn't do well on the first one because i didn't know about it. well now i write stuff down, but my stuff's not organized, i mean i have papers all over the table. and when my parents come home they always ask me if im done and if i say no, they get mad. i know it's ridiculous that they ask me but i mean i can't focus. im not disciplined at all. i mean i just waste time. and my mom calls me and i told her i read a chapter in geography and i lied. i hate when she asks me and i know i shouldn't since i don't do my work but it annoys me. i lie a lot also. its really messed up and i don't know what to do. i've been talking to my therapist and she tells me not to go on facebook and youtube and to just focus. but it's hard so what should i do? this has been going on for years and im going crazy. I can't go on a higher dose of focalin because my weight is low. so idk what to do. please help!
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You don't sound like you're having an issue with your ADHD... you sound depressed. Tell your therapist right away, and you have to be completely honest with her. Tell her just what you said here. The good news is, there is help, and you don't have to stay this way. The bad news is, its going to take some effort on your part to find the proper help, and that means being COMPLETELY honest with your therapist. Even if you keep lying to everyone else, you have to tell her the truth because she's the one person who can really help.
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Focalin is a modified version of Ritalin, a milder form of Ritalin, according to the website I visited to research my answer to you.
ADHD has been one of the most missed diagnosed problems and has only in relative terms, recently been properly diagnosed, named and treated properly. Twenty years ago when my son was in school and up to just five years ago he was diagnosed with everything else and stuck in special Ed course. It took the Army to figure him out and get through to him. No they didn't medicate him but their structure helped him greatly.
You should be seeing a psychiatrist for medication and a psychologist for talk therapy to help you build a structured life style to deal with the problems of being ADHD.
Family doctors are good at seeing the problem and passing out certain meds. Since this problem is more of a deficit in a chemical needed in brain function a trained Psychiatrist is better at prescribing the proper medications.
Finding a psychiatrist and psychologist takes some doing as you have to be comfortable working with them as this is going to be a long term relationship. You should interview them just as you would someone you are going to hire to work for you. When you find the people you are comfortable with, those are the people who are going to be able to help you the most.
Structure and medication are the keys to overcoming the problems of ADHD. My son succeed and so will you with the proper medication and support.
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