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Suggest Medication For ADD

Posted on Fri, 20 Nov 2015

Question: I am looking for a physician whoa dolt ADD. I just moved to XXXXXXX area from Idaho and I've been talking to people who have that do. I am currently taking Exffor, Alprazolam .5 mg for a city and Zolpidem. I also take Ttiamterene37.5 mg. I only have a few day of above Jed's left and need a doctor soon. I have a high stress job in SNF and have a hard time concentrating and completing tasks. I can't settle down to go sleep at night. I've tr to get myself off the Effexor, but can't get off it due to the feeling of my skin crawling. I don't like taking so med and I have all the symptoms of ADD. My oldest son who is now 28 has ADD. I am wanting to see if I could stop all other mess and try ADD med only.

Answered by Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
I would not insist you to modify the medicines on your own

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

ADD is a neurobehavioral disorder and has a neurological basis. The medication needs careful monitoring by a psychiatrist. There is a scope of altering your medication in accordance to the problems you face. The response has to be monitored after a while and the dosage might require modification based on the observations.

I would insist you to visit a psychiatrist and get the issue discussed. A mere online discussion would not be helpful in this regard.

Feel free to ask me about any other health related query and I would be glad to help.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar