Re: Bananas

It wasn't a dark and stormy night when Gigglz wrote:

> On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 11:41:34 +0200, Vashti <vashti.nl@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
[snip]
> >Wonderful: the prospect of wondering on a yearly basis if *this*
> >will be the year I finally grow up...<g>
>
> hehehehe

Now *that* is just evil, LOL!

[snip]
> >Poor guy: got a good talking to, I probably contradicted most of
> >what he'd been taught. Main highlights were warning him not to
> >fall for the benzophobia trap(LOL: quizzed him on the difference
> >between tolerance, dependence and addiction) and made him aware
> >that acute panic treated correctly could prevent panic disorder
> >and agoraphobia. I don't think he knew what hit him: he was
> >expecting to see me mid-panic! ;)
>
> haha! This is GREAT :-)

Just preparing the future doc... maybe I'll need another one at some
point, eh? I would have liked more time to brainwash- er, help him
understand PD. ;)

[snip]
> >That one's a bit of a tough one: while stimulants can aggravate
> >anxiety it's also so that untreated ADHD can aggravate anxiety...
> >personally I think Ritalin isn't ideal for those with anxiety
> >since we'd be too sensitive to the rebound effect you get when it
> >wears off. I figure: ok, try Ritalin a couple of times just to
> >see what it does and then switch to a low dose of a slow-release
> >stimulant which would cause less trouble as it wears off.
>
> Makes sense to me...

An awful lot of Pdocs will want to treat comorbid conditions
*before* treating the ADHD, but as far as I can tell the more common
comorbid disorders like anxiety and depression are directly effected
by ADHD symptoms and in some cases you can't tell what disorder is
causing which symptom. In other words I think it's quite likely that
treatment of the comorbid disorder will be less effective if the
ADHD symptoms aren't treated concurrently. Now to find a Pdoc to
agree with me, LOL!

[snip]
> >LOL: you lost me Gigglz!
> >
> >
> >Vashti
>
> Just something my Dad used to say! LOL

Ok, I won't shake the apple tree! Heck: I'd only hurt myself trying,
right? ;)


Vashti
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