Hi I am am Kimcav and I am new to the boards I was hoping I could get some insights about ADHD and meds that are used to treat them. I was diagonosed about four or five months ago. I went for all the testing and therapy My file was very thourough and so were the recommendations of the neuropsychologist. I was sent to a psychiatrist he put in a recommendation to try a stimulant medication to address the ADHD first. Than possibly an antidepressent along with the simulant because I have a mild case of depression. Well I went to the psychiatrist and she gave me wellbutrin first but I had to many headeaches from taking this medication. So she switched me to lamictal which is for depression it is a mood stablizer. Any way now she is sending me to another psychologist when I asked her why she said she wants to make sure we are on the same page. Now mind you she only met me one time for about 15 minutes just flipping trough my file not really reading it. After taking the wellbutrin for 3 weeks I called and told her it was giving me bad headaches and she says to me stop taking it and start taking the lamictal and I will put a referral in for you to go to the psycologist. Because I think your problems are more your moods and if we can get your moods under control your attention may become better. I don't know where she came up with the idea that it was my moods, it says nothing about that in my file. I feel she just does not want to prescribe me a stimulant. I kind of also get the feeling that she does not believe my diagnosis. I also don't understand how she can come to a conclusion about me when it states nothing in my file about me in the way she described. I am very frustrated I do not feel I am getting the right help. Does anyone have any suggestions or similar problems? Also no where in my file does it say that I am severely depressed and I do not feel that depressed. All my friends describe me as an up beat person. By the way I am 31 years old. Kimcav

Thank you, for the information. I was starting to feel that I was in this alone. All the responses from other people really help me in realizing that I am not alone in this struggle. I will tell you I feel like I am defintely jumping through hoops. I had 8 months of therapy before I was even tested. After that I met with the neruopsycologist for a intial meeting, than I finally got the appointment for the test with the neruopsycologist 3 weeks after intially meeting him. It took about a week or two after that to get his finally report on it. He recommended me to start out with a stimulant medication because he said he found suffient evidense of ADHD. Which than I went to my primary care doctor who could have prescribed the meds but he wanted a psychiatrist to prescribe them first than if I needed refills he wouldn't have a problem refilling them. So than it was off to the psychiatrist at the naval medical hospital. Which took a month to get that appointment. Than when I finally so her I felt that the appointment was rushed and that she really did not want to be there. After that appointment she sent me home with wellbutrin than I called her back two weeks of taking telling her I was having severe headaches. Next thing I know she is prescribing me lamictal and sending me back to a psyhcologist. Which now I have an appointment with him again for the second time on Sept. 28th and he is suppose to give me his final thoughts about my case Than I go back to see her on Sept. 30th. I really don't know what is going to happen. I feel like screaming and saying look I know my own mind and how I am as a person and you are not hearing me. Well any way thank you again for the imput. Sincerely KIMCAV