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[FONT=Comic Sans MS]To answer your question on what a neuro-psych test is, it is a test that is used to see what parts of the brain are being used, how they are being used, and to see what the activity of them are. [/FONT]

Ok, but how is this done?? Just asking me questions, or am i hooked up to machines? Machines sound scary, so I hope it's not that.

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[FONT=Comic Sans MS]I'm surprised that your PCP was pushing Strattera right away. Usually Strattera is perscribed after medications such as: stimulants: Ritalin (I am against the use of Ritalin,) Adderall, and Concerta; then also Well butrin is also used but it is in its own category because it is not considered as a stimulant or a non-stimulant. [/FONT]

She put me on the Strattera because of my other fibromyalgia meds. the stimulants would interact with either the tramadol (painkiller) or the elavil (anti-d, which i take at night in a very low dose for the sleep). which i can't remember, but there is a risk of bad side effects mixing the two.

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[FONT=Comic Sans MS] The verdict is still out whether or not sleep causes ADHD or if ADHD casuses sleep problems. I don't know if you knew that ADHD is caused by some parts of the brain being over active and other parts under active? If you would like more infromation about ADHD I can recomend several websites and books that might be of use to you. One more thing, a person can have other mental health problems at the sametime of having ADHD. I hope everything makes some sense. [/FONT]

the sleep problems have only been recently, somewhat...last few years. they coincide with my fibromyalgia. when I was a kid, i slept well, could sleep through jst about any noise. even in high school, i can remember staying up REALLY late, wee morning hours, and still be functional and ok for school. there's no way i could function now on only a few hours sleep. and if the cat sneezes in another room, i wake up :rolleyes: