37 year old female diagnosed with ADHD (all ADD, few HD symptoms), but seeing little improvement with attention and focus. No improvement with Adderall or Ritalin. Also diagnosed w/ Generalized Anxiety with Depression and Wellbutrin XL improves functioning. Are ADHD symptoms caused by anxiety or are anxiety symptoms caused by ADHD? Since these three ADHD meds have not helped and ADHD symptoms have not lessened with a decrease in anxiety, is ADHD the correct diagnosis?
What affect will Strattera have in an adult that has ADHD symptoms, but does not have ADHD?
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- 9 weeks ago by anthonyan...
- Topics:
- strattera, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd), generalized anxiety disorder
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Well i am a 29 year old who was originally diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. I began taking lexapro and very seldom xanax. The lexapro helped greatly but i found that the xanax wasn't necessary except to sleep. I now only have anxiety if i have missed a dose. however, that being said several months ago while looking up information on adhd for my son. i found some info on adult adhd and spoke to the doctor and found that i also have adult adhd.i was prescribed straterra at first and it had a remarkable calming effect on me . When i discussed this with the md she told me that a lot of adult adhd patients frequently are also diagnosed with anxiety problems due to not only the constant problems directly affected by adhd like not being able to complete work and social issues such as interrupting and asking others to repeat themselves but also the constant flurry of thoughts which race through the adhd mind. which can in effect wear you out mentally.I now take both adderall and lexapro(i only take adderall because i couldnt afford the strattera) and together i have no more anxiety and i do much better at focusing. so in answer to your question it is possible to have both and finding the combo of drugs can help. Also the nurse in me must advise that many psychological problems can have adhd-like symptoms. such as depression and bi polar d/o so psychiatrists will often give neurological tests to find out which d/o you could have.
