Guest guest Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 Marti are you ADD too? > > > The Ritalin keeps me from jumping from thing to thing both in my > > mind and in what I'm doing. It allows me to sit at the computer > > for an hour and type and read posts instead of jumping up to do > > something else in the middle of something. > > It's interesting that you should say this, Marti. I remember from > 1965 that this was one of the good effects. I was flunking Plane > Geometry, and after I started on Ritalin, I would take the book and a > tablet and go to the library every day last period, and work through > the book. My Geometry grades went from two semesters of F's to B's > for the rest of the year, and I passed the course. > > When I was in college (I did the Adult Degree Program at Baldwin > College between 1984 and 1992), I had a terrible time starting > homework. It was like " startup anxiety " . I was on Prozac briefly in > 1987. The one thing it did for me was overcame the startup anxiety, > apparently for good. > > When I started Prozac again in the early 2000's, it made an immediate > difference in the level of fibromyalgia pain (before diagnosis), but > that effect did not last. > > Z > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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