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Post by Amtram on Feb 1, 2014 8:53:10 GMT -5
Depression - but that is almost a given with ADHD. Didn't turn clinical and need medication to treat until I was in my mid 30s, though.
Anxiety - not sure if this is ADHD related or depression related. Maybe hormonal, too, which is why I'm reminding myself yet again to call an endocrinologist. Most of the time it's controlled by the antidepressant. It's also why the latest antidepressant we're trying is sertraline (Zoloft) that seems to work well for GAD and social anxiety.
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Post by owling on Feb 2, 2014 4:23:43 GMT -5
Diagnosed: anxiety; some social anxiety, sleep issues (probably due to anxiety)
Undiagnosed: depression (when I was younger), anorexia (when I was younger), sensory issues (problems with noises, temperature, touches- I hate being touched!, textures, most foods)
Diagnoses wrongfully: inattentive personality disorder (doesn't exist, but I have a diagnosis for it anyway), depression (I had it before, but not when I got diagnosed)
Other healthy issues: irritable bowel syndrome, ovarian cysts
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Post by Amtram on Feb 2, 2014 10:31:11 GMT -5
Other healthy issues: irritable bowel syndrome, ovarian cysts You know, thyroid problems can cause a lot of problems with sleep, mood, and anxiety. The whole endocrine system is integrated with the brain in different ways and in both directions. I had all my parts removed because of cysts and fibroids a few years ago, and I keep trying to remind myself that I should make an appointment with an endocrinologist for a full workup. My thing now is wondering if my adrenal glands might have something to do with my intolerance for meds that are histamine antagonists and reuptake inhibitors. . . |
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Post by owling on Feb 2, 2014 13:07:22 GMT -5
I know. My previous shrink, the one who diagnosed me with and inattentive personality disorder, did some analyze me health pretty thoroughly. I also had my thyroid hormones checked and it's all normal. Basically, I'm totally healthy. Also, my bowel issues and my ovarian cysts are also because of stress and anxiety, as several doctors have said, since there is no other cause of them. Sadly, our mind can affect our body in a very negative way.
I know for a fact that my hormones affect my brain, so I'm not surprised if yours do the same (or don't, since your probably doesn't produce there hormones anymore).
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Post by Amtram on Feb 2, 2014 14:26:13 GMT -5
I don't think that ovarian cysts can be stress-related, but they can definitely cause stress if they give you mittelschmerz. (I think I probably spelled that wrong.) For me, there was no question that it was heredity. It'll be interesting to see if my sister's kids end up with the same problems (mine did). I hope they don't, but we've got it consistently for at least four generations that we know of.
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Post by owling on Feb 3, 2014 4:12:28 GMT -5
My gyno says they are, since stress produces cortisol which causes the estrogen levels to rise, progesterone to drop and this is the main cause of cysts. Too much estrogen and too little progesterone in the post-ovulation phase means that the ovule is not eliminated, instead it stays and forms a cyst. This is the very short explanation I remember now. There are other causes of cysts as well, such as policystic ovary symptom, endometriosis etc.
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Post by Amtram on Feb 3, 2014 10:13:54 GMT -5
Heh. It's Biology. There are a limited number of things that are caused by one thing and one thing only. Life just likes to keep us guessing.
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Post by patentpope on Feb 11, 2014 21:01:09 GMT -5
Anxiety here. I was initially diagnosed with the anxiety, but the ADHD diagnosis followed. After that, in the course of treating the anxiety and ADHD, I suffered a few bouts of depression.
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Post by Amtram on Feb 11, 2014 21:03:09 GMT -5
Depression is so common with ADHD, and it's easy to brush it off as just having trouble dealing with it, but I really think that there's something chemical in the brain that links them. . .
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Post by dotty on Feb 12, 2014 19:44:56 GMT -5
Depression was my first diagnosis, followed some 30 years later by ADHD-C, Anxiety, and PTSD. All of which I had all along of course.
Other health issues: fibromyalgia, migraine, arthritis, both IBS/IBS, and asthma. But I found a cure for PMS - menopause!
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Post by Amtram on Feb 12, 2014 20:49:34 GMT -5
Or hysterectomy. That was SWEEEEET!!
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Post by dotty on Feb 12, 2014 21:15:50 GMT -5
But hysterectomy means another pharmaceutical to remember to take. Remembering ... ah crap.
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Post by Amtram on Feb 13, 2014 10:06:24 GMT -5
Yeah. Worse yet, it's a twice a week patch. I put the folded up tear-off from the packaging and put it in my pill sorter for the day it's supposed to be replaced. But the only way I remember to change it is as part of the shower routine. So instead of twice a week (which would involve remembering 3 days/4 days/3 days/4 days, or the perfectly even switch that suits my sense of order of 3 1/2 days - one change each week in the evening instead of the morning) I just change it every four days. I think a pill every day might be easier.
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Post by tigger on Feb 13, 2014 14:02:14 GMT -5
I've been diagnosed with depression at various times- most of them a misdiagnosis of ADHD. I'm currently diagnosed with depression related to grief- accurately this time. I think the DSM5 intends to call it Prolonged Grief or similar. My pdoc also thinks that there is an element of PTSD in play.
Menopause also successfully cured my PMS. A funny here- I started peri-menopause in my 30s and full menopause in my early 40s. When I began spotting in the middle of hubby's chemo, I went to the doc to make sure it was just stress. I mentioned that I had been in full menopause for about 2 years (I was 46 at the time). He told me that the median age for menopause was 52 so menopause wasn't my problem.
A thyroid test later, he was surprised to inform me that I was in full menopause. Yep.
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Post by dotty on Feb 13, 2014 14:23:58 GMT -5
Gosh, I thought I began perimenopause early but you've got me beat. I had just turned 40. Even though I had a family history of starting menses and then menopause early, my doctor wouldn't even consider doing a test. How on earth did you convince your doctor to do the test when you were so young?
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