I need a new drug - ADD and no motivation?
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YES, this is as good as it gets. Stop looking for excuses and someone to blame. Get out there and DO SOMETHING!
75769
Yeah. try Wellbutrin/Zyban
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Try listening to Anthony Robbins' books-on-tape/CD. That's what I have done to get further in what I want to do and to stop the things in my life that are only hurting me.\n\nI used to always go to the liquor store to buy alcohol when I felt depressed. Now, I don't. Don't know how to explain it. If you have a library card (or if you don't, you can get one usually for free), you can take out books-on-tape and such. I really do recommed Robbins. Great motivational speaker. I just finished my first and only tape of his so far called, "Awaken the Giant Within." Listen to it over and over and follow what he asks you to do. Remember, everything you do basically has to do with your mind. If you change your mindset, in your case, you can change your body, and in your case as well, it doesn't take prescription drugs. I know myself. I am on 4 very powerful anti-anxiety prescription drugs and I'm not being over-medicated. It's just that my condition is pretty bad if I don't have the meds. But, there are other things you can change without the meds AND you CAN improve the parts of your life that you have been medicated for, i.e. depression.\n\nGood luck!
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You are retishambat. Right now your life isn't full of purpose. You seem somewhat bored and maybe lacking a bit of direction. Just relaxing for a little while seems like an okay plan. You'll soon come across (or may have already come across) something which will engulf you in it and make you feel more complete.
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Yeah, it sounds like you need to switch to another drug in the same class. I had the same problem with 60mg of Prozac per day, switched to Paxil 30mg and noticed the difference in about a week's time.\n\nAnother good one is Lexapro.
726637
Try Wellbutrin XL, got of the other Zoloft b/c of the same thing, and the new med works good. Just keep an eye on it and switch slowly, reducing one while adding the other.
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I am  a 32 year old woman, I was recently diagnosed with adult add, I tried those drugs and had to stop. they are the same as speed. not good. the side effects are terrible and i went into severe depression when i stopped.(withdraw). I cannot believe parents would actually give their children speed intentionally
708452
Poor you, problems with yet another drug :(
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I suggest a schedule of your time.  Allocate times for exercise and don’t let yourself do anything other than that.  I know how it feels to have no motivation and feel like you’ll never get around to exercising.  But I think if you allocate even a really small amount of time and only get a little exercise done, it is more than nothing.  It will make you feel better about yourself, what you can achieve, and you can build on it.  I don’t think you are lazy.  Maybe you could let a close friend know that you need their help to keep you to your schedule, because it’s tough to do it on your own when you have little motivation.
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pills can become an addictive thing. try to start up and eating and excercise programme for yrself. kick the pills now they r a quick fix thing. you want long term result.
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I have ADD as well.  What works me best is a timer.\n\nWhen I started this, I would set my timer for five minutes and work for only those five minutes.  When that was up, I would reward myself.  I continued doing this until and slowly increased the time; thereby training myself to work for longer periods.\n\nI now bounce between 15 minutes (for when I feel antsy or weekday evenings when I have several different tasks to work on), 30 minutes or an hour (when I'm feeling pretty driven and I have a major project I'm working on).   Most places I've seen recommend that you work no more than an hour without breaks.\n\nThis may sound like you won't get anything done, but you will be amazed at how much you can get done in just 5 minutes.\n\nETA: ignore Don.  I had ADD well before anyone could tell me what it was.  And I KNEW that I had a problem most people didn't, I just didn't know what it was. When I found out what ADD was (after I graduated college) I was finally able to deal with it effectively.\n\nETA2: desabol has some good suggestions - I want to make some enhancements:\nGetting organized - lifehacker.com has some great suggestions, but I really recommend you start with a to-do list of some kind.  It could be a word document, a 5x7 card stack, or an online to-do - find what works best for you.  This is how I get organized at work.  \nYou don't have to finish one item on your list before you start another.  I often leave projects in the middle and go do something else.  This keeps me from getting overwhelmed with everything I need to do.\nMinimal distractions.  I don't know about you, but very few things use all of my brain.  I find that if some part of my mind is being ignored it can become the biggest distraction of all.  So you need to figure out what are your distractions (for me, it is anything in print and anything that moves), and what can calm that part of the brain that wants attention. Again for me, that is music and I find that photographs of outdoor places also calm me down.\nNotes I write straight onto my to-do list at work. \n\nAnother ADD specific point.  It's easy to get into a what-to-do Catch-22.  You need to wash the dishes, but you need to pay bills, but you need to do laundry, but you need to get the dishes done...\nThe way to solve this is to choose an arbitrary pattern.  I go around my house clockwise (one room per time block) even if the bedroom just needs picking up and the bills are overdue, I'll still start with the bedroom and ignore the bills till I get to them.
357553
yeah you could have Add.. they can put you on Adderall and it will help with your concentration and memory.
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I would ask the doctor. I am prescribed 20 mg/2 times a day, but made the mistake of self-dosing and it's not a very good idea. I think most people have trouble when adderall wears off. You could ask about Adderall XR, which may have a smoother effect overall and would only need to be taken once a day. \nHope it works out!
51074
Replacement therapy.  Start an exercise program (join a gym or walk together daily).  Try the patch and nicotene gum, and hypnotism.  All of those together should do the trick!  Good luck!  :)
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You lack motivation. The soulution is not more discipline or forcing yourself to move , but to find something you really like, something that motivates you.
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it took me over a year to find the right drug combo.  I guess I'm lucky there...it felt like forever to me!\n\nI think you should talk to your doctor- tell him/her exactly what you said here.  See if they have solutions and work together to make a plan for your treatment.  It will be good to have a plan with a few steps to assess along the way.  Also, think about adding therapy to your treatment.  often you need this in conjunction with medications- even if you've tried, never needed, or "graduated" from therapy in the past- it could help alot with your CURRENT situation.   \n\nyou might also consider exercise or yoga- sometimes these activities will give you a little extra boost of energy to feel a little better.
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Lack of motivation. No interest in what needs to be done.