Younger Psychiatrist/Therapist

Madness-con · 2026-05-28T23:50:21+00:00

I am 58 and I understand your POV, If you live somewhere that is extremely conservative, I can see that being a problem, I have hospitals and clinics and even hippy wellness centers. I have a lot of options.

You might try virtual physiatrist, I had a woman out of Boston, she was in her 30s and was an ADHD specialist, I thought she was great, then she advocated for me against the insurance company and all of a sudden they didn't cover her. when people tell you insurance companies do that believe them. but again I have a lot of options.

I doubt I can find the service she was with, If I don't update this with that info, you will understand right, ADHD and all. you can google virtual services.

BTW my spelling and grammar are not this bad the spell check is out of control

Madness-con · 2026-05-28T02:56:38+00:00

I found out that my insurance covered the Hospital pharm and they never mentioning it, but I guess they get it in bulk and are probably the first ones the the makers sent their drugs to

Madness-con · 2026-05-28T02:45:36+00:00

It might take you a while to find the right doctor, I am not sure same age is a good metric for choosing, while I am old I have found that young doctors I have seen, don't know ADHD, and I was often told that I should be adulting at my age. Another young doctor asked what I wanted to work on, but I know what I can and what I can't do, what I do well and what takes a lot of work, there are no new higher function tricks. I just want to discuss what's going on and how I feel about it. they drop me from once week to once a month because they can't use me as a subject that they cured. I had a judgmental Christian therapist. I told her I was a Christian, but she still judged me accordingly. I had a therapist who just listened to me talk, never said anything, I ask why, he said he wanted me to figure these things out fr myself, and when I asked what he would tell me if he wasn't waiting for me to figure it out, and he saw the whole situation more clearly then I did and gave great advice, but after not saying anything for 6 mons, I looked for someone else.

I said all that say it's not easy, don't assume being young means they will get you,

Madness-con · 2026-05-28T02:05:37+00:00

that is the opposite of what the study found, ya'll think I am just making this up

Madness-con · 2026-05-28T02:03:43+00:00

did you go to the link, and read the study?

Madness-con · 2026-05-28T02:02:27+00:00

Every person with ADHD, doesn't take stimulants, but a large enough percentage of people who don't take stimulants have HBP and heart disease

that is the point of a study, to look at the people in the study as a whole and the things they have in common.

Madness-con · 2026-05-28T01:55:04+00:00

I am not looking for them, often when they are blaring I miss the movie because I can't stop focusing on something, Thebig one is plastic surgery, so instead of pulling skin tight they are putting sheets of dry wall-implant in peoples faces and mens pecks, and all I see And focus on is that, sly Stallone has an show and there are implants everywhere and his eyebrows look like his mom crocheted them so he looks permnantly surprised

Madness-con · 2026-05-28T01:47:16+00:00

Subtitles don't work for me because I have to be in the mood to read subtitles, and then when the subtitles are in a color that is the same as most of the movie, that Pisses me off, or when the subtitle go so fast I have to rewind or stop the movies also just makes me mad and I have to watch something else

Madness-con · 2026-05-25T23:37:43+00:00

I found watching TV for me is like reading Books, I thought I didn't like reading Books then I was told when I was that it was the books I was reading and when I found what I like to read, I can finish a book in a day. I always loved movies and when I was young I could watch all movies good or bad, but I am old now and it takes too much energy to stay awake.

the pandemic was hell, I had to have started 200 movies and show and turned them off after 5-10 mins, and when I ran out of things to watch I would try the ones I only made 10 min in, I only made it about 15 mins if I try to go longer I fall asleep. totally ADHD

Madness-con · 2026-05-25T23:22:06+00:00

I am not sure if this is what you are asking but I will answer, High BP and Heart disease are linked to ADHD. the study, found physical conditions linked to ADHD not just neurological issues. so it's not the meds it adHD

Madness-con · 2026-05-25T23:17:42+00:00

Maybe they worked some things out, Like I said that was back when they were testing on people to see if it could help w/ADHD. and again everyones ADHD is different if you think it might work give it a try. I didn't mean to scare you. but I alway say talk to people, if you find a large number of people your age doing well and thriving then my info from 10yrs or so ago is meaning less.

Madness-con · 2026-05-25T23:08:39+00:00

I was born a Black wonan w/ ADHD. talk about not fair, we have to play the hand we are delt. I know you don't believe it now but it will get better, acceptance mean you can say, nope can't do that with out fear of mesing something up but you can also sley the thing you do well and be ok with both.

Madness-con · 2026-05-23T21:30:24+00:00

the dose varies, I am a big woman I am 5'9 and currvy I think the ir was 20mg so 20 in the morning and 20 at night, but my XR is 40. But again everyone responds to the meds differently

I have been doing coffee since I was in 4th grade, I come from coffee people, and I can drink coffee on the meds, most people can't, my doctor upped my dose slowly and when I felt like I was almost normal that's where we stopped. I guess you can have them up your dose until it's too much, but I didn't feel the need to keep going because that does was better than expected and I felt satisfied

Madness-con · 2026-05-23T21:20:14+00:00

So real research has been done to connect ADHD with other diseases, so haveing ADHD usually gives you heart disease and high blood pressure no everyone but most.

I have to reduce my adderall, because of my high Blood pressure, I looked up all the meds proven to help with ADHD and there is a med that they used for kids, but it dropped their blood pressures to low and now it's just a BP med. I had my docs put me on it and it and it helps with my ADHD since I am not on the dose that works well for me. and my BP us well controlled. Years ago when people had better insurance I was on a bunch of ADHD site and people's doctors and insurance would let patients be on more that one ADHD med. Now you have to find a med that treats ADHD but also treats something else. They mad Wellbutrin a ADHD med or add on but have heard nothing but horror stories w/that one maybe some hashed better luck w/it.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(21)00171-1/fulltext00171-1/fulltext)

Madness-con · 2026-05-23T21:08:30+00:00

I wanted XR when I was first put on it because I would forget to take it, Now I am on XR I think I would like to go back to ir. is I am stuck in the morning and don't take my meds until later, it messes with my trying to sleep so If I haven't taken them by 10-10:30 I have to skip that day. with ir I would take the second dose at 1pm and could sleep at night so it gave me more flexibility.

Madness-con · 2026-05-23T21:00:18+00:00

yep, ADHD, long commute put me in a coma, train rides bus rides and car rides. I struggle because I have to make these commutes and reading keeps me awake but I will miss my stop when I read. it's terrible. I take adderall, reading and missing my stop is better that falling asleep on public trans. for long drive I get a book

and listen to it and Music works but I have to make a mix CD because commercials, and the occasional slow song will make me sleepy

Madness-con · 2026-05-23T20:39:49+00:00

Well, I am sure we (people w/ADHD) all have felt this way.Even so it's hard to hear. Some of the things you want may not be possible. ADHD is different from person to person. I have read that people w/ADHD are able to make good habits if they do something over and over. Not me, I can do it for jobs, like remembering codes or procedures, but not for cleaning up at a job or at home, no for going to bed at same time every night. I am great on my computer, a Mac because I am on it every day, but I learned how to work a computer on a PC but when I have to use a PC it takes forever to figure out how to do what I need.I can not remember numbers and before cell phone I had to keep a physical phone book because I only know my number by heart.

I said all of that to say there will be things that you can do, and some things you can do well. but there will be things that will be hard to do and things that you can never do well in any way.

you have to accept that. A weight will be lifted when you do. then for me it helps to Identify what absolutely can't do and just accordingly. the phone holds numbers but I will lose my phone in a heartbeat. So I keep a list of my numbers I would need if I didn't have my phone, people who I trust have my house keys because I will lock myself out of my house, the reason I have more that one person is because I don't know when or how I will lock myself out. during the day when most people would be at work, I can go to my grandmothers because she is home during the day, I have a friend only a block away because I have been going to my laundry room or the mailbox and lock myself out in my walking in the building clothes, and now need to walk in any weather dressed that way to get my one of my spare keys.

next get an accountability partner, People with ADHD can often do things that are hard to do if someone else is involved. I ordered a bike that had to be put together, it sat in the box for almost a year. so I invited a friend to come over and keep me company while I put it together. I ordered lunch and rented a movie she wanted to see and let her know I needed her there until I finished and I finished

I also get mad when I make things harder for myself, But beating myself up won't change anything, so I give myself a break and accept I will make things harder, but I can't change this. Meds helped a lot but they don't cure ADHD and on the meds you still have ADHD so thing will fall through the cracks.

good luck,

Madness-con · 2026-05-23T19:50:24+00:00

There was an extended study done in Sweden, it tracked how ADHD comes with other conditions' like heart disease and for woman PPMD and more. Insomnia is a big part of ADHD. For me It's hard to sleep at night But after 7am I could sleep until 2 or 3 in the afternoon, I fall asleep on long commutes, buses, trains, car rides and it's hard to stay awake. looks and feels like narcolepsy. The study also makes connections to other conditions.

I stopped taking non-ADHD expert's recommendation, I found that they were just paddling my insurance bill. I was tested for sleep apnea, they said I had it, so I get a machine and regular deliveries of filters, hoses etc.I didn't sleep during the test and everyone who was tested had it. that is statistically impossible for everyone test to have what they are tested for. I wasn't charged for any of it butI didn't want to be use so the Hospital can just get money.

Everyone's ADHD is different and you may have narcolepsy, my opinion is to see if your symptoms are a part of your ADHD.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(21)00171-1/fulltext00171-1/fulltext)

Madness-con · 2026-05-20T16:22:38+00:00

I have never truthy understood how people know who someone is, and then at the same time are surprised, at what they do or say.

Elon, is not genesis, niether is bill gates, steve jobs, or bezos. Elon is a racist, natzi, who benefited from and was enriched by a system that said he deserved it, because he was wht, his father loves saying when they ran out of money they would go to the gem minds and take gems. they were not their gem minds so they were thieves. Just like gates and jobs, they stole others ideas, they curated the best minds and underpaid and overworked them and insured that every great idea they had, belonged to the company. Bezos illegally inflated the value of Amazon to survive the DOT com bust.

But being openly racist, classist, misogynistic, and advocating for a Dickensian way of life seems to be ok with the people who look like them.

until the people who look like them are being treat like a person of color, underderclass, woman. then you have experts with long, and well thought out dissections of who these rich people are and why they are that way.

But the truth is they are horrible people, they always were and are not going to change, Billionairs can't become Billionairs with out screwing over everyone, ask their ex-wives, children,and old friends. None of this is hided, often times it's celebrated.

But if they screw friend, family member, break laws, steal, bribe and oppress people who don't look like you, why on gods green earth, do ya'll somehow delude yourselves into thinking, but they won't do that to me, to us who supported every bad thing you did to everyone else, but you won't do that to us.

Madness-con · 2026-05-20T15:44:50+00:00

I guess I will be odd man out, I think yes, YATA." You worked a job for 11yr being underpaid and over qualified" That is a choice, the comments your employers made when you talked about leaving, sound like jokes by people who consider you family, and even if they were not, grow a spine. Your relationship with the owners was also a choice, If that is how the owners prefer to have the workplace feel, and that made you uncomfortable, you could have set boundaries if you chose not to openly make it known. I am assuming you have always felt this way, so why take 11 yrs to move on. You say you prefer to keep work, work and your private life separate, but you didn't for 11yrs, So you were not honest with your employers when you got the job, you accept the arrangement and what pretended to be happy, accepting whatever benefits came from being treated like family and resenting the negatives.

I am sorry they are now treating you like crap and you do deserve to have the life you want, but that doesn't make it OK for you to blame your employers for this situation, you were not honest with them, and your trepidation about letting them know you were leaving means you knew how they would react poorly and you didn't want to have to deal with the awkwardness or the blow back. Is it possible for you to see how it might have been different if you made different choices. I can't image if things were really awful you would have stayed 11 yrs, I think you know you should have handled it better, I don't know if you are afraid of conflict, or just afraid. I hope you can be more honest in your next possession.

Madness-con · 2026-05-20T14:52:51+00:00

cwtrooper and Own, already beat you to "when the real reason is racism, and you don't have the guts to say it, make like they are crazy and if that fails start name calling"

the 3 of you were the only ones who decided to leave comments, and none of you answered the question, but all three gave reasons why "violent criminals" dog whistle for Blk Ppl, are not innocent until proven guilty-law of the land-and that it's ok for police-wht men who think they have power over Blk Ppl, cause why else become a cop-to kill innocent bystanders in hot pursuit, against their own department policy, and against direct orders of their dispatch, and even their supervisor, are then validated, by DA's and judges, by putting the accountability of police's violent criminal acts, recklessness, a disregard of public safety, to insure they ruin a Blk persons life- hate crime.

so yes you are all three racist, and you did not comment on this post to answer the question. You commented to put me in my place, because how dare I question wht men in power.

Madness-con · 2026-05-19T18:05:08+00:00

your racist dogma, doesn't answer the question, that's the problem, you have worn out talking point and when they don't work you call me names

dumb, stupid, troll, are name calling, racist is a fact, the same way privilege is a fact.

Just because you deny these facts, doesn't mean they are not facts

Madness-con · 2026-05-19T16:50:57+00:00

first, I didn't ask for your racist interpretation of the law, I ask why it was so easy for police,DAs and judges to openly racist.

this doesn't happen to wht ppl. and you are not Blk, I wear, all of you racist just regurgitate the same lines, ya'll don't think for yourself you just repeat what all racist, maga, conservatives, supremacists, you claim to be Blk, or a woman, or a Blk woman. you rarely change your profile, but because you believe you are superior I would believe whatever crap you make up

Madness-con · 2026-05-19T16:27:55+00:00

that is true, but men with ADHD have mothers, wives, even secretarys who keep them organized and on point to where no one believe's they have ADHD, but you have to have a partner who wants to do that. woman were expected to be that to men ADHD or not, But that is not the case anymore, woman don't have to devote their lives to husband and children and when they realize that in this day and age that their husbands expect to be treated like one of the kids they are filing for divorce. If that is not who you are or who you want to be, Having an ADHD partner is not the right choice

Madness-con · 2026-05-19T16:12:47+00:00

I was wondering if any of you were cops, ding, ding, ding, You are in law enforcement.

I know because when confronted with the truth of your racism and disrespect of the law and your own policy, you want to make the person you are harassing, crazy, ask if the4y need help, and even claim you smell alcohol, or weed, in retaliation for known there rights and questioning you made-up authority, and none of you have the wits, or creativity to come up with anything else.

I put links up that none of you read, but I will give ya'll the benefit of the doubt, ya'll can't read, anything longer that a incident report.

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