Anyone else bored around people?

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Thanks, yeah I'm from the UK. Your GP will probably not prescribe you ritalin without an ADHD diagnosis from a specialist. It actually isn't even licensed in the UK for treating ADHD in adults, but they can still prescribe it if you give them enough reasons to. Pisses me off how far behind the NHS is with MH.

I'm in the uk and am prescribed meds for adhd.

small talk is horrible

e.g. how was your day? How are you?

It feels like the other person is just looking to be entertained or something

Sounds like me.

I've recently been reassigned to a different MH team and the first time I've had a female support worker. I started to quite fancy her the first few weeks then like last week I was a bit off with her because I caught her lying about being on holiday when she wasn't when we were meant to have an appointment. Anyway she is a nice person I just got confused why she lied. I saw her today and we had a much better day out.

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Really, how do they help you and what meds have you tried?

I do have a pretty open-minded GP when it comes to prescribing meds: thinks he just likes prescribing stuff, tbh. But yeah, Ritalin may be a step too far even for him... >_<.

To be honest, I'd just like to do a test trial. I'd like to do a part-time course once I've left home and am settled in my own flat, but at the moment I'm not sure I could concentrate for long enough to complete the assignments.



Did you ask her why she lied? I've had people cancel appointments on me before, but I've never caught anyone out lying. I don't think I would know about it even if they did lie. Mind, my mum tells white lies constantly; she cancelled an appointment for me on Monday. I would've told the truth as to why I couldn't make it, but she made up some pointless lie about me having an urgent hospital appointment.

I use Equasym xl 40mg and I used to have 10mg Ritalin as well but I don't have the Ritalin anymore.

The equasym helps me focus throughout the day because it's a modified release stimulant. But the main thing for me is, it helps me function as an adult.

When I don't take it everything goes west.

I've been taking it for a number of years now.

I see an adhd specialist psychiatrist twice a year and it's him who prescribes it for me.

No, I didn't bother asking her.

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Nice

Where you diagnosed with ADHD as an adult babybird?

I got diagnose about ten years ago, at the same time as I got diagnosed with aspergers.

I have got a history of behavioural problems that go back to childhood.

Thanks babybird. Yeah, looking forward to see what they have to offer. Would be nice to have some thingy release meds so I don't feel any "come down" effects.

WELL SAID!! !! !

I don't particular like either bond. The two seem to negate one another.

I think Sartre's 'Hell is other people' (or whichever translation you prefer) should be rewritten as 'Hell is the wrong kind of people'.

People are the solution - and the problem.

Being bullied at school is due to other people. However, getting water through my taps and being able to turn the lights on is due to other people. As is using the internet via a laptop to communicate on a forum such as this.

To answer the question 'do you get bored around people?' - the answer is yes, dependent on the person, environment, subject of conversation etc etc - there are lots of variables that make, for me, giving an answer such as 'yes' or 'no' difficult.

In general though, yes: i'd rather be on my own than in company, one of the reasons being a tendency to easily become bored.