I Must be OK
It’s not hard to see my major blogging trend – if things are bad, I’m blogging. I haven’t blogged since August so things must be going well.
I think I’ve tweaked the beta-blocker dosage to the point it is working effectively. I’m now getting the benefit of Concerta I remember before without the heart palpitations. Of course, I am not superman and I continue to procrastinate, forget things, etc but at least I am getting more done than off meds.
I also decided to undergo neuropsychology testing to confirm the ADHD diagnosis and see what else might be messing with me. That’s less than 2 weeks away now. I’m looking forward to it. (I’m also curious as to why I’m allowed to take Concerta the day of. How can that not mess with the results??)
I should be back to report on the testing, unless my world falls apart before then.
Jay, I think I may the answer to why your allowed to take Concerta while undergoing a Neuropsych. evaluation. I had an all day N.E. myself on 11/19/2007(or that’s the date on the 18 pages of results and recommendations given to the Neuro. who is my M.S Dr.). At that time I had no idea what was wrong me mentally or why, other than assuming the M.S. brain lesions had damaged my brain. I didn’t start taking my ADHD meds(ADDERAL 20XR) until after the N.E., because the results of it is why I was prescribed ADHD meds.
I think the reason they want you to take your meds that day, is to see how Concerta is working for you,or if it would be of help to adjust the dose or try a different med. It was recommended that I do a follow up evaluation 18-24 months later. Well I didn’t and still haven’t(I probably should, but…). I am sure they would want me take my ADDERAL the day of this follow up evaluation, to see the difference(if any). Does this make sense to you? It just seems logical to me. I hope I have been some help to you with this comment Jay.
That does make sense, Scott. Thanks for the reply.
I guess I was thinking that the point is to confirm the ADHD diagnosis and the meds would mask the effects. Thinking about is some more, the meds certainly don’t address every symptom, so I suppose they’ll be able to diagnose it anyway.