Boyfriend takes ADHD medicine and having alot of home problems.. help?!
Question: Boyfriend takes ADHD medicine and having alot of home problems.. help?
When he takes his medicine he's super quiet and doesn't talk to me much and all anti- social and I hate it. But when he doesn't take it, He's the fun amazing, perfect guy that I fell in love with.
I don't know how to deal with these sudden changes and mood swings. I feel like there's multiple personalities and Im only in love with one of them, you know?
It's like there's 2 different people and I could never ask him to stop taking his medication because it would effect his school work and everything but the side effects are like.. drastic. I mean he's gets depressed, he starts thinking all these horrible thoughts, and over- analyzing everything, and he stops eating, and all he wants to do is be alone and I just don't know how to deal with it, so I'm coming to you guys as a community to really help me work this out.
We'ev been together for quite a few months now, and don't suggest breaking up with him, because I could never do that-
but I just.. I need an answer to what I'm supposed to do. He's just so fun and sweet when he doesn' take it, and when he does it's like he's a whole other person that I barely even know, so if you guys have ever been through this, or if as an outsider, you could give me some advice, it;d be greatly appreciated.
Thank you so much!
-V
Answers:
The stimulant medication can cause depression and social isolation in some people. It sounds as thought the dose that he is on is too strong. Sometimes it helps to lower the dose. If he is not exercising, he should be. If he is not taking a multi-vitamin, he should be. Specifically zinc and magnesium may help.
Sometimes switching from an Adderall medicine to a Ritalin medicine or vice versa helps as in some people the methylphenidate family of stimulants causes depression but the amphetamine family does not.
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if the medicine is making him someone he's not, then it's not working right. he needs to be taken off it.
Ehh.. I'm a firm believer in natural medication IE, MARIJUANA. It'll calm him down without any side effects ofther then, saying "duuuuuude," laughing, eating, sleeping, and happiness. Only known side effects are hungry, happy, & sleepy. But even then, it is a state of mind. If yo uare high and you think to yourself "Someone is after me" and believe what yer thinking then you can feel paranoia. Which isn't a side effect seeing as it is simple a state of mind.
Marijuana smoker of 10 years