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ADD/ADHD

dahfonz

(3 posts)

8. Saying no to pills

Reply to Phentex (Original post)

Mon Mar 17, 2014, 07:02 PM

Mar 2014

Have been dealing with ADD since I was a youngster. I do my best to avoid pills of any kind.

I was using pills for 3 years and was sick of not being able to think without the medication...

Not letting the pills destroy my ability to think independently

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Welcome to the ADD/ADHD group!... [View all] Phentex Mar 2014 OP

Congratulations on this new group! hrmjustin Mar 2014 #1

Thanks! Phentex Mar 2014 #4

Thank you for suggesting and starting this group. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #2

Thanks but meow2u3 deserves the credit... Phentex Mar 2014 #3

Drop me a line if my New Jersey health blog can be of any assistance rocktivity Mar 2014 #5

Thanks, I've had ADHD as a kid and am now 68 upaloopa Mar 2014 #6

That's my mom's story. LWolf Mar 2014 #12

Congratulations on new group Gothmog Mar 2014 #7

Saying no to pills dahfonz Mar 2014 #8

Did the medication help you focus? Blue_Roses Mar 2014 #10

I'm in the no pills camp as well DavidG_WI Sep 2014 #17

this is great! Blue_Roses Mar 2014 #9

Awesome! I was just diagnosed... slor Mar 2014 #11

I wish I had gotten help as a child... Phentex Mar 2014 #13

UGH struggling to accept the fact I never got the help as a child. trublu992 Jun 2014 #15

because I did well in spite of the struggle and Phentex Jun 2014 #16

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