WildDreamer

I am 31 and new at this, so bear with me. I first showed the signs of ADD when I was in the 5th grade. My parents and teachers thought it might help if they sent me to a 'shrink'. For 3 years I was sent to psychatrists, and school counselers, but none of them helped. Finally my parents took me to a doctor.

He diagnosed me with ADD. He proscribed dexatrin, and it worked great. It helped me to concentrate, but it also made me less hungry and I began to lose weight. Despite the side effect, my parents kept me on it for 3 years. After that time, my ADD seem to go away. In the past ten years, I've tried to find a job. But my ADD made it difficult. In the fall of 92' my uncle started his own maintainance business, and asked if I would like to help him. I agreed, and have worked with him ever since. In August 1997, on the advice of my mother, I went to see a popular doctor, who worked almost next door to my previous doctor.

He put me on Desipramine. After a couple of days, I started showing signs of improvment. I suddenly had more energy, and was able to concentrate even more than I had when I was on Dexatrin. After about a year, the effects started to wear down. So the doctor suggested that I increase the dosage. Slowly, day by day I increased my dosage by 25mg, on the advice of my doctor. After 2 days I showed signifigant improvment, and I now take 200mg a day. I've been taking Desipramine for over 3 years now, and it seems to be working. I'd like to know if anyone else is taking Desipramine, and if it's working for them. I'd sure like to know I'm not the only one!

Thanks!