Hi, Llama ~ I am sorry that you are having such difficulties. I have two daughters with BP/ADD and it is my concern of what would happen if the ADD were treated particularly since we just seemed to get my younger daughter stabilized. Her pdoc recommends not treating the ADD because if doesn't seem to be causing her any problems in terms of grades. But she does complain about the same things as you. My older daughter just recently was diagnosed. She started on Lamictal and still has a ways to go but the pdoc thinks that her ADD is quite significant as compared to my other daughter and is going to see how she does once she is on a therapeutic dose of the Lamictal and them perhaps start her on the Daytrana patch which slowly releases.
How are your grades otherwise??? If this is all interfering with your overall confidence it might be worth it to try an ADD med with your doctor's close supervision.
With your problems with hypomania I would definitely worry about induced mania with a stimulant. An extended release med would probably work out best so that you aren't just loaded up with a rush of the med which would probably be more apt to trigger a mania. The patch might be a good choice but either way I would recommend that you start slowly and have a close monitoring of your response to the addition of an ADD med.
Keep us posted with how things go.
((((HUGS)))) ~ Goody
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