Wellbutrin has been shown to be just as effective as Ritalin in
increasing impulse control, concentration, and especially helpful in
the mood swings very common in ADHD


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From:           "Janet Cook" <4cooks@email.msn.com>
To:             Multiple recipients of list
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Subject:        Re: Its not learning style, its biology
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>
> Although lots of people with ADHD are clinically depressed (wouldn't you
be
> with all the attendant frustration that goes with it) in several
> clinical trials, Wellbutrin has been shown to be just as effective as
> Ritalin in increasing impulse control, concentration, and especially
> helpful in the mood swings very common in ADHD.  Most adults are given
> anti-depressants rather than stimulants (basically they do the same
> thing--increase the amount of available neurotransmitter, either
> serotonin or dopamine, depending on the drug) and many doctors are
> switching to them because they don't have the short acting up and down
> effect the stimulants do.  They
are
> much smoother.  Some people take both.  We just take Wellbutrin  now and
it
> works wonderfully.   janet
>
> Another thing to watch out for is just the boredom of gifted kids
> causing acting out in the classroom.  That's why it's important that the
> ADHD be causing problems in more than one part of the person's
> life--home and
school
> or work and home or whatever.   You really get trouble when you have a
> highly gifted, ADHD kid--mine!  AHHHH!!!
>
> Janet K. Cook--on our way to Japan
> Trying to keep up with Danielle and Marie
>
>
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