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Adult ADHD: Anyone have experience?
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Functional Medicine? I am not familiar with that specialty. I will have to look into that.
In terms of blood work, most of my levels are normal. Some months ago I had abnormal results for iron and ferritin. Both were low. My doctor diagnosed me as having Iron Deficiency Anemia and put me on an iron supplement. Sometime in September, I will have more blood work to test my iron and ferritin levels again. Hopefully the iron supplement has brought up my levels to normal. If not, then maybe my doctor will increase the iron from once a day to twice a day. It is possible the cause is due to the gastric bypass surgery I had in 2018, however the iron and ferritin levels being low came on all of a sudden. Previous blood work showed normal levels. So, why would iron and ferritin numbers suddenly drop? I would like to know the cause of Iron Deficiency Anemia.
The struggle with depression is an every day thing. Since at least January 2026. Emotionally, I am mostly flat or numb. I do feel anger at times. And I definitely am annoyed or irritated easily and those feelings are more often than straight up anger. Part of the annoyance or irritation may be due to weaning/tapering off of Abilify.
I am going to ask for or suggest adding Vraylar to my prescriber in 2 days (Monday). It will require decreasing or discontinuing some of the medications I am on currently. I feel like I am on a shit ton of psychotropics.
Zoloft, Vyvanse, BuSpar, Trazodone, Hydroxyzine.
Thankfully during this MDD episode I have not had the suicidal thoughts or urges. And I was only homicidal once...when I could not take the damn vacuum apart. I about launched that vacuum into orbit. I was totally yelling and cussing at it like it was a person. Looking back, I kind of find it humorous. The rage was completely out of character for me.
Anyway, another rambling post...
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Interesting. I’m not sure what causes low iron, but several of the girls in our family have it. Daughter recently, though she experienced severe blood loss-long story. But is recovering. Daughter in law-maybe it’s the surgery. Granddaughter -one of them for sure, but she takes liquid iron daily,.. so very much want to support them as well. Multiple medications and of course different people and conditions dealt with should make solutions individualized. There should not be a one sized fits all for everyone, unfortunately!
So I looked up what “functional,” medicine is and where I checked in with a different doctor in hopes of getting to the bottom of some of what seems off in myself. I am pasting what they claim as it’s much of what I am seeking and attempting to work through.
What is it?
“a direct-pay functional and holistic medicine clinic.
History and Leadership
* Led by Dr. who brings over 30 years of medical experience spanning critical care, cardiology, and regenerative medicine.
* Operates as a direct-pay facility that bypasses Medicare and commercial insurance to provide highly individualized care.
Focuses on identifying and treating root causes of complex, chronic conditions rather than just masking symptoms.
Core clinical targets include gut health, thyroid disorders, autoimmune diseases, chronic inflammation, hormone imbalances, and cellular recovery. “
I have found the main point to get to the “root cause,” of an issue. So for example in general it’s easy to pacify a person by saying take two aspirin and call me in the morning, when complaining about a problem, versus investigating deeper-why are you always having this problem??? Granted that’s an over generalized and simple answer, but you likely get the point. If your levels are low in something taking a supplement or drug may help, of course, but before that (if or whenever possible) trying to figure out just why this level is so off??? I’m not a fan of throwing a drug or anything at an issue without understanding why. And also would like to attempt more natural ways of dealing with say blood pressure, blood sugar, &/or others.
I hope this makes sense!