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Mental Health Information

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hamsterjill

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Sun Nov 6, 2022, 07:22 PM Nov 2022

Anyone here have any insight into adult ADHD? [View all]

We currently have a family member (by marriage) who has struggled with ADHD most of his life, but has recently been having (for lack of a better word) mental health breaks where he is completely out of character. He was aggressive to another family member at one point and that is highly unusual.

He has recently had some life altering stressful events and he we believe he may have had a medication interaction. We are not sure.

He has been seeing a therapist for about six months but the therapist is not helping.

Anyone with any insight? We believe he needs first a good medical doctor who can figure out the root causes, and then a good therapist. But we don’t have any experience with anything like this in our family. How do we go about finding the best care for him?

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Sometimes I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2022 #1
Thank you so much, Panther. hamsterjill Nov 2022 #4
I have experience with it, in my family and probably myself too. Wingus Dingus Nov 2022 #2
That's what we are thinking. hamsterjill Nov 2022 #3
Find a good psychiatrist. multigraincracker Nov 2022 #5
Thank you! hamsterjill Nov 2022 #6
I have a dx of bipolar and a suspicion of comorbid ADHD. They can look alike at times. GPV Nov 2022 #7
Thank you. hamsterjill Nov 2022 #8
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