ADDERALL 10 Reviews (AMPHETAMINE ASPARTATE; AMPHETAMINE SULFATE; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE SACCHARATE; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE SULFATE)Average Rating: 3.6 (842 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ADDERALL 10 with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ADDERALL 10 | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | ADD, DEPRESSION, SOCIAL ANXIETY | Dry mouth, urinary hesitation, increased blood pressure, decreased appetite | Adderall gave me my life back. I had tried a few anti-depressants, but they did not help much, so my psychologist suggested ritalin, then finally adderall. From the initial dose i instantly felt better. I was able to focus again, i regained interest in friends and activities, and once again excelled in school and work. Another effect was that i was eating less, but im not sure how much of that is from the side effect, and how much was me eating out of depression/boredom. I take a slightly higher dose than recommended, but only because my days are usually 15 hours long, since adderall only lasts a few hours ( unless you take extended release) my doctor and i decided on a 3 times a day schedule with the lowest effective dose. | M | 28 | 2 years 25 3X day | 7/26/2015 | 3 | For concentration and fatigue. | Anxiety, Shortness of breath, OCD, Rapid heart rate, Dry Mouth, Decrease in appetite, Headaches, Extreme concentration, Overly excited feeling, Mild depression, Restlessness, Chills, Increased positivity | I have mixed feelings about Adderall. I got prescribed 20 mg twice a day for concentration and fatigue. I take one every morning before work (around 6:30) and one late in the morning or afternoon (10-12). This medicine works great for me during the day. It puts me in a great mood, makes me very social, and makes me want to keep busy and work hard. I'm typically easily annoyed, unmotivated, and always very tired with no energy which makes it very difficult to do daily tasks. I would always feel like my head was in a cloud, I was in a daze and could not pay attention to anything or anyone. Adderall completely reverses all of those negative qualities and makes my life much easier. However, that "up" feeling eventually goes away and I do experience a lot of side effects. During the day I usually get dry mouth, extreme decrease in appetite (went 3 days without eating at one point and didn't even realize it), and sometimes chills. I usually start feeling the crash part of this medication around 6 PM. I basically start becoming the same unmotivated person I was before I took it, but also start experiencing shortness of breath and rapid heartbeat due to anxiety, restlessness, pounding headaches and a little depression. I've tried lowering my dose and only taking one a day, or one and a half, but all that does is make the "up" wear off faster and causes me to crash earlier. I kept trying to tell myself that the positive effects outweigh the bad ones, because it rea | F | 20 | 3 weeks 20 mg (x2) | 6/3/2015 | 4 | ADD | Slight headaches at first, dry mouth, weight loss. | I am very pleased with how this medication has helped. I am able to focus a lot better on many things now. It's slows me down enough to where I can read something and understand what I read. Makes me in a better mood. It also has helped me to be able to sleep at night. I had a big problem with not sleeping before I started this medication. | F | 35 | 6 months 15mg | 5/25/2015 | 2 | ADD,Depression, GAD | Seems to help for a few days, though zombie-like, then the nerves come back in. I seem to feel anxious and or very uninterested. I tried titrating up and was definitely OCD and stressed. Definitely very very moody, and unusually mean when I crash at night. Not happy.Tried other alternatives, they don't work very similar. Will stick with coffee and Mucan Puriens, (along with my other meds). | F | 44 | 1 years 3 - 5mg 1X day | 5/5/2015 Patient History | 1 | ADD | Decreased interest in anything, anxiety, depression, complete loss of appetite, anger, zombified state, nausea | When I was taking Adderall, I had absolutely no emotions whatsoever. I was incredibly apathetic which was very unusual for me considering I usually have such extreme emotions. No one liked to be around me because I was no fun and angry and depressed most of the time. I was absolutely miserable on Adderall and I do not reccommend it for people with strong personalities because it will suck all of the fun and personality right out of you. I lost a lot of weight, but gained even more after I stopped it. | F | 17 | 6 years | 5/2/2015 | 2 | ADHD | - Runny then stuffy nose - Clenched jaw and hands - Weak muscles, woozie (later on) -Joint numbness - Dry mouth - Zombie-like mood - Temporary loss of hearing (one ear) - hyperthyroidism - inappropriate conversation (cant stop) / cant join group/have fun - increased infections (UTIS) - Rashy, red, blotches on chest and face - Chills/hot flashes - Flaky, patchy skin!!! - Lack of sleep ... early aging - constipation (after i stop taking medication for a day or two) | I loved how easily my online algebra course came to me the first time a friend gave me one - it was fun, i was getting it - so I sought a prescription. English major papers were hard, a history of diet and exercise addictions, depression/anxiety. My boyfriend was going to jail and "I couldnt focus". I cheated the mailed portion of the three part test but passed. shortly after i experienced mono/strep throat systems that were impossible to diagnosis and treat. I missed important work meetings and classes but grew new friends as a confident, skinny skinny, A student, promising scholar and was able to bounce back. I easily attracted the men of my dreams and spoke confidently at first - normally shy in large social settings. I was promoted at the Writing Center and took on research that didnt allow me to make my friends birthday party or back home for the holidays. Before I envied my sisters prescription as she counted to 90 - why need to count I thought - with so many, there was no need ... I could make 8 last me months. I would savor them for finals week or a big paper... but then i started taking more and on long days and found myself out earlier than anticipated. i managed work days with off days but i knew i was in trouble my senior year of college (not even prescribed for a year) when I was looking for outside sources in order to have the energy to enjoy the bar or what ever. I told myself it was summer, I could indulge before getting back on track in the fall bu | F | 23 | 2.5 years 15 MG 3X day | 4/19/2015 | 1 | Adhd | Ruined my face. Started growing facial hair! Heard and felt eyes Pop into my head! Sunken eyes. Eyes swollen and itch. Aged 20 yrs! | Took for 10 days. Went of it and still suffering side effects! Eyes stil sunken swollen itchy. What do I do? These people need to be sued. | F | 54 | 10 days 15 | 4/9/2015 | 4 | Treatment-resistant depression | First few weeks: agitation, restlessness, decreased appetite, slight weight loss, sweating, rapid heartbeat. Depression lifted! Suicidal thoughts disappeared. Four months later: all side effects disappeared. No longer feel as "up" as I did the first few months. This must be why they don't use Adderall for depression unless it's an emergency. The antidepressant effects don't last unless you keep increasing the dosage. | I'm glad it helped lift me out of depression. Wish it was a permanent cure. | F | 24 | 4 months 30 mg | 3/22/2015 | 1 | Add | Raynaud's phenomenon, swelling of ankles. | I wish I had never taken it. | M | 34 | 5 weeks 15 | 3/21/2015 | 5 | ADHD (hyperactive-impulsive type) | Appetite reduction, evening fatigue, dry mouth | A few reviewers have stated that nobody should ever take Adderall. I'd like to offer a counterpoint: specifically, that it really depends on your individual biochemistry. My best friend also has ADHD (his symptoms skew much more towards the "inattentive" subset), and the way he feels *with* Adderall is very like the way I feel *without* it. For me, Adderall is a godsend. I am now able to sit down and focus long enough to get things done (coursework, the dreaded reconciling-of-the-checking-account, bill-paying, etc.). I am less impulsive and less hyperkinetic. I can easily make plans and execute them. Returning to a task after an interruption takes much, much less time. These are huge, huge things for me. There *are* side-effects: my appetite is definitely reduced. I manage this by eating before, between, and after my doses. I feel quite fatigued by bedtime. For me, this is a plus -- I have had serious insomnia for my entire life; the fatigue allows me to sleep. I had dry mouth and constipation for a few days, but those resolved quickly. If your doc prescribes Adderall, don't let the bad reviews scare you off without a trial. Remember that people are more likely to report bad experiences than good ones. There are plenty of us out there for whom Adderall makes the difference between barely functioning (if that) and brilliantly succeeding. | M | 27 | 21 days 10mg 2X day | 3/20/2015 | 1 | ADHD | Headaches, anger, frustration, disconnectedness | M | 42 | 4 months 15 mg 2X day | 3/19/2015 | 5 | adhd | F | 20 | 1 years 20 mg 1X day | 3/6/2015 | 1 | adhd | Anxiety Trouble breathing Numbness Not eating Anger | I took adderall for 4 days Day 1 it only worked for four hours and was supposed to work for 8 hours Day2 I took one in the morning and it didn't work started feeling a little anxiety Day 3 took one in the morning didn't feel it took one in the afternoon 5 hours after the first one felt really bad anxiety to the point of a panic attack couldn't breath it felt like my body went in to total freak out mode felt like I was attached to puppet strings and had no control almost went to emergency room Day 4 took one in the afternoon all I felt was anxiety and trouble breathing realized I had only eaten 800 calories the past 3 days Day 5 couldn't sit still in class really bad anxiety temper out of control I almost hit my sister felt the urge to run felt trapped and lost tried to eat something and almost threw up flushed the rest down the toilet Now that I'm off my adhd symptoms are worse than ever temper still out of control and still hard to eat I have been off of it for three days now.....I'm really scared to try other adhd medicines | M | 5 days 20mg | 2/19/2015 | 1 | Chronic Fatigue | Depression, chronic fatigue, teeth grinding, crying spells, loss of personality, loss in interests, weight gain when you stop taking it | I'm pretty sure this medication is the worst thing that has ever happened to me. NO ONE should take this stuff. It will make you nuts. Before I started taking Adderal 20mg 2x a day, I was a vibrant, happy go lucky chick. I started taking it because of chronic day sleepiness associated with a sleep disorder. But honestly my life was much better before I ever took this stupid medicine. Now mind you, I've never taken more then prescribed... If anything, I'd take less the prescribed because then I'd get my refills every other month instead of every month. Pretty much when one starts taking Adderall you feel great! Lots of energy, lots of interest in doing every mundane thing you've never wanted to do... And you do it happily! Great concentration and focus on everything you do. Plus, you really start doing things to the BEST of your ability (cleaning, organizing, laundry, cooking etc) so you feel like you've hit the jackpot. Until you start getting depressed like I did. I was taking adderal for 1 year when I noticed that I had to set my adderal right next to me on my nightstand so I could take it as soon as my alarm went off, otherwise I would not be able to get myself out of bed. Shortly after, I found myself not being able to do anything if I had forgotten to take my medication or something. But t really hit me when I went on vacation and forgot my meds. It was one week of hell on earth. I wanted to do nothing but sleep day and night. I had to lie to my friends and say th | F | 32 | 6 years 20mg | 2/17/2015 | 1 | ADHD | Feeling euphoric while the drug was working and feeling the opposite during the "comedown" | Worst medication I ever took. Worked my way up to that dose. Ended up ruining part of my life. Came off cold turkey and was sleepy for months... Maybe 5 months. I still want to take it but know I never can again. Now I live with uncontrolled ADHD | F | 27 | 18 months 30 3X day | 1/8/2015 | 4 | adult adhd/tbi | agitation, anxious after non restful night sleep. Lack of proper sleep associate with side effects when it not the meds | F | 45 | 10 days 5 | 1/6/2015 | 5 | To focus | Excessive sweating, staying up all night if taken too late in day, weight loss due to decreased appetite, muscle stiffness and pain, dry mouth, moody when the drug wears off. | I took Adderall for 2 and a half years. It was one of my favorite meds. I was in college and it gave me amazing focus and straight As. Unfortunately, I have Glaucoma and this med worsens it due to raising pressure in the eyes. It can also cause other eye problems, just an FYI. This med made me care about schoolwork, I had extreme focus. I'm just at a point in life now where I don't want to rely on meds. I believe diet changes and exercise are the way to go. | F | 24 | 2.5 years 15 1X day | 12/28/2014 | 1 | focus, weight loss | Shallow breathing (can't quite catch my breath, which leads to yawning, which -due to the anxiety, I can't get the yawn all the way out! Makes me more and more anxious, and my breathing more irregular!) Excessive swallowing (also feels like there's build up in my throat that is interfering with my breathing which ALSO causes anxiety) has anyone else heard of this?? Sometimes I have an overly outgoing personality (can't stop talking, over-explaining, dragging out my sentences. Just annoyingly talkative.), Either that, or I have a flat personality, irritability (from anxiety when ppl ask me too many questions, or talk too much, or won't let me focus on tasks, interrupt, etc.) productive even with things I hate to do (and would not do if it wasn't for the damn pill), OCD, Lack of time management - which causes me to zone out on details, wasting too much energy and time on something insignificant, insomnia, spacing out, distant in social settings, memory loss, lack of enjoyment in things I used to do when I am not on it, increased dosage due to easy & quick tolerance build up. Flu-like symptoms, cold sweats (funny odor), FEVER!!!, heart racing or skipping beats, loss of appetite, blurred vision, increased bowel movements, dry mouth, lack of thirst. Overall, it helped me focus the first couple of weeks, & I DEFINITELY enjoyed my slimmer figure due to the loss of desire to eat anything, however it QUICKLY backfired with dizziness, headaches, and weakness the second I crashed | And "Focus" turned into OCD and anxiety. These are obviously easy to abuse and NOT worth. It's clearly unhealthy and hard on my body. I'm just shocked at how fast a good thing turned so bad. | F | 25 | 1 years 60-90 MG | 11/30/2014 | 2 | Concentration, Focus, Depression | Dry mouth, extreme headache on day 2 but now no headaches, lump in my chest/stomach, increased appetite, energy crash after about 4 hours. | I'm in my late 30's. I have a very mentally challenging job, with many small details to manage over the course of a month. Been slowly letting projects uncompleted, just too much to focus on. Getting this drug prescribed was a long time in the making. I had to go to three different psychiatrists for them to finally make the connection in my behaviour. I've been taking it about a week now, haven't really noticed too much of a change with my ability to focus and stay on topic. I've had depression for about 3 years. Also take 400mg Bupropion daily. I will try this for another 3 weeks, and talk with the doc, about maybe upping the daily dose. I'm hoping that this drug and its dependency will mellow out over time. About 4 hours after taking it, I crash hard and feel somber, and tired. It's not like a caffeine crash, its different. | M | 7 days 10mg 1X day | 11/18/2014 | 5 | ADHD | should only be taken in the morning or else you won't sleep. Become more social I feel the need to talk to everyone in the world. Dehydration is common so drink lots of water. Should only be taken by prescribed patients | Adderall has indefinitely helped me concentrate. My grades have improved and I can actually sit through class and be involved, rather than screw around and have no idea what's happening | M | 24 | 6 years 25mg | 11/12/2014 |