Drug Ratings for CONCERTAAverage Rating: 3.3 (755 Ratings)
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| 4 | ADHD/Adult ADD | Headache, and quite frankly nothing else. | I was diagnosed with ADD when I was 13 years old, however my mother was unable to pay for the medication and thus I didn't get it. However being an adult and earning a paycheck I had revisited this @ 34 YO. Being re-diagnosed again, my Dr. Said I qualified for Concerta as a result of living a particular lifesyle. This included 0 Drugs or Alcohol (Clean & Sober for 10+ Years) Very physycally active, and did not consume Caffeine. I have been using Concerta for 2 years now with absolutely amazing results. Focus on mentally tuff tasks, project follow through, commitment to work. But also mood issues I faced, like mood swings, genrally dissagreable attitidue, and argumentative. Those defects went away (or were reduced significantly) on Concerta. I had started @ 18mg and worked up to 72mg where I currently am. NOTE: I have just booked a consult with my Dr to either adjust my dose, or find an alternative, as I do believe my tolerance has build up very high, and my current 72mg dose is no longer performing past 2:00 Daily. Other then that, it changed my life. No joke. | M | 36 | 2 years 72Mg Daily 2X D | 5/3/2017 | 3 | ADD | It started well but after like 2 weeks I noticed severe abdominal pains and cramps, Irritability, a crash around 12pm after taking at 7 am and what seems to be a sinus infection/very runny nose. I need something for my ADD so I can't stop taking it but the side effects are dreadful. If you experienced this or know of something that may work better | F | 17 | 2 months 18 | 4/17/2017 | 4 | post graduate student and ADHD | I have had headaches but they go away on their own. I have also experienced appitite loss but it did subside after a week of consecutive Concerta usage | It is a great drug if used corectly. I dont see it as a once off drug to be taken mid exams, it should be used consistently | F | 23 | 1 years 54 | 3/12/2017 | 1 | ADHD | FEEL ROBOTIC. FEEL SO SO SO DEPRESSED. CANT EVEN FOCUS ON STUDYING. insomnia. such bad anxiety. feel like i cant socialize with anyone and feel awkward even ordering food. i am not happy | this pill sucks. seriously losing hope any adhd medicine will ever work for me. went off adderall for this because i didnt like the side effects but at least i could focus on adderall so evidently i need go back. | F | 22 | 12 days 36 2X D | 3/5/2017 | 4 | ADHD | Good | Good | M | 42 | 6 months 36 2X D | 2/28/2017 | 1 | ADHD | My son who is now 14 has been taking this since he was 5 yrs old. He started experiencing racing heartbeat, very rapid weight gain and extreme hunger, severe insomnia, agitation, withdrawn, anxiety, swollen face | My son is not acting like my son anymore. He was a very cute 5 year old and now has swollen face, etc. and weighs 210 lbs. of which was gained rapidly over the past year. He is now 14 yrs. old. He is starting to exhibit strange behaviors like being extremely withdrawn, becoming very agitated, only wears certain things and only those things, won't get his hair cut because he can't stand the little hairs touching his face, constantly looking in the mirror thinking there is something in his eyes, rapid heartbeat, | M | 14 | 9 years 36 MG 1X D | 2/28/2017 | 4 | ADHD - hyperactivity/focus problems | hyperhidrosis, weight loss, decreased appetite, prominent anxiety, slightly blurry vision, mood swings, depression, insomnia, anti-social, feeling robotic, dry mouth, irritability, nervousness, numbness/tingling/cold feeling in the hands or feet, muscle twitches, and mild psychosis. | I've been on it for so long I can't really monitor the differences of being on or off it. First time taking it my grades spiked from D+ to A+. I began feeling anti social and many of my teachers pulled my aside to question my social involvement and participation in school. Now in University, I have become reliant, and chose to be educated while sacrificing my social life. I have little friends and drinking is becoming a slight problem. Depression and anxiety is even worse when you're isolated. Sometimes I don't know if it's the pills or not and I will never know because I'm not going off them to monitor my behavior as I will definitely fail school. I feel hopeless. Once my pill wears off, I don't do anything (Around 8PM) and without doing any external research, I feel like an idiot because I don't know for example; Historical contexts. As a hyper kid, I was constantly pressured to "Clam Down". I used to make videos of my family on my little iPod when I was kid and my parents and brother told me to stop filming and clam down. It was really my only out, now I have submitted to pills. If I am taking pills to function, no other drugs are out of the table in my mindset. I'm not big on other drugs but drinking is a vice that takes me away from this stress. I hope to seek therapy or something but who knows. | M | 20 | 9 years 27MG 1X D | 2/2/2017 | 5 | Adult ADHD | No side effects. | I was prescribed Equasym XL before starting Concerta. | M | 51 | 3 days 36 | 1/15/2017 | 5 | ADD | None | GAVE ME MORE QUALITY OF LIFE | F | 70 | 4 years 36 | 11/17/2016 | 4 | ADD | Tachycardia, hyperhidrosis, increased blood pressure, weight loss, decreased appetite, tingling in feet and hands*, colder than normal hands*, intermittent anxiety, blurry vision, heart palpitations, occasional chest pain, increased instances of idiopathic hematomas, ringing in ears, headaches (pressure, diffuse) | I was on concerta when I was a teen for a few months and again in college for a few months. At that point in time I did not see any improvement in my ADD symptoms, however, I was smoking pot and taking Prozac so that's hard to say if it was truly working or not. I recently started taking concerta again (03/2016). I have noticed a huge improvement in my ability to focus, complete difficult and undesirable tasks, and memory. I can feel when the medication starts wearing off in that it is harder to keep focus and my memory capacity tanks. When I first started taking Concerta again, I was more tired in the mornings. That balanced out but now I'm having some concerning side effects. I have family hx of early MI and heart disease on both maternal and paternal sides. I also have anxiety and this ringing in the ears at night, fussy vision, pressure headache, and angina aren't helping my stress levels. I will be seeing my dr tomorrow, keep y'all posted. | F | 28 | 5 months 54 | 9/18/2016 | 3 | ADHD-PI | Increased Appetite, Tiredness, Feel Dopey, Sporadic inconsistent clarity and focus, Sporadic inconsistent stimulation | I have inattentiveADHD with some anxiety and this medications inconsistent benefits have been disappointing. I like how mellow and stable it makes me feel, but I'm also tired most of the time on it. I find that I have to drink caffeine with it a couple times a day in order to wake myself up. Also, my appetite has been "weird", I feel quite hungry, but don't don't know what I want. I get bursts of extreme hunger on this. The intermittent effects of this are bothersome. When it wears off I don't feel a "crash" like I did on Vyvanse, I get a little irritable, take some magnesium and I'm fine. I am giving this another few days to see if everything smooths out,as I like how calm and happy I feel with this, but I can't go on being tired. The main idea is focus not mood, so we'll see. :-) keeping my fingers crossed. | F | 39 | 3 days | 9/5/2016 | 2 | adhd | Chest pain | Don't really like the pill giving me chest pain and makes me feel awful | F | 52 | 3 days 18 | 8/18/2016 | 5 | ADD | Insomnia on days I've taken concerta too late, loss of appetite, minor headaches | Probably the best tablet I have ever come across. I can plan my day and get hours of studying done. Boosts my confidence when I'm writing tests or exams. Also have enough energy and concentration to perform well at work. | M | 24 | 2 years 36mg 1X D | 8/5/2016 | 4 | ADD | do not drink alcohol with it or you'll regret it in the morning you'll want to die and you'll most certainly feel that sh** for more than a day and you're body will hurt like a bitch for some reason , at least mine did !!! Whatever it is , don't drink and take it , just a horrible idea with horrible consequences following .. | I loved it , helped me focus continued to work better each time and made me feel like a million bucks I'd say it helped get rid of some of my anxieties and depression too with the right amount and it was nice for a change considering nothing else has worked for me but concerta does me good I guess ! also, do not recommend for addicts because you will get hooked fast and take way too many leading up to a certain point cuz it is a great way to speed out but not what it's meant for and could really harm you . trust me I tried it and than ended up taking it only for the right reason and it works just fine for me now. And as I said before no alcohol with it once agajn, it's just a risk not worth taking, especially with the hard liquors such as Malibu , Bacardi , Whiskey or anything of the type ! | F | 16 | 5 days 54 mg | 8/1/2016 | 3 | Adult ADD/Depression | Since it generally was to help w/my Focus & Concentration, it would work :) However, it'd make me jittery, fast heartbeat & headache... Recently (past month) the headaches have increased from being Mild & Manageable to now being Moderate & Irritating. Also, nausea set in 2-3wks ago & just last week began the nausea followed by vomiting :( | *This rating is my 'current stint w/Concerta, tho took it B4, years ago* -- Take it AS PRESCRIBED (for all U addicts out there)! Yes, I AM A RECOVERING ADDICT & tried my own way & it doesnt ever work - @ least not for long... ;) | F | 35 | 3 months 36mgX's2 | 7/28/2016 | 1 | ADHD | Depression, HUGE loss of appetite, anxiety | It helped while I was in school but the loss of appetite was horrible. | F | 17 | 3 years | 7/21/2016 | 3 | ADD | Depression, anxiety, weight loss, self hate and abnormal thoughts. | I have been able to work a lot better and get things done in school but my thoughts by myself have been very concerning in my part I have been really depressed and I get a feeling of abnormality and just strange I've been thinking too much about things that don't matter I've been extremely anxious and I'm on 72mg | M | 16 | 3 months | 7/6/2016 | 3 | Depression/overweight from other Rx | I lost a lot of weight on this med, nearly 50 pounds. It super jacked up my metabolism. I went from size 18 to size 10 fast. On the down side I couldn't stop the dry mouth no matter what I did/used. I actually got 'meth mouth' and my teeth broke and crumbled. My dentist tried hard to save them but after 2 years I had ALL of my teeth pulled and now wear dentures. A sad outcome. | It made me thin, made my hair thin too. Lost my teeth. The doctor who put me on this med never warned me about what could happen. It's one thing to say on the package it causes dry mouth but the FDA should make them warn this could lead to tooth loss, which in my case it did! | F | 55 | 2 years 30mg | 6/24/2016 | 1 | ADD | Very low patience. Mood swings. | Its very helpful to focus at school or work but whenever I take it my patience for people is low. | 17 | 1 days 32 | 6/24/2016 | 2 | ADD | I am sensitive to EVERY medication, and always get the weirdest side effects. I liked Concerta ok for my ADD, but the side effects were not worth it. I was constantly bloated and my digestion was not good while on this medication. When I increased my dose from 36mg to 54mg, the digestive distress increased and I developed a major fungal infection. Had to take Diflucan to combat it. My voice was also getting more hoarse. I recommend the medication because of the effectiveness of keeping me focused, but could not tolerate the side effects. | F | 45 | 45 days 54 mg 1X D | 6/20/2016 | 4 | ADD | Cold hands and feet, sweaty extremities, depression,increased anxiety, loss of apetite | The side-effects are horrible but the medication really does help. | F | 17 | 2 years 72 | 6/18/2016 | 1 | ADD | Anxiety, extremely aggression, fatigue, headache, appetite changes, Blurry mind, nausea, vomiting, being forgetful, faster heart pumping especially after trying to eat or smoking cigarette,paranoia , dreaming about harming myself or others, mood swings, hallucinations, acting too much impulsively, irritation, feeling like zombie. | Good to take if you want to focus your work or school but better to not take any medication, i think better to find put joyful things to do instead being pushed to do things what we don't like. This is because stimulate your nervous system and changing all your behavior which is open to debate, i had lots of side effects and can't tolerate Concerta or Ritalin. | F | 35 | 3 months 36 1X D | 4/5/2016 | 1 | For college and work | Loss of appetite, depressed, anxiety, acne, fast heart beat, nausea | I started taking concerta for school about two years ago. I am currently trying to be done with it. It gives me horrible acne. It makes me depressed and have horrible anxiety. Which makes me smoke ciggerates which if I don't take the medication i can't stand the smell of them. I have never been so depressed in my life. It helped me in school but I can find other ways to concentrate. It gives me head aches and make me nauseous in the morning. I have a three year old and if I take my meds I have to wait till I come down to even be social with him. Cooking for him when I take it makes me sick to my stomach. I get head aches here and there. It's the devil stay away find alternative ways to coup with everyday task. Also any loud noises like music loudly irrates me and i just want to be left alone in my room plus it makes me feel tired but can't sleep. | F | 24 | 2 years 36 | 3/19/2016 | 3 | Diagnosed ADHD | at the start (Fatigue, tiredness, change in appetite, loss of weight) | I was taking Concerta XL when I was 14-16 to improve my concentration at school. I was being sent out of classes a lot and was generally a really rude person. At the start, I noticed that my appetite had changed a lot, I was also crying a lot to begin with. After about 4 months I had lost a fair amount of weight. I had noticed that my appetite started to pick up, but instead of me eating junk food (like I usually would) I would start to eat healthier foods? Which seemed a little odd. I believe this medication does work, I managed to go from getting E's and D's in most of my GCSE's to passing them all with C's and B's. However, I do believe that you need to want to change/help yourself for this medication, like all medications, to become effective. I'm now at University and I find it hard to believe that a few years ago I was failing mostly everything and didn't know what I'd be doing later in life. Also, i think it is important to identify that I also applied myself more. So if you're prescribed this medication, you also need to work with it for it to benefit you. I hope this information is beneficial for anybody who is reading. | M | 22 | 2 years 30mg 1X D | 3/16/2016 | 3 | improve my concentration at school. | Weightloss,decreased appetite.(but i also get extremely hungry), irritation, depression, blurred vision, insomnia, anxiety. | From the age of 12 till 17 i took about 54mg of concerta daily. Iam now im my final year in high school, ive been taking 100mg due to the increased amount of work at school. Ive never till today felt so depressed, my confidence in down the drain, i no longer want to play netball or go to school dances. I feel that i dont have a personality, im constantly very quiet and reserved. Its gotten so bad that i fear of leaving my room at boarding school and if i do i make sure i come back asap. I easily feel intimidated and im always thinking that im not good enough. Concerta does help me concentrate, i do one thing at a time and im very patient. Weirdly my hearing has improved tremendously, for example; im able to hear when someone is walking down the passage quiet a distance away. When im studying and concentrating really hard, ill tune in to the sound of someone crunching a paper or drawing with a pencil on the other side of the room and get extremely irrated or if a clock ticks ill stare at it for a long time (hoping that it will stop). Judging from my marks at school, concerta has helped me alot. But the way i feel about myself now,regarding my self esteem and doing things at school or anywhere, i wouldnt want anyone to feel like this. Yes i have been to a psychologist many times, but honestly it doesnt help. I feel i cant go without concerta. Actually my body is dependent on it, i can immediately feel when i havent taken it, i feel almost tipsy and i struggle to speak properly, | F | 17 | 7 years 100mg | 2/13/2016 | 3 | improve my concentration at school. | Weightloss,decreased appetite.(but i also get extremely hungry), irritation, depression, blurred vision, insomnia, anxiety. | From the age of 12 till 17 i took about 54mg of concerta daily. Iam now im my final year in high school, ive been taking 100mg due to the increased amount of work at school. Ive never till today felt so depressed, my confidence in down the drain, i no longer want to play netball or go to school dances. I feel that i dont have a personality, im constantly very quiet and reserved. Its gotten so bad that i fear of leaving my room at boarding school and if i do i make sure i come back asap. I easily feel intimidated and im always thinking that im not good enough. Concerta does help me concentrate, i do one thing at a time and im very patient. Weirdly my hearing has improved tremendously, for example; im able to hear when someone is walking down the passage quiet a distance away. When im studying and concentrating really hard, ill tune in to the sound of someone crunching a paper or drawing with a pencil on the other side of the room and get extremely irritated or if a clock ticks ill stare at it for a long time (hoping that it will stop). Judging from my marks at school, concerta has helped me alot. But the way i feel about myself now,regarding my self esteem and doing things at school or anywhere, i wouldnt want anyone to feel like this. Yes i have been to a psychologist many times, but honestly it doesnt help. I feel i cant go without concerta. Actually my body is dependent on it, i can immediately feel when i havent taken it, i feel almost tipsy and i struggle to speak properly, | F | 17 | 7 years 100mg | 2/13/2016 | 5 | ADHD | Cold and/or sweaty extremities. Loss of appetite. Trouble sleeping. Trouble staying hard during sex. | I have been taking concerta fror 11 years and have gone through numerous dosage changes and even stopped and restarted the drug. From my experience this drug works well to increase concentration, focus, and attention. Helps me do one thing at a time without jumping from task to task. Slso this supresses my appetite which has helped me maintain normal weight. | M | 19 | 10 years 54 | 2/12/2016 | 3 | adhd | My son has been taking 18 mg for 3 years and it has helped him concentrate at school he had some side effects which it was a battle to continue him on meds which was loss of appetite headaches aches in his legs breathlessness but with discussion he carried on taking them and the symptoms got lil easier but not his appetite, today he has been put up to 36mg and has had dizzyness eye twitching and blurred vision he is now reufising to take meds again as of this he has test to comfirm on meds he concentrates more but its a battle with him to keep him on them im informing cahms of this and i never knew there were 27mg he could of tried instead only when i looked online i knew as he has put weight on and grew and things have happened in school like not able to get the work and fighting and attitude thats why hes been put up | M | 11 | 3 years 18mg | 2/11/2016 | 5 | ADHD | I HAVE EXPERIENCED NO MAJOR SIDE EFFECTS EXCEPT MILD APPETITE LOSS. CONCERTA HAS BEEN A LIFE CHANGING EVENT FOR ME. IF YOU HAVE THE SYMPTOMS OF ADULT ADHD DON'T WAIT SEE A SPECIALIST. | M | 45 | 2 years 36 | 2/4/2016 | 2 | ADD | Anxiety, mild depression, a lot of crying and mood swings. | F | 19 | 1 months 27mg | 2/4/2016 | 4 | ADHD | I didn't feel that I experienced any of the side effects of concerta apart from loss of appetite and a few minor things but things that have happened in the past few days have made me realise that I a lot of things about me have changed but not all of them are for the best I now feel like I have lost the real me a little like I have lost my personality and I have noticed that my confidence to do things and self confidence has dropped huge amounts I don't do anything or try anything if I think someone will have something to say about it I fear that if I try letting go and be myself that I will lose friends and people won't like me I don't try any thing new anymore even things to do with myself like new styles because of fear of being judged and fear that people won't like it, I don't even like expressing my opinion and get nervous when I think I've done some that people won't like and I know my real personality is nothing like that, I feel dependant on concerta and actually fear trying a different medication or coming off of medication as if I'm afraid of the real me and my real personality. I am sharing this just to make people think about what it's actually effecting about yourself and don't just look for the named side effects like loss of appetite and and stuff look at yourself and how you've changed but don't get me wrong over the years I have been taking concerta it hasn't all been negative, my graves in school went from E's - D's to B's - A*'s and I am now studying at c | at college, passing all of my assessments I also stopped fighting and I had been known throughout school for fighting. Look at the way it has changed you not just the way it has changed you body and don't just look for the side effects that have names like for example if you have started feeling down after you start taking concerta don't just think ahh it's nothing don't look at the side effects and see depression and think well my low mood must just be me, is just me, it's not the medication because I'm not depressed and that's what the side effect associated with your mood is called. I hope me sharing this will help at least a few people. | M | 16 | 4 years 72 mg | 2/2/2016 | 1 | My daughter was. I recently took her off | My daughter is always angry out of control. I took her off a cpl days ago. I want my daughter back. | F | 12 | 2 days 27 | 1/20/2016 | 5 | ADHD | I have minimal side effects probably cause I have been taking it for 16 years now. However when I don't take it I get very sick and have horrible mood swings. | Concerta has helped me so much in school and life. I did over time have to go up cause I became used to the medication. But I'm so thankful for it. | F | 21 | 10 years 52 mg | 1/4/2016 | 3 | ADD | I can attest to what your son is experiencing: cold (feet and hands), heart discomfort or at least an irregular feeling, as well as anxiety when comming off the medication. As a 200lbs man on a 18mg daily dose I can imagine what the effects would be for a smaller boy. I think parents should try Concerta for a few days to really see what they are giving their children. | M | 30 | 2 years 18 | 12/30/2015 | 3 | my son has adhd | Since my son has been on concerta he been complaining Bout chest pain, being cold and been getting muscle spam. I had to drop him from 36mg to27mg. The doctor states his symptoms are not related to concerta, but since I drop his dosage some of his symptom have been reduce. He gets headaches nausea, dizzyness and his vison blurr, and the worse muscle spam. I ask my doctor to change his medication and he was not willing to. So I am going in for a second opinion. For some reason doctors do not want to report serious side effects of concerta. It helps him concentrate but has a lot of side effects. Just beware doctors may not want to report side effects | Has any other parent had serious side effects with concerta. | M | 11 | 1 months 27 | 12/10/2015 | 1 | Add | F | 18 | 3 days 18 MG | 12/7/2015 | 2 | ADHD | When im on concerta, i have terrible side effects such as dizziness, social anxiety, depression, feelings of not wanting to eat and basically feeling like a zombie(not laughing at my usual friends jokes or just not feeling joyful at all.) Most of the time when im on concerta, i feel almost emotionless. Also, if i stop taking concerta for one day after taking it for a long period of days, i get very high levels in confidence and happiness. | Besides all the negatives, concerta has helped me concentrate much better, making me feel like if i have homework, that i will just do it with out any distractions and it has helped me to cope better with working and focusing on school work, in class with noisy, disruptive classmates. | F | 16 | 3 years 27mg | 11/25/2015 | 3 | ADHD | I'm really hungry that it makes me almost faint and leaves me no energy. But I can't eat even a small amount of food except the cereal I eat every morning. And even that cereal makes me want to throw up. | F | 18 | 4 days 27 mg 1X D | 11/24/2015 | 1 | Adah | shit | 15 | 1 days 50 | 11/24/2015 | 4 | ADD | Fast heart rate, anxiety, easily annoyed attitude, and loss of appetite. | Concerta helps me to focus more and stay on task. I am an outgoing and social person, even on concerta. However, on concerta I sometimes refrain myself from socialzing at times that I normally would. My first year taking concerta I lost 19 pounds in the first three months at 18mg. After I became more immune to the pill, my dosage went up to 56mg. I have gained the weight back, although in muscle since I am an athlete. If you are an athlete and take concerta, know that while you are playing in a game you may feel like you are about to throw up sometimes. This is due to your loss of appetite in lunch and since you didn't take in much energy from the little food you have eaten, the acidity in your stomach causes you to have a strong gag reflex. Also, after going a day without eating on the pill and exercising, you should hydrate because you will become dehydrated on top of being starved and will become easily annoyed by everything around you. Overall, concerta has helped me maintain good grades and stay organized. | F | 14 | 2 years 56mg | 11/21/2015 | 2 | ADD | Irritability, anxiety, self-conciousness, social anxiety, appetite-loss, loss of control, depression, insomnia, migraines, discomfort. | I took concerta when I was 13 and am currently taking it at age 15 (against my will). Concerta was very helpful for me in the ways of focusing on tasks, getting things done, and paying attention in class; but it caused irrational worry and a very high heart rate. It made me extremely tense and uncomfortable physically, and also very self-concious about everything about myself. I became an outcast and had no friends. I was afraid to do anything for fear of judgement, and my personality was lost as I became quiet and withdrawn socially. I did stop taking it for one year last year, and socially and emotionally my life was so, so much better, but my grades and focus plummeted. At the beginning of this year however, I entered high school (at grade 10) and my grades were worse than before and I was falling behind in everything, so I was back on Concerta. I recommend finding another medication for ADD/ADHD. I would be trying something different if I could. | F | 15 | 1 years 36MG | 11/3/2015 | 1 | to take a overdose | Bad dithers and shaking badly and feel faint. | F | 1 days 27 | 10/31/2015 | 4 | ADHD | GOOD: the ability to concentrate and focus on a specific subject at a time. Increased patience and willingness to do long activities such as reading or homework. Created empathy towards others and general calmness. I can think of things before i do or say them and usually have better judgement. Reduces hunger which can make you drink more water or pick healthier foods. More serious, i generally just want to accomplish stuff BAD: dry mouth, lack of appetite, difficulty in being social with others, less able to joke around with my friends since i have no humour, feel like im depressed, hard time sleeping, harder to talk to girls and my friends say im boring when i do take it. | Mind you, I am at this point still 17 and my thoughts of good or bad may be wrong or simply change within the future. If anybody wants to give me advice on if i should keep taking it or just learn to adapt without it let me know thank you | M | 17 | 6 years 54 + 18 | 10/17/2015 | 1 | ADHD | My child took his fist dose of concertae hours later began to have twitches to his mouth gets worse while talking. It helped with his focus stayed on task at school and finished homework before coming home. I will not give my child this med anymore. It just breaks my heart to see his mouth twitch. | M | 7 | 1 days 18mg | 10/6/2015 | 5 | Adhd | My only negative is that the doctors don't really tell you how to take the medicine and the insurance companies along with the doctors don't feel the need to require n provide us with nutritionists. I can go on n on about this but after reading everyone's complaints most of them are totally correctable if we were provided with more serious instructions n a nutritionist. For example if I take my concerta 10 minutes past 9:15 I will be up, full functional n productive all day n night long. Or how some of us become extremely sensitive to sugar n that it should be avoided at all costs. All it takes is one experience to realize. Or how extremely important protein is for us n how we need to be having what is at least 10 grams every 3-4 hours. Once you have one bad | Experience I can promise you will never make that mistake again. For me it impairs all of my senses to the point I can't visually or audio recognize my own father if he was standing in front of my talking to me. I am unable to speaker cause my toung curls up n you can forget my ability to comprehend a thing. N it is a very slow recovery. If that happens around 1 or 2 o'clock I am done for the day. I need to go hm n relax for the rest of the day. Normally I don't even want to drive anywhere. The harder I make my concerta wk for me the more I need to monitor my protein intake. If you are pron to depression you should have a pet..a dog, cat, bird, horse, etc. oh n you never take concerta with other medicine, exercise enhancement type stuff, or vitamins n not eat with in absolute max 30 minutes! Excercise n eating healthy can help you decrease your dose a little. Omega 3 n caffeine without sugar enhances your medicine. N when studying if you take a short break..a complete mind break every 5 minutes your ability to retain info is absolutely beyond mind blowing! It will bring tears to your eyes. I even try to carry emergency protein in my purse n car. | F | 41 | 11 years 72 1X D | 9/29/2015 | 4 | Adhd | Extreme weight loss, irrability, weakness, headaches | I have pretty bad adhd and was prescribed Concerta in May. I started with 18mg which didn't help too much. Then went to 36mg and didn't help either and now I'm at 54mg and it helps wiTh concentrating in class. I took it in May and June then stopped over the summer. 4 weeks into taking it I lost my appetite and lost 10 pounds. Over the summer I gained the weight back. Beginning of September (3 weeks ago) I've lost about 10-15 pounds. I barely eat at all. I can't even snack. I get extremely irritated quickly as well. I play hockey and I can't stay on very long because there is no carbs in my body to give me energy. I've also become very anxious 24/7. I DO NOT recommend concerta for anyone. | F | 15 | 3 months 54 mg | 9/24/2015 | 4 | ADHD | Appetite loss, irritability, headache, frailness/weakness, weight loss. | I first began to use Concerta two years ago when I was diagnosed with ADHD. Right away my teachers saw improvement in work, but at what cost? I lost my appetite, sometimes completely, and would not eat lunch. I lost around 8 pounds in the first year from malnutrition until I gained it back over the summer for the fact that I didn't take it during the summer. I was also extremely irritable to everything around me. Every small sound or sound of a pen tapping on a table while I was trying to focus would enrage me and it is extremely hard to control especially around friends. My inability to eat also brought along a slew of new symptoms such as frailness and weakness. My hands would shake as I would write something down or type something on my laptop. Although this medicine did help, its side effects can be a turn off for some people, if you have issues with anger, eating, or weight I would NOT recommend this drug. I countered the appetite loss by eating large dinners and large breakfasts, the irritability is countered by sound canceling headphones while doing work. Headaches are countered with constant water consumption. Frailness and weakness is countered by constant working out and sports activities. Also, sports seems to help with the irritability. Weight loss can be stopped by large meals and sports. | M | 17 | 2 years 54 1X D | 9/21/2015 | 2 | ADD | Used Concerta many years. Became very dependent on it. If I forgot the medicine it was a ruined day in a grey fog. I stopped because of severe dizziness attacks and irregular heartbeat. Very hard to come off it but today I feel like a new person with all side effects gone. | M | 47 | 8 years | 9/14/2015 | 4 | ADHD | If Concerta has intolerable side effects, do not switch over to an amphetamine containing drug (Adderall, Vyvanse, Dexedrine). Amphetamine is a potent neurotoxin that destroys your brains dopamine neurons. Type in "amphetamine and parkinsons disease risk", "amphetamine neurotoxicity in ADHD" and "dopaminergic dysfunction in dextroamphetamine users" for more information. An amphetamine containing drug will not turn you into a mentally retarded person, but it will destroy your brains dopamine neurons (in the range of 40-70%) and therefore when you stop taking it, even after as little as a month, you will have a permanently reduced capacity to experience pleasure. | Concerta has a lot of side effets due to its ridiculous absorption and release system and due to the fact that it contains the left isomer of methylphenidate (L-Methtlphenidate) which is not only useless but actual blocks the benificial effects of D-Methylphenidate. Focalin XR is far more effective and lacks the side effects of Concerta, so I recommend you ask your doctor if you can try it. Neither Concerta, Ritalin or Focalin are neurotoxic (brain damaging) But remember, stay away from amphetamine containing ADHD meds, they will mess you up permanently in the long run! Thats why they aren't available in Europe for ADHD. | M | 28 | 2 months 50 MG | 9/13/2015 | 5 | ADD | Slight loss of appetite, became more talkative when dosage was increased from 54mg to 72mg (this was a good thing as I didn't talk very much before the increase) | My concentration increased within about two days of starting Concerta (originally 36mg). My marks in school aslo went up as I was more attentive in class and the quality of my work improved dramatically. Every time my dosage increased, my grades increased, I became more attentive in class, I also became more observant. I'm not allowed to drive a car unless I have taken my Concerta (or, if its later in the day/evening and it's wearing off, at least 5mg of ritalin). My teachers at school have said that I'm a completely different kid now compared to a couple of months ago - when I was on a lower dose. They've said I'm more confident in class, the quality and quantity of the work I produce in class has increased tenfold. I won't do any assignments or homework if I have forgotten to take the Concerta because I'm no longer hapoy with the work I produce without it. I've also noticed that I'm generally less anxious about everything, I fidget less and when I talk I usually make more sense | M | 17 | 4 years 72 MG | 9/11/2015 | 2 | ADD | Extreme nausea, dizziness, emotionally numb, headache, trouble breathing, insomnia, paranoia, passed out | I took Concerta during different stages of my life. When I was a child, a sophomore in hs, and a junior in college (now). When I was child, it worked miracles. My parents loved it, I felt focused. When I was in high school I was okay on it, minus the occasional head rush. Now I'm kicking off junior year. I wanted to do well so I figured I'd take it again. I now feel that it was a mistake. I hear a constant rushing noise in my ears, I loose interest in things fairly quickly, if I loose interest I don't concentrate. I'm emotionally numb, I had a customer yell at me and I just stared him in the eye the whole time. I couldn't even fake being contrite. When I'm crashing I crash hard. But then I wake up from VERY VIVID NIGHTMARES. I feel like someone is standing over me and laying beside me which freaks me out. I've had small issues with paranoia for awhile. But it has gotten worse while taking this drug. The headaches are almost unbearable. Today takes the cake though. It's hot right now where I live and very humid. I had to walk to to work but I passed out in the middle of the sidewalk. What's weird is when I woke up I just slowly got up and kept going. I was so numb because it was the highest curve of my dosage that having that happened didn't even bother me. I'm thinking about going off of it. | F | 20 | 6 days | 9/3/2015 | 3 | ADHD | I did not experience any side effects of concerta until after my dosage was moved up to 27mg. My third day taking it i had lost my appetite. Then some time after that i started to get sudden headaches and loss my balance and got dizzy. Often i would feel really tired and sometimes i would get a sudden sharp pain in my chest. Now I've only been taking concerta for 2yrs but the side effects are getting worse. Now i sometimes feel depressed and sometimes get anxiety. I begin to feel dizzy and like i want to trow up. I sometimes hear thing for no reason witch is not a very common side effect of concerta but however is a lease common one.And my hands are constantly twitching and/or shaking. | Concerta really helps me to be more calm and focus i am now often aware of my surroundings. | F | 13 | 2 years 27mg | 7/24/2015 | 1 | I was diagnosed with ADHD at age 7 | I was always depressed, lying around the house, lethargic, no appetite what so ever!, Irritable, Flat, Depressed. | I NEVER EVER give this medicine to my children because I know how it effected me and still is. I was very depressed all those years on that drug and no one would listen to me because I was a foster child. It made me feel disconnected with all emotions. Some of the effects are residual and still affect me as an adult. I developed severe OCD, which I am currently trying to control. I also lost 1/3 of my weight. I started high school weighing 170, by the end of my Freshman year I was down to 116 because they kept upping my dosage. The only thing I had an appetite for was chips or sometimes other junk food. | F | 25 | 10 times 36 2X D | 7/20/2015 | 1 | Add | SEVERE DIZZINESS AND HORRIBLE NAUSEA!! | F | 43 | 2 days 36 | 7/19/2015 | 4 | ADHD | Decreased appetite, some insomnia at first, if depression is genetic this can bring it out, increases my ticks (turrettes syndrome) | It honestly has helped me unbelievably, I wouldn't be going off to college without the help of this. I take it everyday, and it helps me function. | M | 18 | 6 years 54mg | 7/6/2015 | 2 | To concertrate durning class | Very bad mooded, headaches, sick feeling, over heated body, drowsy eyes | Everyday I take concerta, it help amazingly and my marks have improve but everyday I take concerta I get a headache and feel that sick feeling, which makes me want to go to bed, so one weekend I took it for studying and I felt that sick feeling and wanted to go to sleep but I couldn't as it felt like I was spinning and spinning until I was gonna hurl | M | 15 | 2 years 10MG | 6/14/2015 | 2 | ADHD | Increased appetite (to the extreme); very emotional first couple of weeks, irritable, hard to reason with, did not control ADHD symptoms; barely took the edge off. | My 9 year old son was taking Ritalin 3x a day, but maxed out on his dosage and stopped working for him. Dr switched him to Concerta (27 mg once a day) and I was excited not to have to schedule his dosages anymore. HOWEVER, since he started taking this, his appetite is out of control, I can NOT seem to fill him up and he has gained so much weight in only a month. He started receiving black marks for bad behavior every day (used to be once a week if that), very irritable, hard to reason with. We go back in one week to consult with the doctor. Hoping to find something else that will work. | M | 9 | 1 months 27 mg 1X D | 5/29/2015 | 3 | ADHD | can't sleep, no apatite, feel numb ( no emotion), lethargic at half way through the day | i cant't concentrate any better and am some days don't eat or sleep and i just fell numb all day as if i am not myself any more. i don't want to be with others and if i drink coffee whilst on it i am just bouncing off every wall and can't control my mouth or brain also i get the occasional head ache now where as before i rarely got them | M | 18 | 1 weeks 36 mg 1X D | 5/27/2015 | 3 | ADHD | extreme hunger but when I eat, I think I'm starving, so I eat a decent amount of food, and my stomach hurts literally every time after I eat because of this. | I've only been taking concerta for a month now, and when I started it, I was fine, not seeing a big difference. My biggest issue is (obviously) focus. I have a problem that I can't control what I focus on and when. I am a full time online student at a university with a full time and a part time job, I have no choice but to have so much going on. For example, When I am at work, I can only think about school and will try to take opportunities to look at my online classes and get things done at work when I have things that I should be doing and vise versa when I am at home at night trying to focus on getting school work done, I can't stop focusing on work. In conversations, I am constantly cutting people off, but I can't help it because if I don't say what I am thinking I will forget but when I do have the chance to talk, I am easily distracted and will lose my train of thought and it not only frustrates me but my family and friends, which is why I sought out a psychiatrist, after speaking to therapists and trying different non stimulants that worked for depression, but not so much for ADHD. My psychiatrist upped my dose because its working, but not really too effectively at this point in my opinion so we are going to try sticking to the same medicine but upping the dose to 36mg. I get this extreme hunger and feel like my stomach is completely empty in the morning before I take the pill at like 8, around 11 and later on around dinner time. Because I don't necessarily "remember | F | 22 | 30 days 27mg 1X D | 5/22/2015 | 1 | My experience with Concerta was TERRIBLE! I highly don't recommend this drug to anyone, ever. After several months of taking this my mind went into a psychotic state. I heard terrible voices in my head. I thought people could read my mind. many strange things happened to me as a direct result of this medication. I became similar to someone with scitchfremia. I would have awful nightmares each night. I would be so scared to go to sleep because of these terrible awful nightmares. Because of that I lost sleep which only made things worse. I thought people were out to get me and wanted to hurt me. I wouldn't wish this experience on anyone, not even my worst enemy. Please whoever reads this, be carful! This is a potent drug. | F | 21 | 4 months 36 mg | 5/16/2015 |