CONCERTA Reviews (METHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.3 (772 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CONCERTA with similar:
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| 4 | ADD | I started taking concerta when I was really young, I'm now 20 & in college. This medication has changed my life dramatically. Though it also took a whole lot of hard work on my end, I went from failing student to graduating nursing school next year. However the side effects of this drug have limited me. I have ALWAYS had problems eating while on this medication. I would often eat 2-3 crackers in the AM, take my medication & realize its 8pm & all I've eaten we're a few crackers. It's been really difficult for me to eat, and I've stayed at the same weight for 5 years. I'm 5 9 and weigh 125. Often times it worries me how little I eat when on this medication, but the benefits outweigh the side effects. I was curious if anyone had the problem of feeling hungry but mentally you were unable to eat & had zero appetite? Anyways I'll take this medication on days where I have class or needing to study, other days I don't take it & feel great. | F | 20 | 10 years 54mg | 3/2/2012 | 5 | ADD | When i was younger and started taking it i didn't really have any negative side effects, although as ive gotten older (Im 18 now and started it when i was 8) ive had issues with ocd symptoms (very very mild) and eyesight, also normal hormone surges through puberty were dulled down and delayed a few years compared to my peers. | Its amazing when it comes to helping me focus and concentrate, but if i have nothing to concentrate on i catch myself getting obsessive compulsive with various random things, im still taking it now and whenever i have stopped taking it my lack of focus is impairing and i have instant weight gain, i havent had issues with sleeping but im sure anyone who's taking it knows if you stop it and start taking it again the day you restart you feel odd, like your floating out of your body or zoned out, but for me it only lasts that day. | F | 18 | 10 years 36mg 1X day | 2/24/2012 | 4 | ADHD | My family would have never thought that I had ADHD because I got a's and b's and rarely a c in elementary school. I went to the doctor because I had SEVERE memory problems. It seemed almost impossible for me to remember something somebody told me a minute ago. But I found out I had ADHD. I lost 16 pounds taking this pill, partly because I was growing up and working out. I was 96 (a little chubby) and I went to 82 in 7th grade. Now I'm in 9th grade and I weigh 86. I get hungry sometimes but I have a loss of appetite and sometimes I just don't feel like eating. I am now really skinny and people even comment about it. I havent started my period and I'm flat chested and very short. I have developed severe OCD. Everything I do has to be perfect. My room needs to be clean, my backpack, my makeup has to look perfect, my body, my school work, anything! I am less out going and I am sometimes awkward. I'm not confident at all. The good thing about the pill is that I am a straight a student looking to be a valedictorian and go to UCLA. I am taking an honors class as a freshman in high school currently and I plan to take at least 5 ap classes. I am one of the top students in all of my classes and i am very productive (even though i HATE school).Yes this is a lot of stress and hard work but I'm willing to do it. Insomnia has always been a problem for me. I feel like I have no energy and I feel depressed. All i want to do is sleep. But when I don't take my pill I cannot do anything. | F | 14 | 2 years 36 MG | 2/22/2012 | 2 | Add | Took this medicine and felt great first couple weeks. However started waking up 230 and couldn't fall back asleep. I would be so tired and irritable that I decided to not take it one day to sleep that night. I was so depressed stayed in the house for weeks!! Even with taking it after that day. I have stopped taking it slowly and finally feel myself!! So I ask do we take concerta for add and anti depression medicine? Or just deal with it? | F | 29 | 2 months 35 | 2/19/2012 | 4 | ADD | Headache (Almost everday,)Dizziness (When I forget to eat,Anxiety,Nervousness,Obsessive Compulsiveness,Restlessness,Unusual Libido, Decreased Appetite,Insomnia,Increased Heart Rate Dyspepsia (Discomfort in Upper Abdomen, peripheral coldness | I'm 21 and am in college/co-op. Concerta is great for me. I like to call it a "one hit wonder" because when I am in school for 3 months I only take it on days where I need to study. Now that I take it everyday before work it makes me extremely productive, my boss told me today I finish my work too fast. When the drug is active I can't retain water, I pee probably 7-8 times a day depending on how much water I drink. When the drug wears off though I am lost. I feel like my brain can't produce happiness sometimes, like the dopamine is blocked or I produce too much during the day that at night I'm a zombie. Also I can't sleep right. Anyways, I still don't take it on the weekends, and that's because I don't want to be a zombie on a Friday night. When I miss a day my brain is shot. Often times my body feels the effects of exhaustion from lack of sleep, but my brain is still operating at 105%, and on that day I miss I'm a wreck. Maybe it's good then that I don't take it on the weekends because it gives my body a chance to fix itself, but then again I don't know if I took it everyday if I'd be able to adjust and get more sleep and handle the emotions I feel (or don't feel) when it wears off. If anybody has gone through the "take it now and then and skip some," to taking it everyday I would really love to know what it does for your side effects. | M | 21 | 2 years 54 1X day | 1/31/2012 | 3 | ADD | My son, who is in a boarding school, was off the Concerta for 3 weeks during the Christmas break and when he started back in feel into a deep depression that week that I never seen before or since. During this time he attempted to hang himself. He called me before the attempt and told me that he was felling something that he never felt before and asked me if I thought he could be possible bipolar. He couldn’t explain why he was feeling the way he did and indicated the he never felt that low before or since. Has anyone seen this behavior when Concerta was reintroduced into the body? | M | 14 | 6 months 36 1X day | 1/23/2012 | 3 | ADD | I always seem to have cold sweaty hands, I think to much( worry about minor thing and stress over them) light headed, dizzy, body tiredness, head ahces(not to often), loss of appitite( barley eat a meal a day. Then at 12 when it wears off, i become extremely hungry), paranoia, dry mouth(now my breath smells terrible), anxiety, extreme loss of creativity, mild nausea, irritability, shakiness, abdominal pain, blurry vision, aggressiveness, grinding teeth, little patience, loss of interest in a lot of things, depression | Even though there are alot of negative things about this drug, it does help me concentrate in school alot more. and i seem to be able to set my mind to something. The only bad thing is i feel like im pushing my friends away... | M | 16 | 2 weeks 1X day | 1/13/2012 | 3 | Because of lack of focus | It helps matain focus witch I like, I still drift off sometimes. Anyway it gives me social anxiety to the point of unbearableness. | M | 16 | 7 years 72 MG | 1/12/2012 | 3 | frontal-lobe injury | Insomnia! Reduced appetite, jitters, jaw-clenching | A dose of Concerta that is effective for my cognitive issues makes it impossible for me to sleep. I didn't notice when I first started taking it because there were other contributors to my sleep problems, but now that I'm settled down enough to experiment more, I can see that the insomnia is totally bananas. | F | 29 | 3.5 years 27 2X day | 1/6/2012 | 5 | ADHD | My son doesn't sleep well but his schoolling has improved soo much !! His appetite isn't large but he is soo happy !! He takes 45mg in morning plus 5mg of a booster ( instant release ) and a further 10mg at 6pm before his ballroom dance lesson !! This drug has helped him in soo many ways .. Winning trophies dancing which he loves !! School ... And generally feeling happy !! ;D those bad days are becoming something of the past . | M | 10 | 10 months 45mg | 1/1/2012 | 4 | adult add | Headaches heart beats faster than normal. My mouth stays dry other than that its pretty good | F | 40 | 4 months 36mgs | 12/12/2011 | 5 | ADHD and anxienty | Loss of appetite and loss of a little amount of sleep | I love Concerta. I have always struggled in school and had to work five times harder then my peers just to get a simply task done. I started taking Concerta in February 2011 and I notice huge improvements in my academic life. I was a community college student with about a 'C' average when I started taking Concerta. I'm still a community college student, but now I'm on the Dean's Honor Roll and was invited to join the international honor society, Phi Theta Kappa. I was also invited by one of my community college Professor to co-author a research paper to be publish in a scientific journal in evolutionary psychology and present it in a conference to HIS peers. I have also seen an improvement in my social life. Outside of college, I am seen as the "know-it-all" who is into science, but inside of college I have been able to create many friendships both academic and social. I can know keep up with my peers in my field and other fields of study, instead of being seen as the dumb girl trying to major in science. I can safely say it was because of Concerta ability to help me think clearly that I am able to accomplish these feats. Side note: Almost a year after I started taking Concerta a major scientist in my field emailed me suggesting I apply for his summer research project abroad. He said he had heard wonderful things about me from the head of my field department and a few of my professors in the same field. | F | 21 | 1 years 36 MG 1X day | 12/1/2011 | 2 | ADD | Loss of appetite, can't sleep, gain of concentration helping me get howework done deteriorated, thoughts of takin drugs, obsessive thoughts of sex, faintness, strange heart rate, loss of creativity, serious depression, serious isolation, shaking of my left hand, now I need glasses, paranioa, thoughts of running away, thoughts of suicide, disorganization, obsesiveness, can't focus on tasks no matter how much I want to, strong unhealthy sexual urges/desires, the list goes on. | M | 15 | 6 years 144 MG | 12/1/2011 | 5 | adhd | none that I'm aware of | Completely changed my life.I was told by my old doctor that I was bipolar and he precribed me several meds lexopro welbutrin lamicital and a few others that didn't help.Thank god for my new girl who connected me to a great Doc and said I had adhd. I'm a new man now!!! | M | 55 | 600 days 72mg 1X day | 11/30/2011 | 2 | ADHD | In the first hour- pupil dilation, mild euphoria, walked really fast. After the first hour- Constant headache, no appetite, loss of self(felt like I had no soul), irritability, couldn't act or sing well(things I'm naturally very good at), kept walking into people in the hallway(never happens). | I took ritalin on and off for a few years a while back and it worked for a while but eventually I didn't feel like I needed it. Recently, school's tanked. Realized I haven't been able to focus so got a prescription for Concerta. This was my first day. It felt like my brain was linear, which is quite different than the usual. It almost felt like my ability to concentrate decreased. Felt like I lost all my creativity and sense of humour. Overall, didn't feel like myself, like I'd lost me, not necessarily depression, but similar. | M | 17 | 1 days 36 mg 1X day | 11/29/2011 | 3 | ADD | trouble breathing, increased heart rate, major insomnia, slight head aches, weakness, very calm, could actually focus on something in detail. | First few days were fine, buI have had a histoty with experimenting with drugs (Marijuana, K2, xanax, promethazine...) and someone at school told me this will give me a "coke buzz" if I take a higher dosage. (DO NOT TRY THIS FOR IT CAN BE FATAL) So 2 pills swallowed, (4 P.M.) nothing. Focus a little better, little faster heart rate. 1 pill chewed (5:15 P.M.) slight slight numbness, increased heart rate, weakness. 1 pill chewed (6:30 P.M.) major increase in heart rate, weakness, huge insomnia, no appetite (ate a chicken sandwhich at noon and off it I have a huge appetite) very very calm, nervousness; probably because the side effects worried me. I was up to 109 MG at once and was very scared/ did more damage then help. Do not exceed your prescription dosage as it can come wit many consequences/ is a lot of times fatal. Lesson learned for me. Other than that it helped me pay attention. | M | 16 | 7 days 27 MG 1X day | 11/24/2011 | 1 | ADHD | We recently stopped Concerta. We were given the Generic brand and our 8 year old son started acting very violent! Since stopping the meds, he has now developed severe OCD!! Can not stop talking and does not want to attend school! We will be meeting with the doctor tomorrow. I am very worried that this medication has caused these tics that he did not have prior to taking the meds. Also, he didn't eat much and could not fall asleep. This is not worth taking!!! | F | 42 | 6 months 18MG 1X day | 11/22/2011 | 1 | ADHD | I seriously hate this stuff. I was on Straterra for a month and went from 25mg to 100mg which did nothing for me. When I switched to Concerta I started at 18mg. Did nothing besides decrease my appetite and make me want to murder someone. A week later they upped it to 27mg and it's done nothing for my focus. Decreased appetite, so-so depression, insomnia, and EXTREME irritatiablity. I would NOT recommend this. I'll he switching to adderall soon. | F | 2 weeks 27mg | 11/20/2011 | 5 | ADHD | Slight loss of appetite. Sometimes has trouble getting to sleep. Possible OCD or tics developing? | My son who we adopted at 6 weeks old never had any issues until 1st grade, when school became more rigerous and he had to sit still and listen. He was constantly in trouble as he was very impulsive. He could not focus and was very distracted by everything. He was behind academically. When he entered 2nd grade things were no better, so we reluctantly put him on meds. He started with 18mg 1x day on the Concerta and we saw no change in him. His Dr. raised his dose to 27mg 1x day and the difference in our son is amazing! We are very pleased so far with the results. School is 100% better and so is life at home with him! He can focus and he can behave. He has had slight loss of appetite, but it's not real bad. Usually lunchtime is when he doesn't eat much, but the other meals are fine. When he has been off the meds on a weekend, the next time he takes it he seems to have trouble falling asleep that night. We are noticing that he may have developed a tic or OCD or something, as he keeps moving his elbows back and forth and also his knees. He says they "feel different". We will keep our eye on that for now, because the pros have outweighed the cons with this medication at this point. We hate the idea of medications because of not knowing what this will do to him for the long-term. But for now life is easier for him, his teachers, and us. | M | 7 | 2 months 27mg 1X day | 11/8/2011 | 4 | ADHD | extreme weight loss, insomnia | I was diagnosed with ADHD and put on concerta. I started noticing my grades going up dramatically. However, I lost a ton of weight (96-82). When I first started taking it I couldnt fall asleep until 6 am and I would have and abundance of energy. I also have no appetite what so ever. When im around people I dont know I cant make eye contact and feel awkard. Originally i was taking 56mg and thats when my eyesight became blurry and I was uncontrollably shaking so I lowered my dosage to 27mg. Other then that its an ok medication | F | 16 | 5 months 27mg 1X day | 11/3/2011 |