CONCERTA Reviews (METHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.3 (772 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CONCERTA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CONCERTA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | 4 days | Rapid heartbeat and trouble breathing, like my asthma was getting worse, but my inhalers only made my rapid heartbeat even faster (increased heart rate is also a side effect of both types of inhalers). I'm getting really scared. I know the medication is safe and these are expected side effects, but these episodes freak me out! Which of course doesn't help me calm down any faster. I've also experienced insomnia, jitterniness and shakiness (like Pillz-E from the Neurotically Yours cartoons), slight depression and increased moodiness, and lack of appetite. | We went to a museum and I felt like I could really concentrate on the information on the exibits. I'm sure if it weren't for the Concerta I wouldn't have been able to fully enjoy the experience. I don't think I've given it enough time to take effect, but I don't know if the side effects are worth the wait. | F | 16 | 4 days | 12/29/2005 | 3 | FOCUS FOR GRADES | EXTREMELY MOODY AND ANGRY..VERY DIFFICULT TO LIVE WITH..GRADES INCREASED DRAMATICALLY. | F | 16 | 2 months | 10/23/2006 | 3 | ADD | i experienced depression, social withdrawal, extreme anxiety, a few headaches, decrease in appetite, couldnt fall asleep until late at night, always tired. although...it did help me concentrate a bit more, i think there are way more negative effects that positive. i became very irritable and mean and lost a lot of friends in the process of taking this medicine | i have been taking concerta for about 5 months now, anywhere from 40-80 mg a day, periodically. i change it all the time and do not take it twice a day. Some days I dont even take it at all | F | 16 | 5 months | 5/17/2005 | 3 | ADHD | My heart beat is faster then normal and I get scared sometimes if it will wear down. I can't fall asleep until midnight and later then that some nights, when i have to get up at 6am the next day. It's hard to get up, and the onyl way I stay awake is by continuing to take it. | It helped me with my grades in school, helped me stay awake, and i had more energy. But I also can only get about 5 to 6 hours of sleep a night | F | 16 | 11 months | 3/1/2007 | 3 | ADD | I've been on 36mg for a year now and a few months ago i started seeing things and hearing voices. I can't sleep well either. I have anxiety attacks to. I don't know if it is the medicine or something i am over looking. does any one else have these symptoms? | F | 16 | 2 years | 1/13/2005 | 3 | ADD | I've been on 36mg for a year now and a few months ago i started seeing things and hearing voices. I can't sleep well either. I have anxiety attacks to. I don't know if it is the medicine or something i am over looking. does any one else have these symptoms? | The first year i was on this medicine i had no problem with it. Now I am having signs of Syphorina. | F | 16 | 2 years | 1/13/2005 | 3 | add | Obsessive attention to split-ends and nail cuticles. Depression and hopelessness. Obsessive worrying over one problem. Dry mouth, bad breath, headaches. | (36 mg @ 6:30 am - school starts at 7:20)This was prescribed for my 16 yr old daughter. She had always been ADD, but never on meds. I didn't think she would be safe driving without it. It did help in school and with driving for about 2 or 3 months, but the good effects have worn off to the point that she thinks she needs more because it isn't working and the bad effects are BAD. After reading all of these comments I don't think we will increase and may discontinue, but I am really worried about the driving. | F | 16 | 5 months | 12/14/2006 | 3 | ADHD | loss of appetite, sleeplessness, hard to wake up, anti-social, moody/argumentative, headaches, depression and crying | My son is 16, last night he asked me to come to his room and talk to him, he was crying...not common for him but it has happened twice before. He told me he is depressed and really needs me to make an appointment with his doctor. This is the second time he has done this. The first time he broke up with his girlfriend so I thought it was teenage drama. It is not drama, there is something going on. He has been on Concerta 54 for about a year and a half and we've had some different side effects from time to time but it is just now dawning on me that the Concerta is probably the problem. All of the side effects he has had have happened on different occasions but the Concerta is what keeps him awake at night he is so tired but can't sleep. He also has no appetite. Concerta does work, he functions in school but is it worth the cost of side effects? I think we'll have to do something different. This is more than just a teenage depression or some kind of drama. Something is going on here and i | M | 16 | 2 years | 3/12/2009 | 3 | ADD | I did better in school and concentrated more. | I had sever weight lose. Loss in appreciate and in my social life, i get angry very easy.. mainly in the later day.. like 5 o'clock and have a hard time sleeping. And nose bleeds all the time recently. its horrible. | M | 16 | 1 years | 3/25/2009 | 3 | ADHD | Headachs, Increased Sweating, Depression, Increased Iterabillity, and decreased appetite | It really doesn't work for me at all. I have not got the results I wanted. My grades are still low and my chances of getting into a good college are getting slimmer and slimmer. | F | 16 | 3 years | 5/16/2007 | 3 | ADD | Occasional loss of appetite, Extreme fatigue when not taken | I've been on Concerta for about a month and it has greatly improved my concentration and productivity. However, I did not take the medicine last weekend, and I became EXTREMELY tired (I probably slept somewhere around 20+ hours that weekend). I'm a little bit worried about forming a habit, although I was told by my doctor that I should be able to go on and off the medicine depending on when feel the need to take it. I started with 18mg for the first week, which had no effects and then upped my dosage to 36, which has been effective for the past three weeks. | F | 16 | 4 weeks | 5/19/2007 | 3 | Attention Deficit Disorder | loss of appetite causing extreme weight loss, extreme anxiety, headaches, abdominal pain, cold feet and hands, extreme mood swings | I am on 36mg of Concerta and it has not helped at all. My grades continue to go down. The most this medication has done is help me lose weight and put me through a lot of other much worse side effects. It has caused severe mood swings, one minute i will be feeling happy and the next i will be depressed and feeling down. | M | 16 | 3 months | 2/18/2008 | 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 | ADD | Increased heart rate, diarrhea, abdominal pain, slight shortness of breath occasionally, dry mouth, urinary tract infection* *I experienced the urinary tract infection after about 2 consecutive days of taking Concerta, a month before I had taken it for one day and not had this problem | Overall I would say taking this medicine is not worth the side effects. While it helps me focus in school, the problems it causes are just too much. I had tried taking the same medicine about 5 years ago but it increased my heart rate, which scared me into not wanting to take it. Now 5 years later I am having the same problems and more; in fact this morning I had a burning sensation at the tip of my penis after urinating and the only thing I can think of is Concerta (I have not been sexually active recently) because it's really the only variable that has changed in my life recently. | M | 16 | 2 days | 5/5/2009 | 3 | ADD | Loss of appetite,abdominal pain, social withdraws,sweating | I am prescribed to 54MG i may be taking a higher dosage then i should i recommend eating before you take it because i get bad abdominal pains when i don't | F | 16 | 4 months | 5/13/2009 | 2 | son taking for adhd | My son has been on concerta for 7/8 years for adhd. He has always had emotional outbursts but has been a pretty good kid. He struggled in school and functioning in general. Just in the past 3 months he has self injured himself. He is dealing with depression, failing school,low self esteem, and seem to have no emotion or feelings. He does not have any real friends and stays up in his room. He is also on zoloft now and has been on 300 mg of seroquel and 3 mg of intunive to help him sleep at night. I am starting to feel like these meds have had an effect on him and his personality. I am missing the fun loving son I had. Are these long term affects or can they get better in time by weening him off these meds. I am now regretting giving my son these meds although at the time I know he needed it now I think they are making long term side effects. | M | 16 | 8 years 90 mg | 11/19/2013 | 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 | 2 | add | sweating, increased heart beat, no appetite whatsoever, obsession with neatness of handwriting and cleanliness, forces to stay awake for at least 20 hours straight (can wake up and stay awake if i take more) nervousness, easily irritated, anger problems worsen, sensitivty to throaght (feeling nausious), cramping, stomache pains, glassy ad dialated eyes, out of it alot, depression worsens. | i take 72mg dailey and i have add. i have been in trouble at school because people think im high while im on it and dont beleive it is from my medicine. | M | 16 | 3 years | 10/18/2007 | 2 | ADHD | dizziness, abdominal pain, a | I was on CONCERTA at 27mg. When I woke up in the morning and took the pill, I felt fine for about an hour. The rest of the day I felt dizzy, nautious and sick. When the medicine started to wear off my right hand would shake. I spent most of the day focused on how I was feeling, rather than concentrating on school work and things I was supposed to be concentrating on. After doing some research online and finding out that these were common side affects of CONCERTA, I told my doctor and have been on ADERRALL since. So far there have been no problems with ADERRALL other that difficulty falling asleep, and I've found that I have much more of an appetite than I did with CONCERTA. | F | 16 | 2 weeks | 1/6/2005 | 2 | adhd | depression,got angry alot,loss of appetite, | M | 16 | 5 years | 5/8/2006 |