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 |
| 4 | ADD | Loss of appetite, feeling of being stoned, laughing for no reason. | I started taking this medication on a friday, I've been taking it a total of 3days and everyone I'm around that knows me, has noticed a major difference in my behavior aswell as my concentration level, I would not reccomend this for any small children or young teens. Seeing as it gives the appearance of the said person being "stoned"=simply an opinion | F | 19 | 3 days | 5/31/2009 | 4 | ADD | Racing heart beat, loss of appetite(YAY), thirsty all the time, insomnia..but nothing a little nyquil cant cure, some hot flashes, CRASHING when the med wears off- extreme tiredness, exhaustion, no mental or physical energy to think or do anything, | Just discovered how ADD I am.. Have had a major "light bulb moment" (omg thats what has been wrong with me my whole life?) Let me tell you how concerta has changed my quality of life this past week. I have so much more energy and motivation. I wake up every morning feeling refreshed and ready to start doing something-anything- and being able to finish whatever i am doing. Its an amazing feeling. I just DREAD the end of the day when it starts wearing off. | F | 19 | 6 days | 8/17/2009 | 3 | ADD | Dry eyes, and a few head aches the first week or so. I feel as though i may be gaining weight. i feel like i may be retaining water but i dont know if that has anything to do with the concerta | F | 19 | 4 weeks | 9/13/2009 | 3 | ADD | Lack of hunger, spaced out feeling with too many thoughts, and muscle tension. | I have been taking Concerta for quite sometime now and even though people complain that it doesnt work...they should really take into account that the dosage could be wrong. I learned at least with my own body that you have to adjust yourself to the medication. The first week I started taking it I ate almost nothing for a whole week. I lost twenty pounds. I alerted my doctor, she lowered the dose and my body evened out. You really cannot say weather or not this medicine is working for someone based on their behaviors. THEY have to decide that on their own. Trust me they can tell if they are behaving differently. Concerta helps you think things through more. If someone wants to commit suicide or play with their hair or anyother behaviors that doesnt mean that the Concerta isnt working or it makes them think through it more. It is still their own decision to act on those thoughts. Be patient talk with your doctor and see what other possibilities are out there. And PARENTS talk with your kid about what they are feeling and thinking. Dont assume and dont judge. Medicines like this are serious so talk to your kid in a calm mature manor. Any questions feel free to ask. | M | 19 | 3 years | 10/28/2009 | 3 | adhd | Yes the lack of hunger but does anyone seem to get to much off the tablet? | M | 19 | 16 years 54mg 1X day | 9/23/2011 | 3 | ADHD | Insomnia, social anxiety, racing heart beat, bad breath, lots of focus though | After reading these comments, I've realized I share many of the same effects of concerta. When taking it, I can focus and get all my homework done but I just SUCK at talking to girls when on the medicine. To counter this, I started drinking and getting wasted at parties to get rid of my barriers but this is no good. I can't sleep either, I sit in bed with my mind racing and not being able to relax. This medicine has a love/hate relationship with me. Lastly, I get suicidal thoughts when taking high dosages, this is not fun and makes me really depressed. | M | 19 | 5 years | 2/1/2010 | 3 | ADD | loss of appetite, mood swings (noticed by friends/family), shakiness, very tired, increased heart rate | at first this med was outstanding. It helped me out a lot with my ADD problem and I was more able to focus on my school work, especially when my teachers lectured I could concentrate on what they were saying and class was actually enjoyable. I stopped falling asleep in class. Now I'm not so sure....I am much more moody and impatient...I want to do what I want NOW and have to restrain myself from saying things that will make people mad at me...stupid little things start to piss me off more than ever...I am going to start taking it only on days that I absolutely need it. | M | 19 | 4 months | 2/15/2006 | 3 | add | Sleeping probs, headaches, generally being stressed out. Some stomach problems. | I took ritalen from when I was in middle school to hs. I took 10mg and updosed in 9th grade to 20mg. For a long time it seemed to work very well and my side effects were anxaity, headaches, tremors, social withdrawal, sleeping problems, paranoia, and the like but not very serrious at first. Even the first couple of months on 20mg was ok. And it did help my grades a lot, by allowing me to actually concentrate. But as time went on, I became very intolerant of Ritalen. In 10th grade the anxaity attacks were pretty nasty, and thats when social witherdrawal really started to kick in. In 11th grade some terrible stuff started happening-when I started driving to school in the morning, I would constantly check the backseat of the blazer to make sure no one was there. And this was before the drug took effect. Even though I rationally knew that no one was back there, I drove wildly because I thought it would keep them off balance. Thats when I knew I had a problem, but I really thought I needed Ritalen to complete school. After the side effects came to a head midway through my senoir year I could no longer handle the paranoia and anxaity so I told my family that I was no longer taking ritalen. I was a 4.0 student at that time and my mother told me if I did that, then I would be a total failure at school. I did it anyways and I graduated with a 4.0. When I stopped, I agreed that I would try concerta for a while, but I would decide if I would take it regularly. When I stoped taking ritalen, most of the side effects went away except for the paranoia, although it was greatly migitated. I now take a 54 mg concerta, and although I still get the same side effects, at least they are not so intense and distrubing. In HS I would run and lift weights to allievate the stress (that funny feeling in my chest disappeared pernamently after a couple weeks of running, and stays away as long as I continue to exersize) and focusing on certain things would stop the paranoia. I wonder if I have outgrown my add but am not sure how to find out. I hate this drug, but can't leave home without it. Oh, and sometimes I feel like god. I think I can do anything, but I can supress that. | M | 19 | 7 years | 2/9/2005 | 3 | adhd 18mg | I definitely feel confused and have a distorted view of reality. Some depression, headache and insomnia. It is only day 2 though. | M | 19 | 2 days | 2/4/2009 | 2 | ADD | loss of appetite, nausea, awful insomnia, depression, social weirdness, anxiety | the first week taking concerta I LOVED it, I was able to focus on schoolwork without being distracted at all and it significantly increased my grades (D+ to B/A average in 4 weeks), the only side effects were insomnia (nothing a little weed can't fix) and loss of appetite, which was very appealing to someone who just gained the freshman 15. However, within a week my side effects became severe, my personality completely changed, I went from being a generally social person to being weird and awkward, I was CONSTANTLY nauseous, lost all the weight I gained coming to school, and I became depressed. My friends noticed a serious change in my behaviour, and told me to stop taking it. Im currently only taking the medication when I have to study, however I can't focus at all now. If you really need to focus on school and get your shit together, this drug is perfect but if you value your social relationships stay away. | F | 19 | 4 weeks 27mg 1X day | 3/11/2015 | 2 | ADD | Anxiety, mild depression, a lot of crying and mood swings. | F | 19 | 1 months 27mg | 2/4/2016 | 1 | ADHD | I was 10 years of age when I started taking concerta. I stopped taking medication when I was 16. In this 6 years I was on 3 different kinds of medication. The concerta was by far and away the worst. I had bad paranoia, anxiety, I would fidget, fell sick, was physically sick several times which caused me to heave every time I took them and had suicidal thoughts. I still have mild paranoia to this day, I am now nearly 20 years old. It really was terrible. | M | 19 | 4 years 72 MG | 1/29/2014 | 1 | ADD | Depression, Social Isolation, Suicidal thoughts, loss of appetite, weight loss. | I am currently 19 and have the most structured life of anybody I know. I can't hangout with girls unless I drink, I haven't dated a girl since freshmen year of high school before i started taking concerta (I use to date many girls) and I'm never happy, the only time I'm happy is when I drink. I currently am contemplating suicide, this pill controls my entire life. I hope the drug companies are happy they made their billion dollar industry by making people act as if they were a robot. Sure my grades sky rocketed but in the end, I would rather be a college drop out than a successful person with money and suicidal thoughts. I have no personality when I am on my pill, the only time my personality comes out is at night when I drink, and its a belligerent personality. I would trade anything to have never been prescribed to this drug. Drug companies control everything | M | 19 | 5 years | 1/3/2010 | 1 | ADD | Aches in right testicle, extremely paranoid about and hard to focus on anything else | I have been on Cocerta for 1 week 54mlg. It has not helped me in the class room at all. | M | 19 | 1 weeks | 2/10/2005 | 1 | ADD | depression with suicidal thoughts, irritability, increased energy, nausea | Began very well with an increased ability to focus and less restlessness. However, after some weeks it lost its effect and a variety of other symptoms started: irritability, extreme depression for several hours as it wore off, even more hyper, and nausea. | F | 19 | 8 weeks | 10/18/2006 | 5 | ADHD | F | 20 | 2 years 36MG 1X day | 11/20/2012 | 5 | ADD | The best description i have for effects of taking concerta is "Limitless" the movie that when taking this clear pill changes this guys life dramaticly. (with out it turning bad of course). 1 bad thing with me taking it is i have to stop. my insurance claims that me being 20 has no need for this medication. without it i get so bad that i irratate myself because i say things without thinking, i am bouncing off the walls, and i cant stay quit even if noone is around. another bad thing is that the 2nd year i was on it i got very depressed (not from the medication) and after that started anxiety then came severe panic disorder mostly because of the amount of caffiene plus my depresstion but now my mind works different bc of the concerta and i cant get away from the panic until i was prescribed colonzapam which now slows me down. great medication but caution when using | M | 20 | 5 years 54-36 | 2/24/2013 | 5 | ADHD | loss of apatite, and if i missed a pill, I was completely high the entire day, but if i continued to not take it I calmed down a bit more, but still had severe ADHD, so I just made a point not to forget taking them. | My family has a history of depression on both sides, and because of this pill, I am the one exception. not only am I not depressed, but I'm a complete narcissist and so proud of it. This drug has made my life great. I took it until I was 18. at that point, I was pretty certain that I could live my own life without the help of concerta. I've been off the pill for 2 years now, and in that frame of time, I've managed to flunk out of 2 different colleges, get "let go" from my job. I am not this person. about 2 months after I stopped, I had my first panic attack. 2 months after that I had my first anxiety attack. I also gained 80 pounds. begging my doctor to put me back on. | F | 20 | 5 years 90mg 1X day | 9/28/2011 | 5 | ADD Inattentive type | None, mild loss of appetite. | Changed my world - before, I couldn't follow a conversation. After, I was able to notice even small details in conversation!! I thank G-d for the developers of Concerta! | F | 20 | 9 years 54 mg 1X day | 10/20/2010 | 5 | AH/HD: Inattentive | Sometimes irritability. This was bad eight hours after I took it, but it gradually diminished after a year or so. Probably exacerbates underlying anxiety. Slight and occasional appetite suppression, no weight loss. Insomnia if taken too late in the day. | It can carry deadly cardiac side effects. Seriously, I'm not a prude, but don't take it unless you have a prescription. | M | 20 | 4 years 54 mg 1X day | 9/22/2010 |