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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CONCERTA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | ADD | i have fatigue, loss of weight, sadness, hostility, emotional, abdominal pain | i think thta it helps me but people with eating disorders should stay away. im kinda addicted to the weight loss from it | F | 15 | | 2/10/2009 | 4 | Add | Sleep wierd patterns, light headed sometimes, onn off side effects i feel kinda high occassionaly ,anxiety sometimes. I am still a slow test taker, its not that i dont know the material, its like having to look through files in my brain for every question | Okay i have been on add meds for seven years and im 15. Concerta for atleast 3 years. Side effect have varried alot for me. I have learned if i dont eat breakfast and take my meds i get sick. I get headaches (may be unrealated we can blame it always) it works (concerta) 75% of the time. But i noticed also that i am now dependant on it. I sometimes physically cant stay awake if i dont take it in the morning. Its like my eyes cant focus enough to say open. I've tried pinching myself, counting the bricks on the wall but i cant stay awake. I instantly feel better after i take my meds. I may still be tired but i can stay awake. I use to be quite the insomniac (pardon my spelling) but now i can fall asleep whenv ever i want because i am more tired. I am also kinda addicted to caffine. ( idk if this is realated but its 1am and i am add) i can go without for a week if i choose but i feel like im depressed if i dont have some(caffine). I need it after school when my meds wear off. | F | 15 | 7 years | 12/7/2009 | 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 | 3 | ADHD | -hyperhidrosis -decreased creativity (this makes me so upset because I'm an artist and a writer and a mucisian) -coldness -anxiety -depression(clinically diagnosed) -loss of appetite -stomach pain -OCD like behaviours -fatigue -clenching jaw -lifelessness/not as talkative(not talkative at all at times) -over cheerfulness -fast heart rate -forget to drink or eat -twitchy muscles -unsteady hand -sadness Sometimes it feels as if the Concerta is doing more bad than good. I have been taking it for a long time (8 yrs) and I just recently started looking into the side effects of it. I want to stop taking it, but I don't want to at the same time. Decreased creativity/inspiration makes me very depressed. I am also uneasily amused when i take Concerta. I also find that I am rather jumpy when i take Concerta. | F | 15 | 8 years 63mg | 5/18/2014 | 3 | ADHD | Head aches about every day, REALLY hungry but have no appetite and feel like throwing up when I think or smell food, I'm really skinny and tall I'm 5'6 and I weigh about 105lbs and this hunger is gonna kill me, I'm worried I'm gonna lose weight as I really love to eat before this pill and I hated being skinny, also I feel I need to be on a higher dose, but it's been 4 days and I haven't handed in any homework this year (gr 10) I'm pretty smart I believe but i never focus in class or do homework, but I have been doing great with doing my math homework and wanting to keep working and doing stuff, but I'm parinoid if you need to email me do so | F | 15 | 4 days 18 mg | 4/18/2015 | 3 | for adhd | Good things were that i concentrated better in school. Bad things were, i hardly slept, i couldnt eat, i lost A LOT of weight (40pounds in 4 weeks) and i also found i was getting really cold hands, feet, and nose constantly. | F | 15 | 2 months 27 then 18 | 1/14/2015 | 3 | ADD | I don't know what happened... I have been on Concerta for about 5 months and it worked fine. I went back to school after Christmas break and started to to take Concerta again. 3 days after starting again, I have felt depressed, tired, and a lack of appetite. | M | 15 | 5 months | 1/9/2009 | 3 | ADD | shaky,wayy spaced out to another world,confused,abnormal thinking even though on 18 mg.and more(look to the right) | taken it for only 2 days but still seemed to affect highly and im 15 but my mind is older.anyways i dont know what im feeling anymore.headaches way more bored and yawn allot but very concentrated and perform better in tasks including reading not to mention also on starcraft. ive also gotten more social. dizzyness and feeling really fucking awkward, attempted suicide.anxiety.inpatientness, i guess i got rage, and a shit load of more things i cant remember but thats most of it. | M | 15 | 2 days | 1/19/2008 | 3 | ADD | Slight insomnia, cold sweats, severe irritability, loss of most feeling in hands and feet due to seemingly restricted circulation, anxiety, severe loss of appetite, unhealthy weight loss (120lbs - 110lbs in a week), unnatural amounts of stress for no reason. | I've taken Concerta since the fourth grade (I'm now a freshman in high school), and I've been on it almost every day , except for the summertime (i only need it for school). At first the drug seemed great, it definitely helped me focus, get organized, and get my work turned in on time, or even at all. But, recently the side effects have became more prominent than what it actually helps me do. I'm very dissatisfied with it lately as I always feel angry or have small anxiety attacks. | F | 15 | 6 years 54 1X day | 3/27/2011 | 3 | ADHD | Weight gain, depression, anger, Being more emotional, easy tears, some minor suicide toughts | been taking ritalin for some years, last years on concerta | M | 15 | 11 years 54 1X day | 3/2/2010 | 3 | ADD | weight gain, depression,severe anxiety, suicidal thoughts, self harming thoughts, break downs, mood swings, aggitation | I have been on concerta for 5 years i believe its one of the worst things that have ever happened to me, i have to see a therapist due to anxiety caused by the drug. somedays i even take a "vacation" from the drug just to be happy. I feel the effects have caused me life long damage, emotionally, mentally, and physically. | F | 15 | 5 years 54 mg 1X day | 3/11/2010 | 3 | Adhd | Im very chill without the drug, in class i never talk and just stare of into space. first couple days i was off the wall! jittery, shaking, constant talking, need to learn,ive been playing drums for many years, always a very good drummer, since ive been taking the drug i can barely keep a beat! As soon as i started taking the drug burning sensation at tip of penis, sexually active std tests are negative. Anxiety, Blurred vision, insomnia. Weight loss. Numbness of hands, and lips. | The plusses are i feel more alert,remember to brush my teeth and get ready for things. hopefully my side effects go away soon. | M | 15 | 24 days 54 (mg) 1X day | 6/12/2010 | 3 | ADD | headaches, appetite loss, very fast heart beat, severe breathlessness, fidgity but only in the beginning. | My 15 year old son started because he was disruptive in class, poor concentration, terrible grades. So far he says he can focus better and he grades have improved and, he has lots of energy. Orginally he started on 27mg but was very frightened by the side effects, racing heart, tremors, extreme breathlessness and a very bad headache. He was only supoposed to be on this dose for a week then go up to the prescribed dose for his weight = 36mg. He came off for a week then dropped the dose to 18mg. Said it was much better; noticed it was very diffiuclt to come off it at the weekends as he experineced the symptoms again on monday when he re-started. After a month he said he felt the dose should go up and he started taking the 27mg. This dose seems to be working for him; suspect he could do with 36mg but he doesn't want to try this dose. Best advanage is he is no longer so depressed as his grades are better and he doesn't get into so much trouble at school anymore. He chooses himself to take continously, no weekend breaks and even sets early morning alarm so he doesn't miss. I think he must be seeing a big difference if he is so diligent about taking it! | M | 15 | 3 months 27MG 1X day | 10/18/2012 | 3 | Adhd | Concerta makes me very focused, my grades have improved from 2.8 to 3.8 GPA aha. BUT it does makes me feel irritable and on-edge most of the time, i have no appetite when I take it and have to force myself to eat. It also just makes me feel physically gross and kinda depressed. If you really only need it for school, take breaks on weekends and you'll feel better. | F | 15 | 8 months 36 mg | 5/29/2012 | 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 | 2 | ADD | Increased heart-rate, almost no appetite, depression, anxiety, minor insomnia, somewhat of increased focus, loss of personality, clouded thought. | I have been taking it for the past two weeks and have had a slight increase in focus and increase in grades for subjects such as math and science (only because these classes do not require creative thinking). Despite this, my body reacts horribly to Concerta, and i have now begun to realize that it is the drug, not me for changes in my personality. I started to take concerta when i was 8 for add (lack of concentration in school), and immediately my personality began to change. My appetite faded and I was no longer the happy, outgoing kid who always had a smile on my face. I became unsocial, and I had almost no friends, it was almost as if I was depressed and i would cry frequently. The only thing that was positive at the time was an increase in focus and in grades. When I decided to stop taking it at age 13, I became a much more social person, although my grades did fall to a certain extent I became a more creative thinker and although I was (and still am) very impulsive and spontaneou | M | 15 | 2 weeks | 5/28/2008 | 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 | ADD, depressed | shakey, were hot, not hungrey, stomach aches, a lil nausious | I do not like it it may be effecting my prozac medicine too. i do not like it at all. It makes me feel sick. | F | 15 | 2 days | 6/8/2009 | 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 | Adah | shit | 15 | 1 days 50 | 11/24/2015 |