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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ADDERALL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | ADULT ADHD | *Dry mouth*, insomnia, tightness around neck (anxiety), weight loss, increased concentration, insomnia (mild with benzo), better quality of life. | I think people who are not happy with the results of this medication are people who have been wrongly diagnosed. This medication if taken correctly as well as monitored correctly is amazing. I take 20mg twice a day, overall I feel like a new person. I can focus, study for the first time in my life, get good grades yeah, but actually not memorize what im being tested on, actually grasp the concept. I have subsequently lost weight which is nice, however, although weight loss was a big issue for me my whole life, the risks of taking this medication for weight loss well over power the benefits by far. I am in a tug of war with my self, because although the medication is a stimulatant which is dangerous, it does alter my life dramatically. Its a toss up besides take it and be happy and sucessfull, or dont take it and who knows? Right now I am satisfied. | F | 25 | 3 months | 12/26/2009 | 2 | Studying/Alertness | Increased pulse, Euphoria, Sweating, Loss of Appetite, Dry Mouth, Teeth Grinding, Insomnia, Intense Focus, bad breath, Headache, Depression and Emotional Instability, Anti-social behavior | This drug worked like charm the first few times i took it and helped me to pull all-nighters while dealing with my college workload. Kept me awake and focused me like nothing i've ever felt. But after 3 years of occasional(but steadily increasing) use, I have to say this drug is evil. I have finally become aware of the depressive and anti-social effects this drug has caused and I am fully dissatisfied with the person I have become. It has changed the way I interact with other people and dulled my social skills and natural wit. I was one of those people who always had an immediate response to any comment and now, unless I am on the drug, my brain is slow and foggy during social interaction and I have trouble making eye contact with people. These effects fade over the summer when I am not taking the drug for the academic boost but reappear once i resume use. Since realizing the effect it was having on me, i only use it now on the rare occasions when i have to pull consecutive all-nighters because caffeine wont cut it. when i graduate ill never touch the stuff again. You are better off never trying it. | M | 21 | 3 years | 12/17/2009 | 3 | Recreation | Euphoria, Anticipation, Restlessness, Concentration, Mood Swings, Irritability, Depression, Fidgety | I tried adderall here and there for the first few years in college. Then I started buying more of it the past few years. I'll take about 20 mg every coupe of days On/Off. I take it mainly to get motivated and stay up for college classes, etc.. Some days it's great. I remain happy throughout the day, sociable, motivated, and focused. Unfortunately, it seems lately that I've been experiencing social withdrawal, zombie like thoughts, depression, irritability, and trouble concentrating. I take it because sometimes the benefits are so great, but the negatives are outright terrible. It's quite a strange drug b/c there are days where I experience no bad feelings, then there are times when the drug acts against me. I will probably quit soon. | M | 23 | 2 years | 12/14/2009 | 3 | Anxiety/ADD | Loss of Appetite (for first few months), Teeth Grinding, Irritability, Mood Swings, Dry Mouth | The drug is extremely effective at the beginning and still effective now (although somewhat less) after taking for 3 months. I'm currently taking around 75 mg a day. I used to get incredibly tired at all times during the day at work regardless of how much I slept but now I'm completely awake all day. I do believe that it makes me a lot more emotional about things that before hand wouldn't really phase me. For example this girl that I used to date and broke up with because I just got kind of tired and annoyed with her recently got a new boyfriend and I was unbelieveably upset, including crying (first time in probably 2 years) and an inability to get her out of my head. Some of it may have been real but it was definitely exascerbated by the drug. If I drink to much coffee with it I can get incredibly nervous and have a difficult time keeping one thought in my head at once. I think someone mentioned it before but it does sometimes feel like I can't concentrate on just one thing although all of the things that I'm thinking about I am concentrating on, if that makes sense. For instance I will do work for 15 minutes then go on the internet for a few minutes and keep switching back and forth. The difference on the meds however is that I can switch back to my work without trying to remember what I was doing. Overall I would say that the benefits outweigh any side effects. | M | 25 | 3 months | 12/14/2009 | 2 | Adult ADD | No side effects but no benefits either. | I was diagnosed with adult ADD about 2 months ago. My Dr. first started me on Strattera. I took it for a month in increasing doses. It was working well for my ADD symptoms, but I was experiencing strange vivid dreams every night while taking the drug. My Dr. took me off the Strattera because of the dreams and started me on Adderall generic 10mg twice a day. I saw no improvement at all, so he increased my dosage to 20mg twice a day. Still no real improvement. The only difference I can really detect is that I am a little less irritable, other than that I have seen no benefit from this drug. I even tried increasing my initial dose in the morning to 30mg and still nothing. My Dr. said I should be able to tell a difference at 20mg. I can see it works for many people but has little effect on me. I saw my Dr. again yesterday and he was going to have me try Effexor XR, which is a reuptake inhibitor somewhat similar to Stratter. Effexor is an antidepressant but has been used to treat ADD in adults. After reading all the scary stories on the net about sever withdrawal symptoms when going off Effexor I don't think I want to try this drug. Not sure what my Dr. will have me try next. I would like to know if anyone else has used Adderall and found it ineffective, and if they found something else that worked for them. | M | 38 | 30 days | 12/10/2009 | 3 | ADHD | loss of appetite, fatigue, dizziness,flat personality, irritability, focus, motivation, increased sex drive, tearfulness (depression?), tic | started taking regular adderall in 2nd grade. xr later on. stopped for 2 years in high school. now im in college. i stopped taking adderall because i was very depressed, possibly bipolar. i had poor relationships, i found myself aggravated towards everyone. i was cold towards people. i would come home everyday, get through all of my homework perfectly. then cry and not really talk to anyone as it wore off. on days i missed it i was extremely hyperactive and obnoxious, i was called out in class a number of times. i developed a vocal tic. i hated myself. my grades were good. when i stopped taking it i felt so happy i had alot of friends alot of confidence, i was my old self. however it would take me hours tto write even one page of an essay, and i literally could not focus enough to read anything at all. i was extremely regretful to start taking it again but my grades are at their lowest of my life. im on the generic. its been less than a week. its not that bad. its kind of the same. although the bad stuff more and the motivation less. | F | 18 | 12 years | 12/9/2009 | 3 | severe fatigue/lack of motivation | increased energy and focus, loss of appetite for food or drink, dry mouth, clammy hands, a little euphoric until the crash. then, just want to sleep, headache, no energy, depressed, no focus, plus constipation from not eating, bad breath, and its messing my teeth up i think. skin is really greasy or really dry. palms of hands peeling-very strange, eyelashes falling out! | this drug is an oxymoron. while on it, i can do anything i need to, and then some. if i dont take it im exhausted, irritable, and get depressed. cant take it every day or i wont eat or sleep. it also makes me antisocial and only focused on what i am doing, but sometimes it makes me want to talk a mile a minute. people notice i am easily irritated when im coming off it, but when on it - nothing bothers me at all. a total catch 22, a love - hate relationship. I just want natural energy, exercise doesn't give me that unfortunately, cant tolerate antidepressants. i know i'm addicted to that energy it gives me to do daily tasks. without it i only want to sleep. | F | 34 | 3 years | 12/6/2009 | 3 | For anxiety and scattered thoughts | The most noticeable side effect for me is dry mouth (especially swollen tongue), teeth grinding and very little desire to eat. | Does anyone else feel like they become somewhat obsessive on this med? For example I was taking at one point 90mg over the course of a day and I was preparing for the LSATs and became really into studying for it and always doing a ton of work, which is a good thing maybe. However,Then I found out that a girl I had previously been dating (who I actually broke up with because I was kindof over it) got a new boyfriend. For some reason I have been completely overwhelmed about not being together with her. I have cried a number of times, which I almost never do and can't stop thinking about her. I do think that part of it is a bit of regret for breaking it off but I also think its being exascerbated by the adderall. I hadn't cried in like 2 years. I feel like the higher dosage of adderall can cause some really serious depression. Some of it could be sparked by the stress of my life but I've been really feeling crappy. Has anyone else had similar effects? | M | 25 | 2 months | 12/3/2009 | 5 | ADHD | A good drug for me. My doctor first tried Wellbutrin on me. I told him I felt much better about still being incompetent. He switched me to Straterra -- almost useless, eventually suicidal thinking. Now using 20 XR plus 5 immediate-release at end of day. For me, this is wonderful. I am self-employed. On Adderall, I get 4 or 5 hours of high-quality productivity every day. With coffee breaks, socializing, etc., this is more than most professionals get. Notice I said "high quality" productivity . . . I would like longer duration but am grateful for what I get. | Reading the comments in this website, I note quite a difference between "geezers" using Adderall and others using the same drug. Self-awareness is critical to using Adderall responsibly. Best advice is to 1) combine Adderall with as much exercise (even stretching) as possible and to 2) take a day or two off now and then. Exercise seems to abet the drug's effectiveness during the day and taking occasional days off helps to dilute over-tolerance. | M | 60 | 2 years | 12/1/2009 | 4 | prescribed | Everything everyone else said has been experienced. some frequently, some not as frequently, depending on my body condition. | Ive been prescribed since 6th grade. Didn't think too much about it back then but all through high school, this "adderall" prescribed to me attracted alot of attention in high school as well as college. This was because people were using it for its SIDE EFFECTS. ladies were using it as a weight loss program while guys would use it cause it helped them drink more. some even used it to study overnight for one night of the weekend and party for the rest of the weekend( a way to cram-study when you don't need to).. these kind of use give adderal a dangerous reputation when it's not even that dangerous. i was exposed to it in 6th grade and my parents regulated all my prescribed medicine (from prescribed cold medicine to these adderall for safety) and my parents and i had to learn all about adderall. so i learned the right way to take it, when to take it and when not to take it.. my intentions were never for the dumb reasons why a teen may want it for.. so all i'm saying is that, if you abuse any drugs (prescribed medicine or over-the-counter medicine),it could cause problems. and that is what people are doing with adderall, taking it for the side effects and becoming addicts. so for those that are thinking about getting prescribed to help with what adderalls are made to do, get it and take it.. BUT don't abuse it, because if you do you will develop dependency on these and sooner or later you will be an addict.. just like any other medication.. I stop taking it after i gr | M | 27 | 3 years | 11/30/2009 | 4 | ADHD | Increased sex drive; constantly craving nicotine; mildly unpleasant "wear-off" | There's a reason why we all like it! And I need it...lots of pressure from non-ADD classmates to lend...but 30 mg does the trick...lasts about as long as XR and not as bad come down | M | 21 | 1 years | 11/27/2009 | 4 | Suspected Narcalepsy | Dry mouth, lip biteing, | I was perscribed Adderall for exessive sleepiness and suspected narcalepsy. Often I would head out for work after having two cups of coffee and end up pulled over on the side of the road for a short nap after 30 min. The first few days after taking the drug I found something else that quite startled me. Not only my tiredness go away, but I found my brain was working at a much higher level. In my youth I was always an underacheiver and not highly motivated. I always suspected I was much more intelligent than I appeared, but couldn't get my thoughts into actions in a timley manner. This positive mental affect has backslid somewhat and I would like to get it back, but after my first meeting with my Dr he indicated it would not be a good idea to do so. I think this is probably the addictive properties of the drug. This will not present a problem for me as I am happy with what I have and I think in the long run it would be a mistake to try. I highly recommend this for those who need it. It has changed my life for the better as before I was in a fog most times compared to now. I expect my business and familly life will benefit from the dramatic change. From looking at the other posts it is very important to respect this drug as if misused it can take more than it will give. I suspect many of the people with negative feedback likley had some other hidden issues and should have been screened out before getting a script. | M | 56 | 40 days | 11/27/2009 | 5 | ADHD | You can forget about doing the following things: Eating, sleeping, masturbating. You can masturbate at the end of the day that you take it, (and wow does that feel like a million bucks), you will be unable to orgasm or maintain an erection in any time within 6 hours of taking it, whether it be masturbation or intercourse. You become dehydrated and lose saliva in your mouth, causing your breath to smell like shit. About 12 hours after taking it, while "coming down", terrible headache. Teeth grinding. I have to walk around with my mouth slightly agape because if it's closed, I will grind my teeth. I also drum with my fingers a lot, many repetetive patterns or beats Weird body tempurature feelings, sometimes feeling overheated as hell, sometimes getting the chills. Don't excercise on it, you will possibly puke. | Good for school work. Specifically, typing a paper or doing homework problems. Reading on adderall can seem like a waste of the wonders that it works, I prefer to be "doing" something. I can sit down and type 2 pages about a subject I know absolutely nothing about within 10 minutes. Can sometimes lead to a hard to explain "uncomfortable" or "overwhelmed" feeling if your mind is not fixated on a task. Like if you are doing practice homework problems like a machine, then check your answers and realize you did the problems wrong, this "overwhelmed" feeling rushes over me, it's hard to explain but it sucks and is usually temporary, because I am able to occupy my mind at once with some new work. Overall, this will make you feel capable of anything. | M | 22 | 5 years | 11/11/2009 | 4 | ADHD | Loss of appetite, | I began taking adderall 15mg once every morning in 7th grade. In (I believe) 9th grade I switched to like a 20 or 25mg Just in the last few months I have started a 30mg. I rated it a 4 however I am very confused about this medicine. I know it helps me a LOT, but it also has its downsides. Being a junior in highschool I like to workout and want to be big and buff like my friends, but with adderall I cannot gain a SINGLE pound no matter what. Also I feel like if something is going wrong.. for example an issue with the girl I like I feel like the adderall makes me really upset about it? Lately I have also noticed that sometimes I can tell the adderall is in effect but instead of making me want to just do my work like it used to it just makes me fidgety and unable to just stop and do one thing... which is almost as bad as just not being on it at all!? ALSO, I have noticed an EXTREME difference in taking my adderall BEFORE I eat my breakfast compared to after. I always have better results taking it on an empty stomache. | M | 17 | 4 years | 11/6/2009 | 5 | ADD | Loss of appetite, dizziness, headaches, insomnia (previously diagnosed, just more prominent now), mild depression, dry mouth, quick heartbeat. | Aside from all of the side effects, i love this drug, i went from having all D's to all A's in one month, i am currently taking 60mg which is pretty high, but i also really enjoy the weight loss (down 5 jean sizes in 1 1/2 months), i am genuinly interested in intellectual conversations held in class, and any debates, my teachers have noticed a positive change, but i have been more irritable, (saying things, doing things i wouldnt normally do out of anger), but if i focus on it (not a problem haha) i can control my lashouts. mildly depressed, nothing serious, just very calm and focused mentally, but fidgetty and like on speed physically. i would recommend this drug for people AT LEAST 15 years of age, any younger and the side effects could be way more detrimental.. | F | 17 | 2 months | 11/5/2009 | 1 | add/cfs/post viral fatigue | at first this worked great. my md wrote for brand in the script, so thats what I took starting approx. 2 yrs ago. well, about 2 months ago, all hell broke loose when the med turned darker orange and sickeningly sweet. not to mention almost completely ineffective. i too found out from my pharmacy that the manufacturing rights had been sold or something and a new company was making "brand". i dont think they realize the detrimental effect this will have on peoples lives. its causing allergies, depression, lack of focus, plus many more symptoms. this stuff now officially sucks. why would they do something like this to peples lives? looks like i will need to find something else to help? | if you are unfortunate enough to just be starting this med, please note it did work for many at one time. then they went and changed the brand formulations color and filler[to lactose i think] thus ruining its effectiveness for many. this will ruin lives! i hope theyvsuffer at least half as much hell as we will for their stupid-ass assumption that these changes would not hurt. . | F | 36 | 2 years | 10/30/2009 | 5 | ADD | Sometimes insomnia but not always | I take 20mg Adderall 3X per day! I'm able to focus and watch tv. Before the drug, I could not recall more than 3 movie stars. I could not study nor think! I do it all! I faster, harder, tougher, longer and more easily understood! I love my adderall and would die w/o it! | M | 33 | 3 years | 10/28/2009 | 3 | supposed adhd | IT MAKES YOU A FIEND....euphoria followed by depression and anger spells, irratic heart beating, urinary problems, pounding head,too focused,loss of appetite, mood swings, mixed episodes chronic teeth grinding....etc....etc.. | READ THIS NOW.....Please, if you are reading this i want you to understand what I have went through. I have been taking adderall xr for almost four years off and on. The reason I took it on and off is because in my head, i felt like i was abusing it and I felt like it was making me zombie like....My grades have varied from 4.0 in undergrad college to 2.6. I have achieved a 4.0 while taking adderall xr one semester and a 4.0 while not taking it, likewise for the low grades too. Listen to me!! use alternatives, not meds for this, just exercise. I've noticed that when i exercise I feel the same effects from adderall WITHOUT ANY OF THE SIDE EFFECTS!! Believe me i am somewhat lazy at times but just exercise....because now i am stuck with grinding teeth which my girl notices everynight that has been going on since i started taking it. I also feel like i am maniac at times and fall into heavy depressive states...in all i hate that period of my life and when i get it i often throw half the bottle away because i feel mentally sick on it and coming down from it .... I WANT YOU TO DO YOUr RESEARCH!!!! its meant to hook you. YOU WILL REGRET TAKING THIS MEDICATION LONG TERM. Take it from someone who knows. i mean really really knows.... | M | 22 | 4 years | 10/27/2009 | 5 | ADD | Pounding heart, loss of appetite, occasional headache, sleep problems, dry mouth | I was diagnosed with adult onset ADD about 8 years ago , and have been on Adderall off and on during that time. I've had doctors ask about symptoms, and they have changed me from drug to drug before a doctor that I trust completely put me back on it. My body reacts very badly to the XR formula- it used to make me vomit so much that eventually just the slight taste of the pill in my mouth would set it off. As a result, I am on the short term dose. I have to watch my mood while on it as the drug levels fluctuate, and this gives me an indication on when I should (if needed) take my next pill (I take 10mg at a time), and NEVER after 3pm. I always experience dry mouth, but it encourages me to drink plenty of water which I never did before. I have to keep aware of time so that I eat meals, and having lunch and dinner buddies help immensely. Every once in a while I experience pounding in my chest, and it usually occurs whenever I have a bit of caffeine, so I have to limit my caffeine intake. I LOVE being able to focus on things. I knew my situation was bad, but I was amazed to discover just how bad it was when I started taking adderall again. BEWARE: the short release (non-XR) is available on generic forms. Please be aware of the manufacturer; I have noticed a difference in effect whenever the pharmacy switches manufacturers. You might need to take a little more, or you might notice that you are shaking a little (I've been known to twitch, either my whole body or | F | 28 | | 10/26/2009 | 4 | "ADHD" | Loss of sleep, anxiety, grinding teeth lightheaded, dizzy, very fast heart rate | I can still remember the first time that disgustingly sweet pill touched my tongue at the young age of 12. The first time I took Adderall I almost passed out from the extreme "speed" rush. I could never actually listen to what teachers were teaching in school at the beginning because I was too busy working on homework or organizing my planner. I could never sit still. After years of being on it, I am addicted. I can not wake up in the morning unless I set an alarm an hour before I need to be up and take my little orange pill. I have tried to get off the drug but the withdrawals are too much to handle while in school. Lately I have been experiencing very high levels of anxiety, nausea and diarrhea every morning. I think you need to think long and hard before you put a child on this drug. If my parents had taken other steps to fix the problem, I would not be dealing with the consequence of their mistake today. | F | 23 | 11 years | 10/22/2009 |