ADDERALL 10 Reviews (AMPHETAMINE ASPARTATE; AMPHETAMINE SULFATE; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE SACCHARATE; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE SULFATE)Average Rating: 3.6 (842 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ADDERALL 10 with similar:
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| 2 | ADD & Reading disability | Dehydrated, very irritable | It worked amazingly the first day. The second day, not so good, but I tolerated the side-effects. As I continued, the side-effects became worse and worse and the drug did not even help me stay productive anymore. I quit. I took it on and off, in hopes that maybe I'd see a difference. nope. | F | 21 | 2 weeks 10mg 1X day | 7/28/2010 | 5 | ADD | severe mood swings - highs and lows easily irritated, bad temper with my family heart races IF I drink caffeine - Stay Away From Caffeine!!! lost 20 pounds! YAY!!! became BIG TIME NEAT FREAK | I've taught school for 13 years. My desk was always a huge mess. I lost important papers, signed notes, etc. I had baskets of papers, supplies, and junk all over my classroom. I would grade papers every 3 weeks or so, all at once because I was so far behind. Then last November I started taking adderall. That very day I graded every single assignment that came in. Over the next several weeks I was emptying baskets, desks, file cabinets, classroom closets, everything, trying to organize. It became such an obsession. My desk, tables, and shelves stayed emmaculate all year. I have come home this summer and my house looks like someone with OCD lives here. I have organized every single drawer, cabinet, closet, etc. I even took the mattresses off the beds to clean under there. I get mad if I have to stop before I am finished straightening something up. We all enjoy the squeaky clean home, but why does adderall effect me like this? I was always such a huge slob. Seems like I am hyperfocusing on organization. It did help all my many other ADD issues, but the neat thing is by far the biggest difference. | F | 36 | 9 months 10 3X day | 7/25/2010 | 3 | ADHD | It was hard to sleep at first but that has gotten better. I started at 10 MG the first month and now I am on 20 MG. I see improvement but not as much as I did after the first few days. Is that normal? My biggest concern is what I am fighting with my skin. I get red hard bumps on my face that I treat like I did when I was young with acne. I am constantly putting something on there to try and calm it down. Does this happen to anyone else? I will keep on with this drug and maybe try to adjust the dosage again. I have lost a few pounds without trying too much and that is great. Guess I will just have to keep trying. | F | 54 | 45 days 20 MG 1X day | 7/25/2010 | 3 | ADHD | Insomnia during first six months, decreased appetite, headache, frequent urination, dizziness, blurred vision, increased attention, tightness in chest, "dazed" appearance, rapid heart beat, dry mouth, clenched jaw | My first year on adderall was great. It helped me increase all my grades and I began to lose lots of weight. Then I began developing a tolerance and my Dr. up'd my dose. I noticed I was becoming an addict of the drug and began quitting it. I resumed taking the drug when the SAT studying came around. I ended up in the ER due to a resting heart beat of 186. My anxiety shot through the roof. My mood went down. I hated the drug. Now I'm back on the drug and careful about how often I take it. I find that if I follow my dose (the original one) then I am fine. The worst side effect for me is the hunger that follows during the come down. My mood generally goes as well. I don't recommend this medication. Try something non stimulating. It's exceedingly addictive too. | F | 21 | 4 years 10mg 2X day | 7/24/2010 | 4 | ADD | GOOD: A great increase in my attention span. Gradual weight loss with out really trying. Increased productivity. My house has never been cleaner. BAD: Terrible dry mouth. Easily irritated. | I've been incredibly satisfied with Adderall. Before I felt like I was constantly missing something. Like everyone had this great work ethic and I'd just missed out on this gene.. not anymore. I'm constantly doing something. Cleaning, studying, organizing. School's great. Work's great. Over three weeks I've lost a little over 10 pounds. I'm hardly ever hungry and really have to make myself eat. I know if I'd add some exercise to this, the weight loss would be greater. On the other side, the dry mouth is almost more than I can take. I brush my teeth at least 5x a day because I can't take the terrible taste. I've noticed I'm a little bit more easily irritated. More so it seems to make my PMS worse, but when it's not that time of the month it's nothing that I can't handle after I recognize myself getting angry, and remind myself that it's the medicine, I'm able to reign myself in. All in all, Adderall has been great for me! | F | 19 | 3 weeks 30 MG 1X day | 7/20/2010 | 2 | weight loss, annoyed by the smallest, most non-annoying things (people, sounds, light), jaw clenching, trouble staying asleep, mood swings | At first, Adderall was the most amazing thing that happened to me. For the first time in my life, I was able to concentrate and do so much in such a short amount of time. After college ended, it became a burden. I realized I had to take it in order to simply wake up in the morning. I focused on the dumbest things, and never got anything accomplished. I stopped taking it 5 months ago when my insurance would no longer cover the drug. Best thing for me ever! I am so much happier, confident, and productive. Adderall makes you feel amazing while you're on it, then when you're off it, you sink deep into depression. And who wants to be on a drug for the rest of their lives just to feel happy? No one. | F | 23 | 3 years 20 MG 1X day | 7/19/2010 | 5 | Depression + ADD | First few days I had no appetite and had trouble falling asleep. A little bit of a nervous stomach. | It’s been a week that I’ve been taking adderall, and I am beginning to see a huge difference in my life. I’m a lot more positive, more focused, and more calm. Things that used to irritate me no longer make me angry; I am able to think things through better, listen to people better, not interrupt people, and I am much more self-confident. I can look people in the eye. I can read better and follow movies better (still not where I think I should be, but it’s improving every day). I don’t forget things so easily. I am more patient, and can wait in lines. I’m not biting my fingernails as much. I am more efficient when it comes to chores and getting tasks done. I don’t hear so many thoughts all the time. I’m able to think slower and quiet my mind. I’m not eating all the time because I’m bored, and when I do eat, I eat slower and chew my food slower. I can follow people’s conversations with me and look them in the eye when I talk. I don’t feel so down in the dumps all the time. I’m more interested in reading books and newspapers/magazines. I don’t feel like my mind is in the clouds anymore. I would say that this medicine has very much increased my feelings of well-being. I can make eye contact with people, and I notice that people smile back at me. I’m not as angry or frustrated. | M | 32 | 1 weeks 10mg 3X day | 7/18/2010 | 2 | Adderall 30mg XR | Headache, extreme anger and impatience and depression | I have ADD and this drug completely messed up the last two days of my life. I didn't feel any more focused or awake than usual, only super angry and annoyed with things that normally wouldn't. I am going to try Ritalin. | F | 35 | 2 days 30mg 1X day | 7/17/2010 | 5 | Major Depression/Bipolar | Extreme weight loss (a great side effect for me personally), better concentration, completion of tasks, being able to work & keep a job, more sociable, bottomline-gave me my life back! Now after a year, of course I have built some tolerance to the drug and the feeling of when it "kicks in", but it still works; so here are some annoying effects: headaches, eyes are sore, muscles tense & back pains, memory loss, paranoia, irritable, and when I take a couple days off from taking it I can't get out of bed and I will sleep all day & eat! All in all I will take the good with the bad! | I was on just about EVERY single anti-depressant out there, and after a couple years I finally realized that none of those drugs were going to help my debilitating depression that caused me to miss out on the "best years of life". After my second stay in the hospital for attempted suicide, I asked my doctor to let me start on Adderall because I used to take it years back to get things done for school. And WOW-life changing is the best way to describe my experience & it's already been a year on this medication! My major depression/suicidal thoughts finally lifted, and I was able to actually get out of bed, get everything done that needed done & then some! I became more sociable, lost to-date nearly 70 pounds (which was put on because of all the medications they had me on) and now today I have a great job, actually feel happy, and no longer let every little thing make me upset. I'm now confident and hard-working, if it wasn't for Adderall I don't know where I would be right now! Scary to think of! I recommend this drug for anyone who hasn't responded to anti-depressants, anti-psychotics, etc. Those drugs, along with my doctors prescribing them, were just over-medicating me and they almost cost me my life! (Not saying those drugs don't work & aren't needed for other people-just stating my own experiences and responses to them.) | F | 21 | 1 years 20 mg 2X day | 7/9/2010 | 5 | depression | slight nervousness | The best medicine i was ever prescribed,wish i had known about it years ago.Helps to motivate me to do things i usually did'nt care about,that i needed to do. | F | 44 | 2 years 20 MG 2X day | 7/6/2010 | 5 | ADHD | Faster heart rate. | Adderall helps me a lot. It helps me get started on things around the house and be more into conversations with people without getting distracted. | F | 20 | 2 months 10mg 2X day | 7/3/2010 | 5 | ADD | Bad - insomnia, minor depression/mood swings, loss of appetite, dry mouth/bad taste in mouth. Good - ability to focus, adhere to daily routines, alertness, ambition, desire to collaborate. | I've been taking this for about 4 years now, starting midway through college. i'd always been a terrible student, brought issues up to my doctor, then took tests and was prescribed adderall. For school it's amazing; even when i don't take it, i still find myself sticking to my schedule. Yeah, i have trouble sleeping sometimes (though i blame that more on genetics) and you really need to eat before you take it, i'd still say the good outweighs the bad. It works different for everyone. If someone has an addictive personality as it is, they'll probably find it to be habit-forming. However, if you can deal with the mood swings and REALIZE THEY MAY HAPPEN, just preparing yourself for the side effects can eliminate their impact in your daily life. | M | 23 | 3 years 30 2X day | 6/22/2010 | 4 | ADHD | POSITIVES: More alert, very talkative, more affectionate and happy, felt more comfortable, A LOT less shy, more of a spontaneous mood..i just feel as if things are "better". No more cluttered thoughts, I feel as if I sorted a HUGE file cabnet that had been a mess for a long time..only within my head..basicaly. My sugnificant other also says she no longer feels as if she is talking to what she said seemed to be a "cardboard cut out" of me, and that I'm a lot more responsive and less zoning out has occured. She also complained a lot about me not paying attention to when she talks to me...I seemed to zone out often and had to snap out of it. NEGATIVES: First 2 days, I felt BETTER, but I also had very dry mouth, lack of sleeping at night, I got a bad headache around 11 oclock at night on day 2 and i had to take a few ibuprofen to get rid of it. I couldnt stop chewing the inside of my mouth..and I fel | F | 17 | 2 months 15 MG 2X day | 6/19/2010 | 3 | not shy anymore | i wasn't shy anymore and i had self confidence. I focused well, i felt happy, tingling, racing thoughts, loved cleaning and studying organizing writing, detailed work, and thoughts felt at peace with my self my surrounding was nice to ppl i normally wouldn say a word to loved talking | 9 years later its just not the same, i get a tightness in my chest, shortness of breath heartburn blurred vision, dizzy , oily skin, headaches, anxiety, clench jaw, aderall induced bipolar, paranoia, depression, feel totally empty like almost like u can relate to what someone who would be contemplating suicide would probably feel, antisocial, irritation, insomnia, out of focus, nervousness, oily skin, acne, irrational beliefs, dont want to follow through with my daily routine appointments, comming out a binge the next atleast week and a half you feel ungodly tired and sleep a lot if ur able seem differents to family friends and co workers just aint my self this medicine helped me in the begining but years of abuse catch up and it just doesnt have the same affect and u start feeling all the side effects ur synapses dont fire or wire the same they are fried burnt up and its highly addicting i must say | F | 25 | 9 years 90 3X O | 6/13/2010 | 4 | ADHD | Dry mouth, increased urination, increased sex drive and sexual desire. | I started adderall at 10mg twice a day and within a year, I was taking 20mg three times daily. Before adderall I was on riddlin and I have tried adderall XR from time to time as well. For me personally, adderall makes a world of diffrence when it comes to my day-to-day ability to work up to my potential and get tasks completed. Sometimes it works a bit too well as I get so focused on a task I let other things slide. Also, I tend to sleep better at night and feel better during the day overall. | M | 27 | 5 years 20 3X day | 6/7/2010 | 1 | Adderall XR for EDS | At first this was great, I felt very awake and energized. As time went on I found myself highly irritable and emotional. These symptoms only got worse. My mood swings were intolerable and I cried almost daily for no reason. I have been off Adderall XR for 16 days now and feel normal again, no mood swings, no tears, just me. I'm sleepy but I'll take that any day over the alternative that is this drug. | F | 34 | 6 months 10 mg 1X day | 6/7/2010 | 3 | ADD | When I first started taking it I felt very focused and very UP- the only real down side was when it wore off and feeling VERY irritable, moody and often times craving alcohol to sort of balance out the "up-ness". I took this for quite a few months before I had a horrible experience with it- It was a normal day like all the others but when I took it this day and then headed out for my normal commute I was extremely anxious, all of the sudden it seemed to effect me- I felt twitchy, uncomfortable in my skin, I constantly was gasping for breath, had to pull over after 30 minutes of this, my vision blurred and I was sweating horribly. It was horrible. i suffer from anxiety but this was much scarier than any attack I have had in the past it was much more physical than mental. Needless to say I have stopped taking it and sadly there are days that I miss the speedy up feeling because essentially it IS legal speed- but it is so not worth it for me to go through that anxiety that accom | F | 32 | 5 months 20mg 1X day | 6/6/2010 | 3 | ADD | At first, I loved it. I was focused and felt happy again. I don't want to be on it anymore. It now makes me angry and depressed. It completely RUINED my skin. My legs look all chewed up and my skin in general feels like a different texture. It's disgusting. I stare off all the time. Dry mouth like mad. I'm struggling to get myself off the drug because of dependent issues. If I don't take it, I can't wake up, I don't want to do anything. I get really bloated and gross feeling. I hate that I developed an addiction. Don't get on this medication. It may appear to help and do wonders at first, but in the long run...It will completely reverse and get worse than it was before. | F | 22 | 2 years 20mg 2X day | 5/31/2010 | 3 | Mild Narcolepsy, Social Anxiety | Increased heart rate, dental problems, euphoria followed by dysphoria, marked tolerence, extreme lethary if dose missed, actually feel, at times, unmotivated. --Possible-- I have noticed a sudden increase in grey hair (I had none before taking this, and have read about the possibility that it can literally "speed" up gene expression, low sex drive, insomnia. | I take this for mild narcolepsy, and social anxiety associated with Asperger's. This is definately a double-edged sword drug. No question it is highly addictive, and actucally makes me feel unmotivated and sometimes malaise and lethargic when it is out of my system. There is marked tolerence (ie you will feel a need to increase your dose to maintain the initial effect) Let's remember: this drug is just a few steps down from Meth! It is Schedule II for a reason. I honestly do not know if I should have ever started. Like I said, it really is a "double-edged sword drug, and in my opinion, is over-prescribed; I know a lot of college kids who take it just to study and pull "all nighters" Anyone taking it without a solid medical condition is playing with fire... | M | 30 | 2 years 30mg 2X day | 5/21/2010 | 1 | add | other than the normal side effects of loss of weight from no desire to eat, jitters aggitation and anxiety, the last and final straw of quitting was urinary retention to a point were I almost had to have a catheter. At 40 years old! The funniest part was, my family doctor, a urologist and my physcologist wanted me to go on flomax(another medication to treat non-cancerous prostate inflamation) to reverse the urinary retention that was making me feel excessivly ill. I'm all set with adderall. email me if you have the same problems, I'll let you know if it works. GOD, I hope so!!! | M | 40 | 5 months 30mg 1X day | 5/18/2010 |