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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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ADDERALL 10 | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | ADD | Loss of appetite, weight loss, moodiness (dull, quiet, irritability), fluctuation of emotions - got quite emotional sometimes, dry mouth, insomnia, and increased libido, Excessive bowel movements. | I agree with a lot of these comments. The medication works, it kept me focused, I read faster then ever, and retain the information. I was more focused, less scattered brained, and was able to stay on task better. The downfalls, you take it and it keeps you awake and wanting to do what you are suppose to do. You start to realize you are not hungry, for some reason I got really horny (doc says because it is a stimulant). I did not eat all day, went to my classes, came home was still not hungry, and this was only 10 mg. I started getting extremely tired, didn't want to talk to anyone, and just get teary eyed, and emotional about the most ridiculous things. I would be irritated if people talked to much, although I am the person who usually talks to me. Finally, at the end of the night I try to go to sleep but it takes me a long time, although when i finally do its some of the best sleep i get. Tiredness might be due to the fact that I didn't eat all day, so before you take it e | M | 21 | 2.5 years | 5/23/2008 | 3 | adhd | none | none | M | 1 years | 5/9/2008 | 3 | Adult ADD | weight loss and not hungry at all comeing off I space out | I started take Adderall xr 20mg about 2 and half weeks ago. The first bad thing was the price 107 for a 30 day supply and that was with insurince. I did notice a change right away and was excited by the fact I was able to do everyday normal things and focus and stay on track. My mind was also quiet for the first time in my life and didn't have a billion things going on. 2 weeks laer it still works but not as well not really motivated anymore and it only last about 6 hours so about 2pm in the afternoon I'm spaceing out and right back to being full blown add. I tried one day taking two dosage cause I had a big task that day and that worked so much better plus I slept like a baby at night. I took one in the morning and when I was coming down took another. I got alot of stuff accomplished yet I still found myself every now and again daydreaming and not being very focused. I'm going to talk to my doctor about switching to Dextroamphetamine time capslues. I've done alot of research and found | F | 23 | 2 weeks | 5/6/2008 | 3 | ADD | social withdrawl/shyness/find it hard to socialize or have small talk conversations, over-emotional, ability to focus so much I don't notice anything else going on around me (literally can't hear someone talking next to me), very fast metabolism, sweat a lot at night, teeth grinding, hard to fall asleep, love organizing/cleaning when i'm on it, feel my personality becomes "dull". FOR THOSE TAKING OVER 40 MILLIGRAMS OF THIS DRUG - THIS IS NOT NORMAL AND COULD HAVE TERRIBLE SIDE EFFECTS. YOU SHOULD NOT BE ON 120 OR 200 MG PER DAY. THAT WILL SERIOUSLY ALTER YOUR BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY. I HAVE SEEN SOMEONE GO THROUGH THIS AND WAS PRESCRIBED 80 MG PER DAY AND GOT COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL, STARTED HAVING TO TAKE OTHER MEDS FOR DEPRESSION &SOCIAL ANXIETY, AND RUINED THEIR LIFE. THEY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. | I have been taking adderall for 11 years. I can eat more than anyone I know but always stay thin. When I skip a day or take a smaller dose (I take XR 30 mil M-Sat, 10 mg Sun) my personality comes back and I am more social and fun, but get very hungry and SO easliy distracted, forgetful, unproductive. While adderal definitely helps me with my job and did help in college, I truly forgot what it was like to be myself, bubbly, social, wanting to be with friends. I really want to get off of it, but am scared. It sounds so superficial and awful but I am scared of gaining weight (especially with my wedding coming up soon), I have always been thin and am afraid of getting big. I am scared of withdraw, scared of how I will be able to be productive at work and keep my life together without it. I wish there were more long-term studies on this drug, I have to believe that it messes up your brain chemistry or has some bad effects if you take it too long, but how do you stop? | F | 26 | 11 years | 4/24/2008 | 5 | adhd | for the first five days or so, it was very hard to fall asleep. but after those five days i began to sleep fine...i started out taking 20mg and was upgraded to 30mg...if you want to eat, eat before you take the pill. if you take the pill before you eat, it will be hard to get anything down, its hard just thinking about eating when youre on this drug. three months ago i was 136lbs now im 112lbs. it has made me more awhere, and i get my work done. i fine school work eazy. although, i do see a change in my attitude...i get angery faster and i have more outburst | overall, adderall has helped me. adderall is not for everyone and if you have an eating disorder, it can be addicting. | F | 21 | 3 months | 4/21/2008 | 4 | Lack of motivation in college | Symptoms: rapid heart beat, OCD tendencies, sometimes heart feels tight, sweat more than usual, teeth clenching, weight loss, exhaustion after "high" wears off, loss of appetite, kind of a "blah" slight depressed mood. Results: General feeling of motivation, higher grades, amazing concentration, about to graduate college. | In reference to STEPHANIES post: I am 5'1 about 96 lbs. My normal weight is about 108. As far as the way it suppresses my appetite, I have learned to myself eat 3 meals regularly and make sure I snack too. Its so easy to do whatever it is you are wrapped up in and not eat b/c you arent even hungry, which isnt good. Obviously I cant do anything about the rapid heart beat and tight chest but I can tell you NOT to drink any kind of coffee while you are on it...it makes you the way you are now, times 20...which is scary. Its always good to talk to your psych about your concerns and ask her whats normal and not normal. If you have only been on it for 3 months though, I would be conscious of your symptom fruequency. I didnt experience the symptoms Im experienceing now after 3 months. My symptoms have increased this past year but I have been on it for like 3 years. I did have to up my dosage to 30 b/c I was building a tolerance for 20...which is another thing to think about b/c that will alm | F | 24 | 3 years | 4/18/2008 | 1 | non-hyperactive ADD | I experienced every side effect that I have seen here. Eventually my "specialist"/ M.D. had me up to 120 mg's per day, stating that I was still at a sub-therapuetic dose. After 6 months or so, on the emotional roller coaster, which the "specialist" tried to mitigate with Lexapro, I had a complete melt down. This was 5 months ago and I still am not right. The depression I went through, I would not wish on the devil himself... | Yes, I experienced productivity, and sustained energy, but it was obsessive and exxaggerated my vices (pot and alcohol)to the point that I was self medicating to take the medicine. I DID NOT KNOW ANY BETTER! I had never experienced such productivty and I trusted the Dr. TRUST YOUR GUTS! Ask your friends how you are behaving, ask your self,and family. We ADD people are renowned for a lack of self awraeness. Only you know how you feel. Remember, you are in control of the experiment, no one else. | M | 43 | 6 days | 4/18/2008 | 4 | Test Anxiety, Concentration | Mania within the first hour of taking it, dry mouth, "crash" periods after 5 hours or so, headaches, loss of personality, addictive, teeth grinding, talkative at first, sweating immediately after taking it, I-N-S-O-M-N-I-A, etc | I have been taking Adderall 30 XR for three years. I recently increased it to 35mg, where I take the extra 5mg in the afternoon. No doubt it helped my grades - went from a 2.0 in high school to a 3.8 currently in my sophomore yr of college - but recently (prob the last year) I am starting to feel depressed, moody, and really all of the other side effects people listed below. I almost think TOO hard and TOO much when taking it sometimes which is actually distracting. If you already have trouble sleeping before taking this drug--I suggest looking into a sleeping aid. I currently take Ambien XR which works fine. Overall, I hope I never have to come off of this drug, but then again I also wish I never would have taken it in the first place b/c of some of the side effects. | F | 19 | 3 years | 4/17/2008 | 5 | to get hard | well i took three 30 mg's and i was hard for like 3 hours it was great ill never stop taking them | i buy them off my cus | M | 14 | 14 months | 4/14/2008 | 3 | adhd | My heart pounds fast, def loss of appetite, I sweat a whole lot more than I used to even wearing deodorant in the cold, clenching/jittery jaw (but this is only once in a while, strage i think)and once in a while my eyes feel like their exhausted and I have to squint to read the speed limit signs while driving, I have (or had) 20/20 vision. Im 5'1 and within the last month went from 115 to 100 lbs. It also makes me have this "bored feeling, kinda depressed" I also urinate a lot more. im very irritated when it wears off or inbetween taking. I take 10mg in the morn and 10mg at 3. Also 25mg of Zoloft. I skip the adderall sometimes because i get kinda tired and down. I feel better when im a creative mess. i need to figure out if it's worth it. open for any opinions, please ask/let me know SO overall I've been taking for 3 months (skip days sometimes), if I don't take it my house/car/papers/appts/life is a mess. But im not sure if all the symptoms are worth it. Im also afraid p | F | 25 | 3 months | 4/5/2008 | 3 | ADHD | I am 26 years, i took Adderal between the age of 14-23. I still take it on occasion for studying. The drug gives you a very good feeling when you first take it then you come into the high, you go from wanting to never stop talking to moody and very detracted from others then you never really feel the same the rest of day. | I am very unsure of the drug and its overall benifits | M | 26 | 8 days | 4/2/2008 | 5 | ADD | Jittery, Anxiety, OCD, Weight loss (30 lbs),VERY IRRITABLE, Loss of Appetite. | Adderall has helped me a great deal! I do feel anxious, paranoid, jittery, obsessive compulsive, and irritable. Though the irritability is not consistent. Some days I feel Awesome! Though others start off great and end awful and depressive. But I have learned that these are only side effects, the way you feel can be controlled if you keep the right mind-set, no matter how hard it "feels." Smiling Face = Happy Place. | M | 17 | 12 months | 3/31/2008 | 1 | ADHD | Lack of sleep and chronic pain | I started taking Adderall in 1996 when it if came out. I was 9 and half, I started on 5mg twice a day. My grades improved but I had a hard time sleeping. By the time I was 13 they put me on 10mg twice a day. My grades improved again but still had a hard time sleeping. While on Aderall doctors put my on many different sleeping medicines and antidepressants, I guess to help stablize a balance. In 2003 I changed schools and my graded down. I had changed doctors through move. My first visit he put me on 10mgXR witch lasts 12 hours. He refuse to put me on a antidepressant. It didn't work, so the second visit to the doctor he puts me on 20mgXR and still refuses to put my on any Antidepressants. After three days of taking it as prescribed I was sitting in class and I lost my breath. My teacher at in time had someone walk my to the office at this point I could hardly walk ,they called my mom and they wheelchaired me out to the car. All this time I could hardly breath, she takes straight to the | F | 21 | 7 years | 3/25/2008 | 5 | add | My liver hurts a lot. My heart beats fast. Sweating,dependency loss of appetite. Blurred vision | *** PLEASE READ**** Been on some sort of a.d.d medication sense i was 5. Yes it is very helpful and and i am very focused when on it. I do believe it helped me get threw high school and into college but there are long term side effects. I started wearing glasses at age 14. No one in my family wears glasses. Even stopped growing at 16, Now at age 19 i started havening liver and heart problems and i sweat when it's not even hot, only when I'm on it. Honestly I'm not sure if it was all worth it, but i am were i am today because of it. If you do have any question about this drug please email me and i will help as much as i can | M | 20 | 16 years | 3/21/2008 | 5 | Adult ADHD | Really bad cotton mouth and loss of appetite. I have lost about 15 pounds in just over 4 weeks | This drug has worked wonders for me so far. I have been on adderall for just over 4 weeks. I was put on 20mg a day (10am and 10 at 12) but was bumped up to 20am and 10 at 2 last week. IT has made a huge difference. I am calmer, able to focus, and my mood overall seems to be so much better. I have no had any negative side effect except the cotton mouth. It does not affect my sleep at all. I have lost my appetite and I do have to make myself eat- I went on a multi vitamin to make sure I am getting everything I need daily bc I just have no desire to eat at all. I have lost around 15pounds in about 5 weeks. Overall I give adderall a 10. | F | 28 | 5 weeks | 3/19/2008 | 3 | ADD | During the first year I took 30mg xr. I experienced, high anxiety, headaches, dry mouth, and ocd tendancies. It was a rare occassion that I would actually feel hungry, so I would have to force myself to eat. Insomnia was also a large side effect. The best quote to describe it would me sleeplesss nights and restless days. Adjusted my dosage to 25mg xr for the next 5 years, all side effects reduced. | To sum it up. patients perscribed on this drug with add/adhd will experience the common symptoms while starting to take it during the first few month. It all matters on adjust it to the right dosage - which takes time. Also, you can build a fairly strong tolerance to drug if you continue to take it daily. On days where your concentration and work a little, take a break from it and reap the benefits of it when you truly need it. | M | 21 | 6 years | 3/19/2008 | 4 | ADHD | hand tremors, high blood pressure, elevated pulse rate, lack of hunger, insomnia, dry mouth, increased urination | I have been on stimulants for ADHD since I was 4 years old. For some people, stimulant drugs will cause significant adverse side effects. Adderall, like all stimulants for me, aggravates my high blood pressure, high pulse rate, and hand tremors. I have to take a blood pressure medication with my adderall. Unlike Ritalin though, Adderall does not cause adverse personality changes or "crashing." I had such severe ADHD as a child they thought I was autistic. I couldn't speak I was 5. The local public school system wanted to place me in special education so my parents enrolled me in private school until high school. I graduated 2nd in my class at that same public school, and I attend law school now. So while this medication has serious effects, it really boils down to what you value in your life. You may have to compromise your health to have a more fulfilling life. Without my parents, my doctors, and this medication, I would be scrubbing the floors at McDonalds. | F | 23 | 5 years | 3/18/2008 | 5 | Adult ADHD | Grinding Teeth, energy, focus, no anxiety, happy, Honestly...My mind feels 100% clear, no fog, no stuttering, I feel *normal*. | This drug has saved my life, I felt awful when Ritalin failed, felt helpless. Here in michigan it seems to be a huge pain in the ass to obtain it, had to go back and fourth 3 times to the doc and the pharmacy over missing numbers and two different inks on the prescription. Adderall combined with anti-depressents made me feel weird. The side effects do go away, all I can say is...I feel normal. | M | 21 | 6 months | 3/16/2008 | 4 | ADD | Side effects: (other than the many already discribed) Acne and folliculitis (in grown hairs) all over legs, arms, and stomache. Also,vision loss and optical migraines. | I was on ritilin till I turned 20 or so, then switched to adderall about 2 years ago. It started with bumps on my head then folliculitis all over my body. I cant seem to clear up skin and no doctor can either. Has anyone had these same symptoms? And with my moods go back to normal after a month of being off it? Please e-mail me,pls. | F | 28 | 2 years | 3/12/2008 | 3 | ADD | Weight Loss, (only in the begining) Dry mouth, Jitters, Excessive talking, Abnormal feelings of "well being" | I started taking Adderall XR 20 mg once daily in 2002.. Initially I lost quite a bit of weight, as I was almost never hungry. It helped a lot with my focusing. But over time the negatives started to come out. In 2006 i was becoming more anti social, and very anxious. It got to the point where I would not even answer my phone, even if it was one of my friends calling. Also I would not want to go out in public at all. All I ever want to do is watch tv. So I had my dr. lower my dosage down to 15 mg once a day in August 2007. It seemed to curb my side effects for a while, but now they are slowly coming back. I can deal with them somedays because I recognize the side effects. By the time the med wears off in mid afternoon, I start to fell run down, and sometimes depressed.. Now I want to get off the Adderall and try something else, maybe for anxiety. But I will miss the great feeling Adderall gives me for the first hour or 2 of the day. I just want to be myself again. I am always in a bad m | M | 25 | 6 years | 3/8/2008 |