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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| 1 | ADHD | long term use of ADHD medication, from 1st grade to the age of 19 (12 years). Hard to determine natural development from effects of long term use. Long term negative effects seem to be: low energy; violent, extreme mood swings; cardiovascular problems including very high heart rate; depression; anxiety; periodic withdrawals from society/life/friends; possible increased risk of addiction; inconsistent sex drive; and a myriad of other conditions I could list. Short term (daily) negative effects: numbness, especially in face, impotence, sullenness, listless. | Little history of mental disorders exist in my family (I believe an aunt may have an undiagnosed disorder). I started life as a fairly normal, if disobedient, child. Up to 5th grade, ADHD medication enabled me to get good grades in school. After 5th grade, my grades declined, at the dismay of many teachers who considered me an avid student. I believe my diagnosis of ADHD and the subsequent medication masked and compounded other disorders that surfaced as I grew up. Little attempt was made at psychotherapy: however, my physician readily increased the dosage of adderall several times, with no appreciable positive effect. | 21 | 9 years | 11/29/2007 | 5 | ADD | Dry mouth and Loss of appetite. | Dose: 40 mg (not sure if it is right or not but sounds right) "normal" Adderall 5th - 10th grade. 30mg Adderall XR Nov. 2 - Presnt I just started taking Adderall again. I had taken it when i was younger from around 5th grade - 8th grade and had also taken Ritalin for ADD my 4th grade year but switched to Adderall because i started getting head aches at the end of the day after the Ritalin wore off. Anyway after my grades started to drop this semester i started noticing that i was having trouble focusing in class and could not get my homework done on time and if i did it was always done "half-assed". I decided to try adderall again (the reason i got off of it in 8th grade was because i thought i didn't need it anymore not because of side effects) and so far it was worked wonders. I am able to pay attention in class and i actually do my homework now and i don't "half-ass" it anymore. After reading a majority of the comments and list of side affects peopl | M | 21 | 1 months | 11/28/2007 | 4 | adult ADHD | positive: increased energy, weight loss (although now I don't need to lose more but still am), better concentration negative: vasoconstriction--poor hand and foot circulation, irritability and burned out feeling at the end of the day, dehydration, some upset stomach probably from dehydration | Overall adderall has helped me a lot. It's definitely helped me stay concentrated and reduced hyper-activity and impulsivity. Before taking this I would constantly be leaving my desk at work to go talk to someone or get coffee and in college I skipped a lot of classes and didn't pay attention when I did go. Now I'm fine sitting at my desk doing my work and sometimes actually enjoy it. I've become almost overly hung-up on details and will sometimes take a while to finish something because I read and re-read it proofreading and seeing if it could be worded better. I've also noticed that I sometimes can be overly critical of others' errors. I can also be very antisocial unless it's a topic that is of interest to me. I also have noticed that I do become paranoid easily. I guess in summary it has helped a lot but make sure that it doesn't take away your personality. | M | 23 | 4 months | 11/25/2007 | 3 | Adult ADD | Loss of libido, loss of interests, loss of emmotionality (im tougher i guess), dark circles under my eyes, excessive sweating when working out, loss of appetite | Well this stuff works really well at getting me "motivated" to do just about anything. However, as soon as I wake up in the morning and i have to take this pill just to figure out what Im going to do that day. If I dont take it, I eat excessively, yawn excessively, my eyes water, and I feel like crap and I wanna sleep all day. As soon as I take it, I get big ideas and feel the "need" to do something, if I dont have to work, I find myself always cleaning something or organizing, I cant sit still. This pill has made me care about few things in life and less sociable. Its almost like I'd rather be doing something "productive" then sitting back and enjoying life. Ive been on 60 mg per day for most of this year, but started with 20 mg per day 1.5 years ago. Its a definite LOVE/HATE drug!! | F | 23 | 1.5 years | 11/17/2007 | 5 | ADHD | NONE UNLESS YOU CONSIDER BEING NORMAL A SIDE EFFECT | IF IHAD BEEN DIAGNOSED PROPERLY WHEN I WAS YOUNG LIFE COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT, FROM WHAT I HAVE READ IF YOUR EXPERIENCING HIGHS AND LOWS THIS DRUG IS NOT FOR YOU. I TO SLEEP WHEN I AM TIRED, WHICH IS NORMALLY 16 HOURS AFTER I WAKE AND I WAKE UP VERY EASILY. I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE SIDE EFFECTS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED IN THE OTHER COMMENTS. MAKE SURE YOU OR YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY HAS ADD OR ADHD. I AM BETTER THAN EVER AND NO SIDE EFFECTS. | M | 44 | 90 days | 11/11/2007 | 5 | duped the psych | come-down sucks when I happen to be feeling depressed and/or anxious. need to defecate 30min. after ingestion (rather pleasant!), thirsty, loss of appetite. The BEST side-effect: HIGH! | I LOVE it. It's a great, fun, creative, stimulant, awakening, drug! The only prob is that I can't take too much otherwise come-down sucks and heart palpitations become too noticeable. 20mg in a day is all I can do, and I'm lucky if I can do it the next day without compounding the unwanted peripheral nervous system stimulation. | F | 20 | 5 months | 11/9/2007 | 3 | ADHD | I would feel high for thirty minutes or so, and then I would be fine. I also noticed my heart racing and my palms sweating. | it helped me in school, but the euphoric feeling often distracted me from learning. I was less social on Adderall, but since I was just put on it, it was easy to get off of. I wouldnt recommend this medicine to anyone unless there was no other way to get better. | F | 15 | 2 weeks | 11/7/2007 | 1 | adult add | Hyper, felt good in beginning of day. Changed personality didn't want to be with friends. Rash on scalp dry little bumps. Went away after I stopped drug. Definitly kids should not be on it! | F | 41 | 300 days | 11/1/2007 | 1 | idiopathic hypersomnia | rapid heart rate, anxiety, loss of sex drive | I take 80mg of Adderall for excessive sleepiness. At first it worked very well. Now I have developed a tolerance and some days it just doesnt work at all. Very inconsistent in its efficiacy. Plus very addictive. If you dont have to take it, dont. It changed my life for the worse. | F | 35 | 6 years | 10/31/2007 | 5 | ADHD (non-hyperactive; ADD) | Dry Mouth, Anxiety, Susceptiblilty to Hypoglycemia, Severe loss of Appetite | I would recommend taking Adderall if you NEED it, I had a rough couple first weeks testing different doses and such, I'm on the highest prescribed dose for Adderall XR. It helps me function in my college classes with exceptional ability. I highly reccommend eating before taking as I could hardly look at food let alone eat while I am "on" Adderall. This substance can be highly addictive so I routinely wean on the weekends, which means I simply don't take it. This method also helps greatly when it comes to effectiveness and extremity of side effects. Parents: Do not let your young(under 16) children have possession of the entire prescription as they may have issues in taking it. Also parents, help your kids understand why they want to take it, not why the doctor says they should, ADHD may sound like it will make them an outsider. Also, just a helpful hint to all you teenagers my age, don't drink or smoke marijuana while you are taking adderall, it's not the kind of high you wou | M | 18 | 3 years | 10/29/2007 | 4 | A D D | major weight loss, loss of appitite, irritable, moody, addictive. | Adderall has really helped me, espically when I was in middle school. I went from failing most classes to having A's and being on the honor roll. Adderall has also helped me all through high school and has helped me maintain the good grades. But I have been noticing for probably the past year in a half that I'm really not myself when I'm on it. I'm not very social and I just dont really talk to anyone, I get sad and people say I'm very unapproachable. When I'm off the drug people love to be around me and they dont understand why i'm on it in the first place. Its hard to explain but when i'm off of adderall i feel great. I laugh and I'm very social and I love it but if I'm off of it for more then a couple of days i start to freak out and feel very anxious, like I cant control anything... Adderall is very addictive and I wouldnt suggest using it, only if you really need it. | F | 18 | 6 years | 10/11/2007 | 4 | ADD | Less social, increased sex drive | I take Adderall XR 20mg a day and have been for almost the last year. People notice when it is peaking in my system and ask what's wrong to my surprise. I sometimes am too focused and get hung up on details. Overall I would not consider not taking it. | F | 26 | 1 years | 10/11/2007 | 5 | ADD | Dry mouth, increased desire for nicotine, increased sex drive, sweating, diarrhea once initial effects take place, hot flashes, freezing cold hands and feet, loss of appetite (lost 15 lbs.), get extremely tired after 4-5 hours, but exhaustion only lasts about 30 minutes and then I feel fine. | Adderall is the best thing man ever invented. I only wish I would've started taking it in high school. I have an extremely obsessive personality and I excelled in things that I enjoyed and were extremely important before taking adderall. Today, I excel at everything I do whether I normally would consider it boring or mundane. I painted our entire house (@1600 sq. feet) in one week and had never even painted before. I would paint for 10-12 hrs. a day all by myself. I redecorated and rearranged the house and it now looks awesome and I love being at home. I am an amazing worker now and I get excited about going to work. I look forward to doing things that used to be a chore such as; cleaning the house, washing my car, laundry, dishes, and organizing everything. I am more prepared for life and can handle anything that comes my way. I find that adderall enhances my creativity b/c I write down every single new idea I have and actually follow through with it. I am constantly searchi | F | 28 | 2.5 years | 10/9/2007 | 1 | ADHD Wife | Irrational, bi-polar behavior, violently angry for no reason, almost a multiple personality disorder, paranoia | Adderall cost me my wife. Almost 4 years ago she was prescribed Welbutrin for situational depression & Adderall for ADHD. She immediately started abusing them as a "work & weight loss aid" and it was like living with a "tweaker" on Meth all the time. Massive emotional roller coaster ride each day with violent, physical & emotional rages. She started getting delusional and displaying paranoid behavior, while amping to the point of a heart attack. (she's age 42) I told her doctors they were over medicating her but they didn't change her dosage at her insistence. She had a first ever massive seizure (that was blamed on Welbutrin) and died in my arms one year ago last week, but 4 minutes of CPR kicked her into life again. For the next 3 weeks she was off the meds during her neurology evaluation and was my good 'ol loving wife again. Then she started the Adderall XL again and went right back into the same disorders, and worse. It got less tolerable as she dec | M | 51 | 3.5 years | 10/8/2007 | 4 | ADHD | sweats, mild headache, physical crash at the end of the day (never depressed though), weight loss, memory trips | Overall, it has done wonders. I started on XR 20 and I'm now up to 30 (have been for the past 5 months). I was diagnosed with ADHD around 8 months ago but my parents and teachers had always suspected it but never bothered to get me tested. Since being on adderall, my focus is unbelievable and my impulsivity has subsided a ton. The only downside is its potential abuse- I have had an issue with eating disorders in the past, and while it has helped with bulemia, I feel like I HAVE to take it so I don't over indulge. But then upon taking it, I don't eat for the rest of the day. I'm 5'11 and 130 lbs now, and at one point I was 113lbs. During my highschool years I was steady around 150. Way too many young women are taking this for weight loss and there needs to be far more discipline for perscription, it's getting tossed around like candy. Also I have found if I need to finish homework or a project, I'll purposely take it later in the day so I can stay up a little later (NOT GOOD!). The othe | F | 19 | 8 months | 10/2/2007 | 5 | severe ADD - also on straterra | chatty, dry mouth, insomnia (on ambien to sleep) | i love it. it has helped me to focus and do really well at my new job. i split the pill and take 1/2 in AM and 1/2 with lunch so it lasts through the day but wears off by night. taking ambien helps with the sleep issues. sometimes it bugs people that i chat so much but, hey, i need to function so get over it! anyone who says they have major withdrawals were probably taking too much or didn't wean. i've taken it for a while and sometimes forget to get my script and have no issues. please talk to your doctor before stopping - he'll tell you how to wean. low doses shouldn't matter, but higher doses need to wean. | F | 32 | 1 years | 9/27/2007 | 4 | Adult ADD | Thirst, grinding teeth | It is really true that you can't withdraw from, or become addicted to, Adderall if you really have ADD. You shouldn't be having a lot of euphoria and shouldn't be taking it to get a buzz. If you have ADD, it helps you concentrate and focus. I'm not sure if it pushes you to bipolar d/o or not. But when I first took it, I had a huge decrease in anxiety and felt calm for the first time in many years. Now I take it only when I feel I have to concentrate. I don't take it on the weekends at all. It's a great drug when it's used for it's true purpose. | F | 58 | 4 years | 9/27/2007 | 3 | add | deppression, anxiety confusion, inability to think | iv been takking adderal since 1st grade im in ninth now. it was great and helped me alot but the past 2 years on it have been hell.i quit feeling emotion for others and only cared for myself i began to remove myself from my friends.this was on adderall xr wich iv been taking sinc middle shcool.i woke up angry and depressed.i dont take it over the weekends or during the summer. and dont experience withdraws, but the 1st week of shcool when getting back on it was hell i had panic attack and mood swing couldnt think about anything.i dont reccomend this for kids | 14 | 8 years | 9/27/2007 | 2 | adult ADHD | Positive: increased focus and energy levels, lessened social anxiety Negative: sweating, acne, teeth grinding, shaking, "crash" at end of day that made me incredibly irritable, angry, and paranoid, difficulty sleeping | I was originally prescribed to 5 mg of regular Adderall a day, then moved up to 10 mg of Adderall XR once a day. It was great at first; I could focus, I wasn't tired during the day (I also have circadian rhythm disorder so I am often very tired during the day), I got A's on everything I turned in, and I lost 8 pounds. But after awhile, I started crashing from it earlier and earlier in the day, and it started losing its effectiveness. I started taking more than I was prescribed so that I wouldn't feel shitty, but then the crash was even more intense. I realized I needed to stop taking it before it got out of hand, so I stopped cold turkey...and had horrible withdrawal for two days. I couldn't get out of bed the first day because I was so tired, and the second day I had a Hollywood-worthy withdrawal episode. I was at a friend's house, feeling a little nervous but basically okay, when it got really bad. I ended up curled up in the fetal position on her bathroom floor, shaking uncontrollab | F | 21 | 4 months | 9/25/2007 | 4 | Depression, ADHD | insomnia, anorexia, depression at the end of the day, increased anxiety, stomach aches, exhuasted at the end of the day but impossible to fall asleep, increased sex drive. | Overall it really has helped me get through the day. I've been on 25mg of Adderall XR for a 1.5yrs. I had issues with anorexia at one point, weighed 100lbs. People hardly recognized me. Once I set my priorities straight things went back to normal. I have exaggerated sexual needs! | F | 32 | 1.5 years | 9/24/2007 |