CONCERTA Reviews (METHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE)

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CONCERTA  (METHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE):  This medication is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - ADHD. It works by changing the amounts of certain natural substances in the brain. Methylphenidate belongs to a class of drugs known as stimulants. It can help increase your ability to pay attention, stay focused on an activity, and control behavior problems. It may also help you to organize your tasks and improve listening skills.   FDA Approval Date: 2000-12-08 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 3  ADHA To start, headaches, dizzy, trouble sleeping but these did subside. Lack of appetite - always, and more recently mood swings, very irritable, especially mid afternoon, angry at nothing at all, irrational - especially for a 7 year old child. My son 7, started Concerta in Feb 07. Intially the benefits outweighed the side effects. My son wasn't highly ADHD but did have difficulties at school, especially in listening, sitting still and completing tasks. And always talking! He never stops including in his sleep. He was alway very confident, made friends easily and was generally in the middle of any group. The after the first two weeks at 18mg we noticed a small improvement, but when it was upped to 36mg we noticed a huge improvement. A few months later though, we are seeing a child who is withdrawn, very argumentative, highly irritable, and having lots of mood swings. He always looks tired and would rather sit a watch TV than play outside. I think I would rather have a overly active child, with average grades but who is happy, healthy, laughing and smiling. Once school ends we will be taking him off this mediation and coping the old fashion way. M 7 4 months
5/26/2007
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 5  Son now age 10 Decreased appetite, some difficulty getting to sleep My son has been taking Concerta since 1st grade. It has been wonderful. He went from climbing, touching, moving, making noises, standing, sitting, spinning, jumping all at the same time to a calm regular kid. His grades have improved HUGELY. He has confidence now and socially it has helped him as well by leaps and bounds. He is much much much less impulsive. He THINKS before he does stuff. As far as the diminished appetite, that is subsiding as he gets older. He also eats like a horse in the evening after school until bed. I let him eat everything and anything he wants to make up for not eating M 10 4 years
5/21/2007
 4  Concentration issues Extreme Fatigue, sudden pulse increase, sweating, headaches, withdrawl, anti-social Over all it helped my grades ALOT F's to B's A's Extreme Fatigue happens somtimes, Sudden Pulse increase only happened once - maybe it was somthing I did, Sweating is normal, Headaches I get about 2-3 times a week at least, I get them about half of that when i dont take concerta, When I take concerta I always want to go right home and not hang out with my friends when I do not take it I want to be with them at all times these side effects sound like a big deal but they are really not, the headaches are the only real concern for me but they are sinus head aches. I think that it is overall a really good med. M 3 days
5/21/2007
 3  ADD Occasional loss of appetite, Extreme fatigue when not taken I've been on Concerta for about a month and it has greatly improved my concentration and productivity. However, I did not take the medicine last weekend, and I became EXTREMELY tired (I probably slept somewhere around 20+ hours that weekend). I'm a little bit worried about forming a habit, although I was told by my doctor that I should be able to go on and off the medicine depending on when feel the need to take it. I started with 18mg for the first week, which had no effects and then upped my dosage to 36, which has been effective for the past three weeks. F 16 4 weeks
5/19/2007
 3  ADHD Headachs, Increased Sweating, Depression, Increased Iterabillity, and decreased appetite It really doesn't work for me at all. I have not got the results I wanted. My grades are still low and my chances of getting into a good college are getting slimmer and slimmer. F 16 3 years
5/16/2007
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 1  ADHD Depression, uncontrollable crying, excessive worrying & increased anxiety This was the first switch I had made from Ritalin. Only took 18mg once per day and had awful side effects. Was tired and sad in the evenings with no motivation. Did not take it for ONE day over the weekend and was crying uncontrollably for no reason at all, felt completely hopeless, very stressed out. F 26 1 months
5/14/2007
 4  ADD Deppression, Anxiety, Nervousness, Extreme Wheight Loss, Major Loss Of Appetite, Erectile Problems I started taking concerta on march 14 i wheighed 240lbs and i had bad grades. now on may 7 i wheigh 213lbs and i have 3 A+'s and 2 B's this medicine does works very well but it has its major side effects. like major deppression and eritctile problems M 18 2 months
5/7/2007
 3  ADD Anxiety, Depression, Mood Swings, Tiredness I'm in 7th grade, and I know for a fact that the concerta has improved my grades and helped me focus. I saw an almost 20% increase in my grades after taking it for about a year and a half. Recently i got switched to a 54 mg pill. After about 30 minuets i can feel the drug working. I feel warm and relaxed, until about 11:30 or 12. Then i get severe anxiety and mood swings, and incredibley irratable. I just feel like i want to pull my hair out and smash the wall. I can also feel my body start to be addicted to it. If i go a day without it i'm hyper, anxious and my mood swings alot. I don't reccomend taking over 36 mg of concerta. M 13 1 years
5/6/2007
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 1  adhd suicidal thoughts, depression, vicious panic attacks, headaches, weakness, chills, nausea, antisocial and withdrawn and im really addicted. this drug screwed up my life. im really addicted and every day im off it i feel like im going to die. i sometimes have suicidal thoughts and im very depressed later in the day. i just dont want to have anything to do with anyone anymore, and when i take the drug it feels like some cheap high. recently, after i had gone a whole day without it because i couldn't find the bottle i felt that i needed that feeling of sanity so quickly that i grinded up the pill with a knife and snorted it. after it wore off in like 15 minets i went and smashed my guitar. just dont take it, please. M 16 6 months
5/6/2007
 4  ADD excessive underarm sweating, decreased appetite, increased cigarette smoking, occasional sleep disruption, increased alertness 18 mg works well to improve academic performance, grades, etc. Sometimes I'll only eat one meal a day, and smoke many more cigarettes than when I am not using it. M 22 3 years
5/1/2007
 3  ADHD about the same as others I have tried...shaky hands, insomnia, sometimes makes me almost zombie like and unable to focus on anything other then staring off into space. The worst thing is the DRY MOUTH! I can't stand it and nothing I do helps with this. I am taking 72 mg a day (2 36mg pills in the morning). This is kind of a last ditch effort for me because nothing seems to help too much. This is my second time trying it the first time I quit after a month because of the dry mouth, this time I am trying to give it more time to see if there is a difference. On the plus side it does seem to control m some. Usually I don't think at all before I speak, now I do sometimes. F 26
5/1/2007
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 2  ADD killer headache, light loss of appetite, but i could eat, but just dont feel like it, my sister said i was being rude so i guess im a little irratible too its my first day and my head started hurting like late afternoon(took it at 8:30 a.m.its 12:30 a.m. now and it hasnt stopped) didnt help me focus better, no "bing" like i suddenly awoke from the dead. only on 18mg so thinking i might try adderall XR if higher dosages dont work, heard good thing about XR, more intense positive effects. concerta didnt make me more awake really and not very alert. i cant go to sleep b/c of the headache i think, but i my eyes feel tired and the rest of my body is ok. F 17 1 days
4/28/2007
 2  ADHD In the Beginning: dry mouth, excessive sweating, irritability, anger, and paranoia. After being on it for 8 years: extremely low blood pressure, nerve damage (loss of sensation in skin in patches on my body-numbness), extreme paranoia, nervousness, dependence (tiredness and exhaustion if I don't take it), weight loss, muscle spasms, twitching, heart races at times, shaky hands,etc. 54mg concerta for 8 years. Helped me with college and school. Helped control my hyper behavior that was out of control in high school (I was REALLY hyper and engergetic). After 8 years of being on this, I feel like the benefits do not out weigh the risks. I believe this drug has caused many problems with my autonomic nervous system and has done permanent damage to my body that I will never be able to change. This drug is not worth the long time danger it does to your brain and your body. Now I HAVE to continue taking it because without it I fall asleep while driving and can't stay awake any more. My body became dependent on it. It's horrible. I feel like this drug has made me age 25 years faster than I should have. F 22 8 years
4/28/2007
 5  Adult ADHD Increased appetite first week. Now limited appetite, but I make sure I eat what I need. Headaches at first-- now going away. My son has been treated successfully with Concerta for about 2 years. As I became more educated about ADHD for his sake-- it didn't take long for me and my family to realize that I had a whopping case of ADHD as well! The doctor chose to try me on concerta since it works so well for my son. It has been tremendous! I can't realy "feel" the medicine working. I can only go by what peopole tell me. That I am more organized, more attentive, less impulsive, etc. I can, however, tell when the medicine is wearing off. My thoughts start racing again, I get kind-of jittery... My husband tells me he can tell when it starts wearing off because I start jabbering about random topics and interrupting the normal flow of conversation...but, by that time, I am usually home from work and able to cope with myself even if he can't...lol :-) F 33 1 months
4/26/2007
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 5  ADHD Insomnia-- subsided with continued use. Appetite loss.... when the concerta wears off at night-- he makes up for it! My Son could NOT focus, stay still, stop making crazy noises, stop climbing or be in any way organized... He was having trouble socially and academically which was leading to severe emotional problems. He started on Concerta and DAY 1 was a different, yet the same, child. He got all of his work done at school that day and came home and THANKED ME for getting his doctor to give him "focus medicine"--- he was in first grade at the time and commented that the teacher didn't even have to "yell" at him. Later, the pediatrician briefly switched him to aderral XR which made him a basket case--- cried ALL THE TIME and developed vocal tics. We then got a great psychiatrist when the pediatrician recommended it. The psychiatrist put him back on concerta and adjusted the dosage-- been GREAT ever since! M 9 2 years
4/26/2007
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 1  Scatter Brained on a small dose (2 pills which i believe to be 18mg each) I experienced some nasty anxiety a few hours after taking them, then i felt as if i did several lines of coke- rather unpleasant. Shortness of breath, dry mouth. I had hoped it would help me concentrate, but it became much more a henderance dealing with the side effects- I became much more distracted trying to calm down and catch my breath. M 22 1 days
4/25/2007
 4  Adult ADD Hmmm. Dry skin, dry eyes and throat. Slight pressure in head that is not bad really. Ok. Looks like it is doing the trick right now. Not diagnosed officially yet but I fit the pattern to a "T". I am doing a lot of work for longer periods of time with less distraction and I love working. I am more motivated than before. The one weird thing however is that I am talking a lot more. It's almost as if my family wants to say "Shut up already!" Only my mother knows I am on it, but even my brother noticed I was talking more. I have more "convition" and "passion" with the neg that I talk too much as time passes. Not sure what to think of that right now M 31 3 weeks
4/24/2007
 3  ADD Anxiety attacks, deppression, racing heart, sweaty palms, dry mouth, headache, loss of appetite Fine at 18 mg, but severe behavioral problems at 36 mg-- anxiety attacks, deppression and paranoia. I couldn't stop crying and I decided to stop after only a few days on the higher dose. F 14 3 weeks
4/21/2007
 3   M 45 55 days
4/20/2007
 4  ADHD/ODD My son has not experienced any side effects! My son has ADHD/ODD and he would get a note sent home from school every day saying that he was disruptive, didn't listen and would get aggressive with staff and other students. We got him put on the Concerta and he is a totally different child, and he don't get notes sent home unless there good ones. Its great and I love it!!! M 5 5 months
4/19/2007

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