CONCERTA Reviews (METHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.3 (772 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CONCERTA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CONCERTA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Diagnosed ADHD | at the start (Fatigue, tiredness, change in appetite, loss of weight) | I was taking Concerta XL when I was 14-16 to improve my concentration at school. I was being sent out of classes a lot and was generally a really rude person. At the start, I noticed that my appetite had changed a lot, I was also crying a lot to begin with. After about 4 months I had lost a fair amount of weight. I had noticed that my appetite started to pick up, but instead of me eating junk food (like I usually would) I would start to eat healthier foods? Which seemed a little odd. I believe this medication does work, I managed to go from getting E's and D's in most of my GCSE's to passing them all with C's and B's. However, I do believe that you need to want to change/help yourself for this medication, like all medications, to become effective. I'm now at University and I find it hard to believe that a few years ago I was failing mostly everything and didn't know what I'd be doing later in life. Also, i think it is important to identify that I also applied myself more. So if you're prescribed this medication, you also need to work with it for it to benefit you. I hope this information is beneficial for anybody who is reading. | M | 22 | 2 years 30mg 1X day | 3/16/2016 | 3 | improve my concentration at school. | Weightloss,decreased appetite.(but i also get extremely hungry), irritation, depression, blurred vision, insomnia, anxiety. | From the age of 12 till 17 i took about 54mg of concerta daily. Iam now im my final year in high school, ive been taking 100mg due to the increased amount of work at school. Ive never till today felt so depressed, my confidence in down the drain, i no longer want to play netball or go to school dances. I feel that i dont have a personality, im constantly very quiet and reserved. Its gotten so bad that i fear of leaving my room at boarding school and if i do i make sure i come back asap. I easily feel intimidated and im always thinking that im not good enough. Concerta does help me concentrate, i do one thing at a time and im very patient. Weirdly my hearing has improved tremendously, for example; im able to hear when someone is walking down the passage quiet a distance away. When im studying and concentrating really hard, ill tune in to the sound of someone crunching a paper or drawing with a pencil on the other side of the room and get extremely irrated or if a clock ticks ill stare at it for a long time (hoping that it will stop). Judging from my marks at school, concerta has helped me alot. But the way i feel about myself now,regarding my self esteem and doing things at school or anywhere, i wouldnt want anyone to feel like this. Yes i have been to a psychologist many times, but honestly it doesnt help. I feel i cant go without concerta. Actually my body is dependent on it, i can immediately feel when i havent taken it, i feel almost tipsy and i struggle to speak properly, | F | 17 | 7 years 100mg | 2/13/2016 | 3 | improve my concentration at school. | Weightloss,decreased appetite.(but i also get extremely hungry), irritation, depression, blurred vision, insomnia, anxiety. | From the age of 12 till 17 i took about 54mg of concerta daily. Iam now im my final year in high school, ive been taking 100mg due to the increased amount of work at school. Ive never till today felt so depressed, my confidence in down the drain, i no longer want to play netball or go to school dances. I feel that i dont have a personality, im constantly very quiet and reserved. Its gotten so bad that i fear of leaving my room at boarding school and if i do i make sure i come back asap. I easily feel intimidated and im always thinking that im not good enough. Concerta does help me concentrate, i do one thing at a time and im very patient. Weirdly my hearing has improved tremendously, for example; im able to hear when someone is walking down the passage quiet a distance away. When im studying and concentrating really hard, ill tune in to the sound of someone crunching a paper or drawing with a pencil on the other side of the room and get extremely irritated or if a clock ticks ill stare at it for a long time (hoping that it will stop). Judging from my marks at school, concerta has helped me alot. But the way i feel about myself now,regarding my self esteem and doing things at school or anywhere, i wouldnt want anyone to feel like this. Yes i have been to a psychologist many times, but honestly it doesnt help. I feel i cant go without concerta. Actually my body is dependent on it, i can immediately feel when i havent taken it, i feel almost tipsy and i struggle to speak properly, | F | 17 | 7 years 100mg | 2/13/2016 | 5 | ADHD | Cold and/or sweaty extremities. Loss of appetite. Trouble sleeping. Trouble staying hard during sex. | I have been taking concerta fror 11 years and have gone through numerous dosage changes and even stopped and restarted the drug. From my experience this drug works well to increase concentration, focus, and attention. Helps me do one thing at a time without jumping from task to task. Slso this supresses my appetite which has helped me maintain normal weight. | M | 19 | 10 years 54 | 2/12/2016 | 3 | adhd | My son has been taking 18 mg for 3 years and it has helped him concentrate at school he had some side effects which it was a battle to continue him on meds which was loss of appetite headaches aches in his legs breathlessness but with discussion he carried on taking them and the symptoms got lil easier but not his appetite, today he has been put up to 36mg and has had dizzyness eye twitching and blurred vision he is now reufising to take meds again as of this he has test to comfirm on meds he concentrates more but its a battle with him to keep him on them im informing cahms of this and i never knew there were 27mg he could of tried instead only when i looked online i knew as he has put weight on and grew and things have happened in school like not able to get the work and fighting and attitude thats why hes been put up | M | 11 | 3 years 18mg | 2/11/2016 | 5 | ADHD | I HAVE EXPERIENCED NO MAJOR SIDE EFFECTS EXCEPT MILD APPETITE LOSS. CONCERTA HAS BEEN A LIFE CHANGING EVENT FOR ME. IF YOU HAVE THE SYMPTOMS OF ADULT ADHD DON'T WAIT SEE A SPECIALIST. | M | 45 | 2 years 36 | 2/4/2016 | 2 | ADD | Anxiety, mild depression, a lot of crying and mood swings. | F | 19 | 1 months 27mg | 2/4/2016 | 4 | ADHD | I didn't feel that I experienced any of the side effects of concerta apart from loss of appetite and a few minor things but things that have happened in the past few days have made me realise that I a lot of things about me have changed but not all of them are for the best I now feel like I have lost the real me a little like I have lost my personality and I have noticed that my confidence to do things and self confidence has dropped huge amounts I don't do anything or try anything if I think someone will have something to say about it I fear that if I try letting go and be myself that I will lose friends and people won't like me I don't try any thing new anymore even things to do with myself like new styles because of fear of being judged and fear that people won't like it, I don't even like expressing my opinion and get nervous when I think I've done some that people won't like and I know my real personality is nothing like that, I feel dependant on concerta and actually fear trying a different medication or coming off of medication as if I'm afraid of the real me and my real personality. I am sharing this just to make people think about what it's actually effecting about yourself and don't just look for the named side effects like loss of appetite and and stuff look at yourself and how you've changed but don't get me wrong over the years I have been taking concerta it hasn't all been negative, my graves in school went from E's - D's to B's - A*'s and I am now studying at c | at college, passing all of my assessments I also stopped fighting and I had been known throughout school for fighting. Look at the way it has changed you not just the way it has changed you body and don't just look for the side effects that have names like for example if you have started feeling down after you start taking concerta don't just think ahh it's nothing don't look at the side effects and see depression and think well my low mood must just be me, is just me, it's not the medication because I'm not depressed and that's what the side effect associated with your mood is called. I hope me sharing this will help at least a few people. | M | 16 | 4 years 72 mg | 2/2/2016 | 1 | My daughter was. I recently took her off | My daughter is always angry out of control. I took her off a cpl days ago. I want my daughter back. | F | 12 | 2 days 27 | 1/20/2016 | 5 | ADHD | I have minimal side effects probably cause I have been taking it for 16 years now. However when I don't take it I get very sick and have horrible mood swings. | Concerta has helped me so much in school and life. I did over time have to go up cause I became used to the medication. But I'm so thankful for it. | F | 21 | 10 years 52 mg | 1/4/2016 | 3 | ADD | I can attest to what your son is experiencing: cold (feet and hands), heart discomfort or at least an irregular feeling, as well as anxiety when comming off the medication. As a 200lbs man on a 18mg daily dose I can imagine what the effects would be for a smaller boy. I think parents should try Concerta for a few days to really see what they are giving their children. | M | 30 | 2 years 18 | 12/30/2015 | 3 | my son has adhd | Since my son has been on concerta he been complaining Bout chest pain, being cold and been getting muscle spam. I had to drop him from 36mg to27mg. The doctor states his symptoms are not related to concerta, but since I drop his dosage some of his symptom have been reduce. He gets headaches nausea, dizzyness and his vison blurr, and the worse muscle spam. I ask my doctor to change his medication and he was not willing to. So I am going in for a second opinion. For some reason doctors do not want to report serious side effects of concerta. It helps him concentrate but has a lot of side effects. Just beware doctors may not want to report side effects | Has any other parent had serious side effects with concerta. | M | 11 | 1 months 27 | 12/10/2015 | 1 | Add | F | 18 | 3 days 18 MG | 12/7/2015 | 2 | ADHD | When im on concerta, i have terrible side effects such as dizziness, social anxiety, depression, feelings of not wanting to eat and basically feeling like a zombie(not laughing at my usual friends jokes or just not feeling joyful at all.) Most of the time when im on concerta, i feel almost emotionless. Also, if i stop taking concerta for one day after taking it for a long period of days, i get very high levels in confidence and happiness. | Besides all the negatives, concerta has helped me concentrate much better, making me feel like if i have homework, that i will just do it with out any distractions and it has helped me to cope better with working and focusing on school work, in class with noisy, disruptive classmates. | F | 16 | 3 years 27mg | 11/25/2015 | 3 | ADHD | I'm really hungry that it makes me almost faint and leaves me no energy. But I can't eat even a small amount of food except the cereal I eat every morning. And even that cereal makes me want to throw up. | F | 18 | 4 days 27 mg 1X day | 11/24/2015 | 1 | Adah | shit | 15 | 1 days 50 | 11/24/2015 | 4 | ADD | Fast heart rate, anxiety, easily annoyed attitude, and loss of appetite. | Concerta helps me to focus more and stay on task. I am an outgoing and social person, even on concerta. However, on concerta I sometimes refrain myself from socialzing at times that I normally would. My first year taking concerta I lost 19 pounds in the first three months at 18mg. After I became more immune to the pill, my dosage went up to 56mg. I have gained the weight back, although in muscle since I am an athlete. If you are an athlete and take concerta, know that while you are playing in a game you may feel like you are about to throw up sometimes. This is due to your loss of appetite in lunch and since you didn't take in much energy from the little food you have eaten, the acidity in your stomach causes you to have a strong gag reflex. Also, after going a day without eating on the pill and exercising, you should hydrate because you will become dehydrated on top of being starved and will become easily annoyed by everything around you. Overall, concerta has helped me maintain good grades and stay organized. | F | 14 | 2 years 56mg | 11/21/2015 | 2 | ADD | Irritability, anxiety, self-conciousness, social anxiety, appetite-loss, loss of control, depression, insomnia, migraines, discomfort. | I took concerta when I was 13 and am currently taking it at age 15 (against my will). Concerta was very helpful for me in the ways of focusing on tasks, getting things done, and paying attention in class; but it caused irrational worry and a very high heart rate. It made me extremely tense and uncomfortable physically, and also very self-concious about everything about myself. I became an outcast and had no friends. I was afraid to do anything for fear of judgement, and my personality was lost as I became quiet and withdrawn socially. I did stop taking it for one year last year, and socially and emotionally my life was so, so much better, but my grades and focus plummeted. At the beginning of this year however, I entered high school (at grade 10) and my grades were worse than before and I was falling behind in everything, so I was back on Concerta. I recommend finding another medication for ADD/ADHD. I would be trying something different if I could. | F | 15 | 1 years 36MG | 11/3/2015 | 1 | to take a overdose | Bad dithers and shaking badly and feel faint. | F | 1 days 27 | 10/31/2015 | 4 | ADHD | GOOD: the ability to concentrate and focus on a specific subject at a time. Increased patience and willingness to do long activities such as reading or homework. Created empathy towards others and general calmness. I can think of things before i do or say them and usually have better judgement. Reduces hunger which can make you drink more water or pick healthier foods. More serious, i generally just want to accomplish stuff BAD: dry mouth, lack of appetite, difficulty in being social with others, less able to joke around with my friends since i have no humour, feel like im depressed, hard time sleeping, harder to talk to girls and my friends say im boring when i do take it. | Mind you, I am at this point still 17 and my thoughts of good or bad may be wrong or simply change within the future. If anybody wants to give me advice on if i should keep taking it or just learn to adapt without it let me know thank you | M | 17 | 6 years 54 + 18 | 10/17/2015 |