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 | ADD | It helps me throughout the day, I can stick to a task and finish it. My tip is that you take it immediately after you eat breakfast. I feel like a robot zombie at times. I'm not as creative as I used to. I would highly recommend to use this for school/work. Increase dosage if needed. But be careful. | F | 16 | 2 weeks 18 mg | 7/13/2012 | 2 | ADHD | I can't believe all the reviews about anorexia and weight loss, I had increased hunger and weight gain of about 10 pounds over the month I took Concerta. It also caused me to have visual hallucinations. Concerta is also addicting, I found that unlike Adderall, I found myself needing to take Concerta in the morning. It was actually good because I had a problem with taking medication every day, but it's still an addictive drug. | For those who have taken Adderall, I learned the hard way that Concerta is a much stronger drug. It takes a much smaller dose of Concerta to be equal to Adderall. Concerta also requires a build up over days to fully work. So, unlike with Adderall, if you don't take Concerta for a day or 2, it will take a couple days to build up to full strength again. Overall, it helped me concentrate, but I had a lot of side-effects. And as someone who doesn't normally take medication, I could tell it was the drug itself. Especially because if I would stop for a couple days, symptoms would cease. | F | 23 | 30 days 8 1X day | 7/12/2012 | 3 | Helps with school and driving ADD | Insomnia,trouble eating,nervousness, overheating, muslce twitches, rarely increased heart rate | F | 16 | 3 weeks 18 MG | 7/2/2012 | 2 | ADHD | Extreme rebound irritability - anger & defiance. Deceased appetite. | My son (then 6) started taking concerts after experiencing severe rebound irritability in the afternoons & evenings with Vyvanse. Concerta caused the same reaction. He now takes Focalin XR and after 7 months is still doing GREAT! Still has deceased appetite with Focalin XR, but I counteract that with a heafty breakfast (that includes protein) and a hearty dinner (he is starving by dinnertime). All 3 meds are stimulants, so it just goes to show that you have to be patient and persistent. Find a physician you trust who is experienced and will work with you. | M | 7 | 2 weeks 1X day | 6/30/2012 | 4 | adhd | none so far, just scared it will make me gain weight | F | 33 | 4 days 25mg | 6/29/2012 | 5 | adult ADD | in the beginning, slight head ache, slight irritability | I've had ADD all my life, but went undiagnosed until now. My teachers would ALWAYS put on my report card "Needs to practice selft control", and "Needs to use time wisely". I never knew what they meant. At 37 I am now taking Concerta. I finally know how it feels to focus, complete tasks, be on time and be in control. Concerta works for people that really have ADD. I love it. | F | 37 | 10 days 36 1X day | 6/10/2012 | 3 | ADD/ADHD | Pros: My grades improved from Cs to Ds to As and Bs It worked very quickly (in about an hour or so) Cons: I'm lucky if I even have a small appetite for lunch (I take it at about 7am and at around 3pm I'm so hungry that I'm not hungry, if that makes sense). I get nervous and tend to fear the worst. I find it harder to carry a conversation than usual. I don't really have the will to do anything (I love horseback riding and have been doing it for 7 years but as soon as I started the medication I had little to no interest in it) | F | 16 | 8 months 36 MG | 6/8/2012 | 2 | ADHD | it sucks don't give this to your kids I had shortness of breath I thought I was going to die I didn't wana eat at all AND I LOVE TO EAT but I'm kinda under weight anyways shaking. depression. crying for no reason I rather stick With ADHD dan take this mess | F | 14 | 2 weeks 27mg | 6/4/2012 | 3 | Adhd | Concerta makes me very focused, my grades have improved from 2.8 to 3.8 GPA aha. BUT it does makes me feel irritable and on-edge most of the time, i have no appetite when I take it and have to force myself to eat. It also just makes me feel physically gross and kinda depressed. If you really only need it for school, take breaks on weekends and you'll feel better. | F | 15 | 8 months 36 mg | 5/29/2012 | 5 | ADD without Hyperactivity | - slight paranoia, but not overly noticeable. - if you take a second pill after 1 pm (allowed in my case), insomnia - Time perception a bit off | *It should be noted that I have an NVLD comorbidity along with ADD without Hyperactivity (to skip to the effects, go to paragraph 3) I suffered from undiagnosed ADD that went unnoticed due to my NVLD comorbidity. For years, I worked harder than my work reflected. I would get in trouble at home and school for being disorganized and for my grades, which were lower than my sister's. Both my parents went to top universities, and they believed I was being lazy. I became depressed. Then, I figured out that I probably had ADD, and had the diagnosis confirmed by my doctor. Concerta changed my life. I could focus in class. My homework is super long and neat, my lab report was the most detailed in the class. It's only been a few days but I adore Concerta :) EFFECTS: It took about an hour to kick in. I felt razor-focused. It peaked about two hours after I took it, and ADD symptoms came back around 7-8 hours after taking it. Time perception is off- for example yesterday morning feels like ages ago, like it couldn't possibly be in the same week. Focus is INCREDIBLE. I 100% recommend it. | F | 18 | 3 days 18 1X day | 5/20/2012 | 5 | adhd | sleeplessness | M | 13 | 6 years 30mg+26mg 1X day | 5/11/2012 | 1 | ADD | ANGER | this is such garbage i won't take it again its my second day on it and i want to beat everyone, this is not helping my life made it so much worse | M | 22 | 2 days 18 1X day | 5/1/2012 | 5 | ADHD | Minor loss of appetite, need to take it early in order to go to sleep y 9pm (I like to get 8 hours and get up at 5am) | Very little, would like information on Concerta in Pregnancy, please contact me if you have any experience or know anyone who took it while pregnant. I would like to learn more about that. | F | 22 | 11 years 54+5 PM 1X day | 4/20/2012 | 3 | ADD | Pro's: increased energy, "bull-dog" focus (lock onto task and stay until completed), sleep better, decreased appetite Cons: warmer body temp, muscle twitching (eye-lid, upper lip, side of nose), decreased sex drive, poor memory, dry mouth (which resulted in bad breath and chapped lips), lack of interest in hobbies, "bull-dog" focus (couldn't stop focusing on non-essential things), sensitive to caffeine, hard to think (felt like I was taking stupid pills) | I have stopped taking Concerta because I was focusing on the wrong things and would waste hours on no-essential tasks and not get my regular tasks done. The muscle twitching started mild, but after awhile it got really annoying and was constantly happening. Now that I have stopped, I am experiencing extreme tiredness and headaches and depression. Not sure if I should try a different medication or a lower dosage? I really liked that I slept so much better, but I don't like the way it made my brain feel.....I would really have to think about what I was supposed to do next. It really brought to reality that joke about, "Have you ever stopped to think and forget to start again?" | F | 42 | 3 months 27mg 1X day | 4/19/2012 | 4 | Adhd | Works good. Just makes your stomach hurt but you just have to eat anyways. | M | 16 | 10 weeks 27mg | 4/17/2012 | 1 | ADHD | Feeling old and fragile, back pain in upper back / rib cage and lower back. Stopped this week to test effects and back started getting better. Lots of things that used to make me feel old started getting better. | M | 49 | 3 years 15 | 3/31/2012 | 4 | ADHD | The first week and a half, my son had a lot of insomnia and excessive talking (very philosophical). Sometimes he felt "melancholy" (his word) for no reason. Some days he would be extremely irritable after school. These side effects have lessened considerably as the weeks passed to where now I would consider them occasional. | My son is extremely bright and a delightful child, but he has struggled in school since kindergarten. He had an abnormally hard time (even for a little kid) sitting still and controlling his impulsive behaviors. You had to repeat directions about 10 times to get him to follow through. The bedtime routine was a nightly disaster. By second grade, his self-esteem was beginning to suffer and he would ask things like, "Why am I so stupid?? I am so dumb!!" I was resistant to the idea of putting him on medication, but from the second day he was on Concerta, his behavior improved dramatically and his teacher said he was "engaged,happy and eager to learn." At home, most days he is polite, pleasant and helpful. He is still silly and energetic, but not in inappropriate ways. He is much happier, and I am happy for him. We still deal with side effects sometimes, but I do find that if he plays outside a lot or gets a lot of exercise in gym class, the insomnia is much improved. I try to keep an open dialogue with him on his mood and how he is feeling, just in case anything changes. | M | 8 | 30 days 18mg 1X day | 3/23/2012 | 1 | ADHD | My son is taking this drug. Before taking this drug he was very loving and friendly. I never had any issues with his as a baby up until he was around 6. In school he had trouble focusing, so the school pestered me until I got him on medication. Since they upped his dose I have noticed very negative behaviors such as him seeming very angry most of the time, easily set off, not wanting to do chores and giving me a hard time about it, putting others down, being suspicious of others, trouble sleeping, etc. When I received the info on this drug from the DR the side effects did not seem major, so didn't think it had anything to do with the drug but today decided to look up the side effects online. These are some of the side effects that I found: -addiction -Craving cocaine -trouble sleeping -Behavior and thought problems -aggressive behavior and hostility -bipolar illness -slowing of growth (height and weight) -feeling suspicion and paranoia -psychotic symptoms -may later disrup | This is not worth it, the school counselor tried to say it may be puberty, but I don't think so. Most of the time a mother knows, plain and simple. This is NOT the child I knew, he is the complete opposite. He has an appointment today, he will be weened off of this medication. I did research on other medications as well, so he will not be put on any more, I do not want my son effected later in life. I would also like to mention that the schools pressure parents to put their children on this medication, I know ours did and as I was doing my research I found a lot of other parents who were placed in the same situation, this angers me now knowing the side effects. | M | 11 | 2 years 36MG 1X day | 3/20/2012 | 3 | adhd /sensory disorders | Loss of appetite, shaking of hands, uneasy feelings, severe agitation an irritability, unwanted body sensations, cold, wanting to he alone. Extreme loss of personality and creativeness. I am a music producer and composer. Hard to do that while on this medication. Dizziness. Mood swings. Feeling like a zombie. Tiredness. Loss of sense of humor. Do not put your young kids on this medication | M | 16 | 6 years 72 | 3/14/2012 | 3 | many disabilities, mainly ADHD | extreme loss of appetite, dizziness, nausea, stomach aches 4-5 times a week, headaches, slightly blurred vision, constant shortness of breath, dry mouth, chapped lips (to the bleeding point), puffy right eye, always tired, wake up early go to bed late, insomnia, stress, anxiety, zombie-like actions, slight depression, hallucinations (only happened once), nervous, cold hands, shaking hands and legs, stunts growth of my nails and hair i think, feeling really distant socially and always wanting to isolate yourself, OCD about some things (nails makeup handwriting and random stuff perfect) but really unorganized about others (my room, homework, closet, backpack) i don't know its a sketchy drug.. | i took 36 mg before i started taking 54 mg and noticed a insane difference in side effects and in concentration. the pill does an excellent job in keeping you concentrated and wanting to do your work and follow your orders, but the side effects are awful. | F | 16 | 3 weeks 54 mg 1X day | 3/3/2012 |