My first day of adderall | ADHD Information

Took 10 mg in monrning and 10 at noon.  It was hard to tell if it was working.  I seemed a little more focused at some times.  It didnt effect my appetite so that was huge for me. I did not seem as groggy in the morning. 

At the end of the day I feel weird.  Kind of buzzing or dizzy and tired.  My palms are also sweaty.  If I can sleep tonight then I would say the sides are minimal.

Tommorow I will take 30 mgs and see what happens.

Don't fool around with Adderall!!!!! It's an amphetamine that is addictive, and experimenting with dosage without the supervision of your doctor is not wise. I have learned the hard way not to skip days and weekends, because the withdrawal is a bitch and a half.  Please be careful.

I take adderall...

Um might I suggest 20 instead?  Then try 30?  The side effects go up with the dosage.  It really is better to bump it up slowly, no matter how badly you want to fix your symptoms.  The side effects can really make you feel BAD if you don't take it slow, much worse than not paying attention for a few more days.  

Plus, people really respond all over the map to adderall - and nothing stinks worse than taking too much. (or forgetting you already took it)  Once it is in, there is nothing to do but wait it out.  Yuck! 

It sounds dumb, but make sure you eat enough food and drink plenty of water.  The initial adjustment to adderall can be tricky.  Here is a tip - if you feel a bit tired, that is ok.  If you feel like you got run over by a truck, you most likely for got to eat enough food. (Either that or you upped the dose too fast.)

 

Yeah, the stimulants begin to take effect in a couple of days (they do SOMETHING right away, it's just not generally what you're looking for), and within a week or two you'll really notice a difference.  For me, it curbed the hyperactivity right away, but it took a while for the concentration to set in.

Oh, and the last poster is so dead on: it's about learning to use your concentration.  I noticed the big difference when I got really busy at work, and suddenly I felt psychic! (This was after two weeks)  I was on top of everything, I wasn't forgetting half of the things I had to do, and I could really focus and keep thoughts in my head long enough to take care of the items they were related to.  But when things slowed down again, I started to drift back into my usual state because generally speaking I'm NOT used to focusing on things and even trying to remember them, since I know that's mostly a waste of effort and an exercise in frustration on my part.

Good luck! I have an appointment on Monday with a new doc, hoping to get back on adderall.

Actually, it ins't the medication that you have to get used to.  It is the brand new steering wheel in your brain that you have to figure out how to operate, since you never had one before. 

If you realize the steering is still loose after a month or so, you probably want to talk to your pdoc about upping it.

Also do the sleep problems wear off? jman05:
Why do you want to upper it so fast? It takes time for all meds to start working as they supose to do. As someone said, they do work instantly but it doesn't have to be the way you want it to work. And the part of learning how to use your "new brain" is very important.

I got meds in nov-05 and I've uppered the dosage in middle dec-05 and now in middle March, that's how slow I take it. Much cos I didn't see so much of a diferens but ppl around me did. Then you have to feel if you perhaps don't need a higher dose, you might be a person that don't need more than 10mg, you wouldn't know if you upper it to fast.

Just wanted to point out the good advice you got again and add mine :-)

/Kaks

The sleeping thing has actually been weird for me.  I've been on Adderall for almost a year now and at first I couldn't sleep at all without taking something for sleep (Ambien).  Now I sleep better on Adderall than I've ever slept in my life.  Go figure....amphetamines make me sleep better!  I guess it's true that us ADDers really do have backward brain wiring!

Side effects get better over time, including the sleeping. He actually gave me 20mg pills so 40mg a day.  Also if u are having withdraw on weekends then that is a bad thing because you are becomming dependent on it.  I will skip weekends becaus im paying out of pocket and I want to give my body a break from it.

Also today after it wore off after lunch I felt really out of it and cloudy.  Then I guess my 10mg kicked in and I got better.  i also feel in a little better mood while on it.  Concerta made me feel much worse.
jman0538793.6164814815wait a month to see the real results.  this month imagine that  you're on a roller coaster... so it can take a bit to show results?  I read that to but thought stims were faster acting.  But so far the sides are awsome compared to concerta and strattera.