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I'm wondering how well you are eating? Many times we skip regular meals without even knowing (appetite suppression is a well-known short term side effect). Maybe examine this as many of the symptoms can be the same as fasting (and maybe dehydration too).
10mg is a very small dose and should be easy to take within a couple of months. Try hard to avoid mixing the PM med with your regular med though I know the sleeplessness can be hard. Maybe the dose is too close to bed? Try earlier sleep if you can handle it too. Your body will require some time to adjust so more sleep when you can get it is good. Even napping when possible is a good thing.
Exercise during the day (even a walk) can burn off the excess energy. Once I began exerting myself a lot at work by pushing myself the sleep came along much better. I haven't had insomnia in ages. Keep in mind this is with a rotating shift so you'd think that my sleep patterns would still be quite hard to control.
There are non-addictive sleep aids through your doctor now that I'd think would be safer than an OTC for you. Perhaps ask about ambien or one of the other meds? Also make sure to make your bedroom dark and think of getting a white noise machine. We ADHDers need the environment to be just right sometimes.
Well I take Adderall and It keeps me up a lot. I will either drink a glass of wine or take a benedryl both i know probabaly are not the answer but at some time you really need to get some sleep or it messes with your whole central nervous system. Cat i really think u might want to see a new dr. hang in there, you just haven't had the right treatment yet. .IMac38947.3922222222iv been taking amphetamine salts 10mg for a month and tylenol pm for almost a month to help me sleep. one night i took pain reliever pm and i felt this out of my body feeling like i was going to die and drift away and i was shaking non stop. so the next day i quit all medicine comepletely for a week and i felt this out of my body feeling still like i was dying sometimes.. which i thought it migh be the withdrawal from the amphetamine salts so i broke the pill in half and started taking a half of the pill everyday then the end of the week i took a half one day and none the next to taper myself off like the doctor suggested and i still felt this weird out of my body feeling along with shaking, dry mouth, dizzyness, and being depressed. so yesterday i went back to the doctor and he said to keep taking the half of the pill and don't skip a day this time. so this is what i am doing.. still.. the out of my body feeling is still here. i am desparate for this to stop.. its ruining my life.. i hate this feeling.. i don't know what to do sometimes it just makes me cry and feel so depressed.. the main question i want to ask is When... Will.... This....Stop....? so i can feel normal again and enjoy my life.