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My doc started me at 27 mg a while back.  I am now on 72 mg and feel it is working pretty well.  At lower doses it had a short term effect and I had major rebound.  I played around, after consulting my doc, with the time of day I took it so I was covering critical times and it improved for me. 

I will probably need a higher dose some day cause I am hyper as all get out, but I will put that off cause I am more focused and stuff now.  It works well!!

I was just prescribed Concerta 27mg is this a normal strenth when starting out (39 yr old 150 lbs) and how long does it take to start working?   Is this a good medication to be on for ADD I know that it depends on the person but just as a general.   Any info about this would be great, I have been looking on the net for info but I figured you guys would know first handI~forget~39028.784525463Wow!  So wait, you *were* hallucinating about the ball?  Or was there really a ball?

Hi

I just started 18 mg Concerta today after trying the Daytrana patch with success.  They are the same meds, different co.  I am switching to Concerta as its available in UK, (the patch is not).  The UK is where I live even though I was diagnosed in the US.

On the patch when the dose was too low I felt I wanted to fall asleep. The Concderta must be too low as it feels similar, I feel a little more tired or sleepy than I should.  But when I upped to the next dose on the patch, it was perfect.  So I am hoping to get that with the Concerta.

Whats a pain about Concerta is you can't cut them in half.  So I couldn't go to 27 unless I got new prescript, but could double my dose up to 36.  I'm a little afraid to try that, but I could.

But overall Concerta seems good, I too like it.

I tried at first Focalin and didn't like it at all.  I am ADD and Bipolar and the Focalin threw me over the bipolar edge and had a lot of emotional episodes.  The meds in Concerta and patch suit me much better.

OMG houston we have some problems, LOL   Ok first day on med was awesome, although I didn't get much sleep.   So I awake this morning and I get up to go to the rest room and I lower the seat down (men) and I plop down and realize that I put the lid down (No I aint no blonde)Lights were off.   I go to work and everything was going good except I was noticing this black spot on my nose and I kept wondering why no one was telling me I had something on my nose, so I go to the restroom and there was nothing  so I kinda shook it off and go back to working, about an hour later I turn around and see this little blue ball rolling towards me. Now I am thinking HALUSIONATIONS so I try to ignore this ball it didn't work so after much restraint I had to see if I was having any side effects I GRABBED THAT BALL and it was there   I don't feel as good as I did yesterday and I hope that it is  just cause I was tired. My mind I don't think has slowed down as of yet and memory hasn't gotten any better but it may just be way to soon.   Thank you for your replys. If you have more I want to hear emI~forget~39030.7259375Agreed.  Different doses at different times of the day are tailored to each consumer.  I take a dose at 7am and 1pm.   Some people only take a small amount in the moring and they're okay.  It all depends on what your life demands.  I'm usually in class from 9-3 and then studying until midnight, so clearly my dosage is a bit different than a 9-5 worker.