I need some help with Adderal | ADHD Information

Hi, I'm Tommy. I'm a 22 year old college student here in SoCal.
My psychiatrist. Currently change my prescription to Adderal after being on Straterra for about a year. I have some questions and concerns about Adderal and wonder if y'all could help me.

I started taking the Adderal the day before Halloween this past year(2007). I was currently on Straterra for about a year and half. I was actually diagnosed with ADHD and some type of anxiety disorder. When I was attending the city college before a transfered to the 4 yr university I'm at now, a teacher noticed something and sent me to disabilities, got me tested and all that. So he was the one that actually helped me out.

So my psychiatrist put me on the Straterra for about a year and half and now I have been on the Adderal since this past Oct. 30 2007. I was doing bad in school since the Straterra made me made me droggy and sometimes even depressed. It was also hard to focus because my mind would wonder off and it would be hard to get back on track. So I told my doctor what was going on and he changed me to the Adderal.

I'm currently on 10 mg of Adderal but actually 20mg since I take 2 pills a day.
I must also tell you that I'm a high school and college basketball official in addition to be a full time student. My season started Nov 3, which was a Friday. I took my 20 mg of Adderal in the morning when i went to school, before having officiated my game at 7:30pm that night. I wanted to experiment with the Adderal since it was helping focus in school and want to see if it would help me in the game. So i took one 10 mg before the game. I noticed during the game I was more focused and felt that I have done a lot better than when I was on the Straterra. I was alert, and I wasn't distracted. So it helped me during the game. I worked again on Nov 8 and 10th taking again a pill before my game and have gotten the same result. The only thing I noticed was that I took the one 10 mg with a redbull on Nov. 8th and felt good but then kind of tailed off and made some positioning mistakes in the game. Stuff that i haven't done wrong since I was a new college official 3 yrs ago. I know it was the redbull that made me tail off because of the caffeine. But after it wared off, the Adderal kicked in and I was back to normal. I always had some sort of energy drink before my game. My next game on Nov. 10 I took another 10 mg also took the 20mg in the morning. This time when I took the 10mg I took it with water and had some Gatorade. I felt the same like I did on Nov 3. when I took it with out the energy drink. So I have now stopped taking redbull or enery drinks before the game. I feel that the Adderal helps me officiate better. So now before every game I want to take it. My next game is this Tuesday Night and I will be popping in another pill.
Since being on the Adderal, I noticed it starting to working right away, since I was being distracted in class and now I was able to focus better. I felt my attention was on the teacher and what he and she was saying. I noticed I also was asking for help in school from my teachers. Going to office hours and asking them questions when I was there. I wasn't embarrassed or shy, like I have been ever since I was small. It also has helped me officiate as i stated above.
When I first took the Adderal, I experienced head aches but now they have went away. I also noticed that I was ticking a lot more, which hasn't really gone way. Also I was having trouble sleeping and hearing voices sometimes. That has now gotten somewhat better. I haven't really been that hungry, but when I am hungry I will eat. I would say my appetite has decreased, but not to a point where I'm not eating at all. I have lost weight, because my referee pants now feel a little big. I would wear compression shorts, and basketball shorts under the pants to keep my shirt tucked in and pants up, but now even with the shorts my pants feel a little big still. I have also experience dry mouth as well. I think I may be addicted to it as well. Taking 30 mg on game days working about 50 plus game this season from Nov till end of Feb. I have also felt increased stamina from it when taking the 20mg on non game days and 30 on game days. I'm kinda concerned because I feel if i don't take it or miss taking some I will not be able to perform well. I think I need help. Any suggestion or recommendations please let me know. Thanks for reading this.

sounds like the 20 is wearing off before you need it to.

 A couple of things, can you take the 20 later in the a.m. to avoid adding the 10? How did you get a prescription for 20 and 10?

Vyvanse is a newish med that is in the Adderall "family", but is supposed to last longer and has less addictive tendancies, may be worth looking into.

 

No I got a months prescription of 10 miligrams. My doctor didn't write it for 20mg. he screwed it up. So I have double the amount of 60 tablets of 10 mg for a month where I could have just 30 tablets of 20mg for a month.  No, no. my dosage is just 20mg a day. I take the extra 10mg only when I officiate games.