does anyone feel tierd all the time | ADHD Information

adownes- You sound alot like me and my ADHD lol! I too think through everything I do about 20 times and then I go to do it and then I change my plans and therefore take longer getting the project done!! Then I am exhausted and can't figure out why?????????????????? LOL

I take 36mg of Concerta in the morning and it actually wakes me up and gets me going otherwise I have and could just lay around all day when unmedicated. I do at times feel incredibly tired while on my meds and that is when (at least) I think is when I am about to rebound so I am extremely tired and kinda moody and want to be left alone for about 45 mins to an hour (this is going to sound strange but drinking a Coca Cola seems to make these crashes worse) and then at night when the medicine wears off I have to hit the bed right away because I'm so tired and if I don't get to go to sleep right away I can get grouchy!

Having said all this I love my med. I wish I would have been diagnosedin childhood in school maybe I would have done better and would have felt motivated to keep on going.

I don't feel very motivated when not medicated so I was often labeled as lazy now on my meds. I am able to go, go, go..... then crash!

    I have always been fatigued.  I find that my meds (dexedrine) sometimes help my sleep.  Of course, I am one who has to set a timer to remind myself to go to sleep.  I agree that trying to maintain focus can contribute to fatigue.  I also wonder how much we over think everything, leading to mental exhaustion.  Most normals seem to "just do" a task without much thought, whereas I find myself running through all the steps involved and possible outcomes and reactions to those outcomes and by then I call the whole thing off.
I do fairly well as long as I remember to take my medication.  Without the Adderall, I am constantly tired-it seems that no amount of sleep is enough.  I usually wake up feeling worse than I did before I went to sleep!  I think that we work so hard trying to focus and get through the day when we are unmedicated, that it just exhausts us. [QUOTE=AMYP] I'm on no meds, and I'm always exhausted... getting up in the morning is particularly excruciating.[/QUOTE]

Same here.I'm on no meds, and I'm always exhausted... getting up in the morning is particularly excruciating.I used to be on Adderall XR 30mg and I felt tired all the time. I just switched
to Concerta XR 54mg last week. I didn't sleep the first 2 days and they gave
me a prescription for Ambien to help me sleep. I am also just starting
Effexor XR for some mild depression while they try to regulate my drugs.

I am yawning all the time and I am very tired at bed time, but I never stay
asleep.

I know how you feel, you feel tired but the drug keeps you hyper. It sucksWhat meds are you on? I was on Adderall XR for a year and while it did improve my symptoms, I felt tired ALOT. I'd be out and having a good time, then I'd just want to go home and sleep. I have made a switch now to Vyvanse. I have only been on it for one day so I cant really tell you if it's any better, but so far today I feel great. I feel focused, but I have a personality and motivation. Usually a few hours after I take the Adderall, I am ready for sleep. So far I feel great. We'll see what happends but maybe you are on a dose too high for you on whatever you're on. Hope you can find a med that works better because being tired all the time is horrible. i feel like i want to sleep alot i will be fine then while out feel tierd and just want to go to sleep