Adderall:_very_ low dose is too intense! | ADHD Information

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Since you and your docs are into testing the stimulants, and trying to find the lowest dose that works, I suggest you try Adderall XR (I assume you are currently trying the regular adderall, not the extended release kind that comes in a capsule filled with tiny little beads.

My two reasons for this suggestion:  The XR is much smoother in coming on and leaving your system, which sounds like one of the issues you're having, and whatever the XR dose you are prescibed, you can always lower it by simply opening the capsule and taking less than the full contents inside. 

If you get to try XR, I expect your doctor will point out that 20 mg of XR is roughly equivalent to taking one 10 mg regular Adderall, then another 10 mg about 4 hours later--XR is designed so that you're supposed to have only 10 mg in your system at any one time, theoretically at least...

 

Hello, I recently went through a full neuropsych testing and was diagnosed with moderate/severe ADHD.  Although I have always suspected it, and even used Ritalin during a period in junior high school, I was never given a full diagnosis.
I am 26, a yoga teacher and meditator, and very healthy in general.  My therapist and the psychologist that tested me both suggested strongly that I would benefit from stimulants, and I was given a perscription for Ritalin 10mg XR.  I took it for three days, and felt _so speedy_: I couldn't keep my mind on my professor lecturing because I was so focused on the slight vibration of the screen where he was projecting his powerpoint.  I was singing and talking constantly...
The NP that gave me the perscription then had me try Adderall... I am on day 3 of this.  Though I feel less "speedy" I feel... well, like I'm on ecstasy... it is like one wild ride.  I am on the _lowest_ dose possible.  Has anyone had this experience?  What can I do?
Thank you!