Help with Dosage | ADHD Information

It's interesting this topic was brought up because I was going to do a post and ask people what they were taking and what dosage. 

I am on Dexedrine 30mg daily.  I started out on generic ritalin but that gave me a bad headache.  Then I tried generic adderall and it seemed to quit working.  Now, dex.  it helps me slow down so I can pay attention better to what I'm doing, what I'm saying.  I didn't really have an "aha" moment but I totally sense the difference between being ADHD and not being ADHD.  Before, I just knew I was different but couldn't point it out.  the dexedrine calms my mind.  i'm not as anxious nor do my thoughts swirl at a bazillion miles an hour.  but when rebound comes in the evening, the thoughts go nuts again and i do stay up a bit later than before but it's not bad.  i'm grateful that i have medication to allow me to be calmer and not a frazzled jumping bean who can't organize anything.  Now I can organize my thoughts much better.  Granted, not everything is perfect.  Medication is NOT a cure all.  I still have to work at changing my ingrained behaviors but medication makes it so much easier.

Gosh Clem,  I'm surprised that you haven't received a half-dozen replies by now...each offering some interesting analogy or description of their first 'AHA moment'.  

In terms of your question as to how it "feels"...I think of the 'aha!' associated with thinking, not feeling.   When I first took Adderall, I felt the side-effects first...my heart rate increased and it felt like my body, internally, was "ramping up"...I recall at the time thinking that the feeling reminded me of an engine idling at high RPM.  But my braiin, my thinking, settled down--no flitting around from one train of thought to another--almost as if my rambuncious brain had become complacent.

My "Aha!" moment came when, the first day on medication, I drove the car.  It was a two-hour trip on local roads and highway, and as I was driving, I all of a sudden realized how easy it was for my attention to remain glued on the road in front of me!  My eyes weren't doing their usual, constant, scanning to take in every road-side sight, sound and scene; my brain was happy and content to simplify and narrow its focus to the job at hand: driving--not 50 million other things in addition to driving. 






















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I was diagnosed with Adult ADD 3 weeks ago.  I have been trying to determine the correct Adderall dosage... started with 5mg, and worked up to 25.  My Dr said that I would have a very clear "AHA moment", but I'm not finding that it's that easy.  What will I feel like when I have the correct dose?  If I am very hyper, talking fast, etc, is that dose too high?  I would appreciate any help I can get on how to test the dosage.