Up my Adderall doseage? | ADHD Information

I've been taking Adderall for a month. I started on 20mg XR. I does
wonders, for 10 hours. So after 2 weeks I met with my doctor again. I
explained that I take my medicine in the morning. For 4 to maybe 4.5
hours things are great. I then feel kinda neutral? And around lunch it
picks back up. But at around 3-4 in the afternoon I was hitting a brick
wall. Like someone tied weights to my legs and arms. So he added a
immediate realease 10 mg to take in the afternoon. Again this has
helped a ton.

But I still feel like each dose leave me with sort of a low point. I don't
think size has anything to do with metabolizing the med but maybe I'm
wrong. I'm 200 lbs. So I'm taking 30 mg a day. Should I be higher?
What should I say to my doctor?Hello,

I am about 230lbs, and I take 1 XR20mg a day.  I started off taking my pill at 7am, and just like you was great for about 8 hours.. then in the afternoon, I crash... lights out... well not really, but I might as well be, I certainly could go to sleep that's for sure.  And I tend to start back to my inattention state.  I meet back with my doctor next week, but in the meantime I have changed to taking my medication around 10 Am... it makes the mornings a little harder, but I can now function fully through the workday (til 6pm), then I can get home and vegitate.

I will be asking the doctor for something to help on the days I know i need to work late.  Like last weekend, I had my military drill...

We had wake up at 0500, I took my pill at 0900 since I was doing weapons qualification @ 1100.  Well we ended up doing a night fire @ 2100 hours that night, until 2300 hours... I felt like I could fall asleep in the foxhole.  Kinda scary... 30 rifles going off and I'm about to fall asleep.

Please let me know what your doc is doing... I am going to ask about a supplemental pill in the afternoon.