Adderall and anger | ADHD Information

I am certainly no expert & I am still trying to find the right combination/
dosage of medication myself, but it wouldnt surprise me if the anger is
from the adderall. I was taking 40mg of Adderall XR & it made me cry all
the time & pretty angry with my husband most of the time. Concerta did
not have that effect on me, it simply wore off too early in the evening, so
I'm trying Ritalin XR.

Maybe a change in meds would help your son. Bless your heart, I know
how it breaks your heart to see your kid so unhappy.

good luck,
anne

My 11 year old son has been on Adderall 10 mg since he was 6 when he was diagnosed with ADHD. My son has anger problems and cannot control his anger and now I am starting to wonder if this is due to the Adderall. Has anyone else experienced this? When he was smaller he never had anger problems and now as he gets older it only seems to be getting worse and now I'm wondering if all this time it has been because of the medication. Please let me know if anyone else has experienced this and if another medication might work better.

Thanks

Does it seem worse when the med is starting to wear off?  My son also has this issue to a degree.  By reducing the amount of the med it took care of some of the problem.  He does still have some rebound when the med wears off but not as much.

I think it's the same all day long. It just takes something so easy to set him off and then he starts fighting and using bad language. I'm really considering taking him off Adderall.

oh god yes my son is or was on it and almost gave my wife a concussion she is sporting a blace eye now we took him of that med today period All I know is from my experience with Adderall: It made me angry & cry
alot. I also noticed my son said to me, "You dont have to be so mean
about it" many many times when I was asking him to do or not to do
something. I have not had this feeling AT ALL on the Ritalin.

I can relate so much, my dr. switched my ten year old from concerta to adderall, i told him  please don't i have read bad things  about this mediacation, he goes just try it it will be fine. Fine is not what i would say. My  sweet nice boy, became a livivng monster, he swore at everyone, especially people on his sports teams, he got into fights at school, and at sporting events, i said no way i want my son back, and after some convincing the dr. agreed. and put his concerta up, which is what he should have done in the first place.

Thank you everyone for sharing your experiences. We took my son off the Adderall and Tripletal over 3 weeks ago. He is now taking a very low dosage of Depakote, which has totally helped with his anger. We have not had one problem. He's a little more hyper, but I'd rather deal with hyper than angry!What is he on the depakote for, is he using it for adhd or other issues? Just wondering, i have never seen depakote used just for adhd.I just wanted to keep you all updated. We took my son off the Adderall and Trileptal completely. And I am so glad we did. We have seen 110% improvement. He is no longer angry and he has his personality back. He doesn't talk back, he hasn't gotten in any fights, he is actually a joy to be around. He is now on Depakote 250 mg, 1 time per day. And we have seen nothing but improvement. If you are having problems with anger with your child I would definately see about other alternatives, I'm glad I did.

Depakote is a mood stabilizer. He is still diagnosed with ADHD and they're trying to find out if he might be bipolar. But he doesn't have a lot of the symptoms. But the Adderall was definately contributing to his anger problems and now that he's off of it and just on Depakote it has been wonderful. Thanks for all your support.

Heather

Dukys that is great that your son is doing so well, i hope everything keeps up so well. I know you must be so happy to have  the son back you used to know before he was so angry. I felt the same way when my son was taken off adderall.