I have been taking for over one month. 20mg one time daily, femal...

I have been taking for over one month. 20mg one time daily, female 31yrs old. Adderall seems to be helping focus quite well. I am not as obsessed with having a perfectly clean house. I can slow down, read books and focus, actually LEARN something. Thats something I've never been able to do in 30 years, nice change! I experience a dry mouth and appetite decrease, slightly. Its a good thing, I can read instead of eat, or accomplish worthwhile tasks rather than let neverending task lists spin in my head while not producing much at all. Its been well worth the side affects. I've been against drugs for 31 years, finally realizing that to be able to break through and accomplish more in my life I would need some assistance. (I've read several books on ADD, tried to control as much as possible on my own with out meds, and to a small extendt I could. But awareness is all I could control, I could never really control the focusing. IT felt so difficult to try, as if I was playing tug a war with myself and at the other end, several people are pulling. Wht shopuld focusing be that hard for anyone???!!!! I was fine with myself when not medicated, however I could tell the ADD in me, was disturbing to those around me. I just wanted to be normal, and was tired of having teachers or private coaches tell me to focus. AS if their words/advise would suddenly be able to make a change in me. DUH!!!! This finally got me ticked off enough to try a different route. I think I'll stick with this med. My doc swithed me to the generic brand, same ingred.....wierd side affects, paranoid, couldnt sleep, mentally I was a mess, like a scitco... got off of that after 5 days. Would have rather not taken med at all. But I understand, its all about trying to find the right dosage and you have to be willing to experiment. (just hopefully if you put children on this, they may not understand what wired side affects are happening, it took me awhile to notice in myself... you wonder if its just you, or if your imagining side affects,,,,hard to tell) They should take the generic brand off the shelves! I also noticed b/c it (generic)was in tablet form, the benefit of focus seemed to wear off way sooner than Adderall. Now Im back on Adderall and doing better. ( not as well as before I took the generic, but possibly that my imagination) My doc said Addreall would last 12 hrs. It doesn't seem to last that long..... hard to know when its worn off.