http://www.medications.com/se/Adderall Recent side effects for Adderall Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:32:53 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29677 im 14 and take 50 mg of adderal a day for ADHD and Bipolar, and i am unsure of it. I weight 96 lbs.... and i am almost 5 1/2 feet tall... so i am very underweight... and i do notice that when i take it, after it kicks in i seem more aditated, and cranky, a http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29677 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:08:47 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28935 I AM ON ADERALL XR AS AN ADULT FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS NOW. I AM 34. I TAKE ONE 20 MG PILL A DAY AND HAVE HAD SOME CRAZY MOOD SWINGS. I FIGURED IT WAS MY AGE WITH NO KIDS. ONE GOOD THING IS THAT IT HAS HELPED ME CONCENTRATE AND IT HAS HELPED ME STAY THIN! ALTHO http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28935 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:55:36 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28901 im 12 years old, and i didn't start on adderall, but on a generic of prozac. ive been on both for over a year now, but i just noticed that ive lost my appetite, i don't eat school lunch, im reluctant to eat dinner, i just feel horrible. im scared pleas http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28901 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:39:39 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27097 My 9-yr-old daughter was just prescribed Adderall for a one-month trial period. The first day was incredible. She was such a joy to be around. It was like I had my little girl back. She has been so trying for so long that I was just ecstatic. Although http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27097 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:27:36 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26365 My son was diagnosed w/ ADD/ADHD when he was 7. My husband and I were not advocates of giving drugs to a child and avoided it for some time. But as I watched him struggle and become depressed because he couldn't focus, etc .etc, I remembered what it was http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26365 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:54:52 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26205 I am a 34 year old make, who has recently decided to go back on Adderall. I had been diagnose with ADD when I was in high school. I was then placed on Ritalin. It worked pretty well for my focus at school. For the first time in my life I had actually fini http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26205 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:06:58 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25214 I was prescribed adderall a few years ago for mild ADD, 10 mg once a day, and it was great at the time. My grades went up and everything else was good for about a year. I decided, though, that I wanted to go off of it, as I was sick of feeling like I relie http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25214 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:19:25 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24357 I am 15 years old and I attend a College Preparatory School.I used the perscribed medicine "adderall" and my experiences in the school day were anything but usual. During the day i was very positive about what I was doing and i enjoyed doing whatever the a http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24357 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:48:45 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24290 I am 29 years old, I have been taking Adderall XR for about a year and a half. It wasn't working too well until recently. Note that stress depletes the nesessary brain neurotransmitters necessary for focus, and optimal functioning. The very first time I http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24290 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:11:06 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24196 For everyone who says don't give Adderall to kids or that it is the easy route, you obviously have never had to deal with a severe case of ADHD. I find it difficult to believe that you have spent years struggling through homework, or tears at least once a http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24196 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:25:45 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24053 I am 21 years old and my doctor prescribed me 20mg of Adderall to take twice a day. I've been taking it for about a week (only in the morning, I'm still too wound up to take it 4 hours later!) and I have already lost 10lbs. Also I've been having trouble br http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24053 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:12:04 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/22502 I'm on 240 mg a day and its no fun at all. I've built up a big tolerance to it, so much that even at this high of a dosage, I could fall asleep in no time at all. I've been at this dose fir like 4 years now. The good thing is that I have lost a lot of weig http://www.medications.com/effect/view/22502 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:32:48 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21710 I am not prescribed adderall and I don't even have ADHD or ADD. I am a 20 year old college student, and I heard on a Dateline show on TV about students abusing Adderall and other ADD medicine's while they are in college. I will take a 20 or 30mg Adderall http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21710 Thu, 10 May 2007 00:13:57 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21519 When I first started taking Adderall, it seemed amazing. I had no problems with it at first, except for coming home after school and falling asleep, but it didn't bother me much. After I had taken it for a few months I started to get severe crashes in th http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21519 Sat, 05 May 2007 19:06:57 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21466 I have been taking adderall 30mg immediate release twice a day for a little over 2 years now. My hair won't grow. I have gone from a size 12 in women's to a size 0 in juniors. I am 36 years old and the bones in my face and body show through my skin. I http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21466 Tue, 01 May 2007 17:46:50 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21395 Hey, My name is Krysten im 14 and im in the 8th grade. I'v been taking adderal for almost 4 months now. Before taking adderal I wasent doing good in school, I would always get into fights. My life was miserable. So I asked my doctor if I could try adderal http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21395 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:37:29 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21298 My 4year old grandson has been on 20mg adderall Xr for aprox 2 months .. It has helped with his hyperness but soon after taking the drug he becomes emotionl and completely beligerant. He acts out and screams at you. This goes on for hours. Ive discussed th http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21298 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:57:43 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21184 My husband has recently started taking adderall for a month now. He gets very angry over simplist things. He has now become verbally belligerent, and he rapidly goes through drastic extreme mood swings. Are these side effects to this medication? http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21184 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:18:01 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21081 blurred vision? calves in legs hurt depressed mood http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21081 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:45:59 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20825 I'm sorry so many of you have bad experiences with Adderall. My side effects went away in about two weeks. The amphetamines in Adderall have been used for 70 years, so if they were that dangerous, they would not be around today and one of the top 10 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20825 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:52:15 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20634 My son 12 yrs took 30 mg yesterday and he said it felt like an elephant was sitting on his chest and his chest was shaking rapidly. Later that night we had a disagreement about how the pin pong table gets put together. It turned into a full blown anger r http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20634 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:45:15 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/19310 my daughter has been recently been put on adderall xr 5mg. she is 6, the only side effect so far is decreased appetite. i only give it to her on school days and her teacher said that it really makes a difference. i don't plan on giving it to her for a long http://www.medications.com/effect/view/19310 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:54:56 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/16908 I started taking adderall xr 20 mg about 6 mo. ago. I am 31 and was 185 lbs @5'11". It definitely raises my focus and I get more done at work. I lost 20lbs. and when I went to the gym to work out last week I could barly bench 135 when I used to work out wi http://www.medications.com/effect/view/16908 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:31:24 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/16744 My just recently found out my mother is taking adderal. She has been acting very strange latley. She has pretty much cut of all ties with her family. She has been acting irrational and just not herself. Could this really be the medication doing this to her http://www.medications.com/effect/view/16744 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:51:58 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/15483 My son has been taking Adderall for about 4 and 1\2 yrs. and I will tell ya'll that it help him at first but as the yrs went by it is like he is not taking anything. He just got off of taking the Adderall XR and it wasn't even helping him any. It was like http://www.medications.com/effect/view/15483 Tue, 09 May 2006 13:42:34 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/15040 I toko Adderol this past Sunday as well as last Sunday and have had a horrible experience. Raither than helping me focus I feel as if I can't think at all. i haven't taken any pills since Sunday and feel as if I'm getting worse day by day. Is this withd http://www.medications.com/effect/view/15040 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:01:17 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14776 I start taking Adderall, xr about 9 months ago. At first I had the expected side effects, dry month, restlesness, loss of appetite. I felt extremely alert, and much more focused at work. My husband even noticed my attitude was much more calm and relaxed http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14776 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 19:27:18 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/13476 i started taking adderall almost 2 years ago. i didn't have any medical problems, for some stupid reason, out of curiosity i guess, i decided to take one of my daughters pills to see what they do. i know how i was before that night. 225 pounds, slept al http://www.medications.com/effect/view/13476 Sun, 12 Feb 2006 20:44:19 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/13060 I'm an 18 year old female and I just started taking adderall this morning. I've been extremely anxious and nervous. But when late afternoon and evening came I started feeling very very sad and depressed as well, which really sucked because my boyfriend had http://www.medications.com/effect/view/13060 Wed, 28 Dec 2005 05:18:17 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/12129 I have been on adderall for six years. I have taken adderall xr, as well as the shorter lasting adderall. I am upset with my doctor, because I trusted him for years with my health, and because he was recommended to me from people I know. If I would have be http://www.medications.com/effect/view/12129 Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:50:29 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/11046 I have been taking adderall for 5 years now, 10 mg a day. I must say that it truly works when its comes to focusing. However, I hate the way my body feels when I am on it. I do not take my medication on weekends, over the summer, or anytime that I am not http://www.medications.com/effect/view/11046 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:48:26 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/10782 It causes weight disorders, and after a while it only makes your symptoms worse. It causes you to lose a feeling of who you are, and if you stop, your old symptoms can cause a lot of problems with your family. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/10782 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:01:17 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/10717 I am 43 yr old African American male recently diagnosed with Adult ADHD. I have been taking Adderall for about 2 months now, I have not experienced any of the side effects most people talk about with the exceptiong of the weight loss. I have lost approx http://www.medications.com/effect/view/10717 Sat, 27 Aug 2005 08:16:39 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/10526 My 10 year old daughter took adderall for 4 years, and we took her off when she was having problems with restless leg syndrome and hot extremities. Both of these symptoms went away immediately. I did not realize until this summer how much happier she was, http://www.medications.com/effect/view/10526 Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:02:08 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/10495 I take 30mg XR and I have been taking it a year, I am 22. My sister and mother both have different forms of ADD, mine is the inattentive type without hyperactivity. I found that by taking adderall I was able to finally retain the information discussed in http://www.medications.com/effect/view/10495 Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:02:01 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/10441 I am a 14 and a half year old girl, 112 lbs., and I've been on Adderall Xr for about 2 years. It gives me dry mouth like Hell. Whenever I stand up, I get so dizzy I can't see. If I don't eat, it feels like my stomach is ingesting itself. It does help my AD http://www.medications.com/effect/view/10441 Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:47:51 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/10276 Well I have been taking Adderall now for 4 months. The first 2 weeks I was hyperfocused to the point that I could barely pull myself away from the office to go home. I was irritable and once went so long without eating or drinking anything that I got ser http://www.medications.com/effect/view/10276 Sat, 06 Aug 2005 22:15:26 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/10089 I am a 25 year old man who was diagnosed with ADD about a year ago. My Doc put me on adderall xr 10 mg one per day. We then upped to 20 mg, and then 30 mg. I must say the drug is wonderful! I only wish I was diagnosed and put on this when I was a kid. I ne http://www.medications.com/effect/view/10089 Mon, 25 Jul 2005 08:19:16 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9806 Our doctor started two of my children (one diagnosed ADHD the other ADD) on Adderall after watching both of them struggle at school for a couple of years. The older one was held back for lack of attentiveness and disorganization (diagnosed ADD). He was http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9806 Sat, 23 Jul 2005 10:17:03 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9770 I've been on Adderall for years, and I haven't had any problems with addiction. I've never taken it regularly though, but I've still experienced the euphoria, the dry mouth, the suppressed appetite, the hightened sense of awareness, on and on. My doctor ha http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9770 Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:22:29 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9726 READ THIS!!! 5 YEARS OF ADDERALL ----I dont really know why I am doing this, because I am not really sure how often this website even gets looked at - but the danger of adderall is something that needs to be talked about.. I am a female, and am going to be http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9726 Wed, 20 Jul 2005 10:54:44 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9707 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 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9707 Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:41:24 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9672 Just diagnosed with ADD (without hyperactivity) and I am a 42 yr old male, married (8 yrs) with a 2 yr old daughter. Past problems and behavior fell under the "classic" AAD category and have been struggling to be functional my entire life. Just started t http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9672 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 10:05:09 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9584 For those of you mothers that think that "drugging" your children is wrong, I wish to God that my parents would have when I was a child. They thought the same as you and I suffered because of it. They were both school teachers and didn't want to admit th http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9584 Tue, 12 Jul 2005 09:46:31 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9548 I am taking Adderall for the first time today, for ADD-like (inattentive rather than hyperactive) executive function symptoms resulting from a brain injury (frontal, especial left frontal, and temporal lobes) I sustained 8 years ago. I have had extremely b http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9548 Sun, 10 Jul 2005 15:47:22 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9518 My sister's son (age 18) was given some adderall to "try" by a friend who has ADD. It was the first time he ever tried any kind of drug or alcohol. I'm sure he took more than a normal dose (he says he took 2 - a capsule and a tablet). He had gone to dog http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9518 Wed, 06 Jul 2005 10:49:04 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9449 My 7 year old son has been taking Adderall XR for about 3 weeks and last week he told me he was hearing voices in his head. Different ones. They have mean voices. I asked his doctor about it and he said as long as they don't tell him to do anything we a http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9449 Wed, 08 Jun 2005 15:38:58 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9122 i am 15 years old and im interested in taking adderal but i'm not sure if i should. I wasn't diagnosed with ADD/ADHD, its just that i heard about this medication and thought it be a good idea to try it because i feel that i need to be more focus in school, http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9122 Thu, 26 May 2005 07:18:32 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/8995 My 6 year old son has just started Adderall and I think it does stop him from sleeping but he has been on three different meds already and none of them seem to work, but so far this one has. But I will be honest if this one donsen't keep on working I am st http://www.medications.com/effect/view/8995 Sun, 01 May 2005 02:20:52 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/8779 Adderall gives you cotton mouth like a mother F******....it's as if you were pokin smot....but I wouldnt know I dont do either..... http://www.medications.com/effect/view/8779