Adderall XR Adhd, Neck Pain, Ear Popping, Dizziness, Headaches
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I have been taking adderall for over a year, but for about 10 months ago, I started taking wellbutrin also and since have had chronic problems with my ears, It's actually getting worse. Not so much ear infections, but the pressure is actually pushing ... more »
I have been taking adderall for over a year, but for about 10 months ago, I started taking wellbutrin also and since have had chronic problems with my ears, It's actually getting worse. Not so much ear infections, but the pressure is actually pushing inward. So i feel light headed just funky all day. Kind of like a head cold without the cold. I can't figure out which one is causing (i think wellbutrin) since that's when it began. But it could be the combination. Just wanted to know if anyone else is experiencing this. I am 35 female.
thanks pam
Sophia429 - One week after starting Wellbutrin, the pressure in my right ear became unbearable. I thought it was a bad flu that I may or may not have had at the same time...? I would feel like falling to the floor from dizziness and nausea, until I heard the squeaking air escape and it went back to (ab)normal. I can't "pop" them no matter what. Doctor's said "there is nothing wrong with your ear. Antibiotics made it worse. Next antibiotics helped it, but it came right back after I was done. Ear Nose Throat saw "nothing wrong" either while I was dying of pain from the constant pain and pressure, pressing inwards! He gave me Nasonex and it alleviated the pressure but not cured. It's been over 3 months now!!! No one will believe me, or can see proof. The only thing it coincides with is Wellbutrin...??? And seeing other cases makes me think it has to be that. It feels like puffed up swollen glands/sinuses, but the depression cure is worth it. Will I ever be normal again??? Anyone found a cure or experienced the same? Please let us know. Thanks so much.
Laurie00 - Hi Pam
I am on both also for ADHD and have all the same symptoms. The funky light headed feeling, the ear popping almost like your on a plane, and dizziness. I also have headaches and upper neck pain? do you have that as well. I love the way it controls my ADHD but the side effects are too much for me I think I might go off both?
Laurie
Cornacopia - I take Aderall XR and welbutrin and I get a sort of pop thing in my left ear when I listen to music. It may be fluid, but I'm getting headaches too. I'm having a hard time concentrating but there are certain times where i feel like I'm waaay more aware of what's going on around me. Like the world get's Claritin Clear on me or something.
Cornacopia - I have also recently been having REALLY REALLY cold hands and feet. I want something to stop it! I use the computer a lot and I'm an artist so when I use my hands and their too cold, it's a problem Not to mention doing homework!
Conn0132 - I'm on Wellbutrin Sr 450mg/day for about 3 years, and Adderal 10mg tabs 3x/day. I have a constant high pitched ringing in my ears too. And have a hard time hearing, along with the side effects I just listed of cold feet, and extreme sweating. Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks. Bonnie
Taffycat1336 - I just read your posting, Bonnie, and I am experiencing the same ear problems as you report (without the ringing). I've been to my doctor, who found nothing. I've been to an ear, nose, and throat specialist and had a hearing test. I've even had an MRI. Nothing was found, and I still have the pressure in my ears (more on one side) and occasional pain. It is exactly like I have a cold, and on some days it's worse than others.
While Adderall and its generics have been extremely helpful to me for the prescribed problem, it's not worth the ear problem. I'm also noticing terrible dermatitis and hair loss. Unfortunately, I didn't relate it to the Adderall until very recently, so I cannot report how long it may take for these symptoms to go away. One last thing...I've also experienced terrible migraines. I hate to go off of Adderall because it's been so helpful, but I can't deal with the side effects any longer. I've been on it for about 9 mos. but that's all my body can take.
G.O.
Dudeitscalvin - i think the dose it too high for your daughter, im a junior in high school and i take addrl xr 30mg, the clear capsule with orange beads whenever i need to stay up for a while to study, usually because i have test the next day, and its not completely out of your system not only does it keep you up it gives me tremors, really cold feet and hands yet my actual body warm, and feels like my temp. is rising and i begin to sweat at times. i would lower the dose, im learning to set my dose so i dont take too much. maybe she shouldnt be taking xr as well, its extended release so it doesnt just go away, its also an appetite suppressant so she doesnt eat or drink as much and it doesnt circulatel through her body quickly. feel free to email me, dudeitscalvin@yahoo.com
hope i could help.
Kpap - Im a 26yo female that has finally seen a doctor and was diagnosed with ADHD Inattentive type (nothing I havent been told by family, friends, and teachers my whole life)..anyways about wks ago I started taking Adderall xr and hated it my doctor switched my over to a higher dose of the regualar Adderall (2 10mg tablets) and I dont hate it, but I dont feel like my memory's any better or my focusing....my question is that there 3 types of ADHD, I only have Inattentive type....absolutely no hyperactivity....so how can a stimulant used mainly to control and slow down ppl with hyperactivity and no problems with attention and comprehension be used to then do the complete opposite on those who experience problems hyperfocusing on some things and hypofocusing on others
70mach1 - I am on Adderal, and just recently noticed a very high pitched noise in my ears. My head feels full and stuffed all the time. I do have allergies and thought maybe I was getting a sinus infection. However, after reading a lot of blogs today, I to think the ringing is from the adderal.
70mach1
Sunshine12345 - Hi everyone.
I just started taking the Wellbutrin too and experienced the clogged/ popping in my left ear. It occurs about 20 mins after I take the pill and lasts for about an hour and then I'm fine. I've been on adderall for about 9 months now and haven't had any problems with it, but now I don't seem to get the same effect with the wellbutrin. my doctor wants me to decrease my dose of wellbutrin, but does everyone think?
Lynd - I have dizziness , ringing ears and muscle tension in my neck ,,,I have been taking wellbutrin and adderrall together for eight days and I feel like I am going crazy . Thank God you all posted the same symptoms on here because no Doc or Pharm. had a clue what I was talking about . We all need to stop one of these two , because this is horrible .
Randomusername - oh wow. I have been on wellbutrin for a couple months and just started taking adderall and it has caused that ear popping whenever i take the adderall. So, for me it's the adderall or a combination of the 2 that causes the ear popping.
Jani - I have been taking 45 mgs of Adderall XR daily for years, but recently started suffering from severe headaches and chronic neck pain. I have had every test imaginable to no avail. Three weeks ago, I started taking Zyban (Wellbutrin) to help me quit smoking and for the past week or so I have had constant dizziness which is just another symptom added to the headaches and neck pain. The dizziness is so severe that I find it hard to function normally. Two days ago, my ears started popping whenever I move my neck, and I just thought that maybe I had a sinus infection or something minor until I read all these similar posts. It cannot be a coincidence that this many people who take a combination of Adderall and Wellbutrin happen to have exactly the same symptoms. Although I recognize that just the number of people who have posted here is not statistically significant in relation to the number of people in the world who probably take these medication combinations, but it sure is nice knowing that there may be an explanation and treatment for these problems which I am finding to be almost debilitating in the sense that I am finding it difficult to work and I cannot even consider trying to go out and socialize.
Mjelmore - I am on Adderall and have been for 4 months, 4 weeks a go lexapro was added to my regime and I am experiancing crawling sensations in both ears on and off all day long. Not sure if it's the addrall or the combination since I am not sure of the exact time frame of the sensations beginning. Origianlly, I thought it was a sinus infection. I vaguely remember thinking sometihing was in my ears, the previous time I was prescribed adderall several years ago.....
Sophia429 - I posted over a year ago (Sophia429) and I just started taking Wellbutrin again after a year off of it. I can say that I finally figured out what caused the popping ear pain.
The Wellbutrin is great for my depression and attention but it makes you more 'awake' and along with that comes anxiety which caused me to constantly clench my jaw. This gave me great neck, shoulder, arm and ear pain!! It was the tension of all these muscles from being anxious. A smart ENT doctor finally figured this out and sent me to the dentist to have an "NTI" fitted for TMJ ([link removed]. About $200 and it is personally formed to your two front teeth. It prevents your mouth from being able to grind your teeth or use those muscles negatively... much much better for me. Hope this helps as a possible avenue!
Bbashlif2004 - I take adderall 15mg. twice a day. I too have the horrible headaches, neck pain, and sinus pressure, cold hands, but it also makes me hot especially my face. They turn bright red by mid day. No ear popping. Sounds like that is comiwfrom welbutrin. Adderall is a stimulant and what it does is constrict your blood vessels which in turn increases ur blood pressure. This causes cold hands do to the blood not circulating as well since toward the extremities re blood vessels are smaller so they do not receive as much blood at fingertips. More blood is circulating to the core of ur bodxy and head which causes an increase in heat and the headaches. Also since it is as appetite suppressent u do not eat or drink much which causes dehydration and this causes headaches. U may ask ur Dr. to lowerur dose which does help but may not work as well on the add problem. Or maybe he could prescribe a low dose of a blood pressure med that will dilate the vessels. Increase fluids and the tremors are a sign of some over dose so take lower dosage. Hope this helps!
Sarrahep - hi im a 30 year old female, Iv been on welbutrin for 5 years and in the last week iv had to ad 20-mg of Addrell, im having horrible pain in my right ear and a migraine... I googled it and this page came up glad to see im not the only one. also when does this "high" feeling go away? or is that the way adderll and welbutrin mix feels like... thanks -sarah
John Galt - I've been on 300mg welbutrin for 9 months, then added 40mg citalopram 8 months ago, and now I've been on 20mg d-amphetamine salts twice daily for for months. I had some bad nausea from the citalopram, but that was gone after a month.
I work twelve hour shifts, and while I'm on a supposedly 'extended' release variety, like clockwork I feel them wear off three hours later, so on my really haggard nights I take a third dose to get through the night. That never seems to have much of a negative impact, except for trying to go to sleep feeling I'm in withdtawl, but my job expects high levels of alertness and attention, so the drugs have saved my professional life unquestionably, minor asleep loss once in a great while doesn't affect me greatly.
However, on off days I've been compelled to take almost twice as many in a thirty hour period, but it's not something I do for a recreational high; I carefully measure the time between doses, and if I'm sweating profusely or experiencing too high a heart rate, I take a break and pound water regardless off thirst.
All that said, I've only experienced the cold in my hands and fingers, as well as tremors, when I've decided a work project wasn't absolutely perfect, or when my house could be a little cleaner, and over do it. But again, that's when I know I pushed my luck and need to he done for the day no matter what.
I found this page because I was searching for info on earaches, headaches, and back/neck pain, because I've been taking everything if not letter of the law, then less than (where the adderall is concerned.) But where I had previously suspected those aches as being side effects of overdose, or just being new to the drug, (the aches stated about two weeks in, after the first time I took 3 in one day) they haven't subsided since I've given that particular med a break.
I don't experience the popping many of you have mentioned, but daily I have intermittant pain in one ear or the other, that feels like the early onset of an infection, but it never develops into that kind of pain, and always subsides a little while after. I'm glad I found this page, I'm hoping to contact my psych and my gp with a few of the things I've seen here, and hope for the best. Thank you for your stories.
Leliii - MRI2011- everyone needs to be very careful with these medications as all of them can cause a debilitating condition called tardive dyskinesia in many people. This condition can be permanent in some people if the medication is not discontinued in time. They say it is rare but many of you are exhibiting the classic beginning symptoms of it, namely intracranial pressure, migraines, neck and shoulder tension and muscle rigidity. The next phase is severe muscle tension in the upper musculature, particularly the head, neck and shoulders. This is followed by the development of a debilitating movement disorder called tardive dyskinesia. It happened to me after taking zoloft for only 9 months. I also dismissed the symptoms initially and continued to take the medication and developed tardive dyskinesia. that was back in 1998. my symptoms did not subside until 2010! I was diagnosed by one of the best neurologists in the country and his explanation was that ALL of these mental medications can and do cause neurogenic inflammation which is inflammation of the tissue at the receptor site where these medications prevent the reuptake of a particular neurotransmitter such as serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine. This neurogenic inflammation manifests itself as migraines, ear pain and pressure, sinus pressure, eye pressure and muscle tension in the head, neck and shoulders. If this inflammation persists for a long enough period of time it can cause permanent irreversible brain damage. My neurologist said that ALL of these medications are nothing short of man made TOXIC POISON for the human brain.
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