Bad reaction to Adderall - ADD / ADHD Message Board

unteng10 · 06-02-2009, 09:05 PM

This morning before work, I took my normal does of adderall, 20 mg with a multi-vitamin. I bought a gallon of water, and was drinking on it all day. At about 2 I took my 2nd dose of 10 mg. By now I had drank almost half a gallon of water. About an hour later, I started getting real lightheaded, dizzy, and numb. My whole body felt like it was tingling, my fingers curled up into a fist and hurt if i tried to move them. Then anxiety kicked in and I started freaking out, and the whole body numbness got worse, my tongue began to get numb, and my eyes were swelling shut. At this point my co-worker took me to the hospital. They hooked me up to an IV, gave me a muscle relaxer, did blood tests and ran an EKG. The doctors conclusion was that I was dehydrated and had a reaction to my medicine. I accidently left my med in my center console of my car for the past 4 days, could that have caused them to breakdown?

I have never had a reaction like this, has anybody else ever experienced something like this?

addprogrammer · 06-03-2009, 06:53 AM

unteng,

That scare heck out of me too.

I had something similar but not as severe. I was working outside last summer on a very hot day. Hot day in PA is low nineties in the northern tier. I can't remember it ever hitting 100 F. I stopped sweating, felt tingly, and my throat felt stiff and constricted. Called RN friend who IDed it verge of heat stroke. Adderall raises my metabolic rate so was a contributing factor. After intake of few drums of water and a hour so indoors, symptoms vanished.

My last trip south was to Alabama in late spring. The heat was stiffling. I'll bet parts of the lone star state are in same humid subtropical climatic region - I think, isn't it? What was the ambient atmosphere at the time? What were doing?

Bob

unteng10 · 06-03-2009, 10:58 AM

It was in the 90s yesterday. When it happened I was simply sitting down inside the shop I work at. I didn't take it this morning, ate my breakfast, went to work. About 10:30 I ate a banana, and I've had a 32 oz Gatorade and close to a half gallon of water. A few minutes after eating the banana I began to get lightheaded again. Then my arms went numb and under my ribs began to feel numb also. I'm not sure what is going on with me

addprogrammer · 06-03-2009, 11:23 AM

unteng,

See your doctor ASAP.

Bob

unteng10 · 06-03-2009, 02:13 PM

I have an apt at 9 tomorrow morning