Mistyeyze
10-14-2008, 11:14 AM
I was diagnosed with adult ADD about six months ago, and about three months ago agreed to try adderall. I take 10 mg twice a day. I am amazed at how I have come out of a life long fog, so the medication is working great.
However, I occasionally experience what feels like a pounding heart rate that seems irregular. It does not last long, but it scares me as I have read adderall can cause heart problems. Is this true? Is what I am experiencing dangerous?
I see my doc in a few weeks, but does this warrant me calling her now?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
However, I occasionally experience what feels like a pounding heart rate that seems irregular. It does not last long, but it scares me as I have read adderall can cause heart problems. Is this true? Is what I am experiencing dangerous?
I see my doc in a few weeks, but does this warrant me calling her now?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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LilliePup
10-15-2008, 01:59 AM
YES call your DR. Why wait?
skyp56
10-15-2008, 11:36 AM
Hi Mistyeyze! Are you are on any other medications? Does your health plan have an advice nurse line? If it does not, go ahead and call your dr. It is better not to guess when it comes to unusual symptoms of the heart, especially ones that continue for more than 2 minutes. I am on Adderall and have noticed palpitations, too. But I am taking other drugs that can also cause that symptom, so have learned to just ignore them.
Good luck!
skyp
Good luck!
skyp
conanld
10-26-2008, 08:04 PM
Good point there. It could be a drug interaction issue.
It might also be an allergic reaction, or there could be some other underlying health issue.
I have been using adderall for about 10 years now, and I have not experienced heart palpitations at the dosages that I have been using - 10 mg twice per day.
LD
It might also be an allergic reaction, or there could be some other underlying health issue.
I have been using adderall for about 10 years now, and I have not experienced heart palpitations at the dosages that I have been using - 10 mg twice per day.
LD
Mistyeyze
10-27-2008, 01:52 PM
Hi and thanks for the responses. I see my doc in two weeks, and my heart rate seems to calm down .... maybe I am getting more used to the med? I didn't call because it didn't seem like an emergency. I hope I am not being too dismissive.... I also don't want to be paranoid! Ugh!
For those that have long term experience with this med.... do you notice anything negative if you don't take it? Over the weekend I decided to skip it since I didn't really need to be productive and thought a drug holiday would be good, as I have read here some do that to keep tolerance from being an issue. I do NOT want to increase my dose. Well, I was very tired the whole weekend! I felt like dead weight. Could this be some kind of adderall withdrawal?? This med has made such a huge difference in my clarity and production that I hate the thought of giving it up, at the same time, I worry about long term safety and physical addiction? Is this drug physically addicting? I've been on it almost four months, and over the weekend being off it, I could not help but wonder if my extreme fatigue was withdrawal.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
For those that have long term experience with this med.... do you notice anything negative if you don't take it? Over the weekend I decided to skip it since I didn't really need to be productive and thought a drug holiday would be good, as I have read here some do that to keep tolerance from being an issue. I do NOT want to increase my dose. Well, I was very tired the whole weekend! I felt like dead weight. Could this be some kind of adderall withdrawal?? This med has made such a huge difference in my clarity and production that I hate the thought of giving it up, at the same time, I worry about long term safety and physical addiction? Is this drug physically addicting? I've been on it almost four months, and over the weekend being off it, I could not help but wonder if my extreme fatigue was withdrawal.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
janewhite1
10-27-2008, 04:04 PM
It could be that you are taking too much, and not sleeping properly as a result. Then, when you aren't on it, you're very tired until you've caught up on sleep.
conanld
10-27-2008, 05:52 PM
Sometimes I will not take my adderall on the weekends, or more often, I will take only a single dose in the morning each weekend day.
Taking a single dose will often be enough to avoid the worst of the tiredness feeling, while at the same time providing me some tolerance buildup protection. As I previously mentioned, I also take magnesium supplements to counteract the tolerance buildup.
It's also very important to avoid taking more than your prescribed daily dosage, or to stack your entire daily dosage into a single dose. Both situations can more quickly build your tolerance level, and increase the risk of addiction.
Some people have a so called addictive personality and are thus more prone to addiction especially when they start raising their dose levels.
I hesitate to mention Nootropics, because it takes a great deal of personal research to use them wisely, and discussions of them are outside of the scope of this topic, but they can also potentiate and extend the duration of adderall.
Having said that, I take L-carnitine along with Alpha Lipoic Acid and other nootropics on the weekends, and that gets me through the day feeling a bit less tired.
LD
Taking a single dose will often be enough to avoid the worst of the tiredness feeling, while at the same time providing me some tolerance buildup protection. As I previously mentioned, I also take magnesium supplements to counteract the tolerance buildup.
It's also very important to avoid taking more than your prescribed daily dosage, or to stack your entire daily dosage into a single dose. Both situations can more quickly build your tolerance level, and increase the risk of addiction.
Some people have a so called addictive personality and are thus more prone to addiction especially when they start raising their dose levels.
I hesitate to mention Nootropics, because it takes a great deal of personal research to use them wisely, and discussions of them are outside of the scope of this topic, but they can also potentiate and extend the duration of adderall.
Having said that, I take L-carnitine along with Alpha Lipoic Acid and other nootropics on the weekends, and that gets me through the day feeling a bit less tired.
LD