adarol - General Health Message Board

Lana5566 · 07-06-2009, 01:52 PM

I am on adarol for depression and tiredness. I tried 15 mg and 20 mg. I am not feeling exceptionally wakeful on this dosage. Is it dangerous to take higher dosage than 20mg or is there another medication that would help wake me up. I also suffer from fibromialgia and this keeps me very tired also.

mod-anon · 07-06-2009, 10:30 PM

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Snoopy61 · 07-07-2009, 06:22 AM

hello, Lana.

Adderall does NOT help depression, You should speak to your doctor about an anti-depressant.

Adderall is for Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). These medications have also been used to help Nacrcolepsey and diseases where fatigue is a symptom.
ADD medications are a legal form of speed and they have many side effects but not limited to --

- Rapid heart beat (heart palpatations)
- chest pains
- heart attack
- stroke
- Irrability
- anger
- violence

Can Adderall be increased? Yes, by your Physician.

If you are finding Adderall is not helping with your fatigue you might look at other options such as a sleep study to determine if you have a sleep disorder.

Anti-depressants and ADD medication can be take together. These medications treat different things.

Thunor · 07-07-2009, 07:21 PM

On the contrary, stimulants have a long history of treating depression and fatigue, in addition to ADHD and narcolepsy, indeed, before the current crop of re-uptake inhibitors, treating depression with stimulants was very common. Use of Adderall for treatment of depression now is often limited to those that do not respond to the SRI type meds, but it still happens.

Adderall can be prescribed well above 20mg, though it's up to the doctor to make that call, talk to them and see how they feel.

tUrRrRa · 07-08-2009, 03:04 PM

I agree with the above posts. In addition, if you are looking for an anti-depressant, I've heard that Wellbutrin is a good choice if you are concerned about a lack of energy. This medication is an "upper" that shouldn't make you drowsy.