Any adults on Adderall XR out there?

[Walt A]

I'm a 35 year old male who is taking the 30 mg XR.

Without a doubt, it helps me focus in my fast paced, attention critical job, however I sometimes wonder if it is affecting my verbal communication skills a bit. Sometimes I find myself seaching for the right word or blerting out poorly constructed sentences. I think my short term memory is affected too.

[jupiter_nate]

Originally Posted by Walt A

I'm a 35 year old male who is taking the 30 mg XR.

Without a doubt, it helps me focus in my fast paced, attention critical job, however I sometimes wonder if it is affecting my verbal communication skills a bit. Sometimes I find myself seaching for the right word or blerting out poorly constructed sentences. I think my short term memory is affected too.

Walt,
I wonder how long you have been on 30 mg. I had very similar symptoms after boosting my dose of provigil, which my doc said was an indication that my dose was too high. (When interviewing people, for example, I would have to write down every question I thought of during a conversation or else I would forget what I wanted to ask, even if it was my next question; I would also have much more trouble than usual trying to remember words when speaking.)

When I was scaling into Adderal XR, the first few days I took 30 mg. rather than 20 mg. I experienced a fairly "speedy" high feeling about two hours after my dose, lasting for 90 minutes or so, but this went away after several days. Your doctor would know better than I, but it could be that if your symtoms persist, your dose may be too high.

[Erin L]

Walt,

I also have experienced problems with my speech. I only take 10-20mg of Adderall XR for excessive sleepiness and that was the first side effect I noticed. I feel like an idiot sometimes because I can't make clear sentences. I have been on it for a month and I find that when it wears off around 8pm I am more tired than if I had never taken it at all. I am not impressed with it. I am considering taking provigil because of the great reviews instead but am a little worried about the bad side effects. Also, has anyone found that provigil's effects last more than a few months? Is it worth it?

[Irish popstar]

pigeon don't be timid, I for one am through with this b.s.
My personal experiance from Adderall, I'm not sure but
quite possibly a little memory problem caused by Ritalin.


I was on Adderall for 6 to 6 1/2 years with very negative withdraw effects,
I haven't gone back to being hyper and not sure if it messed with my dopaminergic systems, or nerves in the brain.
I do not like getting somebody, or a company in trouble but I think
the long term use of the Adderall has affected me very negatively.
I messed with it a little just a little but it wasn't my fault and I'm not the one to blame.

Actually not sure of this but if I didn't have those very bad withdraw effects
I think my ADD would be worse then actually haven gotten better but to this day I can't tell if I even have ADD anymore. Also I'd like for Adderall, Dexedrine, Ritalin to all be off the market, it's simple, or well it should be now what I mean is there should be a medicine stricktly called a dopamine reuptake inhibitor.

Like Effexor which is not a SSRI which I heard long term use of SSRI's can fry the brain?!?! then why in the hell is it on the market, on the same article I read that for long term use of stimulant's can also fry/damage the brain. Also you can be able to talk, type, still have some damage in the brain from stimulants whether it is nerve damage, or damage with my dopaminergic systems. People with ADD, or ADHD are not stupid and can pay attention if necessary. Their focus band isn't intact so a dopamine reuptake inhibtor like Effexor except that one is for serotonin, norepinepherine. Also how could a stimulant that is supposedly safe be marketed if the long term usage isn't known. Also why did I read that Adderall is like speed,
also on the same article I read it's a chemical cousin of Ecstasy. Now if the part of Ecstasy being a chemical cousin to Adderall then definantly Adderall should be off the market but what about long term usage of speed
that can do damage right?!?! of course then why is it on the market.

Also Daniel G. Amen your nonsense of these stimulants are totally safe
is b.s. do your research stupid!

FOCUSTRATE=THE #1 AD/HD medicine=A dopamine reuptake inhibitor
the opposite of Effexor. Actually I thought of Focustrate and am willing to sell the name, and now I'd like to see a dompamine reuptake inhibitor opposite to Effexor in 2006 if not Focustrate. The name doesn't matter...
but Focustrate is safe and is not a dangerous stimulant which infact
long term usage of "any stimulants" are very dangerous!