Although I can't tell you personally about Adderall, my husband has been on it for three years now and he says it really helps him stay focused. He hasn't complained about any problems with it.

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My son has been on Adderall for six weeks now. we switched him from concerta. Boy did we make a mistake. My sn started having aggressive behavior and attitdue problems. Now it may not happen to you but after what we just went through take our doctors advice and write all symtems down. It easier for your doctor to understand your systems if you have them writed down when they happened.

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Hi everyone,

My son took Adderall for a few weeks and my son did well during the day and was focusing well but when that medicine started wearing off he would get frustrated and irritable. He would start to fight with everyone and would say he could not help the way he was feeling. His doctor changed him to Ritalin and those mood swings changed. My nephew is now on Adderall and my sister said he is out of control in the late afternoons and I told her that it was probably because of the Adderall.

Has anyone had this problem when the Adderall starts wearing off?

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Everybody metabolizes medication differently and at different rates. The only way to know if Adderall will work for you is to experiment with different doses and stick with it long enough to figure out if it works for you or not. Be aware that sometimes people think a particular drug isn't working for them when they're just experiencing the effects of too high or too low a dose. Stay in touch with your doc and good luck.

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My experience with Adderall has been very positive. The constant rumination and 'chatter' in my mind is gone. I'm much more relaxed, mentally and physically. When I clean I don't try to do 10 different things which only created more chaos. While my house isn't spotless it is much more tidy than before and a huge improvement. I've also been able to purge so much junk from my house too. For some reason the meds really help with that. Even my husband has noticed profound differences in my behavior--I'm more patient and tolerant with him and other people, I handle stress much better than before, and I am much more productive.

Appetite suppression was a problem for about 3 months. I would have to force myself to eat and I couldn't eat anything too sweet, greasy, or processed (I'd like to know if others have expereinced this aversion to junk food); this went away after a while.

At one point I tried Methylin (Ritalin) because Walmart has it under their $4 plan, but it absolutely didn't work for me. I was irritable, argumentative, agitated, and had a headache for about 2 hours after I took it. I went back to Adderall after 2 weeks of that.

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