For some reason I can't relax. I have energy but not jittery. The problem is that I can't sleep at night. It takes a few hours to unwind and nod off. I am one of those who needs a good 8-9 hours and I am either getting 6-7 or 8 disrupted nights. I have a rx for Ambien but feel hung over in the morning and benedryl doesn't cut it. My body is relaxed but not my mind. I replay parts of the day and do the "what if" thing. I am assuming that my energy is now coming from over exhaustion and will drop one day ike one of those singers who cancels a show due to exhaustion. Can anyone else relate who is taking Adderall or similiar meds? I'm focused but so much that I can't relax and become obsessive with a task or thought. I know some will say stop the meds but they have the positivs I just want a balance.....Jacaboon

from lack of quality sleep? I am a mom of 3 so I have been through the night drill but I use to catch up with naps but I don't now. I just don't feel tired except for the first 10 min after the dreaded alarm goes off and I feel as if I only slep 20 min. Is this normal:faint:

I use melatonin to help me falling asleep and valerian to sleep all night long.

I've never heard of Valerien. I have tried the other in a tea but like benadryl it's too week. Years ago I tried trazadone but had the same morning grogginess. I thought Ambien was a good one but I was wrong. Atleast for myself. Anyone have luck with other rx sleep aids? Thanks,

I am feeling simular but all the good things about my adderal have left the building.....When I first start a higher dose Im fine,content and calm.Rational too but after a couple of weeks its gone.

seroquel - amazing sleep med, no hangover, you just get naturally tired

I take a 20 mg Adderall XR in the morning and a 10 mg Adderall IR at 3pm. When I first started Adderall in March, I had trouble going to sleep. I have taken Melatonin for several years so I continued this. I started taking my Vitamin C tablets at night after reading in the forum that it helps deplete the adhd meds.

Due to extreme monthly PMS, my doctor also prescribed generic Prozac to be taken as needed. My PMS has gotten better since starting Adderall but it is still pretty bad.

Anyway, lately I haven't been sleeping well at all. I toss and turn and get up several times a night. Even more than normal.

It is definitely due to all the hurricane coverage. I watch it until I go to sleep and then dream about it all night long.

I think about what we'd do if my 12 year old adhd/ocd/mood disorder son didn't have his meds. He takes Metadate, Respiral, Zoloft, Clonidine and bedwetting medicine DAAVP and Imprimine.

If we were in that big stadium waiting to be picked up by rescuers, the crowd would have surely kicked our family out. If my son didn't have his meds, and my husband and I didn't have our Adderall. And I take daily sinus medicine. And there wouldn't be any female products if needed. Or lights, or a hairdryer. And my 14 year old daughter would freak out without a cell phone, computer and hair straightener. And the list goes on and on. I think about this all night long.

I then I go back to thinking about my sons meds and how meds like Clonidine shouldn't be stopped immediately. Then I think about getting up and typing a note to my son's doctor asking him what would happen if we weren't able to get my son's meds and which ones we should cut in 1/4's if needed.....

The next thing I know is that it's time to get up for work. My eyes are blood shot. I have been yawning mid morning all week. I broke down and took 1/2 a vivarin caffine pill twice this week already. (I took Vivarin for years and stopped when I started Adderall because I didn't feel like I needed it anymore.) If I take Vivarin now, even just a half, I feel like I am majorly speeding.

I took a generic prozac last night so that it would totally relax me, which it did. But I still tossed and turned all night thinking......

Your message was all me. I have to listen to tapes to keep my mind calm. I take Trazadone to help me sleep, but it doesn't always help. My Dr.(who has ADD) will not let me take any stimulants because Aderall has caused adrenal problems. I am not taking anything for my ADD. He is trying to replace the harmones I need for stress management.