Is it normal to feel down at the end of the day when you are on Adderall? How to over come that?
I am on 30mg a day and I take it in the morning. Around evening I really feel down and I do not knwo what to do about it.
Thanks:-)

Yes it's normal to feel down at the end of the day, it's coz your adderall start to wear off. I am on Adderall and at first the down were real bad, it get better with time. I still feel down at the end of the day sometime but other time it's less strong. At first the crash were terrible, I felt angry, edgy, anxious and very deppressed but the good thing is with time it go aways. I am still trying to find a way to deal with them myself because I got days when I still feel down when the adderall wear off! Good luck!

I felt this way and I talked to my dr. about it and she put me on a small dose of prozac to try to counteract that....you may ask about something like that if your symptoms do not abate....but if the depression(feeling down) seems to be getting worse in that you are feeling totally hopeless or feeling like life is not worth living then you really need to tell your Dr. ASAP. Good Luck.......

Moshken,

I assume you're on Adderall XR, right?

You might see improvement with a slightly higher dose.

Not that I advocate caffiene addiction, but my occasional "slumps" are usually overcome with a cup of coffee or a soda.

Another alternative is a low dose of IR in the afternoon to extend the effects a bit.

An antidepressant won't help if it's due to Adderall "come down", but it will if it's due to underlying neurotransmitter deficiencies. Both are likely, so I would try wiggling the dose before adding an antidepressant.

And I agree with Jen -- if it gets worse, tell your doc immediately and insist on an antidepressant. Just my advice....

I never felt down (depressed) at the end of the day on stimulants, but when I was taking a lower dosage, I would feel anxious in the afternoon. Now I take Adderall XR twice a day and don't experience this at all. Coffee used to help to prolong the effects of Adderall, but now I just take more Adderall and don't need the coffee. I've read about other people using an antidepressant to help with this.