Just this morning, I stated taking Adderal like my doctor prescribed. I knew that there would be some side effects since this was the first time I was using it. Mom said it would most likely be some alertness, a bit of nausea, but nothing out of the ordinary.

I felt normal until about 11:00. That's when I began to feel my mouth drying. I figured it was nothing to worry about, until I became very nervous and anxiec all of a sudden. I tried to think of what could be making me feel this way, but I didn't have an explaination for myself. Twenty minutes later, I felt very naucious, and thought I was going to throw up. I quickly asked to be excused from history class to go to the nurse's office.

I told her I was taking Adderal and thought I was experiancing side effects. Then for no reason, I start crying about it! I couldn't control it, it was almost as if I was having a bad panic attack. That's when my legs begun to wobble and could barely stand. She gave me crackers and sent me to lunch (which was going to start in about 10 minutes). With my spare time, I called my mom telling her what was happening. She told me to eat some lunch and if I still felt bad that she would come pick me up.

I couldn't go down stairs because my legs were that wobbly. My friend had to help me on the elevator and to the cafeteria! It was very embaressing. I had a salad, and needed one of my friends to buy it for me since I couldn't move good.

By the time I was finished lunch I was so shaky that I had to hang on to the wall for support. I still had some anxiety in me, and my nausea kept coming on and off. I didn't think I could make it for religion and biology classes (it was around 12:30 by this time), so I called my mom to pick me up. When she did, she had to help me get to the car and hold my backpack.

This day was so horrible! I usually don't feel like this, and it happened after taking Adderal. It was only a 5 mg capsule, and my body still couldn't handle it. I was wondering if anyone else had these side effects to Adderal on their first day, or if I just have a sensitive body. I'm so nervous, I can barely type. I really need an opinion, please!

Thanks for any support or ideas :)

I am VERY sensative too and found that 2.5 mg is all I can handle so far. BUT I didn't have that many side effects. That sounds REALLY harsh. I hope you feel better.

Talk to your doc!

On my first day of Adderall (10mg xr), I felt calm, even and relaxed. Exact opposite of how I felt before the diagnosis and medication.

I'm sorry you are having bad side effects, do let your prescriber know.

Thanks for the sympathy guys :) The side effects are already beginning to wear off, I'm not as naucious, and I can walk a lot better :D

But, has anyone else felt this way the first time on Adderal? Just out of curiosity.

Your mom will probably do this anyway, but make sure your Dr. knows about your side effects...it may be that you need to take them a few days and allow your body to get adjusted to them. I know I was kind of shaky the first few days I started taking adderal. Hang in there and keep your dr. informed....I will keep my fingers and toes crossed for you...:)

Are you on any other medications? I'm hypoglycemic and I have noticed that my blood sugar has been dropping more than usual since I started Adderall. The symptoms you described sound a lot like how I feel when that happens but I feel better once I eat something.

Perhaps your initial dose is too high. Try less tomorrow.

Paws13, the side effects you had from adderall are maybe extrem but they are not unusual! Some people can be very sensitive to meds and even a low dose can create some side effects. Maybe it's mean that you need to change med or it's just a question of time, side effects decrease with time. It seem that this is your situation since you mention your side effects are less then before.
I did had side effects when I first was put on adderall they may not have been has bad has yours but it still was pretty bad. I used to have bad side effects when adderall start to wear off. I could feel down, depressed, sad, anxious, tense, edgy, angry and agressive. At one time I even felt like some demons were inside of me and try to get out, this was pretty hard to deal with but luckily this and most of my side effects had gone with time.

Hopefully adderall will work for you and you won't have any more bad side effects. I wish you good luck with adderall!:)
Take care!
Peace Sun

Just posting to update what my doctor said:

She called my mom last night, and this was only the second time she heard of side effects like mine on the first dose. So, she downed my dose to 2.5 mg for 4 days and see how that goes. I'm going to try it over the weekend, just incase I experiance side effects again (I wouldn't want what happened yesterday to happen again during school x_x).

It's nice to know I'm not the only one who didn't have good first experiances with Adderal. Maybe this time around will be better :)