a lil history on me... i took ritalin when i was younger until i graduated high school in 2003. Then i stopped for a year to see how id be without the meds. After a year of being off i decided i wanted to be back on becuse i was going to be startingsome harder classes at college tha would require my concentration and focus. Dr put me back on ritalin 3 doses of 10 mg daily which just made me jittery and couldn't sleep, tried concerta and it did the samething. So then tried strattera and that seemed to be better. I was on that for almost 2 years. I started nursing school in 2005, and the beg of this year i noticed that i couldnt concentrate focus or sit still and was having bad impulsivity. SO i went to my dr and he changed me to adderall over easter break. It seemed to be helpingfor the past month and a half but then it just kind of seemd to stop. I was on adderallxr 20 mg, two times daily.

So i went back to the dr this week and he said hed try ritalin again at a smaller dose. SO yesterday i took 20 mg and I did the same today. Well today i noticed that im really depressed! I dont know if its the med or me but it sucks. DId this happen to anyone else? Will it go away? Is this from adderall withdrawls possibly? I also kind of feel like I'm not really that focused and dont want to study. I'm kind of irritated too.

Should I go back to my adderall because ritalin isn't any good for me? Give it a few more days?

Any advice or suggestions? Can anyone relate?

I had a similar experience when i changed from concerta to ritalin. I was starting a low dose of ritalin after coming from a high dose of concerta. I was extremely depressed to the point where i started smoking again, but it lifted with nicotine i guess.
You will have to mention the depression to your doctor. I think you may be coming down from adderal because you got tolerant to it and thats why it stopped working, and when you switched you felt depressed. Its so hard to find the right med without suffering side effects!! I hope they find a med with mimimal side effects sometime.
Even though I take ritalin, sometimes i get depressed and I got seriously depressed when taking concerta and trying to quit smoking a year ago.
You are depressed in my opinino because your mind misses adderal, and ritalin is not doing enough, plus the fact your body has been screwed up by changin meds.