I take my 10mg IR adderall at 7am and 12 noon. I dont think it's possible that it's still in my system 9hrs later???? What could possibly explain this?

I sometimes wonder if i have a slow metabolism then look at my skinny body and know I've always considered myself to have a super-high metabolism ...
BUT, while I am calm and focused and slightly sedated throughout the day, come 9pm, I become wide awake and my heart is pounding.

might help to mention i have fought insomnia my entire life and have often wondered if it was actually a CAUSE rather than a symptom of both my ADD (diagnosed approx. age 12), and on and off depressive symptoms.

I rearranged this paragraph a couple times to try to get it to make sense. I'm not taking it today because i really really want to go to bed early tonight :(
I realize then, when I don't take it, how much harder everything is that involves thinking:( .

Also, this has been by far the most effective med I've been on and we've tried many. I will soon be going back to work after being home with my kids for 6yrs (and going thru a divorce and moving), and i am very hopeful that this medication will finally help me to be successful where i have consistently failed.

Darn, that came out too long. thanks for reading. (I never read long posts). ANY thoughts appreciated.

hi,i was on adderall 10mg xr, one at 8am, the other at noon.it made me calm thru the day,too sedated at times.but i had the same problem you have, i would be struggling to keep going all day, but at 10pm, i would try to go to bed, and the heavy fog that clouded my brain all day lifted, and my mind woke up.i was then thinking of all the things i should of been thinking about earlier that day, but couldnt because i felt too drugged up.it is strange, its like the med worked backwards on me.after awile of not sleeping, and feeling like i was sleep walking thru the day, i went back to taking ritalin, this time the ir.i felt much better, and "awake" at first, but now im getting nervous thru the day, sometimes,extreme.these two meds work completly different.for me, i have a choice,be a zombie all day, or a nervous wreck all day,"what a choice" theres gotta be something different, that maybe has a little of both qualities, i too would appreciate advice!

Do you have trouble falling asleep, do you wake up too early (terminal insomnia) or both?

Melv,

You might want to consider giving XR a shot. I can't say I have the same symptoms but many of the same. I've had on and off depression and insomnia. I started taking Lunesta to help me sleep the just recently was diagnosed with ADD. The Adderall has actually helped me an incredible amount and frankly i'm finding the opposite when it comes to sleep. When i'm ready for bed it still takes me a bit to fall asleep but once I do i'm actually sleeping through the night, but i'm taking XR.

Maybe you should eat more cheese :D

I had terrible insomnia both before and after I started taking Adderall. I finally "cured" it--accidentally--by taking the following: fish oil or flaxseed oil, a couple Attend capsules, and a multivitamin. I take this every night now, and it does the trick. I don't have any financial interest in Attend. I think what makes it work is eithe the tyrosine or the powerful antioxidants.

is that from a health food store?

i am doubtful already before even trying it. it seems to take large amounts of sedatives to make me sleep :( im so frustrated by this.

it is both - i cant fall asleep, and cant get back to sleep when i wake up. the only thing that helps is xanax and that stinks to have to take, and its not 100%, but i feel like ive tried everything - ugh :(

Attend is from Vaxa.com. But you can get tyrosine and anti-oxidants from a health food store. Attend uses French maritime pine as its anti-oxidant, and I think that's generally available.