This has nothing to do with Eating disorders, but it does have to do with body image. I take Daytrana for my ADD, which is a medicine in the form of a patch. I love it, and its my favorite medicine yet, however, it leaves red, itchy, square-shaped marks on my hips where I wear them. They stop itching after a while, but the marks stay there for months...does anyone know how I can get rid of these, or if these should be appearing? This isn't an emergency or even a big deal, but I figured there would probably be some people here who could help me.

Don't put the patch in the same place every day. Do so every other day. That will reduce the redness a bit.

The red marks are normal and will go away after a few hours without a patch.

Adhesive left on your skin can be removed with some mineral spirits on a cotton ball or some gauze.

If you develop a persistent rash you shoul;d talk to your doctor.

Me :D

Perhaps you're allergic to something in the patches? I don't worry much about marks, and usually have skin wounds in various states of healing at any one time, but I wouldn't be very happy about a big red mark that took months to dissapear.

I do switch hips everyday, and put them in different places everyday. For instance:

Day 1: Left Hip, Lower
Day 2: Right Hip, Higher
Day 3: Left Hip, Higher
Day 4: Right Hip, Lower

But it still persists. I have about a dozen red, square, marks on each hip. They only itch a little, but are very unsightly and I dont like them.

I also devolped petechia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petechia) all over my legs and chest and stomach lately, which my doctor said as of now, is nothing to worry about. But after doing some research, I found that this can be caused from certain medications. So maybe I am having a reaction to it??

Also, it said that these can be from viral infections. About a month and a half ago, I came down with the Norovirus, and got very sick. So perhaps that is it. Hopefully it is nothing more serious than that.

Another question I have about Daytrana is does it raise the levels of testosterone in males?? I find when I take it not only do I feel much angry and fell the need to run, workout, or sometimes hit something, but I also feel that the..."urge to slurge" is much much higher. It is definetly a noticable difference.

And lastly (sorry about the long post) I do feel a little depressed when I take this medicine. And it happened when I took adderall as well. This is much less noticable, and I can make myself feel better by simply telling myself, "its just the medicine, things are alright" but its hard to cheer myself up everytime. I also get very minor headaches and feel tense everytime I take my mediicine.

Thanks for all the help!