I have been taking Adderall for almost three weeks now and today was the first day I finally felt like it worked beautifully for me.

My current prescription calls for 15mg in the morning, 15mg mid-day and 30mg in the afternoon.

I took 22.5mg in the morning, then 7.5mg 2.5 hours later, then my mid-day dose of 15mg and finally a final dose of 22.5mg in the afternoon. That extra little dose of 7.5mg between my morning and mid-day doses really seemed to help smooth out some of the "edges" I've been feeling between doses and really, really helped me focus (and finish!) several projects that I've had sitting on my desk forever. I had no headache, no jitters, no weird paranoia. Can anyone explain why that extra little dose would help in such a big way?

I'm really hoping the good day I had today is because my body is finally adjusting to the medication. I was able to feel the benefits immediately when I started taking it two weeks ago - but have been definitely experiencing a few side effects which, while not enough to keep me from taking the drug, were uncomfortable at times. The one remaining and constant symptom I have is blurred vision.

Any thoughts and feedback are appreciated... (especially how long it took you to find the right pattern for your dose)!

for some people it takes a bit longer to tweak the dosage. I've been pretty lucky with Adderall and haven't had to tweak the dosage much. Not everyone responds to the same dosage, what is optimal for me may not be for you (I take 20mgs AM and noon).

Just keep talking with your doc to tweak your dosage. Please don't take more than prescribed unless you're discussing this with your doc.

Have you talked w/ your doc about blurred vision? are you sure it's related to the Adderall? you might want to go see an opthomologist to make sure it's ok if you haven't already.

BTW, you shouldn't "feel" adderall in your system. If you do, then you're taking too much.

The benefit you noticed by taking the extra 7.5mg two and half hours later-hope I got that right- may have something to do with taking the larger dose first instead of waiting to take the larger dose in the afternoon. My doctor and I talked about this before because basically if one takes their last dose at 4pm and waits till 8am for another, than 16 hrs has passed. So it makes sense, if in tweaking the dose or trying differing amounts per dose throughout the day, to start the day with the higher. But it sure is a heck of a lot easier to take one dose X amount of times per day. Good luck.