Does anyone find it incredibly enhances music?

I find that I enjoy music much more on Ritalin and also I will sing along and I will be on key 100%.

Damn right, music is much different, because you can focus on it better. It's the lack of mental noise.

hi guys. i'm glad this was posted. i was on concerta for about 2 years, and i've noticed a few things about the med and music.

i was a serious music aficionado for many years, listening to absolutely everything, and perhaps b/c of my adhd, i grew a fondness for high-energy music, which included the avant-garde, improv jazz, and "noise" types. i found it helped me reflect on thoughts and streamlined what i did throughout the day. i kept troves on new music for myself, and it was almost necessary i had something to listen to if ever i had to do something purposeful.

however, once i started concerta two years ago, i really haven't had a need to use music to "clear my mind" and help me concentrate. this is a good thing, but i also began to notice that i had far less of an emotional reaction towards music than before. i suppose i listened to lyrics better, but i couldn't really care about the heart-felt message the singer was putting across, etc. moreover, noise music no longer had a calming effect, but instead slightly agitated me. needless to say, i haven't listened to much of what i used to feel was a part of "who i was."

but on a side note, i recently switched to vyvanse (an adderall-based medicine), and one of the first things i did notice was that i had a stronger emotional reaction to music than before. perhaps this is part of the "flat" effect people sometimes feel on concerta, but then again, my concentration on vyvanse is not as great. oh well.

anyways, hope i was able to contribute something. thanks.

hi guys. i'm glad this was posted. i was on concerta for about 2 years, and i've noticed a few things about the med and music.

i was a serious music aficionado for many years, listening to absolutely everything, and perhaps b/c of my adhd, i grew a fondness for high-energy music, which included the avant-garde, improv jazz, and "noise" types. i found it helped me reflect on thoughts and streamlined what i did throughout the day. i kept troves on new music for myself, and it was almost necessary i had something to listen to if ever i had to do something purposeful.

however, once i started concerta two years ago, i really haven't had a need to use music to "clear my mind" and help me concentrate. this is a good thing, but i also began to notice that i had far less of an emotional reaction towards music than before. i suppose i listened to lyrics better, but i couldn't really care about the heart-felt message the singer was putting across, etc. moreover, noise music no longer had a calming effect, but instead slightly agitated me. needless to say, i haven't listened to much of what i used to feel was a part of "who i was."

but on a side note, i recently switched to vyvanse (an adderall-based medicine), and one of the first things i did notice was that i had a stronger emotional reaction to music than before. perhaps this is part of the "flat" effect people sometimes feel on concerta, but then again, my concentration on vyvanse is not as great. oh well.

anyways, hope i was able to contribute something. thanks.IMO, if you take the time-release version of drugs you won't experience the true effects of it. For example wellbutrin XL is far different from wellbutrin IR. and IR rit far different from concerta. IR is just more potent.. more researched, and it works, not hit or miss, the only downside is taking it more often but so what?

Anyway back on topic... Music is awesome on ritalin. :)

I totally agree, I am a big metal fan, I turn up the volume and zoom in. I have to have music playing when I'm studying, my girlfriend thinks I am crazy but i have to listen.

re: ubiyca

well, i suppose i don't take the medicine particularly for music, but i've taken ritalin at one point and i found the extreme ups and downs a little hard to work with. concerta has a few ups and downs (right after you take it, mid-day, and a "down" when it tapers off in the late afternoon), but i found it a lot more comfortable than working with the one hour bursts i'd get from ritalin.

i suppose my experience is different from many in that with ritalin and concerta, i lost some emotional range, and therefore, my appreciation of music. all is not lost, though, in that adderall seems to be helping with that, plus i always have my old self to go back to. ;)