Hey- I was recently diagnosed with adult ADD I was also diagnosed as a child but my mother (anti drugs) would hear nothing of it. Im currently in a masters program and I mainly need my Adderall's for test taking and class, so here is my dilemma, I have class from 5-8pm and I take 5mg but since class ends so late I find that taking the Aderrall so late in the day interfers with my ability to fall asleep, I tried getting an earlier class but couldnt, I cant sit in the class for more than 15min w/o the meds and I find myself embaressed of my rudeness, also when I am in class its very obviouse that I am not actually there as I am playing with my cell phone the whole time, it feels like high school all over again. Do you think I should speak to the professor and explain to him that I need frequent breaks, would the slow realese addderall not affect my sleep as much...any suggestions?

Having a tea spoon of honey in the evening is a natural tranquilizer. Give it a try an hour before you want to go to sleep. When I was on Adderall XR it lasted 10 hours for me which hung around in my system too long. The IR's last only about 5 hours and worked great my senior year of college. I was asleep by 11 or 12 everynight and got 8 hours of sleep no problem.

i take 10mg XR at 7-8am. It's supposed to wear off after 12 hrs, but doesn't wear off for 20 hrs with me. Which means at 4am i finally doze off for 3-4 hrs and then have to take it again.