I've been taking adderall since early to mid april and during THAT period of time it seemed like the perfect fit with my Celexa (40mg a day) and the Adderall 10mg Ir 2x a day. Since then I've bumped up the adderall to 25mg XR once a day but appetite went away almost completely. I lost about 12 pounds in 3 weeks. But my grades were so good! I was able to focus and get everything done like never before. But now I feel like those days are over, I told my doctor that I was experiencing anxiety when I took my 25 mg XR at about 1pm and then I took a 10mg IR around 4:30pm. And I had just been in the car for 3 hours AND I was just starting a new class, which I would get anxiety about anyway. My doctor told me that I was taking too much and that I should just stick to the 10 mg IR a day. And I've been doing that for about a week now, but I've been experiencing anxiety with it and it doesn't seem to have the same effect as it used too. I had also been drinking a lot during the week at school (Penn State) so I wonder if that had anything to do with it. Is Adderall right for me? Should I try something else? Do I need to time my medicine better? Is the drinking the problem? Also, my sleep has been off since I got off the XR, but I think the drinking had something to do with that. Anyone have any suggestions? What should I do?

Oh and I'm feeling depressed too.

Lost appetite is one of the most common side effects of Adderall. But
for most its only a short term side effect. Anxiety is a common side effect
from stimulants. Your doctor cut your dose after you built of tolerance
to the old higher dose. By drinking you mean alcohol(self-medication for
the anxiety)? By sleep problems do you mean insomnia? That a common
side effect from stimulants. If you mean your sleeping too much that a
sign of drug withdrawal(like a dose cut too low to fast).

i noticed for me that around 10mg works best but 15mg slows me down too much. so i think im going to try to take a day off at least once if not twice a week on 10mg to see if that works better. reduce my tolerance and i can take a lower dose...

yeah alcohol being a self-medication for anxiety, which i didn't need until i started the stimulants i think. and sleep is insomnia, i just cant fall asleep, takes me like 2 hours. any suggestions?

however, today i felt like i could have slept all day if i wanted to...i don't like that feeling.

melatonin!

works like a charm for me

I noticed a lot of the same problems you are experiencing when I took XR. I think it was the time release, and too much of the L-amp sticking around, so I was essentially overdosing (it wouldn't be out of my system before I took the next dose, so it just kept building...) I'm taking IR now and not having the same problems. But I did notice when I took a dose at 6pm that it was not completely out of my system until 10 the next morning! (that's when my appetite came back)...so I can just imagine how long the XR hung around.... anyway, you might try taking a break for a week or so to let your system 'reset' and try again with IR.