Hello,

Just recently diagnosed with ADHD by my doctor and was perscribed adderal 10mg twice a day. Sorry for the rant but read it over and let me know your thoughts. Much appreciated!

Tuesday - Day 1
7am - took first 10mg
8am - stated to feel like I was buzzed but had energy
12 noon - could tell the effect had wore off so I took 5mg
from about 3-5pm I started feeling stressed and was having back pain
5pm - took last 5mg of the day
11pm - was able to fall asleep but woke up a few times

Reactions and feeling of day one - Weird experience overall. I noticed I wasnt shaking my legs anymore and was in an overall better mood.

Wed - Day 2
7:30am - Took 10mg and this time didnt get the buzz feeling, instead it was a total calm almost zombie like.
11:30am - could tell it wore off.
12noon - took 5mg and had bad back pain
1pm - focus was back on and I was calm
3:30 - very quiet and numb feeling, keeping to myself, and no back pain
4:15 - took 5 mg and became more alert
9pm - bad back pain
11:30 - was able to fall asleep and only woke up one time.

reactions of day two - Bad back pain, wearing off after 3 or 4 hours, heavy heart beat, and chest tightness

Thur - Day 3
woke up at 6 am with a sore back and some chest tightness
7:30am - took 10 mg
9:30 - didnt really feel any effect from it. Had dry mouth.
11:20 - could feel slight rise in heart rate / still dont feel anything.
11:30 - took 5mg
12:30 - awake and have energy
2pm - calm
3pm - chest tightness / heavy heart beat
4pm - took 5mg
5pm - minor chest tightness / kinda focused
10pm - depressed, quiet, tired - slept through the night only waking up once but woke up really tired and still down

reaction of day 3 - I dont like this stuff already... I used to feel good and health just had problems with focus and attentivness...

Friday - Day 4
6:30am - tired, chest pain/tighness at this point im very discouraged and dont want to do this anymore.
7:40 - decided that I would increase my iniatal dosage to 15mg
by 8am i already felt extreme energy/hyper and focus
12 noon- I still feel pretty good, mood is good, side effects are not as bad as yesterday, only slight discomfort in center of chest that comes and goes, and minor heart beat increases.

I havent had the urge to take another 5mg yet...

I guess I am interested in anyones thoughts or ideas about how my expeince has been so far. I noticed so far that 15 mg in the morning had the best result so far. I also notice that the side effects unvail themselves as the meds are wearing off. I'm thinking i should stick to 15mg in the morning and maybe 5mg in the afternoon. I am also trying to keep to somewhat of a good diet and am going to start taking my vitamins again...

Some thoughts.... If I do the 15mg in the morning and the 5 around 2pm... do you think taking my vitamin around 6 will help prevent feeling the downer effect of the medicine. I'm also wondering if the I will adjust to the side effects.

Thanks!