I am pretty new to this whole thing so let me explain ;) My whole life I have had concentration issues and have every way to treat it but nothing ever worked until I made an appointment with a psychiatrist, told the him my history of trying Adderall a couple of times before class and he said "Ok then, it sounds like Adderall might work for you." He gave me two sheets of paper, the first script had me on 15mg 3x a day. This for me kind of felt like I was in and out of working dosage and didn't feel very effective at all, so at times I would crumble a little off from another pill and then it actually felt like it was working. The next month, I was put on 30mg 2x a day. This was much more effective and worked pretty well.

So tomorrow I am going to have my second visit with him and tell him how it went for those two months. I will be upfront with him and tell him that there are times where the Adderall does make me feel on edge and also kind of like a robot (hard to describe). Do some of you get this? I find that if I am on my medication and talking to someone, I find it hard to care what they are saying unless it involves me helping them or just doing something. Certain close friends have noticed that I become way more quiet and reserved on it and that when I do talk, it's very analytical and not "my usual self" as my friend says.

I have also noticed that sometimes I will be feeling anxious about nothing at all (not too often, but it happens) and being upset over the fact that I can't be creative while on it; I am a graphic design major so when I need to be creative adderall doesn't help one bit but it does help when I am doing the task its self and already had the idea planned out.

Have any of you had the same problems? I have tried the different brands of adderall and have noticed a little bit of a difference in how it works. Like the IR Barr Generics I take make me feel like I can focus at hand, no real "come down" just a feeling of not being on it, though I notice my personality goes from positive thought to cynical and sometimes even pessimist when on it. Do the brands make a difference for you? Also what is your experience with Dexedrine, I wonder about it because it seems a lot smoother but have heard of when it comes to studying on it that it's a little harder. Finally, one thing I have noticed is that there seems to be a period of like when the IR is working and then it's focusing effects stop working and then I just feel like I have a stimulant in me. Thanks guys! These fourms are extremely informative!

you can find similar posts to this if you search or read, but to give you a real quick answer. adderall sucks, especially barr generics, the WORST. i would switch to dex (barr 5mg, not barr 10mg cuz the 10mg are terrible)

be honest wit ur doc, search and read the posts that are releveant to your problem and take these possible solutions to ur appt to talk

Adderall did cause negative thinking for me, which is why I prefer Dex. I always felt angry and irritable on Adderall. I only tried the generic Barr version (IR) so maybe that was the problem, I don't know. Dex is just smoother and it doesn't put me on edge.

Update!

Well guys I thought I would post up to update on my situation, since I wrote this post the night before going to the psych. We had a little conversation, I told him about how it at times made me feel on edge; I got very specific with him and told him it wasn't like "panic attack on the edge" but more like how my friend describes it, "it's like I have to catch a flight in 20 minutes but the feeling lasts for the entire duration most of the time", there are also times where I become sometimes like an emotionally apathetic robot (this was kind of hard to put into words), and also that I felt at times way too aggressively assertive where it just might end up being plain rude/impatient towards people such as friends and family, one being my little brothers who both look up to me a lot and second being some of my friends to see me more than a couple times a week.

After describing my whole situation to him, this is where the funny part comes in, he starts asking me if I know anything about "valium, klonopin, xanax, ect." I told him that I know a lot since my one of my desired majors in college was going to pharmacology (but that never really worked out) so I know maybe more informed it seems than his average patient as he described me. I also informed him that I was worried about being prescribed most benzodiazepines because I know the habit forming that it can cause and that even a few of my friends in high school went to rehab for physical addiction.

Finally, I brought up the possibility of Dexedrine. Then we got into a little conversation about how I have heard some good success stories and talked a little bit about the pharmacological difference between the two medications (Adderall and Dexedrine). He seems pretty defensive about it at first, but after talking to him about trying it to see if it helps with those range of symptoms that bother me while on Adderall, since I mentioned that I did try it when I was in High School but that was before I was diagnosed ADD and don't even remember most of that one time I did it once just the remembrance of it seeming a lot more smoother than Adderall when comparing it the best I could. He informed me that he would put me on a one month trial of it and compare and contrast and to get back to him because he

He told me that he couldn't really prescribe me both stimulant meds for a long-term supply, by that he means 3 months I think. But what he will do is write me a script for Xanax, 90 Day Adderall scripts that I usually get, and a script for Dex ER 15mg.

I was glad he was pretty understanding about my concern with adderall because the whole different playing around with dosage month after month never really does anything for me and those weird side effects even made me cry once, I know it kind of seems funny when I think about it, but it was a little emotional for me since I am never feel aggressive or almost even what I can best describe as egocentric. I haven't really been testing out the Dexedrine just yet, but I intend to post my results on this thread eventually. Thanks guys! Wish me luck!

Adderall did cause negative thinking for me, which is why I prefer Dex. I always felt angry and irritable on Adderall. I only tried the generic Barr version (IR) so maybe that was the problem, I don't know. Dex is just smoother and it doesn't put me on edge.

I forgot to ask him about the different Dexedrine generics and IRs and ERs and such. I kind of had to pay through the butt when I went to pick it up at my pharmacy, but oh well :p

Haha yeah, brand-names will be expensive. But if it works for you, it might be worth it.