Posted by ADDer on September 2, 2012, at 15:05:39
In reply to Adderall isn't going so well--not sure what to do, posted by Raisinb on August 23, 2012, at 21:02:20
> So, I started Adderall on Thursday. The doctor said to start at 10 mg of the XR per day and titrate up from there. The first two days were awesome. The next few days, I started having progressively worse panicky, sad, depressed feelings in the afternoon. I 've been three days at the 20 mg dose and today I had a full-scale freak out/meltdown. I couldn't function or think, I was in terrible pain and freaking out, and I really thought I was going to end up going to the ER or hurting myself.
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> My question is, can these stimulants build up in your system over a period of days? Because I thought they just went away after eight hours or so and you started fresh the next day. But I'm getting progressively worse.
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> Should I drop back down to 10 and titrate up very slowly, or just stop taking it for a few days to see if things change? The episode this afternoon was scary.So I assume the Adderall XR was prescribed because you are expected to have ADD/ADHD (based on your other post). It is of course possible that you do not have ADD at all, but the meds did seem to help you at first. Have you considered that you might actually have ADD, clustered with other disorders, such as for instance depression or panic disorder? Is it possible that these disorders do not come to the surface until the ADD is temporarily cured by the Adderall XR?
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