Adderrall....

[lovedogs51511]

Hello there! I'm currently taking 40 IR adderall but after a few days I stop focusing. Does anyone else have this problem?? I still have 11 20 ER so tomorrow I will try taking 20 ER with a 20 IR to see if that will work any better. Please let me know how adderall is working or not working for you! It would be extremely appreciated😄😄

[Cyrano_de_Bergerac]

Did you mean to say hours instead of days in your post, as to when you lose focus?

I was on Adderall ir for a while, but

found that it wore off too fast for me too. I was supposed to take 2 a day, one in the morning and one later in the day to around lunch, but I'd forget to take that one.

The Ir stays is suposed to work for around 4 hours at a time while the xr can work up to 10 or 12.

Now that I'm on the xr my focus stays and i don't have to remember the extra pill when the effects start tappering off.

Did your doctor give you the xr and the ir to go together? Or were you switching over from one to the other?

If they aren't working for you though, talking to your doctor about it would be the safest bet.

Sorry I'm not much help.

[lovedogs51511 in reply to Cyrano_de_Bergerac]

Your lots of help. Thanks for sharing your experience. Glad the XR worked for you!!😄 Wish I could say the same!!😭 Not sure if I can ever get help with this. Ill check with the Dr I see. Ill be trying the neurofeedback here soon. Good reviews of ppl who had ADHD. Now feel much better. It would be cool to not have to take meds!! Thanks again. Have a awesome day!!

[Cyrano_de_Bergerac in reply to lovedogs51511]

I fought the taking pills every day for a long time. My GP at first diagnosed me as having anxiety and mild depression. And so was on Busparone for a while, and that was an odd rollercoaster ride... Didn't really help and found myself more depressed when the effect would tapper off..

I'm glad that a decent therapist came to my small town. I've been off the anxiety meds and on Adderall ever since, though that doesn't "fix" me entirely either.

I've had to embrace a diffrent approach to life then seemingly everyone around me, starting with meditation and mindfulness, and I'm working on making better habits for myself

It's taken a while, I'm still learning my rhythm, but it sure beats the muddling through and "hoping i don't screw up" way of getting through i feel like i used to do.

What is nurofeedback? I know I've heard it, but now i can't remember

[lovedogs51511 in reply to Cyrano_de_Bergerac]

Happy to hear you had a good therapist in your town. Does the adderall help you focus tho? I get spaced out. Unlike you I suffer chronic depression, bipolar2, anxiety, vocal tics, epilepsy. Its way to much for me to handle! I wish I didn't have all of this. Glad you don't have depression or anxiety. It ruins my life. Glad your feeling good. Neurofeedback is hard to explain. You may understand it if you look it up. I don't quite understand it either. I just started looking into it. Yea I better not try to explain it cause I'm not sure how to. Lol. Thanks for your feedback!!

[Cyrano_de_Bergerac in reply to lovedogs51511]

Glad to help!

[DEMONSFLY in reply to lovedogs51511]

Your right depression is the worst thing in the world and wouldnt wish it on anyone. I recently got diagnosed with major depression from getting a divorce i didnt want. ADHD had lead me into a dark hole of self medicating for 15 hard years which ruined my marriage and a lot of who i could of been sooner. I thought you grew out of adhd as i was diagnosed as a child and also after my divorce also. A lot of relief just knowing it's not just me. Im 36 years old and have the hyper part as well as cant focus, complete tasks, procrastinate, etc. I dont slow down nor do i think and act on impulse which has led to bad choices with drugs and multiple run ins with the police. I should be in prison but im grateful today even with depression that i cant get rid of my adhd but rather use it to my advantage and manage it. Cuz i dont know a out you but the hyper focus part in mine makes it enjoyable most of the time.

[lovedogs51511 in reply to DEMONSFLY]

Yea like you said I used meth, crack and alcohol the most but used those for 25 years! I should of been in prison myself!!😱 It's scary but I'm grateful I'm not as well. I just had to quit my CNA classes after 1 class cause of not being able to focus, absorb the info, etc. I'm so angry having all this crap destroying my life!😭 I'm glad you can cope with yours cause I'm on adderall and it doesn't even help whatsoever!!

[Sadchild in reply to lovedogs51511]

Are you in recovery right now? I am a struggling recovering drug addict with PTSD, depression, social anxiety amd severe anxiety. I have been to prison which saved my life by the way. Anyway this past episodes led me to relapse. Sad but true. Telling on my addiction is what works me so i am telling on it right now

[lovedogs51511 in reply to Sadchild]

That's great that going to prison saved you! I'm over 7 years clean. Life has been miserable, painful, no breaks in life and the list goes on and on. I'm glad the most that I quit the drinking. Iv e got 3 duis. I feel so pissed off at myself for doing that and putting ppl at risk. Thank God nobody was ever hurt!! So that is worth being sober knowing I can't hurt someone cause of drinking. Like you I have severe anxiety too. Its so bad I'm agorophobic. Terrifies me to leave my condo. I stay locked indoors everyday. I've noticed that the anxiety has gotten so severe cause I'm not drinking not feeling any pain. Sober I feel extremely nervous. I'm really glad telling someone you messed up helps cause I couldn't stop. I told on myself all the time like that. Couldn't stop drinking or using drugs. It is a horrible way to live. Have you been clean a few days or weeks?? Relapse happens but don't beat yourself up cause it just part of getting sober. Your giving it your all and you can conquer this!!!!😊😄 Talk to me anytime😊😀😄

[Sadchild in reply to lovedogs51511]

Thank you. I was clean from 2012 to 2016 relapsed in 2016 and some then i have been battling my addiction. I believe my drug use affects my PTSD which has lead me to dark place. The drug talks my mind into believing that it is drug that keeps me alive cause without it my Ptsd or anxiety would win resulting death.....crazy i know but thats how my mind thinks when i go into my dark place. I lost my job yesterday which doesnt help. So glad i found this site. Cause my outburst are happening more often than ever before. Thank you so much for understanding me. Cause i know i am not normal.....i am simply special..

[lovedogs51511 in reply to Sadchild]

Absolutely!!! WOW 4 years is awesome😀😄 Drugs will talk you into thinking you need them to survive. Alcohol did that to me. So I totally understand what you mean!! So sorry to hear about your job! I haven't worked in a few years now. Its so stressful😱😨 What's your drug of choice? Oh I'm super glad you found this site too. It will be a lifesaver for you. It has for me. I have bipolar2, severe anxiety, severe depression, adhd, vocal tic and epilepsy. Everyday I wish I could drink and forget the pain!! These problems are more than I can handle!!! I do understand ya cause I've lived it too. 25 years of alcoholism and drug addiction. No fun at all!!!