Experiences with

Concerta

Hey everyone,Ontario Canada here, I have a 12 yo boy who is on 27mg of concerta. First prescription was brand name, this one is the generic...did any of you experience a difference with these? Like side effects wise?

He was put on Ritalin short acting and catapres (clonidine) after diagnosis and while the Ritalin worked amazing while in his system the rebound was horrific (behaviors that were ten times worse then before meds) so we had an appointment with his pediatrician two weeks ago and he started concerta he

My son just started concerta 4 days ago.

Didn't like Adderall side effects or concerta. Loved Vyvanse but it is very expensive. Interested to hear how people felt after just starting Wellbutrin.

I started on Concerta 18mg a few weeks ago and it started out great! I was able to do all the things I wanted to do and social anxiety was very low. Now after a few weeks, the last couple days I don’t really have any energy throughout the day and cannot properly function as well as I could.

hello, My 9yr is on Concerta for is ADHD which works for everything! The down fall is the lost of appetite when on it, causing us to use cyproheptadine which doesn’t seem to help, does anybody know of a medication, stimulates or non-stimulants where the side effects aren’t lose of appetite?

Concerta worked but soon stopped working, and she had mega-adrenaline rushes and tachycardia. Now she's on Vyvanse, propanalol (beta blocker for the tachycardia and anxiety), and she's going to start lamictil as a mood stabilizer. But the Vyvanse stopped working even sooner than the Concerta.

He takes concerta and does fairly well on it except that he has a very hard time sleeping.

I heard most of the people use Vyvanse, Adderall and Concerta. Are those medications WAY BETTER then Ritalin or is Ritalin still a valid option? I'm using Ritalin guys but taking it 2/3 times a day is a joke. Thanks in advance for your help guys

Just started Xaggatin 36mg yesterday from previously on Concerta 54mg as it wasnt working...just wondering if I should have started with 18mg and work up to 36mg?

Currently he’s only seeing a psychiatrist to monitor his Concerta medication. He was on Aripriprazol (antipsychotic) but he stopped as he did not like the side effects in the way it made him feel). We are having huge difficulty parenting him, my husband especially.

She is on Concerta, but it don't seen to help much.

update: we tried the 18mg extended release concerta (generic) today and his school camp report was not good - some of her language- impulsive, needing a lot of redirection, talkative, interrupting, tore his papers and threw them, complained of headaches.

He’s on a low dose fast acting concerta twice daily that will eventually get switched to long acting but we want to give the Prozac time to work.

She has tried Vyvanse & Concerta. Both have given her multiple negative side effects and extreme anxiety/panic attacks. She was in the middle of trying a non-stimulant med. (It takes 4 weeks for it to work & she took it for a week and a half).

He takes 36mg Concerta/36mg Methyphenidate XR 1x daily in am. He about 8 months ago he suddenly started to say very negative things about himslef-Im stupid, nobody loves me, you hate me, your mean, I should just kill myself, ect.

I started Concerta in September last year, and a small dose worked beautifully. I started tiromel/euthyrox in November. The effect Concerta has on me has changed - instead of being calm and collected, I become almost drunk and unable to think straight.

I take concerta and ritalin.I take my medication and my head hurts. I also drink caffeine and that sometimes makes it worse.

My kiddo just received that prescription and after reading about it, I am quite hesitant to have her try it as it is not as straight forward as Vyvanse or Concerta. I'm also concerned bc she has been diagnosed with low blood pressure and a side effect can be low blood pressure.

Has anyone had success when switching from adderall to concerta for a situation like this?