Facts.

Thank you!

I like to think so.

Thank you! Always grateful to have you watching. :)

Are you find any answer ?

My stupid doctor started me at 20mg. That was awful. I couldn't even walk. My daughter is an Oncologist, and was alarmed. She told me the starting dose was at 5mg. Even 5 makes me exhausted. I was hoping to get my life back 😢

Maybe you need a little higher dose... Maybe Adderall is not the right med for you.. it could be that you would do better on one of the non-stimulant types. Sometimes it's just going to take trial and error. I've tried Vyvanse which is the extended release Adderall (I think) and I didn't like it as much as the generic. I may still try a couple of others, but I'm not in a hurry right now. It's not a cure-all but it's definitely helping! I managed to get some of my taxes caught up lol. I even got my teaching cert renewed after a long time, but that was caused by a million different things. Basically, I just FORGOT to renew it and then was told the wrong things about getting it redone! It just takes awhile. My son took his and on the first day, his reading test scores went up an entire grade level! Ugh.... Just be patient. You'll get it figured out. If you keep doing your own research, you can make suggestions to the Dr and maybe move things along faster. Good luck!

@@tmcobb1888 thanks for the recommendations and you have valid points. I follow up with my doctor in a few weeks so I will see what she thinks . That’s awesome about your son kudos to him . I was thinking about trying the extended release but like you said it’s trail and error . Happy to hear that something worked for you and thanks for sharing you and your son’s experience 😊best of luck … by the way the last two days I haven’t felt tired maybe I needed to give it some time

I just got diagnosed at age 47. I was looking forward to taking adderall and get some control over this mess called my life. Today I took first dose and went straight to sleep. I described it just like you, it was exactly like taking melatonin. I was expecting to focus didn’t happen…

@@Allurenzia I’m so sorry you had that same experience. All of the positive reviews and research I read up on before taking Adderall , I was so excited to get started but as you stated I did not get the amazing results everyone else was getting . So I noticed week 2 1/2 I wasn’t getting as sleepy as the first week . I asked my doctor if I could try the Adderall XR and I’ve been taking that for about two weeks now. When I first started a few of those days I was extremely sleepy as with the first pills . But it’s not so bad now. A lot of people are saying the pills are not the same as they were a few years ago . I wish you the best of luck and if you can keep me updated on if your results change 🙏🏾😊

@@Baltaemore Thank you for sharing. Probably I’ll go down the same route. It is a hard battle this Adhd, I wish you best of luck

Hopefully that will go away for you. It took me about a month before I stopped getting sleepy on Adderall, but your mileage may vary.

I know it affects different people in different ways. I know some people who claim that if you get wired on Adderall, it means you don’t have ADHD, but that isn’t true.

That is awesome! Hopefully he’ll get to experience the excitement of a Record Store Day sometime in the future. The next one is Saturday, April 20, 2024.

There is a smaller RSD event that is held on Black Friday. It’s not as big as Record Store Day, but there are special releases on that day.

After a couple of weeks, I didn’t notice any tired feeling, or any feeling at all, except my concentration was worlds better.

I do have sleep apnea, which I’ve been treating for a while now.

I’ve been looking into this - specifically when it has worked for a long period of time and then, one day, it just knocks you out. Of course there are tons of people saying, “Caffeine/ stimulants calm us down.” Well, duh. Sure. But this isn’t that. Some people HIT a WALL where the meds just stop working like they once did and make you CRASH after taking them. If you close your eyes and give in to this INSANE urge to sleep, it lasts like 20-40 mins and can drag out all day if you don’t force yourself to get going and do something physical. I haven’t been able to find much except 1- up your dose. More of the meds might be needed. There seems to be nothing out there detailing 2 - adrenals might be burning out. If you’re already under a ton of stress or living in a survival state (fight/flight) due to some past trauma or mental health concern, Stimulants are just going to exhaust your adrenals even more. So, taking a higher dose might work but - to what end? This was when I started watching Dr. Berg on KZbin and learning more about the causes of ADHD and ways to treat the CAUSE of the symptoms. I know it’s an unpopular opinion and no one wants to hear about the negative effects of stimulants (even when you legitimately need them) but I’m feeling much better, mentally, now that I’m exploring these vitamin deficiencies & diet changes that can provide relief. So instead of pushing my body to keep going up a never ending bill of “more more more,” I’m switching over to alternative treatment completely. You would’ve never convinced me to even consider that a few years ago. Everyone has their own journey and has to come to their own conclusions… I was just creeped out by the sudden epileptic-type crashes that stimulants starting causing. They once helped and then they just stopped and I can’t make sense of upping the dose when my gut is begging me to do something else. If I didn’t see fast changes in my cognition, I probably would’ve just kept spinning my wheels but I felt the changes in my body and brain within a week of switching to a Keto-vore diet and supplementing with vitamins & minerals. The best way to put it is: the focus fog lifted. That has been enough to keep me pressing on and trying to see if I can function better without meds at all. I’m not suggesting anyone does anything crazy or without your doc. But watching Dr Berg and Dr Berry’s videos would be a great place to start poking around for more info if you’re sick of the meds leaving you drained and in a zombie-like state. Nothing is more frustrating than a solution that stops working.

I've always had the issue where large amounts of caffeine put it out. My friends couldn't believe how I could drink an entire energy drink and then take a map. But over the course of the two years I've been on Adderall, the effects have balanced out. I don't get sleepy, and I don't really notice anything different, that is until I have to concentrate on something and it isn't as difficult as it is when I wasn't taking Adderall. But definitely talk to your doctor if the sleepiness is becoming a detriment. There may be something out there that's a better fit for you.

One of the big issues with mental health and neurodivergency is that sometimes medications that worked well in the past can lose their effectiveness, and that can be frustrating. And, yes, changing a prescription or a dosage without the guidance of a doctor is not a good idea. I'm not that familiar with Dr. Berg, so I'm not sure how sound his advice may be. But I can't argue that having a focus on health and taking on good habits that promote health can only help.

Thanks so much!

you probably don’t have adhd then.

I suppose this means I’m on the naughty list for now. :)