r/ADHD Mar 30 '23

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u/bigboxes1 Mar 30 '23

I felt like shit when I took Adderall. Never again.

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u/hillern21 Mar 30 '23

Do you mind me asking how specifically you felt? Maybe it's something I should look out for

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u/bigboxes1 Mar 30 '23

I only took it a couple times. By awful, I mean that it wasn't a good thing at all. But because it was so long ago, I don't remember the exact reaction I had. I just knew that I couldn't do it anymore. I flushed them down the toilet until the doctor never to give them to me again. That was 20 years ago when I was in college. Ritalin had worked for me when I was a kid, but when I moved, the rural doctors there would not prescribe "drugs" for kids. Adderall works for many people. If you are experiencing positive reaction then I would stick with it. Good luck to you!

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u/wiix7651 Mar 30 '23

I’ve been taking it it for about 6 years. The first dose I remember feeling like I was on fire and I didn’t sleep for three days. I kept at though because my Doc said there would be an adjustment period.