Adderall - makes me moody & can't stand myself, causing family problems, anyone else felt like this?

I was married to someone who's personality changed when he started taking Adderall. He was out going and sweet but after taking Adderall he became critical, paranoid, and mean. After 3 years of this we finally divorced. We still talk and it seems like he has become more withdrawn and keeps to himself. He even said if it wasn't for his dog he would probably "explode". I keep my distance from him, he is not the person I married.

Hi shelly33.

You may want to talk to your doctor about this. I was prescribed Concerta and it had an "edge" I didn't like. I switched to Adderall (20 mg in the morning/20 mg in the early evening) and it worked fine. Point I'm making is everyone is different and one person's good experience on a med could be another person's nightmare. Do talk to your doctor, shelly--there are many alternatives to Adderall.

Heres my two non-doctor cents, according to a review of large amounts of research, as well as anecdotal experience. Of course I don't know you and I don't know your personal medical history and situation so you'll want to run this stuff past a doctor before changing anything (should you determine that any of it even seems useful

If youre feeling down low, depressed, angry, then 1) calibrate your dosage, variable premutations on how to administer this, 2) thats who you really are. If youre sad then try to manage what youre sad about. 3) you may just not be use to it. For example, the rate at which you process things will take time for your muscular steucture to catch up with - this is one example - so maybe step away, relax your heart, eat something you find to be delicious, drink water, clean yourself up, then see how you feel. This is potent stuff, if you cant handle it, yet, then wake your mind and find a way to tolerate and manage the negatives. 4) I have more to "add", but lets see how you all absorbe me. I may not be using the best words, but please try to understand my meaning, or add to it, or elaborate, whatever. Thank you, and eat & drink healthy. -ess-

I have been taking adderall for over a year now. 10mg XR and 10mg reg both taken in the morning and then another 10mg later on throughout the day. This drug has caused the same exact problems for me that they are causing for you. I get super moody and depressed. Even when it's at it's peak. I cry 24.7 over the silliest things. It makes me feel like I have depression now. Don't get wrong the drug works great for my condition, which is narcolepsy, however it's hard to keep taking it knowing that I'm just going to cont. to live such a sad sad life. Do I live with me chronically tired or chronically depressed? Hard choice right. And yes I have tried a few other drugs. They all give me palpitations. Which I don't like. So to answer your question, you're not crazy and not alone. I've heard it from others as well. My friend at work takes the same dosage as me for narcolepsy too and she too cries as much as I do. :(

Iv been taking adderoll since i wasa kid 30mg a day i feel verry tired and depressed and angry at first but about an hour later I feel happy smarter and jm able to consentrate and remember things i stay on task and dont stray off to doing somthing else many adderoll is not wat you need talk to your perscriber about a diffrent nedicine

I have to say that my husband has been taking Vyvanse for the past 6 months, and he has become impossible to live with!! I'm lucky he works out of tow all week, but he loves me to pieces, and in a split second, will start yelling and screaming very loud and telling me how much he hates me, and how he has hated me for a very long time ( been together 15 years!) and how he literally can't stand being around me that I make him sick!!! He tells me I'm a bad mother, which isn't true, but it hurts to hear my BFF say something like that!!! I bend over backwards every day of my life to do for him and make sure he knows I love him, and all he can manage to do is curse me!!

I started taking it about a year ago and it has defaniatly helped with my concentration but when it is wearing off or when I don't take it in the weekend I am very moody and get agitated very easily. In return I lash out and blow up at people that don't deserve it. ( my family)

I have been on adderall for 7 yrs. XR. And the Plain ones. I'm getting off of them all together. The XR make me feel like I'm in a stranz and i have hallucinations and the plain ones I am on 30mg. Right now and I can become depressed, cry, bitchy, and jump someone's bones in a split second. I do not get the effect of any of them , unless I stay off of them for a few days, week. During that time I have to pull myself out of the bed, bc all I want to do is, sleep. Has anyone ever tried, Concerta??

Yes I have only taken adderall twice but both times it has had the same effect on me as well. I feel great and have energy for a while. Then when it starts to wear off I become moody as hell, anything and everything just agitates me to the point where I start having chest pain and feel like I'm just gonna explode! I argue and fight with anyone and anything. I also get the hot flashes and turn beet red. So I know exactly how you feel.

Now my doctor put me on vyvanse 70 mg.for the past week it worked perfect.now when I take it it only last about 2 hours.I get really irritated. And can't sleep at night.has anyone have ever have your skin to Itch and burn? The vyvanse makes me sweat and itch all over.

Adderall xr to me is a very dangerous drug I was on 60 mg xr daily in the morning and I could not sleep at night. I was so jittery and felt very down and depressed. It slowly built up in my system for about 7 days and I started getting delirious and seeing things I then had to be committed. No other ADHD meds ever made me like that. I highly recommend sticking with the ir (instant release stimulants) you don't want to go thru what I did!!!

When I first started taking Adderall, I was taking the 20mg xr. Just once a day & yes it made me very moody & angry. So I switched to the regular 20mg not xr I felt alot better. Also I am able to take 1 or two tabs a day. So on some days when I would take two I would get very moody & would would get angry about everything.I basically just take 1 a day now. Maybe its a too high of a dose or maybe you do not need the xr's??

This sounds exactly like what I have been going through. I feel your pain. I take 30 mg in morning only. I fell it has caused my relationship with my husband of 20 years to sour and what changes did you experience and are you still taking the Adderall now?