Is anyone on Adderall w/ suboxone? Just started the adderall XR and I'm just curious to see if?

Well I'll take your word for it that you have ADD. I never had Adderall without also being on Sub, but I have had plenty of other amphetamines without Sub, a long time ago. I think Sub and Adderall work fine together. Although you may have to slightly increase your Sub dose. Back then I was on 5 mg a day of Sub and I think I had to increase it 2 or 3 mg a day.

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But another strange happened which I thought came completely from the Adderall. Two of the amphetamines in Adderall are new. New to me who took amphetamines in the 70's. The worst thing about amphetamines was always the crash and the depression that was part of the crash. But I didn't experience a crash with Adderall and my usual depression didn't come back for up to 2 weeks after I ran out of Adderall. But I'm now wondering if that's due to the combination of the amphetamines or is it due to the Sub I was also taking. I don't know. All I know is for me Adderall and Sub worked great together.

So based of my experience, the only thing you may need to do is slightly increase the Sub. But play it by ear.

Good Luck.

Hi Danni,
Thanks for your post, really appreciate it:) I have to say I really liked hearing that you didn't need to take your full dose of suboxone everyday since being on the adderall. And wow to the shortage? I've never heard of a medication shortage, that just sounds scary!
I am so with you on the slow and steady. I cannot agree more. I see so many people who go to our local counseling clinic, (which also provides the suboxone) who are only on it for a few months or even close to one year who relapse right away. The doctor there believes that amount of time is sufficient and "the shorter the better". I began with her, but quickly changed doctors within 2 months, my current doctor believes the opposite. He thinks we need more time on it, and a very slow slow taper.

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Also the first doctor, put me on 3 of the 8's a day in january of 2010, even though I was clean for a period of time! I was so not functional, and ended up relapsing very soon after. I knew it was too much and asked for a lower dose with my new dr. Back then I started at 1.5 a day but over time Ive gone up to 2.5 But I am done going up and have been at this dose about a year now.
I don't experience the tiredness I'm seeing people talk about..
I'm sorry I'm rambling!
Oh yes today I started the adderall and I was pleasantly suprised that there were no negative feelings like I experienced before. I was just so petrified after that effexor incident!! And someone mentioned that I might feel "sped up", I didn't get any kind of a buzz or anything. One thing that did happen today that was pretty cool was that I played a whole game with my twins (4yrs old) and didnt get up or do a time out or just forget about the game altogether lol! I was like, woa thats a first!! Most meds take time to show improvements so I'm pleasantly suprised that I even noticed just one thing that was better just from day 1.
I am with you on wishing I had been diagnosed earlier as well. Here we do all this self-work, looking into ourselves over the years, I thought I had it all figured out! I was 7 years clean before I relapsed, while I was in nursing school. It was like my brain was just burning out and burning out the cars driving faster around the track until they finally blew up!! The finger was always pointed at "depression" or "anxiety", (I really did have struggles with those conditions as a teenager, and I have to believe that was the easy conclusion to come to) But I knew it just wasn't that I was not a depressed person.
So after coming back to recovery after my relapse, my husband in prison (stole money for addiction, he was 8 years clean before the relapse), and feeling like my brain was getting worse instead of better, very frustrated I really had to do a self study so that I could communicate to the proffessionals exactly what was "wrong" in my life. I made a list and handed it to the nicely dressed woman and after reading through it she went to her little cabinet and handed me the pamphlet about add/adhd. I was dumbfounded I said "How do these people know me?" lol And I should mention that while I can't be certain that it truly "got worse" or it could have been that it was profoundly more noticeable without having my husband to live life with. He was very organized, and really It was amazing to see how much I depended on him to offset my symptoms. I mean they were there, but he was there to remind me of things, etc etc!!!
I am just really looking forward to see how this goes and I have alot of faith that the med along with continued spiritual growth will finally fix this!! I've been clean off heroin since sept 2009, I had a breif relapse in April 2010 with 2 pills and cocaine. I was a heavy drinker as a teenager, but when I was introduced to heroin in 2000 I havent drank since. I thank the lord though that alcohol has not called to me. I give so much credit to alcoholics in recovery, I mean I feel pretty strong in my recovery, but really? To have to walk by liquor stores, having it stare at you in the grocery store, Tv, etc. I could not imagine having my drug of choice around me everyday. I'm so thankful that it would take alot of work to get to mine.
Ok now that I've written a novel! I really do apologize, I love to write and I'm glad I found this site. have a great day:)
M.