[Hello6728]

i am 20yrs old in college. i have taken various antidepressants at different doses throughout my high school years. my senior year, my doctor decided to try adderal, as focus was one of my symtoms. While i always had some problems with focus, i don't think i ever had ADD, i think it was perhaps from depression or even some other disorder. At the time i was working 40 - 60 hrs a week (while going to school). Adderal did seem to make things easier, but i don't think it was what i needed. Clearly i was overstressed and pushing myself to far and adderal made it easier. i may have been taking wellburatin at the time. When the effect seemed to lesson, i asked if a higher dosage might help and i began taking 40mg a day (of adderal). i began to notice adverse effects. I further lost interest to socialize in anyway (more than my depression had already caused). I also started sleeping very little. Perhaps the most noticeable effect i had was my inability to change or stop tasks (i would start cleaning my room and not stop till school the next day, or work on my car from when i got home from school until the next morning). When i would do something all night, i wouldn't have unlimited energy or brain power, i would work until it became very hard to think and the littlest thoughts became slow and difficult (but i couldn't stop). i eventually, it may had have a month or several months, stopped taking adderal and swore to myself i wouldn't take it again.
After high school i worked for two years and then started college. this is my first year, and i am so far doing pretty good, but my ability to focus is quickly going down the drain.
Maybe i should kick myself for the thought, but i wonder if i adderal might help my now. when i was taking adderal the first time, i was very stressed, and i'm quite certain i used stress a cooping mechanism, i always pushed myself too far, and i tried to stress myself out so that i could deal with things (running off of adrenaline). i have since come along ways as far as that goes and i am wondering if that effected my response to adderal.
Has anyone else experienced the side effects i had? (Like difficulty changing or stopping a task once you start)
And do you think it may have been because of stress? (or perhaps i really didn't need adderall)
and if i didn't need adderall - is it possible i since developed ADD? (in about 3 yrs)
has anyone noticed that your general frame of mind can effect your experience with adderal? (such as stress)
i appoligize for the extent of my thread, but i thought that any detail might help me figure out whether or not i should think about trying adderal again.
i would appreciate any opinion that anyone could offer me. thank you

[purple one]

This really sounds like you ought to re-connect with your doctor and tell him all this. Do you even have ADD? Remember that doctors love to bring out that prescription pad! Do an online ADD test and call your doc.

wishing you well!

[kidmonster]

Hi buddy. A person very close to me is presently taking Adderall . She is fine now after having the dose lowered by half. Looking at your post, it seems like it may work for you now. Perhaps you have matured alot in the last couple of years. It helps to join a support group or have someone close to you help you evaluate your habits if you do start again. I haven't heard about the Inability to stop tasks once you start, but this sounds like the Adderral could have caused that.

I would try it now in lower dose, and keep an honest log or record of your mental state. Rus