I take Adderall 20mg twice daily for Narcolepsy. My Dr just increased my dose from 10mg twice daily. Its been 4 days since the increase & for the past 3 about 30mins after taking I start leaking snot like a faucet. No joke I'm literally stuffing tissue up each nostril bcuz if I dont it runs down my lip like a nasty little kid. Its embarrassing & Benadryl & flonase didn't help at all neither did Nyquil. Thank you for your help ~Trina~
Do higher Adderall doses cause increased mucus production?
Question posted by Trinabell on 26 Sep 2013
Last updated on 27 September 2013
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Bearcat315
27 Sep 2013
No I've ever experienced nasal drip trinabell, I have had increases in dosage before and the side effects I experienced were teeth grinding, clenching, elevated pulse rate these would adjust within a week if I needed the increase and could tolerate it. I have had instances where I wouldn't adjust to the increase and I would taper back down to avoid depression. I take amphetamine salts combo, generic adderall IR tablets 30 mg. I was taking it 2x a day and I take one and a half 45 mg a day. No problems at all I actually took one 30mg IR a few months back at 4am because I had bad anxiety just rapid constant thinking and it stopped and I went right to sleep. I have never heard of it causing mucus buildup. I took XR in the past but it conflicted my bipolar I wouldn't sleep and it would trigger manic episodes while on lithium. Even on XR I didn't have a mucus issue. I'm not sure I'm sorry, maybe a pharmicist would know more or if it could be something else. I would call the pharmacy they are helpful and a good resource in cases of side effects. Sorry you're going through this. Let me know what you find out.
Trinabell
27 Sep 2013
Thank u Bearcat. Ya its definitely an odd effect. It would start at right @ 30mins after taking a dose & then it would suddenly stop about 30mins before next dose. So that tells me it is from the adderall so I'll just hope its an effect that will go effect as my body adjusts to the higher dose. I also read where you had a reaction to the XR. I did 2 & its was strange. I just couldn't sleep at night i got really wired feeling & paranoid finally ending with me accusing him of trying to make my dogs love him more then me. I was convinced he must've been plotting this evil sneaky crime for months!!! Lol I was so angry & convinced that nite i was truly gonna divorce him but after some sleep & mental space from the drug i realized how crazy I'd sounded. The Dr just changed the adderall to reg.generics & ive been fine since other than embarrassing snot fountains lol. How are things for you today?
Bearcat315
27 Sep 2013
Pretty good Trinabell, stuck in my bedroom on my day off work, this is nothing new. I tend to stay away from people even if I know them well. I cant stand loud noises such as loud televisions, and people trying to talk to me. I cant hold a decent conversation due to not being able to look at people very long. My bipolar and ADD are right on, and taking Xanax has helped somewhat with my problems with anxiety and panic, however I'm still stuck in a room. Whats oddest is its almost impossible to do things very simple tasks like going to a store or doing things I need to do daily tasks. I'm so tired of it. All of the psych Dr's I have seen in the last year have been like going into battle in order to get my needs met. I'm anxious about my next scheduled appointment with a new Pdoc but he's supposed to specialize in anxiety and panic disorders. He also specializes in substance abuse treatment so its a double edge sword there.
Sometimes they tend to not prescribe medications that have the possibility of becoming addictive. I wont know until I get there. I already have been prescribed these medications besides Xanax for years and they work it was hard getting to this point. I do have valid prescriptions for alprazolam I just need to get into a better treatment regimen and not just taking what a GP will prescribe. Its difficult. Going back to what you mentioned about paranoia on XR, I didn't really experience that but I did go without sleep and I would become agitated. I wasn't responding normally. Little things like my girlfriend would get "annoyed" because I couldn't sleep at night. I tried to explain that its not as if I enjoy being unable to sleep. The truth is when I went off it I slept even less and my manic states from bipolar 1 were off the chart. All the signs were there I was gonna have a mental breakdown I was asked if I wanted to be hospitalized and I refused out of fear. I was so tired of being tied to a system where the fate of my sanity depended on the competence of my psychiatrist. It is difficult all of it I just weigh it out, is it better or worse than before. I'm doing better I just want to get back to normal daily human function without feeling trapped. Sorry it took so long to respond.
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