Is Adderall XR causing muscle pain, cramping and weakness?

At ur age the bone density is not as rigid as of a 20 years old female..The symptoms u mentioned wont show in almost any of the imaging tests trust me dont waste ur money... At this age taking adderall is a risky choice as it comes with multiple cardio and gastro related problems... its somewhat called ideopathic pain... weakness and fatigue are the common side effects of the wear off... Do get ur bp checked once in a while as hypertension can cause muscle pains..as long as u eat well and drink fluids containing electrolytes u will be fine..Also moniter ur sodium intake..avoid eating high salt diet close to your sleep time..and most important is please have a banana once a day in ur diet..its full of magnisum and trust me u will feel better.

Hi. I have temporomandibular joint disorder (aka tmj disorder). I clench and grind my teeth at night. I had this many years prior to ever taking adderall. However, I do find once the adderall begins to wear off, I have a little headache and it seems to be triggered by my jaw. I started wearing my bite guard during the hours I take the adderall, and I definitely feel less myofacial pain, but there is still some pain.
See if you can monitor if you are clenching or grinding your teeth when you are taking the adderall. Often times the adderall helps us focus that we don't realize we are clenching or grinding. You could possibly benefit from wearing a bite guard.

@painhell Sorry to hear this. The simple solution is to stop your Adderall for a week and see if that’s the issues. It most likely is... if the pain is prohibitive, and keeping you in, it doesn’t seem like the benefits are worth it. There are other ADHD drugs... I hope you find a solution

Yes! I’ve had the same experience with Adderall. It’s pretty debilitating. My muscle weakness is severe - to the point of having difficulty using my arms and legs. Also countless specialists but no diagnosis. I’ve been on Adderall twice as an off label use for depression. Both times I would go through episodes of weakness and tremors. It’s awful.

I want to add my experience to this thread to make sure people can find it easily on Google. I'm 33 and have been on between 20-10mg of both XR and IR amphetamines for just under a year. My back and neck muscles, which have carried my stress my entire life, are now intolerably tense. I just recently pulled my hamstring badly for the first time in longer than I can remember across a lifetime of running and cycling. I'm glad I thought to make the connection, and glad I found this thread with others sharing my symptoms. I'll reply back after trying some of the suggested remedies starting with coconut water and salt supplements.

This is an answer to my prayer. I believe after taking Adderall for 15 years that all of a sudden it started making me sick. At first I thought it was the fillers in the generic, so I switched to brand name. My brain fog was gone, but I developed planters fasciitis, and my mouth tingles and my gums are receding. Has anyone else had that experians? I am going to try switching to Ritalin and go from 30 X-RAY to 20.

I have read your post and do understand your pain. I currently, do take Adderall XR 45 mg and been experiencing same pain. However, I find that keeping hydrated with water through out the day, helps out a lot, and its actually recommended. Also Fish oil helps as well. I have also noticed that when I was physically active and working out, I did not experience any pain at all. Thus I believe the combination of water, exercise and fish oil has helped me tremendously.

I highly recommend checking your Vitamin D levels. I had similar pain and weakness (almost flulike symptoms) and my vit D levels were drastically low. I noticed a great difference after just 2 weeks of supplements.

You most likely will benefit from myofascial therapy. I’m a master bodyworker that specializes in pain management. My patients, and clients come in either weekly, bi-monthly, or monthly for maintenance. Depending on what works for them, they try to get scheduled for return visits just before that threshold of pain reoccurs. I myself have been getting therapeutic massage for pain management, and injury prevention since I was 18yrs old... I’m now 52. Specializing in sports & injury therapy, myofascial work is the most used technique in my practice and helps alleviate the built up tension and assists the flushing of lactic acid from within the tissue. I work on all ages, infant to elderly, even my grandchildren know to ask when they need an area fixed from tension. Myofascial therapy helps people with MS, fibromyalgia, old injury, sports injury, joint replacements, soft tissue surgery, and postural imbalance caused pain. I hope this helps point you in the direction, to find the right person. “less pain, more life! ”

Im 35 and had many injuries in the past. Where the Adderall seems to hurt the most is old traumatic injuries. Not sure y, I've been on 60mg a day for over 10 yrs. It only hurts my bad injuries. I kno this doesn't help but it might help your dr. I've been in the hospital every 3 months since I was 17 and have a better knowledge I've learned of some pharmacy technicians. I got badly hurt when I was 17, been on everything known to man. Try splitting your does, that may help. It does me

i have such awful foot pain and it just hit me that its started really bad when i started adderall xr now ive just read some other woman had the same problem on this site any suggestions on how to get rid of this pain without pain meds ?

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heres some food for thought, ive been on adderall for many years 20mg tablets twice daily and i two started experiencing sore muscles, muscle cramps and hip and knee pain that grew more intense with time til it got to the point that i couldnt even walk enough to mow the lawn on a hot day, then my doctor advised me adderall drains fluid from the body in large quantities and while taking adderall patients should drink plenty of WATER, not soft drinks or sports drinks but pure water because due to the extra fluid loss with the adderall theres also the lowering of potassium in other words i was suffering dehydration associated with the taking of adderall, so i upped my water consumption [doubled it if doing alot of physical exersion] and in my case that done the trick! try it!