Adhd Medications, Need Answers Asap?
Question by Ashley F: adhd medications, need answers Asap?
put on a new drug called CONCERTA ER AT 36 MG ONCE DAILY IN THE AM. I have severa adhd that stems from childhood. as far as I can remmber would be like the 3rd grade. I was never medicated as a child.
It was never brought up as a child. I guess my parents either A) Didnt notice it, or thought i was just being a “normal child” …..OR….B)It wasnt severe, and I only had few symptoms.
I been on this new drug about 4 or 5 days. The first day i felt great. able to really focus and concentrate. But eventually made me sick, cuz it knocks out your appettite. It makes you not want to eat at all. then you start feeling sick.
MY MAIN QUESTION is this:
when I wake up in the moring I feel like complete crap. I have a dull lingering annoyin headache and mild stomach pain and just feel like shit over all.
then I take the pill and Im fine. do you think that I need a higher dose? I am on 36 mg of concerta ER , once daily in the morning when I wake up.
I dont want to become dependent on them, but for one i have an addictive personality and I was an addict for 5 years. that I am in recovery for. Anyone that can answer these questions, i will appreciate more then you know. and I thank you a bunch in advanced.
p.s I now see by lookin back that I probably had add or adhd as a child. failing gym class from grade 1 to grade 10./ not paying attn in math,I couldnt stop fidgeting. I never got anything better then “D” IN MATH, AND THATS IF i WAS LUCKY. I blurted things out loudly not caring what it was or who was listening. example: that girl is a bitch! ( when “bitch” was right beside me. Its like I couldnt control what came outta my mouth, i never thought about what I was saying, until it was toooo late.
again, I want to thank you all, who take the time to read and answer my question.
p.s has anyone ever been on methadone and concerta at the same time for ADHD? Or even on methadone along with another ADD drug? Ritalin? aderal? how did it affect you?
love all,
ashley
Best answer:
Answer by Mrs.PanicAttacks
The AM crap feeling is the doseage that you have not taking yet —IE the frist stages of detox off your meds I feel this way every AM cause I take Xanax and I take it every four hours but then go 6-8 at night wake up feeling like CRAP I started setting an alarm for an hour BEFORE I have to get up and go back to sleep so my AM doesage kicks in before I have to get up lol..
If you take them everyday you take them everyday there is nothing you can do about it unless you change meds period so while you are on them get up an hour early keep water by the bed set an alarm take the meds go back to sleep then get up later or two hours later keep some crackers next to the bed if you have to eat with it
Get up slow you dont have to JUMP out of bed make time stretch really wake up move around (look you bed yoga KICKS BUTT for AM grrness lol)
Methadone is nothing but the goverments way to keep you on legalize herion GET OFF Of it I KNOW this from personal experience ask your doc about Suboxzone MUCH easier to come off of does NOT get you high, and helps with the MENTAL cravings ASK IT SAVED MY LIFE!
About the drugs with ADD ADHD ask your doc I would say NO but always safer to ask them then anyone on here!
Answer by some person
The reason you wake up feeling like crap with a dull headache is because you’ve comedown from Concerta, if you take a higher dose, the comedown will be harder. Adderall or Dexedrine are more euphoric and addictive drugs than methylphenidate, but if you take either of them properly, you’re less likely to feel like crap in the morning because they have a longer half life, which means they last longer in the body.
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