Adderall dosing for children

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Avatar f tn I am prescribed Adderall 30mg twice a day and adapex(phentermine). Adapex is supposed to be for short term use. But I've been on it since after my son was born 14 years ago. With stopping it for 2 nine month period because of pregnancy. Adderall is newer for me. I've been on it s few months. It at first made me sick to my stomach and didn't want to eat. Now it sends like I can stay busy all day but still eat. Which I don't wanna do.
Avatar m tn I think the world would disagree with you. The only people claiming it is not addictive are those prescribing it for children with ADD/ADHD. There are safer ways to treat this ailment.
Avatar n tn According to the regulatory agency, they received safety information concerning the association of sudden deaths, heart-related deaths, and strokes in children and adults taking recommended doses of Adderall and Adderall XR. This risk of Adderall death seemed particularly high for individuals with structural heart abnormalities. In response to these findings, the FDA issued an advisory warning about the possible risk of death, but allowed the drug to remain on the market.
Avatar f tn 5mg once a day and topamax 23 mg in half doeses twice dailey. I also take adderall 20mg twice Dailey. I asked him if theses two meds who interact with one another and his response was no . I guess my question is how do I safely spread them out during the day. It seems I can't get it right because when I take either or I get very anxious . I already take a anti anxiety med clonazepam for accational panic attacks. How do I safely take these?
Avatar n tn Hey guys, I'm a 21 year old male and I have an oral issue where the cause is unknown. Apparently I have a habit of pushing my tongue to the roof of my mouth and feeling around as if there was bits of food stuck on the roof of my mouth. It almost seems like a nervous reaction like popping joints or biting nails. It wouldn't usually bother me, but I've been tasting blood lately, as if I'm actually cutting the roof of my mouth. Does anyone have anything to help me?
Avatar f tn Why is my 'shrink' trying to treat my Adult ADD with Bubropion HCL SR (100mg tab 2X a day)? Is this the right med for me? Good grief...it didn't even cut out my smoking. Both of my adult children are on Adderall and are doing fine. My doc keeps telling me that Concerta & Adderall are 'too addictive' ... what the heck ... I am not looking to get high or anything ... I just want to be able to have a med to make my ADD manageable.
5957912 tn?1379936972 t have to taper off adderall. Pentermine side effects say to not drink coffee, Adderall does not. You may have felt like crap because you stopped the pentermine. You need to talk to your doc. The problem quite possible could be the interactions of what you are taking. You really sound like you were over dosing and I think that could have been the drug combo.
1367899 tn?1278121440 My sister and I started a blog on Adderall to learn more about the medication along with alternative and complementary ADHD treatment options. Any feedback from users of Adderall or Adderall XR would be greatly appreciated. Topics to be added this week on http://Adderall.org How is Adderall XR different from Adderall? [Adderall vs. Adderall XR] What is Adderall? How to Make Adderall: [Adderall Background Information] What are the best Adderall and ADHD books?
Avatar f tn m certain that Adderall contributed by stimulating her movements in the last weeks of my pregnancy. Athough my OB prescribed it for A.D.H.D. (I had been on it for two years prior to the pregnancy), I feel responsible and will never forgive myself. It was February 21, 2006 and it feels like yesterday. I pray you delivered a healthy baby and my sincere hope is that your family is blissfully happy!
Avatar f tn (Junior year is the first year I started taking/ sometimes double dosing adderall XR) I would take about 20-40 MG a day for school. (Adderall intensifies my symptoms by a big Margin) All the sudden I start experiencing things in class and around me that I'm sure all of you know. Sniffing, looks, coughing, sneezing, etc... My tongue was coated white and my breath was very hot. When I sit in cars even now sometimes all the windows will just fog up uncecessarily. I got terrible brain fog.
Avatar n tn I am a college student studying pre med and have my fair share of adderall cramming for exams. After taking it for over two years and constantly being over caffinated my heart has become very sensitive to everything. I pretty much always have an irregular heart beat, chest pains and pains in my arms, neck and back.(esp when i lay down to sleep) I am very concerned and before i see a doctor about it i was wondering if anyone had any input. I am decaffinating and have stopped taking adderall.
Avatar n tn My daughter was diagnosed with CP, sensory intetgration, ADHD, and had suffer from seizures, but has been seizure free for about 3 years (so we think, nothing witnessed). She was first on trileptal, then added keppra, then d/c'd the trileptal. About 1 1/2 years ago they d/c'd her keppra, due to being seizure free for a couple of years and her dose was so low that on her last labs it did not even register. She got very ill in February of this year with the flu, then strep throat....
1241508 tn?1313006082 However, depending on the reason for your question though, (For example - why you are using the progesterone? For pregnancy, for Luteal Phase Defect, for your menstrual cycle or Endometriosis etc?) without that information they might not know how to answer your question. Either way, I do hope that someone can provide you with a helpful answer. I think that you might have to elaborate though on what and where you are using it for.
1744544 tn?1311299862 Instead, he has now taken me off of my Adderall and put me on 1mg of Intuniv, which is for CHILDREN ages 6-17.. I am a 27 year old woman who has been taking 60mg of Adderall for over 2 years, and he just STOPS and puts me on this.. Not to mention, my 6 year old son was recently prescribed 2mg of Intuniv and it turned him into a Zombie..
Avatar f tn we have battled this for 5 years...he has me in so much debt cause he would go write checks for adderall or extra methadone and i would have to go get small loans to cover the bank. He would do good for a few days to maybe a month then the cycle would start over...he would swear to me that its over till the next time.. I LOVE THIS MAN WITH ALL MY HEART. he is good to me but the lies drugs and secrets are tearing us apart. Last summer i found out he was experimenting with meth..
Avatar f tn I got sent to a special school all thru high shool they had me on 30mg adderall 100 mg zoloft every morning total 4 years huge interaction Now it is like 9 years later & I've started taking meds again adderall in the morning 4 my adhd & xanax 4 my anxiety & agoraphobia the drs started me on xanax like 3 years ago & I was on a low dosage until a few months ago when my drs changed I went from having anxiety free full nights sleep with 1mg of xanex but then the dr upped it to 2
Avatar f tn I have a real sensitive stomach and immune system, and am allergic to a lot so I would think that you can handle most of these. The best working were the Daytrana, Adderall XR, and Vyvanse, and the Adderall you are taking may be different than what I take(XR) The other Adderall hurt my stomach and made me sick if I didn't eat, but I have no problem with the XR.
Avatar n tn I wasn't sure where to ask this question so if it's in the wrong forum I apologize, but I have a question reguarding adderall. I don't have add or adhd, and i understand the problems doctors have had with adderall abuse. Despite this fact, I have used another person's perscribed adderall a few times. What im wondering is if adderall is only used to treat adhd and narcolepsy. I have always had low self confidence, so low that I would barely talk to anyone.
449407 tn?1205516497 I was wonder if Adderall is an effective drug for depression or anxiety, or plain old bi-polar people? I have heard of it being prescribed, but don't know what it is being used to do? Can anyone enlighten me?
Avatar n tn Take a deep breath. 1. Any school that pushes you to medicate your child is the wrong school. It's ok for a school to set rules for behavior, and say that if children don't meet them they can't attend a school, but it's NOT OK for a school to require that children be medicated. 2. Let's say that none of that was happening. Your son is still miserable at school. That's another reason to look for some alternative schooling here in this case. 3.
3063045 tn?1340654053 His dosage was about right for Adderall. Way off for V which you said you were on. Wonder if he got mixed up?
Avatar n tn Not giving a child the correct medications out of spite is not accomplishing anything. I've been on adderall for a while now too and have done extensive research on almost all there is to know. Adderall is basically medical meth. Its an amphetamine while meth is a meth-anphetamine. So the mother has a somewhat logical point but an incorrect one. Just because someone does adderall, it doesn't mean they are going to do meth.
Avatar f tn “We as a society have been unwilling to invest in very effective nonpharmaceutical interventions for these children and their families,” said Dr. Ramesh Raghavan, a child mental-health services researcher at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert in prescription drug use among low-income children. “We are effectively forcing local community psychiatrists to use the only tool at their disposal, which is psychotropic medications.” Dr.
Avatar f tn Hi there, Yes, Adderall can cause withdrawals when it's used recreationally, abused, and sometimes unintentionally. Something that you really need to be aware of is that toxic symptoms and signs of overdose can happen even with low dosage milligrams. Popping Adderall every couple of hours will only exacerbate side effects because they are usually intended as extended release capsules/caplets, to be used only once daily. The amount you have taken in the last few days is seriously dangerous.