Adderall 10 mg (2 pills...twice a day)?

Question

I was just diagnosed with ADHD and my doctor prescribed me Adderall 10mg. I am supposed to take 2 pills in the morning and 2 around lunchtime. I am 26 years old and I work at an accounting firm. I find the pills to be having some effect but it's not as drastic as I had anticipated. My mind still wanders a decent amount but I don't know if that is due to the fact that I'm stuck behind a computer crunching numbers all day. I'm not sure if my mind wandering has more to do with my job or the Adderall being ineffective. I have noticed that I don't play with my hair or tap my foot as often anymore. I used to have a tough time sitting still. Is it possible that my dosage is too low? Should I look into the Adderall XR? What do you guys think?

Answer 1

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I take a 20 mg pill in the am and another 20 mg pill between 12-2pm. I start my work day at 630-700am and it ends around 3-4pm.
I find that this is the perfect dose for me. However, before I realized this was the right dose, I needed to adjust my eating habits to allow the adderall to perform at it't optimum level. Let me explain.

I have found that I need to do the following; I take my am pill around 630-700am, I might eat something very small like a piece of toast but I may not eat anything either, I am not a morning eater unfortunately, I do drink about a half gallon of water throughout the morning hours. I do the same at lunch time, I always take my pill between noon & 2 at the very latest, I might eat a little, like a hot pocket chicken pie to go thing or just a little yoghurt or a french fry from McDonalds, and I also drink close to a 1/2 gallon of water in the afternoon. This is what works best for me, take a pill, eat a little bit of food to get that pill disolved and working.

This does NOT work, if I eat first and then take a pill, the pill won't be anywhere near as effective as if I eat after the pill. This I found to be very important. Same with the lunch time pill. I have to take the pill and then eat a little for it to be most effective.

So, key is, before you have your dose raised, try eating right after taking the pill and drinking lots of water.

Good Luck!
Oh, the best part other than being able to stay awake at meetings during the day at work and being able to focus on just about anything without any problems, is that I have been losing weight at a steady rate since I don't eat as much and I am more active.

Answer 2

I too am ADHD or so I think. I use to take adderall 30mg extended release capsule. It's not the drug for me. Adderall makes me angry for no apparent reason.

It's probably the pills. I work with computers all day crunching numbers and when I'm on the pill, I can work 6 hours straight without breaks.

There are different types of drugs out there that you can find. To me, different drugs will help you with different stuff.

From my personal experience:

Adderall, helps you in your writing and increase your bull-sh*t skills in writing essay.

Dexedrine, helps you with mathematics and analytical stuff such as learning how to develop plans for work flow or writing logic flows.

Concerta, helps you read and understand DEEP intellectual works. I've read Plato's Republic on concerta and discovered the true nature of human.

Metedate CD, same as concerta, will help you have the patient to read thousand page books and understand what you're reading.

Answer 3

Hmm, I don't know for sure but I never took that much of and yet I always found it helpful. I could take half of one and it's enough for most of the day. I may have had a stonger dosage though.
Keep in mind medication is not the answer for everything, if you are still having symptoms and you can't get a stronger dosage try examining your diet (too much coffee or sugar?) or try some alternative things such as meditation. Try searching the web for some other ideas.

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