Adderall

[Dsdickinson]

Dr. Started me on adderall for my fatigue a month ago. Unbeknown to me he only wrote prescription for 1 month so I ran out and am waiting for response and will have to have hard copy mailed to me. It was maybe 10 mg 2 x a day which I normally never took more than 1 1/2. Since I stopped taking it, my fatigue has never been so bad. Could this be a side effect of stopping adderall?

[BillyL1677]

It Could be. I stopped after 2 months. My mind would get so involved in whatever I was doing, I could not pay any attention to anything else. Kind of scary to me. Yes I did feel worse and more fatigued when I stopped, however it did get better. Its a very addictive drug. Be careful. And Goodluck!

[Jules A]

It is a Schedule II because of the high abuse potential so they can only write for 30 days with no refills and you need to present a hard copy to the pharmacy.

The stimulants are out of your system pretty quickly so my thought would be that its not so much a reaction to stopping but more likely your fatigue has either increased or you aren't as used to feeling it since being on Adderall.

[babymonkey]

I take Adderall as well. If I run out, I am useless. How is it working for you? I love it and have been taking it about two years.

[JBWInColorado]

I've been taking adderall for ADD for a year or more - pre-diagnosis. Now I'm taking it to help with this stupid fatigue and it definitely helps. I take one 30mg tablet (not XR) before work (around noon) and it gets me through my 4 hours. (I'm on part-time for now per docs orders).

It's helped with my mood, cognition and the hit-by-a-bus fatigue feeling. I didn't take it yesterday and today after taking one I feel a whole lot better.

Good luck to you.