UPDATE

I’ve ordered my own FDA cleared drug test to screen my urine.

I was reviewing my old test results that found no Adderall in my system and found this fine print:

This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by [REDACTED FOR PRIVACY] Labs. It has not been cleared or approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. This test is used for clinical purposes. It should not be regarded as investigational or for research.

Why are they threatening my meds?!

TLDR

My ADD meds haven’t been working for years.

Whatever, I kept taking them. Just had my annual pee test - meds did not show up.

I’ve been on them since 20 and I’m nearly 40 now. This has never happened to me. I demanded another urine test and provided it on the spot, but now my PCP has to be “reach out to her people in psychology” to get their views.

My meds might be pulled because they’re fearing a DEA audit.

I’m terrified

I just got home from the emergency room (I got hit in a crosswalk by a dumbass riding an E-bike while he was high). They did a drug screening via blood work before giving me any pain medication, and apparently I tested negative for everything, including ADHD meds. I’ve been medicated for over 20 years at this point, and I definitely took my meds yesterday morning. Has anyone else had a similar experience??

Like most of you i have been struggling with my meds. Was talking 20mg and sometimes taking 2 (40mg) pus multiple top ups of dextroamphetamine 10-20-30mg some says. I was still struggling) More didnt do much.

I recently went to a new Psych to try and work on my med situation. Basicly was hoping for a double script for addy and dex since i had been using old dex to top up the addy. I dont have enough spares to maintain this level. After asking me about my past exc, he wanted to treat my depression first. I have been very resistent to anti depressents most of my life. But i figured fuck it what do i have to loose at this point, not gonna look good if i just push for more meds anyway. If it works it works. If it doesnt ill probably get what i originally wanted.

Well anyway. He want me to try Bupropion(welbutrin), i explained have an extremely busy 2 months can cant risk not being able to function at all. So he decided to renew my old 20mg of dextro a day script rather then continue the adderal.

So in summery taking 150mg bupropiom and 20mg (5mg pills) of dextro a day.

Any its been a week and i dont want to get my hopes up to much but it seems to be working well. Concerningly well.

It was to the point my close friend noticed a sustantial difference in my mood. I noticed how much happier and positive i am. Its been night and Day. To top it all off. Im using ALOT less dextro than i would have needed prior. Also before i would have been crashing with in 1-2 hrs and needed my top up of dex, where i now with less, its lasting long. Like i can even be somewhat productive into the evening. I learned i need to dial back my lastest time from 2pm to like 11am otherwise ill be awake to late as the dex is lasting so long now.

Even at the very end of the day my mood is stable im not irritable brained fogged exc.

I decided to do research and found they work really well together.

"Dextroamphetamine increases the release of dopamine and norepinephrine by reversing the dopamine transporter (DAT) and norepinephrine transporter (NET), while also inhibiting their reuptake. It also inhibits monoamine oxidase (MAO), further increasing catecholamine levels., which is critical for its sustained therapeutic effects."

https://www.psychiatrywiki.org/dextroamphetamine.php

"Bupropion is an atypical antidepressant that acts as a weak inhibitor of neuronal reuptake of noradrenaline and dopamine."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/bupropion

So what this means in simple terms is; Dextroamphetamine increases the amount of dopamine and norepinephrine the brain and is a reuptake inhibitor making it dual acting, and the Bupropion helps the neurons hold on to the dopamine and norepinephrine(noradrenaline) for longer meaning the benefits last longer and are stronger.

This next part is relevent and an added benefit to the combination. Bare with me here drugaphobes.

This research paper may be on the interaction of MDMA and Bupropion. But the pharmacology is still applicable since MDMA is an SNDRI (seratonine neuroepinephrine dopamine reuptake inhibitor)

"In the present study, bupropion reduced the heart rate response to MDMA and prolonged its subjective effects. We hypothesized that bupropion prevents the pharmacodynamic effects of MDMA to the extent that these effects depend on DA and NE release. Bupropion reduced the MDMA-induced increases in circulating NE, which is a marker of sympathetic system activation, and the cardiostimulant effects of MDMA similarly to the selective NE transporter inhibitor reboxetine"

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002235652418977X

This means the bupropion ALSO REDUCES THE NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS. I personaly have noticed these results myself, less anxiety, reduced heart rate, no head aches, and the crash is even less intense.

I almost want to cry i am so happy with the results, i am just scared it wont last. Its literally life changing i dont feel so fucked.

Dex+bupropion=Amazing

I was recently diagnosed with ADHD, I was prescribed 10mg of adderall once a day for 2 weeks then he’ll put me on it twice a day. I was taking atomoxetine but wasn’t working for me after 2 months.
I’m 5’7 195 lbs I’m a big girl, the medicine does have some effect on me as I’m able to stay much more focused at my job, but it wares off so quickly. If I take it at 10am it’s worn off by 2pm.
I want to take another when this happens because it feels like such a tease feeling normal then all of a sudden going back to how I was before.
I’m struggling even more knowing that the first 2 hours I’m great then suffering the rest of the day.

He gave me extras but I don’t want to abuse them as addiction is extremely heavy in my family and I’m already addicted to nicotine.

Does anyone have any advice for me?
I was thinking in 2 weeks to ask him for vyvanse as I’ve heard it lasts the whole day, but I’m just feeling hopeless at this point because it’s almost 2pm and I know I’ll feel scatter brained in an hour

I don’t know what exactly is going on but i feel so sad, sedated and/or depressed even when I take my medication at a normal dose and sometimes if I double my dose. I am chasing that activation feeling that helps me feel motivated and not sad. I feel like I broke my brain. I have been on Adderall for 7 years and never had this issue before.

Has anyone experienced this? I feel like my anti depressants aren’t working and I’m trapped. Anyone have any tips for getting off adderall? Is there any chance vyvance will work a little better for me? Concerta was terrible. I’m I feel like I have no choice but to get off Adderall but know my life will be so frustrating and I will be useless.

I have been seeing posts about how different manufacturers of generic adderall are trash and i finally got around to asking my pharmacist which brands I’ve been getting so I can keep track. Two months in a row I got amerigen? And one month I got lanett since switching pharmacies (cvs was out of stock 3 months ago when my dr increased my dose to 20mg XR)

Lanett was ok but not life changing I didn’t feel super focused but it didn’t feel like I was taking a sugar pill either.
Amerigen was weird since I had two different batches from that manufacturer some days I felt like it worked a little and some days not at all and would crash super early when I’m on extended release so it was not feeling like I got a full 12 hours. I started asking my dr about getting a mid day IR to help but she had me go for blood work instead to see if there’s an underlying cause for my fatigue. Iron and vit D is low so treating that first before she ups my dose / prescribes a booster.

Today I picked up my prescription and got something new.. camber. Quick search while I was talking to the pharmacist and pulled up a post about how it’s a nightmare and gave people “idiopathic hypersomnia” which is literally something I already suffered from I am chronically fatigued during the day with brain fog and take long naps which disrupts my sleep schedule and causes me to be awake all night. I only ever feel productive at night but this apparently causes sleep drunkenness similar to narcolepsy… ADDERALL IS LITERALLY PRESCRIBED FOR NARCOLEPSY and you’re telling me it’s causing narcolepsy symptoms?!!!

My question is since adderall isn’t really working for adhd as of late is it even working for people taking it for narcolepsy??? I’m so incredibly frustrated and I don’t even want to take this months prescription 😭 I literally just had two appointments to discuss this exact concern with my dr and was given what seems like the worst possible version of generic this month.

WHY AM I SO SLEEPY!!!! I SLEPT SO GOOD LAST NIGHT BUT STILL SLEEPY. LOW KEY TOOK ANOTHER DOSE AND IM STILL SO SLEEPY!!!! I GOT SHIT TO DO.

Has anyone been able to get brand Adderall even with we have really good health insurance My husband works for the state we have a PPO. I went through the generics and my doctor wrote that I have to have brands because I was having allergic reactions to all the other ones. Which I never had after almost 15 years of being on them. And we she was only able to fill for 2 weeks of the medication and we had to pay the difference from the insurance and that was $560. There has to be a loophole that if you can't take anything else but the brand that insurance should cover it because that's a medical exemption. Has anybody else gone through this or able to get the brand at a I guess lower price because that's crazy.

Edit: my brand is elite That’s it. I went back in my posts because I am making my profile public for my plant communities and I forgot about you guys I’m sorry. Someone here changed my life with this advice, if you ever read this thank you so much my medication works perfectly.

The evening before bed I dissolve my medication in a water bottle with 1/4 left in it. In the morning I take either baking soda and water, Pepcid, or tums with the medication dissolved at the same time. That’s it. My medication works since doing this and I’ll never go back.

Omg i have had heart palpitations in the past but this mouth I have teva 15 mg ir twice a day and as soon as i take a dose im fine for like 30 min and then the heart palpitations start. It’s like a different kinda heart palpitations tho like it literally squeezes sore and beats faster like it physically hurts. Anyone else???!

Alright so we know getting a good batch of generics is like playing Russian roulette.

I finally found a pharm that carries Teva last month and went out of my way to get it.. Only to find out it was weak and gave me bad side effects, compared to the Teva I got 1-2 years ago.

I found some of my old Teva left in a drawer this week and the difference is night and day. Lasted longer without the sleepiness/intense crash.

I heard some people said Alvogen batch was good in March/April but unclear if it is still good as of May. For those that have refilled their meds this month (May), can you confirm which manufacturer for generic IR worked well for you and the area you’re in if you dont mind?

For ref, I take 20mg IR.

Need to have my appt with psych this week so trying to see which to get. If all IR generics are bad, will ask for Vyvanse but a good batch of IR > Vyvanse > bad batch of IR.

Sharing in case it helps anyone or simply provides a positive note lol

I got Sandoz generic in my most recent fill last week and I’m actually a fan — I say “actually” because I feel like all I’ve seen is people not liking it (which makes me sad/annoyed for them and anyone dealing with this rn!) I had Elite before this fill and it really sucked.

Stay strong my fellow ADHD friends 😥❣️

So ive been off an on adderall since like 05. Mostly used focalin Xr 30mg. Stopped using around 2017 and started up again beginning of this year. Saw all the posts about stuff now was fake and crap and truthfully didn’t believe it. Got back on Focalin 30mg XR and honestly… wow. Back in the day when i took the med i would have about 20-30 mins before it absolutely blew my fucken socks off. Insanely focused, driven, all good besides the daily shit and hunger. But it ALWAYS hit, every single time. This new one felt like absolute garbage, truthfully i felt little to nothing. And the way i know something is up is because i was still able to eat and i didnt feel like i was gonna shit my pants. Truthfully i never would of believed the people on here until i witnessed this. Mind you on an empty stomach too. If i would of done that back in the day, i would of been shitting the whole day and my stomach would of been fucked. How this hasnt been delt with is insane and makes me wonder how these companies are not beint sued. Especially when some people are proving that a drug tested is showing up negative when taking this stuff. But thats my rant for today. I apologize for thinking yall were insane😂😂😂

Hey everyone,

I'm 40 years old and when I was young, like 16-20 I did my fair share of drugs. Although it's been about 20 years since I took any I know for a fact that stimulants work on me. Well, last year I finally started seeing a proper psychiatrist and got diagnosed with multi type ADHD and NT2 narcolepsy. Since then I have run the gamit of simulants and not one of them has had a positive effect for me. I have now been on modafinil, armodafinil, Ritalin, Focalin, Vyvanse, Adderall, and dexidrene. I have tried both the extend release and instant release versions where applicable. I have been on the max dose for narcolepsy or ADHD, whichever one is higher, for all the above. Not one of them have given me a stimulating effect of any kind. I thought there was something wrong with me, like my brain is broken or something. My doctor doesn't know what to do. I just discovered this group and I feel so much better about myself now. I'm going to tell my doctor about all this and see if she will start writing me for brand name only and see if something works. I knew there had to be a reasonable explanation.

I am a migraineur and just had my first experience with a status migraneosus diagnosis, where I had basically 5 weeks of being in a chronic migraine state.

How this ties into our sub: during my somewhat unending research for answers on how to get help for this current migraine hell, I discovered that brain fog is a very common symptom and also one that is reported to occur in between migraine episodes. I have a distinct memory of when I first got on Adderall, my headaches and migraine frequency, duration and pain level lessened noticeably. I recall that if I was in the throes of an episode and I took my ADHD medication, it would almost act as a migraine abortive and my brain would feel clear and calm and pain free.

Now? My migraines have increased to the point of needing to go to urgent care for a steroid dose pack taper and panic scheduling an emergency appointment with my GP next week to workshop preventatives. The brain fog never seems to clear. My Adderall dosage is higher now than it was back when the meds were working correctly and I am taking my Adderall (as prescribed) more frequently than I ever needed to before.

I just came across a post from a couple years ago in r/migraine saying how under treated ADHD can increase the frequency of migraine episodes. I am presenting as under treated even on a larger stimulant dose than ever before in my life. IT’S ALL RELATED! OF COURSE!

I don’t know yet what my solution is, maybe seeing if I can get another dosage increase in hopes that maybe enough of the active medication will get in to my system and do something. But I know all the meds are trash now and I might just be cooked.

Sorry for the long rant. Thanks for reading if you made it this far.

tldr: Adderall historically helped my migraines but now, even with a higher prescribed dose, my migraines are worse than ever

Anyone have positive experience with evekeo? Im thinking of switching from Vyvanse and Adderall instant release to evekeo and maybe zenzedi. From what I read it looks like evekeo has more levoamphetamine, which i think would help with this fatigue feeling i have every day. Im tired of being tired all the time. I get full 8 hours of sleep, I exercise 2 hours a day, I eat some what decent ( I could do better for sure), and drink a decent amount of water ( I could be more mindful of adding a pinch of salt to my water). I take methylated multivitamin, coq10, cordeyceps mushroom, panax ginseng, saffron, omega 3s, vitamin c and copper later in the day to help give my body the nutrients for norepinephrine/epinephrine, and a bunch of other supplements, and I still feel so tired. Is it maybe adrenal fatigue? Should I take a month break? That would fucking suck, but im thinking maybe I should. Has anyone benefited from taking a long tolerance break?

I wonder if I had side effects from let’s say one manufacturer of a blood pressure medication, would a pharmacist have a problem with order one that didnt cause me issues?. Or is it only this medication?
I’m a 58 yr old woman and I’m blown away that another individual can actually cause me to feel as though I’m a crazy, drug seeking person. This is the only medication I take besides using hormones. I never even fill it on time because, why? Yet come Adderall refill time, I’m diminished to a pill popper.
I had 2 months of Lannett with little to no side effects and the last month has been Teva and have felt absolutely awful.
I have 2 bottles of Teva that I’ve only taken 2-3 pills and said nope not worth it.
Can a pharmacist actually order Lannett 10mg next time or not? I asked last time a was totally dismissed, pharmacist said there is a shortage and I get what I get. Meanwhile I know people on here who are getting Lannett. It’s exhausting…

So my husband called multiple pharmacies for me to see what manufacturer they carry because my prescription is due on the 13th (I get it every 28–30 days). Now my pharmacy is suddenly acting weird and making me wait… because my husband called instead of me? 🙃
A few days ago I also called and asked if they carried other manufacturers, and an employee told me they most likely did. Fast forward to now: my husband finally found a pharmacy that carries Teva, so I called my doctor’s office and asked if they could switch my prescription there because I’ve been having horrible side effects from the manufacturer my current pharmacy uses (Elite).
The receptionist immediately asked, “Did they change it?” and I said, “No, they told me they only carry one manufacturer 🙃.” Then she goes, “Okay, I’ll put it in your notes and see what she says…”
Like… can they actually refuse to switch pharmacies over this? Why is everyone being a bitch ??? 😅 I’ve only been treating my ADHD for like 3 months and I’m about to quit completely I’ve been unmedicated the last 13 years this is not even worth the overly cut bunk ass pills -.-