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Hey Karynk – I had the same concern and side effect with Adderal. The situation got a litlle better when I switched to adderal XR. I too went to the pharamacy and had my B P checked on the machine. My reccomendatio is to go out and buy a good home B P nachine, as I found out that the ones at the pharmacy can be very inccurate and all over the lot.
I actually stopped taking the emdication for a week. Then I took my blodd pressure at hime sveral times a day for a few days. Then I went to my doctorts office and had the nurse take my b p and then I took my b p on my machine to compare and get base. I found out that the B P on my machine was 10 to 15 point shigher than the nurse got, so I was bale to factor that in.
I also found out that b p on your left arm could be 10-15% higher than on your right arm. I keep a running log and check my bp several times a day 2 to 4 days a week. I have also gotten into the habit of getting off the med for a couple of ays in a row to give my b p a break and this seems to help. I usually don’t need to focus as much on the weekends, but I find usually after 3 days off meds I start to slip. Hope this is helpful
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