Re: Moving from Concerta to Adderall XR

[Anonymous]

I seem to be in the same situation, i’ve been on methylphenidate for about 4 months now starting with ritalin and switching to concerta 36 mg after a month and then to 54 mg a month after.

After a little more than 2 months, i feel that im losing a bit of the effect that i was getting initially. I’ve also incorporated in the process the holistic approach with some coaching and evaluating my symptoms daily while monitoring the number of hours I sleep which as I have found out has a very significant effect on the adhd symptoms I feel during the day.

What I find is that although the concerta helps, I do not feel that my mind is as alert as it was when i started taking the meds, organizing my thoughts before speaking is more difficult, my memory doesn’t work as well, data processing seems a bit slower and i’m more impulsive then when i started and i find that although i my mind functions better most of the times, sometimes it feels as you said like it did before….i’m hoping that aderall xr with its combined effect on both dopamine and noradrenaline will wake up my brain to the level I feel I should function at.

I’m curious to know on your end how different the aderall xr feels in comparison to when you started taking concerta so far?

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