Prescription Stimulants

Prescription stimulants are drugs that make you more alert and wakeful. They stimulate both the central nervous system and sympathetic nervous system and often produce euphoric feelings. Stimulants are used to treat narcolepsy and other sleep disorders and help patients with ADD or ADHD. The most used stimulants are Ritalin, Concerta, Adderall and Adderall XR although there are some improved drugs called eugeroics. Modafinil and adrafinil, marketed as Provigil and Olmifon belong to this class.

side effects of modafinil

Recently I started taking modafinil after chemotherapy, and I have not noticed any side effects, but after reading more about modafinil and the side effects associated with modafinil, I am terribly nervous about the continuation of this drug. I don't think the long term safety of modafinil has been...

by olivero175163766 over a year ago

Adderall xr heart flutter

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Hi, a few weeks ago I started taking Adderall xr, 20 mg in the morning and either 10 or 20 in the afternoon. My concern is that I've experienced a fluttering sensation in my chest -- not necessarily speedy heartbeat, but a kind of irregular offbeat fluttering (not sure how to describe it)....

by Guest over a year ago

First Time On Adderall

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Ok, so I've had ADHD since I could remember (kindergarten). My mother refused to put me on any medication because she did not believe in medication, even though the teachers told her I had trouble learning at a normal rate as other children. I was held back in 1st grade, going forward to middle/high...

by Guest over a year ago

22 year old with adderall issue

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I have a 22 year old daughter that has been taking adderall 20mg since high school and I was wondering if the following are side effects: 1. Quick to make judgment 2. Opens mouth before thinking 3. Seems to be negative about all things 4. Has no social life 5. Always looking for a good argument 6....

by Dannylsu98062 over a year ago

Adderall and nerve damage

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For the past year, I have had an issue with my upper arm/front armpit. Its not really my armpit, its the place people call "armpit fat" that pinches. Well, I've never had a problem with that because I'm really small but for the last year, I haven't been able to wear anything that rubs or touches...

by as7241 over a year ago

Supermom trying to quit Adderall

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I am 50 mother of 4. Addicted to adderall trying desperately to quit. I lied to a doctor to get it. I was under the care of a psychiatrist for depression and inability to sleep she would not give me adderall. So I found another doctor who would. Well with the new laws in nys I was found out and now...

by Ursula over a year ago

Natural Remedy - Focus as a replacement for aderall

My daughter is 9 1/2 and she has ADD. Her Doctor right away prescribed aderall 10mg. When she started to have extreme mood swings, trouble sleeping, and massive headaches at night. He then said we needed to up her mg to 20mg. She was only taking the 10mg for a month. I have never wanted to have my...

by Determination150461 over a year ago

Vivance and Remeron

My 8 almost 9 year old son has been a medical guinea pig since he was 5 and has currently been perscribed 20 mg Vivance 2 times a day and Remeron at 8 at night. After trying Concerta which worked for a short period of time and then dosage had to be heightened so that heart beat too fast so then...

by Scared mom over a year ago

withdrawal from prescription meds

My doctor told me to get off as many meds as possible to prepare for a possible spinal block proceedure to address pain medical issues at some future date. Statex, amitriptyline, mexiletine, citalopram stopped in the last few weeks. Prior to stopping I was taking Hydroxyquine for two weeeks and...

by Guest over a year ago

Stopping Strattera. Will I gain more wight?

HI there. I am an 18 year old male. I have been on Strattera (ADHD medication) for roughly 5 years. I was always a little bit of a chubby child. The first 2 years where great, I lost about 30KG, I was less hyper and my concentration was amazing. Over the years I started picking up a lot of weight. I...

by Guest over a year ago