If you are seeing bright red blood in your stool frequently or on your T.P. you should really go to your doctor, give them a sample of your feces, they'll see that there is in fact blood in your stool, and then you may get a colonoscopy (diagnostic procedure) to see if they can find out what is causing the bleeding.
Although I have to manage UC for the rest of my life I felt SO MUCH better that I finally knew why I was BLEEDING from my insides and how to take care of it.
oh, and I still take adderall although I probably shouldn't because it most definitely exacerbates my UC symptoms.
Good luck.
I too have been taking Adderall for ADD and have gotten bloody stools on a few occasions. My stool is not tarry itself so I know the bleeding is not internal. I have a theory why this could be happening, I believe that adderall creates stress on the body (afterall its an amphetamine), this stress causes the body to develop polyps or hemorrhoids, when the excrement passes over the polyps or hemorrhoids it causes them to start bleeding. I recommend getting some preparation H and if you feel rubbing put some ointment in that area if reachable. Overall I would not worry about it, it doesn't seem to be a major health risk.
I have been on adderall xr 20mg once daily for almost 2 weeks. I have been experiencing bloody stools for the last 3-4 days, it is bright red blood, and no pain, noticed on the TP and somewhat in the toilet bowl before i flush. this article helps alot, im really unsure if i need to tell my doctor about it. what should i do? im going to wait it out and see if it happends for more than a period of 7 days, if so, i'll really need to go see my doc.
Common causes include as mentioned above- hemorrhoids, colitis from infection or inflammatory bowel disease, diverticular bleeds, polyps, cancer, or possibly arteriovenous malformations.
It is MOST important to note that none of these conditions can be diagnosed based only on symptoms with enough accuracy to exclude the possibility of cancer. This is why when you go to the doctor for rectal bleeding he will want to set you up for a colonoscopy and possibly other tests because THE DOCTOR cannot tell based just on your symptoms. Rectal bleeding is nothing to fool around with. It can kill you. I know it is embarrasing because I have had it myself but it is better to suffer the mild inconvenience of getting things looked at than to possibly get cancer and die.
I have been taking Adderall for 2 years now ! And have noticed blood spotting from first week of use. But like most college students I am under lots of stress so I tried taking in more fiber and drink much more water ( it helped in the long run). But you must avoid alcohol and spices food. Because I noticed that Adderall just dry's the fecal matter with causes the rupture of the rectum on exit. So drink more water, eat more fiber and avoid alcohol and spices foods . <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
A friend was taking adderall unprescribed in april, not in high doses, but somewhat regularly, and he was in the hospital for two weeks with intestinal bleeding for two weeks, in which time he needed 8 blood transfusions. They had no other explanation for it other than a supremely rare genetic disorder in which a intestinal wall grows too thin and blood flows out from there, but was highly improbable since he hadn't experienced any kind of internal bleeding previously. He stayed clear of the adderall after that, no problems. Not really an answer, but I thought it was worth sharing.
I am only 21 and have been taking Adderall for over a year now. I have just recently experienced blood in my stool, and like everybody else, it was bright red. When you take Adderall, your stools become more constant in the beginning and over time harden. I have gathered from researching and common sense that the stools must be so hard that they tear the lining of the anus, an anal fissure. I agree with other posts on here that drinking more WATER and eating more FIBER or taking fiber supplements is key. This doesn't seem like it is too serious of a problem. (it isn't listed as a serious side effect or a side effect at all on any website) Don't freak out; just treat your body right.