Adderall Miracle Drug for Anxiety, Depression

This is true. It is not appropriate in all situations and users. It may only help a small percentage of people, others will suffer these unwanted side effects. Your doctor should evaluate your response to this drug.

- I feel ya girl. For years and years I had suffered.

-I thought I was a b@#ch because I was so irratible, aggressive and emotionally sensitive

- I thought I was undisciplined because I had such impulse control issues

-I figured I must just be a ditz since Im always losing my keys, credit card, sunglasses, you name it

- I thought I was bi-polar because I would alternate between shorts burst of seeking extreme stimulation (drinking, dating, drugs, whatever) followed by depression- as I would withdraw with much self loathing and my inability to behave. I knew I wasn't addicted to any sunstances- but I was sure as HECK addicted to the stimulation.

- I couldnt form any meaningful relationships because I would grow bored and depressed within days of meeting someone new. I literally would have to date 4-5 people at a time in order to feel adequately stimulated.

. So- to wrap up- I thought I was a mean, undisciplined m***n with emotional imbalances and attachnent issues- which just added up in my mind as me being bad at being a human. The thought of which made me really depressed- and then anxious- and then depressed. It was exhausting. I was sure that this was all a result of some lack of motivation or discipline on my part- and refused drugs- but I did drag myself through Now after  yoga, acupuncture, chinese medicine, auyurvedic medicine, removing glutun, removing dairy. I actually once figured out that by removing ALL sugar from my diet- to the most extreme degree- my anxiety decreased. Then I realized I had actually starved my brain of gluton so it wasnt processing properly. That was my solution- to starve my brain to slow it down.  ONLY then did I turn to perscription drugs- it was awful- nothing helped- most things made it worse. Was making myself feel like a zombie going to be my only relief?

And then one day- a doctor suggests that I might have ADD (as the symptoms are similar to those of anxiety, depression, bi-polar, and PTSD). I laughed- it had never occured to me. ADD? Right- I didnt have any trouble FOCUSING...you see I...well, wait a minute.

And with one word- all of these seemingly unrelated personality traits- that have caused me so much grief- connect. It clicks. My brain is moving so quickly- that Im in a constant state of anxiety- its literally vibrating. So I'm constantly seeking some new thing, sensory stimulation, that will capture my attention- and therefore slow my brain down. I try adderal. My brain stops buzzing, I can breathe. I feel in control, calm, rational, relaxed. Which incidently- relieves my "depression" and "anxiety" - go figure. Doesnt sound like a misdiagnoses to me.

I agree. I tried different anti anxiety medicine for my son and non of them helped him. As soon as he sarted Adderal, I noticed the dramatic change on the level of his anxiety but the doctors still are skeptical.

Adderall was the best thing I ever tried. I have tried everything from xanny's to dxm to morphine. It doesn't make you high or wired but just focused. You see your own life mapped in front of you.

I'm 18 and in college, weed makes me paranoid also. I have a little bit of bi polar and bad social anxiety. In high school I would huff air duster and do other dangerous drugs on the weekends to relieve my stress from this unknown fear of being noticed by people.

I never became a full blown addict to addys. I would always keep the pills in my room and wait for a day that I needed to do a presentation infront of the class or something like that. So 30 pills could last me well over 3 months!

Anti depressants like MAOI's are waste of money. They don't kick in right away when you need it too. And the doctors always try to get you on the highest dose possible.

my doctor refuses to give it to me and i feel like sh*t on lexapro i tried adderall a coouple of months ago i got to tell you i feel great but he wont listen to me. so i need to find a doctor that will these things made me feel like a new man i am not kidding

I always had mild Anxiety since I was a child and it progressively got worsen during the course of time during my teen years with another symptom called rejection sensitivity or over sensitivity. I had photographic memory during my childhood years and I experienced issue with recalls during my teen years. As the stress increased during college an on job I by then experienced severe focus, recall and depressed mood symptoms. I have taken all antidepressant with minimum to no effect until my Physician added Adderall for energy and appetite control for weight management. I can absolutely attest that it has helped me more than anything in my mood elevation and motivation. I still have some cognitive issues but after I can leave the bed in the morning and function after taking this medication. I do believe that researchers should look into Adderall for a possible drug of choice/treatment option for refractory depression and the psychomotor retardation that comes with it. I believe that this should give the researchers an area to look for the answers for the depression symptoms for people like us. Every patient of depression is different. Thanks.

I'm praying for the day when Drs view, treat, and diagnose patients as individuals, acknowledging that what may be a miracle            drug for many, may also be a lethal and dangerous drug for some. Unfortunately, the system is so corrupt and 'con'voluted that             it's become a matter of course to overlook the patients' needs, and a matter of 'dis'course to follow the lead of lobbyists, and the pharmaceutical companies -- There's more pay and no co-pay that way. 

Hopefully, one day soon, my prayers will be answered.  Why?  Because I was prescribed SSRI's for nearly four years and nearly died.     So, instead of putting patients on the defensive by demeaning them, and suspiciously questioning their motives and intention, they'll      be put on the correct medication and there'll be far less fear, illness, and descension. 

I almost died because I can't tolerate SSRIs.  Apparently, I have a 'paradoxical' reaction to most medications. But, that didn't dissuade three Drs, over a four year period, from prescribing every SSRI they could get their hands on. Why? Because although it was apparent that the drugs were causing a severe chemical imbalance, so severe that they almost cost me my life, the dispensing of SSRIs wouldn't have cost any of them their license.

By some miracle, I located a Psychopharacologist who was a true scientist, not a pill dispensory. He immediately identified the problem and prescribed Adderall and Clonazepam.  And, in less than 24 hours, I was me again, he saved my life.  The reason he didn't run scared from the FDA was because he knew what he was doing. He was proactive as oppossed to no-active.  His research and has been published in various Medical Journals, Medical Journals my four previous Dr's had obviously never read.

The days of "Better Safe Than Sorry" when prescribing medication has long since expired.  So, to those Drs who view medicine as a practice rather than a science, please take note: "Better Safe" applies only to you, and unfortunately, "Sorry" is reserved for your patients.

I am a 28 year old female, and for me adderall seems to cure almost all my issues. I have suffered from ADD, (I say ADD because I don't see any of the hyperactivity part) and many other issues, such as depression, anxiety dealing with people in normal situations, and binging and purging. After beginning adderall at 10mg twice a day, almost all these symptoms I have dealt with for 12 years were instantly gone. I also smoked pot quite frequently, along with alcohol, but now I wont touch pot, and occasionally a beer or two. It's insane what issues it seems to have cured for me. I would usually avoid people, I hate even having to talk to people about sh*t I don't care about. With the medication, I love taking up conversation with anyone about anything. I usually shake almost all the time, which has now 100% subsided, I am more steady handed then I have ever been. I can speak articulately about current events, and pull words out to express what I am thinking instantly. Usually, I would sound like a flubbering id**t with no direction, and people thought I was just plan dumb. To touch on the binging and purging issue I have dealt with since I was 16, this has changed my life. I use to.constantly think about food, how good it taste , when was I going to eat again, then regretfully hate myself for giving in once again, and puck it all up. Now food never enters my mind, but I do understand that it is a way of life, and I need it to survive, and to function and thrive at my best. I now choose healthy foods in normal quantities, and feel satisfied, with nothing telling me, "I shouldn't have ate that salmon and broccoli", with a desire to purge it all. Not on medication my normalchose of food would be, as much taco hell, or high fat food as I could stand, following a normal purging session, again, and again, with almost every meal. I am able to deal with high intensity situations, and come to a rational understanding of how to make whatever it is better, with comfort, ease, and a sense of peace. I now have a clear mind to begin organizing my life, from time management, how I affect other people with my actions, and how to make my life manageable. I know this medication can and will only go so far, so I must take advantage of the light it gives me now, to accomplish a sustaining life in the future. This is unfortunately, is just another drug, like pot and alcohol, so one must use it correctly, and you can move mountains!

After ten years or more of suffering from severe anxiety, and that anxiety causing me to display OCD, and ten years of taking every dam medicine for depression, OCD and anxiety, from SSRI's, like high doses of prozac, to med's like wellbutrin to meds like ativan & xanax.  It's been hell, some of them making me worse then i was to begin with and many jobs lost due to my inability to work and inability to focus on what i was doing.  I even dropped out of school many years back because i was unable to read a paragraph and tell you what i just read, I was tested for a learning disability more than once however i scored very high on IQ test.  I never showed signs of hyperactivity thus the doctors never once considered ADD or ADHD. And all the failure on med's caused me to get quite frustrated and downright aggressive from never feeling good, and not being able to feel good about myself because i could not complete a simple task.

I am now on 30mg adderall and i have literally snapped out of the fog i was in.  I would not recommend taking this drug unless you really have to, it is addictive, and can effect sleep and eating, but in a situation like mine were i  kept ending up on disability and was literally at the end of my rope dealing with these issues and failed attempts at antidepressants ect, it was amazing at my improvement.

I would of never been able to even write this post previously, without it sounding like a 8 year old wrote it. We'll see how it goes i don't get to excited about feeling better until it sticks..

Good luck to everyone who suffers everyday..

I am in my late 20's and have struggled with depression and anxiety my whole life. I have been on countless anti depressants and as many of the others commented Xanax is the only thing that has worked, but with that I end up ready for a nap by 3 in the afternoon or earlier. I experimented with adderall and I too was more than impressed. My depression was gone I had energy and suddenly felt like I got my life back. I did horrible in school and until I was prescribed adderall was on a path to nowhere. After I started taking adderall I enrolled in college and am now a happy straight A student. Talk to your doctor, be honest, if I had adderall years ago maybe I wouldn't have waited so long to do the important things I needed to do with my life. It's a game changer!

I never tried this supplement. Discussion is so good and useful. Have you ever try lumiday? It is an anti-depressant medication.

It has that effect on me too.   I have suffered from anxiety all my life until I had to b e hospitalized 30 years ago.  I have been an anti-anxieety medicne since then.  But now that I am older the alprazolam gives me edemea in my legs.  I've only taken adderall a couple of months I tried the other ADHD medicines but this one causes me not to need alprazolam.  Does anyone know if this will last.  I would love to quit taking the alprazolam and I am only taking enough now to keep from withdrawal sysmptsms.  But with the Addereal I don't kneed it an dwant to get oof it.  Does anyone know if the adderall lasts in its effects.  I'm a classic add, made terrible grades in school but scored very high in the top 6% on the LSAT.  My sister was making same grades as me, got a doctorate and got Summa cum laude or whatever.  I was in the lower hafl of my class. But if I had been on this then  I could have studied.  I mainly lose concentration when people talk.  Reading I can do ok.  But my mind wanders and I got the best expert I could find near DC to make sure I didn't get a crock diagnois.  I took a lot of tests and it was expensive but now I know why I cold never stay attention  at lecures.  I hoep the effect lkasts because I can then get off of alprazolam.

 

Sorry for the spellingl errors. my computer is low on memory and typing is jerky and slow.

Wow this is what happened to me. I was given Xanax and everybody including me was saying what are you taking. I been given Adderall and changed my life. I also take 30mg a day for a year now. I have no desire to take at night or up my dose. I can on weekends even take and fall back asleep cause I have ADHD. The only reason I say weekends is during the the week I have to go to work. Good luck to you. Yes it is amazing after all these years and I know how they look at you at the pharmacy weird, because people abuse it. Remember is the ones that abuse things that ruin it for the people that need them. Blake

Hi, not sure how old this post is. But I am 32. I endured 19 years of sexual mental and physical abuse from my father who was imprisoned for 12 years and died 2010. As a result sense I was 16 I have been diagnosed with PTSD cronic major depressive disorder and anxiety. I take 5 pills a day now. I'm writing you because I too went and am still going through the roller coaster of the meds that don't work.. Or work against me. I heard about adderall from a client of ours who is now a friend. She takes adderall xr.. And had also gone through all the best anti everything... Among antidepressant anti anxiety I also take an antipsychotic. I was a dental assistant and sense have had to stop working. I honestly believe its the meds making me worse... So anyway. The person I know who takes adderall. She "I know it's bad" gave me a few of hers and told me to try it to see what I think... And I swear.. For the first time in my life I feel normal! I'm getting things done I normaly easily put off. I have normal every again! I went out and gr an organizer and organized my month.! If you knew how hard it is for me to do basic normal daily things you would think its a damn miricle! People around me noticed the change in me. So I told another friend who has the same dr as me. He says it will be hard to get him to prescribe it. And BECAYSE I'm TERRORFIED to talk to people... I wrote a letter.. Telling him all the stories I've read and asking to sit down and talk to him about it... I really hope he does let me try it at least! Not like all the poison drugs I'm taking aren't already eating my liver and killing my brain cells. What's one more try at something totally new? Except I can't tell him I've already tried them! He will have my head!!