Could Adderall Be Causing Depression?

yes, i have been an adderall user ever since kindergarden. if hes on a high dose live 50 mg or 60mg vivanse then that could be a bring reason try giving him a lower dose so it only effects him during school hours. but i went through a very similar situation and yes it is the adderall, a good tip is to give it to him only when he goes to school the breaks on the weekends and during vacation is really helpful. but another thing is while hes on adderall try to reason with him instead of stressing him out and talk to him as if you were a friend because you tend to isolate yourself and not realize it and you need that person to basically vent to, and tell him to start carrying water on him at all times and drinking alot of water it makes you feel more replenished and active also start drinking milk, nd to eat more meats and healthy foods like bread, peanut butter, bannanas or other fruits and green vegetables it will also help with the socialness and healthiness. If you do all this, you will see him getting better and he'll realize the depression and the strength of adderall. i wish you and your son and husband the best of luck and tell him hes not alone there are alot of people going through the same thing. and if yous have any other questions, ill be more then happy to answer them.

I've been taking adderall since I was 5, 16 now. I basically have 2 personalities. my non-medicated self and I occasionally want to stop taking it, but If we do, I die. Neither of us want that. But now I think our meds are killing him, and I don't know what to do. I don't want ANY part of me dead, physical or mental, deserving or not, new or old. So try to find out if he's like us. his medicated-self (if it exists like me) might not be like your son, but both halves (would) think of you as their mother. I'm rambling now, and looking at the date, its probably too late, but still... I believe (parden the pun) whole heartedly thatI have the right to exist, along with my other self.

yes, the same thing is happening to me right now when im on it i feel alone and so lonely even if my gf is in my arms i feel so alone and with my friends i feel so alone

my 14 year old daughter has been on Adderall since the second grade. I think she is withdrawn and depressed. She suffers from low self esteem because she has no friends. She will not socialize with people unless they talk to her first. She does get good grades but it is hard to see her sad and lonely at the same time. She has become very dependant on the drug.

My name is Ben and I am currently exstremely depressed. I am a 6'7",21 year old, strong, decent looking male, who has always been involved in athletics. I only began to get depressed when I stopped taking adderall. I stopped taking adderall when I got to college (Union college). In the beggining I found a great group of friends and even had a girlfriend for most of the year, however I wasn't happy. Still I excelled academically as well as athletically. As time went by my depression worsened and I could still not find a cause. My sophmore year I developed an eating disorder. I lost about 60 pounds, but still managed to join a fraternaty, keep my grades up and preform well athletically. By this time my depression had tooken over me, but I managed to get some help and continued to fight it through most of my junior year. I fought it till I couldn't bear it any longer. I made the descision to leave school and move back home with my parents.

            I started taking adderall freshman year at boarding school simply becuase I heard it helped you get better grades. I took it throughout highschool and believe that it did infact help me succeed. However I also beleive that it may have somehow caused my depression. Any thoughts....

 

God this is me :( I know the pain

late reply but oh well. Ok so, ive been taking adderall for 3 years now. Im on 20mg a day so i take monday through friday, i refuse to take it on weekends. I have gone through the same stuff as you and i am still going through it. My mom makes me take it everyday. Now my body is dependent on it, which can happen and is very common, i get withdraws if i do not take it. Meaning my Depression gets worse along with my anxiety and i feel irratable. But if i go back on it my anxiety is worse and it really sucks, it can give me panic atacks and things like that. Adderall is addictive so you need to watch your intake on it. It is also a dangerous drug that causes a lot more issues especially if you take over what you are used too. You can over dose on it. Sweating and dry mouth are usually signs you are taking too much and your body cant really handle it well. So i would suggest you lower your dosage of adderall. Or switch to an alternate medication for a little while.

If you stop taking adderall after your body becomes used to it and dependent of it you will experience withdraws. Adderall has been known to cause mental illnesses including depression and anxiety. If ypu to continue use of a adhd drug i suggest you switch to an alternet drug for a while. Based on what i have seen it does help with the depression. But i know how you feel, ive been taking it almost 4 years. And i took 4 times my perscribed dose and damnn, but yea i overdosed and im expierencing issues and symptoms of an over dose with adderall. Like rapid and weird heartbeats, anxiety/panic, hallucinations, shortness of breath, pains, headache, epressuons, dizzyness and lightheadness along with confusion.

When I first started taking adderall it seemed to be the magic pill for me. My anxiety and depression went away and I was happy, confident and optimistic. After my dose doubled after about 6 months now I feel lethargic, depressed and nothing is giving me joy anymore. I need to get off of it but when I don't take it I'm like a wet rag, I can't do anything, mentally my mind does not even process the same when I'm off of it. It's as though my life turned on when I used to take it at first and now it's not having the same effect. I'm not as organized as before I took adderall my short term memory is suffering and I don't feel like my old self before the adderall. I want her back.

yes, I feel the same way....what is going on?

I am 30 and have been taking adderall for a decade. Throughout my 20s I took large amounts to do well in school at university, it worked. I also have mild social anxiety and Adderall made me instantly charming and outgoing, which was great! The side effects were the same as all the other comments. I am now 30 years old and have been slowly lowering my dosage. Where I was taking upwards of 90 mg a day in my mid 20s, I am now down to 5 mg a day. Yesterday I forgot to take my 5 mg. I FORGOT! And felt fine all day. Today I saw I had forgotten, so took the 5 mg from yesterday along with the 5 mg for today, and had a panic attack. I am thinking I’ve had enough with adderall. It is an evil drug. That’s right, evil. I feel like it may have taken my youth away. Those little pills, whichever color you are taking if you are reading this, they will keep you from being happy. They are deceiving, because of the euphoria they give. But trust me, if you want to be happy, stay away from adderall.

I've been on a adderal a little over 2 years now the first year and a half I thought it was a miracle drug give me energy a positive attitude but the past 4 months I've been dealing with extreme depression extreme loneliness fatigue last month my doctor added Zoloft for my depression probably going to ask her to switch me to something else give my body time to reboot then try Adderall again in about 6 months to a year.

Yes, I had the same effects. Worked great at first, was able to focus like crazy, get all my work done and then some. Strangely, it has started to make me depressed and almost confused at times. But like you said it is hard a f*** to stop taking it. For me, i keep thinking that it will start working again, but no. I have been taking it for over a year, and this weird depression/cant focus/ confusion jas been over last 2 months. Best advice is to stop taking it or change to another ADD med. I think that's what I am going to do. Maybe strattera? Good luck, I totally know the difficulty of stopping it.

You were taking Adderall for years without a prescription throughout high school and college before being prescribed it two years ago. Obviously you think your reckless experience with Adderall would be anyone’s experience should they take it, but that simply isn’t the case. I have been taking it for well over a decade and it has taken that long to require an increase from 5mg 4x per day to 10mg 3x per day. I rarely take the third dose because unless it’s necessary(i.e. night of tele with wife). When I have taken breaks from it, I have found I did not develop a physical dependency to my surprise. Perhaps it’s my med resistance that has served me in this regard. I have taken breaks periodically for a few weeks, perhaps this kept my tolerance low. The only side effect has been feeling more tired the first couple of weeks after ceasing it. After a couple of weeks, that excessive tiredness dissipates. Your experience has been so different than mine, it’s as if we were talking a different medication. Obviously you were abusing it throughouthigh school and college, perhaps that played a role. Did you have an addiction to it (as opposed to just a physical dependency)?