Today I gave Brianna both doses of her Adderall. The only thing I’ve really noticed is she was not hungry during the day until about the time her 2ns dose was probably wearing off. I say “probably” because at this point I am not seeing a difference in her ADHD symptoms. About 45 minutes after her morning dose she & I were sitting down having a conversation and she COULD NOT sit still, kept interrupting & trying to finish my thoughts for me. So, I’ll give it a few more days here at home & a couple of days of her being in school to get a better evaluation, but my thoughts at this point is that the 5 mg dose isn’t going to cut the mustard.
It was also my 2nd day on my increased dose. I didn’t do much that required concentration today, so I can’t make much of an assessment for myself. Basically I only took down the Christmas tree, cleaned the kitchen some, watched a movie with the family, cleaned the play room & the girls’ bedroom & closet.
Tags : add, adderall, adhd, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, Brianna, Sherra
I gave Brianna 1 dose of Adderall this morning at breakfast just to test the waters to see how she was going to have any negative reactions to the medication. We talked about having her pay attention to her body and letting me know if anything felt weird or wrong or if anything hurt, etc. I think I drove her half bonkers asking her about it every half hour or so for the first couple of hours. But…nothing. Whew! I didn’t see any difference in her today though…she was so engrossed in her new DS games that she really didn’t get up off the couch much today. Tomorrow I’ll give her a second dose after lunch and see how that goes.
I also started my increased dosage today. I didn’t really notice a difference. But, then again, I wasn’t really doing much of anything today.
Tags : adderall, adhd, adult add, adult adhd, attention deficit disorder, Brianna, Sherra
Well, it’s about a quarter til 10 at night and around 4:30 or 5:00 I started feeling tired and yawning a lot (I took my Adderall at about 9:30 – so about 7 hours). If I had taken it earlier in the day (around 6:30 when I normally get up), then taken my 2nd dose again round 1 or 1:30 after lunch I’m guessing my “let down” would come around 8 or 9 PM when I’m starting to wind down my day.
The sweating seemed to subside later by early afternoon, so it wasn’t so bad. I’ll update again tomorrow when I’ve had a full day’s worth of meds. Plus, I’m seeing my therapist tomorrow.
Tags : add, adderall, adhd, adult add, adult adhd, attention deficit disorder, Sherra
Well, I took my first dose of Adderall this morning at around 9:30 (after I got back from picking it up at the pharmacy). It’s been about 2 hours and I am noticing I’m able to focus on what I’m doing more and not feeling that nagging feeling to “check on this” and “check on that” when I’m in the middle of something. And even though it’s the first day of the month and I’ve got dozens of things to do for clients, the PTA meeting this afternoon, as well as just general things around the house, I am not feeling the intense sense of OMG, I’ve got sooo much to do. I have to do it all RIGHT NOW that I normally feel. I am feeling that I CAN get it all done and it does NOT have to be done NOW, only that it needs to be done today. It’s a very good feeling!
Now, for the bad things…I do not feel hot at all, but O.M.G. the SWEATING! I had to change my shirt a little while ago!
Tags : add, adderall, adhd, adult add, adult adhd, attention deficit disorder, Sherra