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Originally Posted by JRock123
I have had ADD all my life, when I was younger I was RX'd Dexadrine and took that until I graduated HS and never had any problems on that med. I found in my adult life my untreated ADD was affecting me in negative ways at home and at work. I was recently put on Adderral XR 30mg's. I just started Sat. morning and wonder if the drug has to take time to build up working on you. How long until you were able to see some positive change or even knew it was there?
Thanks so much, 
Jenn |
Nope, you don't have to build up the stimulant class of medicines in your system for it to work like you do with a lot of other medications. You should notice change immediately when it takes effect (typically within an hour max). If not, the dosage and/or the drug is the wrong formula for you then you need to play around with the dosages and maybe even change formula. There are a variety of different stimulant medications, and even one non-stimulant called Straterra. I've read that Straterra isn't as effective (typically anyway) in those who have been on stimulants and switch to Straterra---just a word to the wise that I'd stay away from that one unless you've gone through all your other options.
Why don't you just go back to Dexedrine? They have an extended release capsule for the Dexedrine now that I take and it works great. A couple things I read about taking Adderall after taking Dexedrine for years is that the Adderall might not be as effective at low to moderate doses compared to the Dexedrine, so you'd have to start higher with the Adderall.
Adderall has some properties of Ritalin, and thus Ritalin, in theory, might not be as effective as the amphetamine salts (Dexedrine; Vyvanse) would be. Adderall is also more expensive (so my pharmacist and doctor have told me) than Dexedrine XR. That might not be universal.
What's your doctor say---if you've seen him?