So when I was in 4th grade, I was diagnosed with ADHD and I've been on medication ever since. I first took Strattera but that wasn't helpful and then was switched to Concerta about a year later. I've basically been on Concerta ever since but almost all of junior high and a few parts of high school I didn't take it. My mom would come in the morning with my meds but I was just cheek it. Anyways, in 11th and 12th grade was when I really started regularly taking Concerta as well as this year in college. I've been really unhappy with it and I don't know if it's just me or the pills that do this... Anyways, are these just common side effects, or should I go in to my doctor to try a different medication?

1) increased anxiety (I already suffer from panic attacks and anxiety...)

2) obsessive skin picking (It's crazy, I just pick at everything and make like holes in my skin)

3) complete lack of appetite (I've lost so much weight. I've had anorexia for almost three years and I'm sort of trying to recover and it's making it worse.)

4) clammy hands and feet (Slick with sweat and ice cold. equals grossest feeling everrrrr.)

5) social withdrawal (I think that's what I should call it. I don't talk and get nervous around people, like I'm super shy and introverted. Naturally, I am an extrovert and have been told that I'm a spectacular conversationalist.)

6) uncreative (I'm a performance poet and a ceramics major at uni but when I take Concerta, it turns off all inspiration.)

7) passive and apathetic absurdism (Really hard to explain how I feel on Concerta. It's bizarre how different I am on it.)

I don't know if "not liking how I feel on it" is a valid reason to switch medications if it's something that everyone feels on it. Do you take Concerta and have these feelings too?

I am 19, female, 5'3, 90 lbs, and take two 18mg of the brand name Concerta around 8:00am.