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Originally Posted by SarahVeela
However, I must observe and question these side-effects, as I last year, after leaving the ARMY, did go to the hospital for blacking out (still no "reason" was determined) but it WAS then determined that I had a heart murmur. As far as I know, I do not still. But the Adderall does clearly get my heart rate up and going a bit. Nothing too crazy, or distracting, but that being said, it's noticeable to me. Accompanied also by some light teeth-grinding, when I'm not paying attention enough to monitor that. I know these are common side-effects of an amphetamine, but, based on past personal experiences or educated guesses here, does that mean that either my dosage is too high (I am a pretty small female, anyway, don't know how much that matters but, I would imagine...) or that perhaps Adderall is just not the ADHD med for me?
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These are pretty common side effects. My college roommate took Adderall for her narcolepsy, and she had her heart and blood pressure checked regularly to make sure that nothing was going awry. Sometimes she had to go to the ER when she had heart murmurs, just to stay safe, but nothing serious ever happened.
When I took Adderall for ADHD, I had pretty bad bruxism. My psychiatrist told me that this was pretty normal, and that it sometimes goes away. Eventually I quit Adderall because it interferes with my bipolar disorder, which is by far my more serious concern.
I don't think your dosage is too high. My former roommate and I are very petite, and we took 40mg/day each. I took extended release. You could consider that, since it can smooth out side effects and prevent an Adderall crash when the medication wears off. This said, even with extended release, I experienced an almost unbearable crash towards the end of the day, i.e. around 6pm I'd become incredibly irritable, get headaches, etc.
Good luck.