Adderall and Bipolar

Hey all, I was just curious if anyone has been on Adderall and has bipolar as well. I'm taking it for ADD and the doc said to be careful because it could cause mania. Has anyone had any side effect while taking Adderall?

A dr have it to me once omg... I was flying high!

Let me start by saying that I am not a doctor and can only speak from my own experience.
I was not on Adderall but was on 30 mg of Ritalin for ADD along with high doses of Latuda and Effexor for my BP and experienced a prolonged manic phase that I just came out of 3 weeks ago when my Doctor changed up my meds and took me off of Ritalin.
I didn't even realize I was manic for so long until my Wife and Doctor pointed out the mess I was in (another story) with the poor decisions I had made during this phase.
My advice is to be careful with the Adderall and if you find yourself using it to boost your mood or to "Have a good day" or find yourself in a manic state to call your Doctor immediately. Another good idea is if you have a partner to have them keep an eye out for you moods and if you have elevated moods for an extended period of time to call your Doctor also.
Drew

I had a pdoc who had me on adderal and valiumn.
I thought it was really lazy and weird. Just let her get up then make sure she goes back down. My dentist had me on pain killers at the same time.
When I tried to wean down, I had a serious episode. I even cut off all my long hair for no reason. I would only talk to the cat.
Ended up in multiple ip and the dreaded ECT. Brain fry.
I'd be careful of adderal.

I did not take Adderall but I did take Vyvanse. I do not have ADD, just Bipolar. My pdoc prescribed it when I couldn't get off of the couch so I could properly care for my toddler and well, function. It did give me energy but did not help with the depression and did not cause mania. However, when I became manic while taking it, I still took it to keep me high and I think I knew what it was doing. I did, however, tell my pdoc who had me stop taking it. I still have about half a bottle full but I am avoiding it.

I, like, Ocean Swimmer was on both uppers and downers which made absolutely no sense and there was no way of knowing what drug was doing what.

Because of my own experience with stimulants and BP2 I always advise against it. Ten times for substance abusers with a history. However not everyone is the same so I'm not saying they're for sure going to make you manic or are bad. But im prescribed vyvance for binge eating and in all honesty, I do abuse it. The first few times I took it, the come down was so horrible and I got dysphoric for a few days. It was mental agony. In the past I've became manic from quite a few uppers that I abused. So what does one do to avoid the come down? Take more! Yea, I'm stupid. I finish my whole script in 2 wks. One when I'm sharing. As far as the high goes, I do get hyper focused and am glued to my phone the whole duration. And if I'm around people I talk talk talk. My bf hates it. I'm getting a new pdoc tho so who knows, she may take me off it. Probably wouldn't be a bad thing. I've always been sensitive to stimulating meds though. Wellbutrin made me manic too. Everyone's different. If you are prescribed it, take it with caution if you get manic easily and try hard not to abuse it! Good luck

I take adderall and have bipolar and I don't get mania from it at all -- but then, I take a mood stabilizer. I take 160 mgs of Geodon and 200 mgs of Topamax every day.

I NEED my Adderall in order to focus and am a fairly unpleasant person without it.

any advice on limiting that ... when I am one on one I can talk none stop for a very long time ... telling anyone that I trap with every boring scrap of crap I can remember ... 20 - 30 minutes not uncommon ... or I never talk at all ... seems I am one or the other ... no add, no adderall, nothing chemical to explain or excuse it ...

I too tend to say too much on meds or not. I think everyone wants to be my friend when I first meet them and then really get to know them and that's when I keep my mouth shut. I know it's a bad thing to say but I really have to try and keep my guard up more. I think it comes from a need to be loved and wanted and then it bites me in the *** down the road. And when you're on stimulants you really gatta try hard to be quiet. I usually try to focus on a game on my phone or a book lol

I couldn't imagine myself on any type of stimulant other than coffee. I'm afraid I would go into a psychosis....But that's just me...

My husband has both ADD and bipolar, and is on methylin and lithium and no mania.


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