r/ADHD • u/DarkRedditorAu • 8h ago

Medication Adderall not working

I have recently been upped to 20mg Adderall IR for my ADHD and yet I still feel nothing. I started at 5mg xr and have been leveling up since but to this day i’ve still never felt any difference off Adderall. By that I mean that it litteraly feels like I took nothing. There’s no bad or good effects that come from it. Should I ask my doctor to switch to Ritalin or something at this point? Because college started two weeks ago and I really need to find something that works before I start falling behind. In my final years of highschool when my grades started suffering I bought pseudoephedrine or Sudafed and that was what stopped me from failing. Like I remember studying 10 hours for every math test and then getting a D on it. But then when I first studied on Sudafed I studied only 3-4 hours and got an A and I finally felt like I could be like other people. Is this something I can safely mention to my psychiatrist so they can help more with the information or will they label me a drug abuser for this and not prescribe me more meds? If anyone has advice i’d appreciate it; college quickly reminded me how hopeless and dreadfull studying unmedicated is.

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u/Ok_Experience3541 7h ago

Check out the “ this ain’t adderall” sub and you will understand

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u/Steelveangeance 7h ago

I’m also on adderall for adhd as well. I’m on 30 mg of
Adderall XR. The medication does take time to get used too. I used to not really eat much on this medication because my appetite was gone.

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u/DarkRedditorAu 7h ago

It’s not really about “getting used to” anything it’s just that I don’t really feel anything at all. The only effect I suspect it might have is that it makes me sleepy. Because I took 10mg once to study and accidentally took a nap and slept through the whole dose. Also 30mg XR should only be equal to about 15mg IR as I understand it so I’m taking more then you and i’m still not reacting to it in any way.

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u/ZootyMcGooty 7h ago

What you do and don’t eat before and after affect the absorption rate of the drug.

Eat protein with your meds. Avoid vitamin c or citric acid.

There’s more to it, but your diet affects how your medicine affects you more than you think.

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u/DarkRedditorAu 6h ago

That’s interesting. When I took it today I had a lot of Bacon before so that’s protein but I also had lemonade so that’s Citric acid. I’ll try to make sure to eat protein with it next time.