Concerta

[sweety]

Hello! I would like to hear other adults experiences with concerta.I am on Concerta 27mg every day. I am also on Prozac 20mg (have been for 7 years) There are days when I start to feel very agitated and somewhat out of control. I was on 36mg and the Dr. lowered it because I REALLY was agitated. I am focusing very well and can run rings around people when it comes to getting work done. (I crocheted 9 hats for people at work in 3 weeks of evenings). I have been on the concerta for 3 months. I'm 5'6 and 135 lbs., I hear that 27mg is a low dose for my size. I just wonder if my dosage is still a little high or I might need my prozac increased. I am planning to talk to the Dr. soon but would like to know about personal experiences. Thanks

[jdmom]

My DS(6) is on Concerta and he takes 36mgs. We never even tried the 27mgs, just went straight to 36. So it seems like that would be a small dose for an adult? However, since you've tried the 36mgs, maybe Concerta is just not the med for you. Have you tried anything else?

[sweety]

No but I am going to talk to my Dr. There is a drug interaction with Strattera and Prozac I am told, so that is out. I will call Dr. and ask

[aaa-alison]

Hi. I am new too, and I have ADHD and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. I take 72ml of Concerta and 40 ml of Prozac. Concerta does have a side effect which is increased tiredness and anxiety. I am playing with the idea of returning to 54 ml of Concerta because of the aforementioned side effects.

Concerta has saved my life. My ADHD before treatment had me doing dangerous stuff-a lot of drug use and out of control behavior. itwould help me to focus. I could actually write when I wanted to do. Butitalso gave me increased anxiety problems. And I was a danger to myself in other ways. Lots of sex-without protection, loss of keys, doors to my car left open, inability to hold a job, attration to dangerous situations and people, and a general bad attitude towards life. I got a lot of things stolen from me, including my heart, from bad people and I had a lot of people hating me especially, my family. But that is all in the past.

For how bad my ADHD is all day, Concerta is great for me. I feel bad for my father who has ADHD also, and gave up on using medication because of his perscription to Riddlin. Concerta is time release Riddlin. (I probubly super spelled "Riddlin" wrong-sorry.) He had to take Riddlin three times a day and he would go through huge drug swings-I don't know how he could stand that -that is probubly why he will never give any other ADHD drug a chance eventhough Concerta would probubly be good for him.

Anyway, Concerta is great for me-but I also have Adult ADHD. I have an incredible psychiatrist and I trust him very much. The hardest part for me though, was explaining to him how I felt and performed on the different dosage levels. Apparently , all patients need to do this in order to okay medicaiton changes with their psychiatrist. Well, with my incredibly poor self awareness, I had no idea what was up. It's funny, last time I meet with him, he actually came out to the secretaries desk to see how my attention to detail was with her. Well needless to say it sucked cause I was trying to figure out why he was watching me. But it's okay that he was doing that. He needs to see me and not hear from me how I am doing.

Thank god I work at home. Also with the medication levels that I am on drinking Alchohol is not really fun, nor is drinking coffee right after I take the medicine. Alchohol makes me the death of the party-very tired and withdrawn and coffee makes me very nervous and jittery. But, I can drink coffee in the afternoon.

My religion helps me too. I won't really go into it, because Religious and Political talk offends people, but being religious works for me.

Well, I wish you the best of luck. As I wish everyone on this site the best of luck. Hang in there and never give up and remember that you are special and unique and that you have a lot to offer. ;D