supplements to balance Adderall?

[Chropi]

I am curious if there are any supplements that may balance the negative effects of Adderall.  The medication makes me anxious, irritable and tired - these side effects show up a few days after I take it and last for a day or so.  A little about me - I am pursuing a professional degree that entails many hours of studying.  I don't take Adderall every day; however, when I do take it, I take two to three 30 mgs within a twelve hour span. This is perhaps too much; however, the beneficial effects (focus, motivation) wear off in between two and three hours.  Any advice would be appreciated -

[LidFlipper]

Your 'study' and 'experience' are questionable considering your penchant for dishing out platitudes. Medications of any stripe will work on individuals with vastly different results, due to the incredible diversity in individual body chemistry.

Your emotions about drug abuse are valid, as are anyone's opinions...but making sweeping generalizations about medication use is just immature. Leave this kind of thing for the doctors.

As for the original question, I suggest you speak with the doctor who prescribed you Adderall and have him/her give you a metabolic panel. Then I would have him/her talk to you about adjusting the dosage.
Most importantly, stop abusing this medication. 90mg is too much. This is meant to be consistently, at the same dose, and as prescribed. If you are using this med. without having a clinical diagnosis of ADD, and without supervision from your doctor...you are risking heart failure, nervous system shock and permanent damage, and addiction; nevermind the jitteryness etc.

As with all prescribed medications, if the side-effects are outweighing the positive effects, speak with your doctor about switching meds or adjusting dosage.

[kmamom2406]

I have an 11 year old daughter that has been on low doses of Adderall XR since 3rd grade.  Thanks for the recommendations of your supplements.  Now that my daughter is able to take pills without much hassle, I would like to try supplementing.  We already do the fish oil.  I have also tried Phosphatidylserine Complex.  It seems to help but now that she can take pills, we may give a real try again.

[EOoms]

Hey, I realize this is pretty late but, the people on this thread seem to have had bad experiences. Adderrall is'nt going to kill you or harm you badly unless you have pre-existing conditions that you were unaware of. I've been on adderall for over a year now and have to say its definitely helpful. But to answer your question I'm not sure if there are drugs to counteract the negative effects completely or at all, but I do know of some supplements that my doctor has me take. The main reason he put me on these were for depression but I am sure that they can help other things as well. You'll have to do some research on your own but here's the list.

SAM-E
L-Theanine
Fish Oil
Inositol
N-acetylcysteine/NAC
Melatonin

[dollyn]

I think you are taken me the wrong way,

I am telling you the same thing I would tell anyone else and what I would say to one of my own children who where your age and trying to make it threw Collage.

I did tell you a way ,witch is to stop slowly taken the other drug or drugs you are on.And start taken Vitamin B6 ,Vitamin B12, Vitamin C  and Omega 3-6-9. You might not sse right away what it is doing for you ,but give it some time.And think  positive  about taken them and that they are going to work . Not that there is something wrong with you it wont hurt for you to go see a Counselor.

And if you have not had a EEG done you should have one done,because I have seen where a person is having a hard time and a EEG was done and came back un-normal the person was never put on drugs because she was having a hard time learning .but is now on Seizure Medicine.And you would have never none this young girl was having Seizures, because you can't see them.Blood work should be done also to check things . But it should also be done to make sure the Adderall is not hurting your liver every 6 months.

I am only trying to help you as I am a Mother  and I believe God would want me to try and help everyone and I want to try and help if I can.

[Chropi]

Once again, I have to say address the issue.  Reread my post; reread your post.  Who is making assumptions?  You are assuming that I am making assumptions and that I believe I am more educcated . . . .   In addition, I would love to read a response grounded in study, and or experience, but it would be helpful if that experience and study were related to the actual question.  P.S., is this a turing test?

[dollyn]

just because they give it to people doesn't mean it is good for them. And from what I have read about narcolepsy there is no drug that can help it or stop it so why take drugs with all the back side effects makes know scene to me.

I have Medicine that was giving to me that I won't take because I saw the side effects and they are not worth it,I need to be around to take care of my children not in the Hospital or worse Dead. I will deal with the stress with out drugs because it won't kill me not to take them. Better to talk about things then to drug my self up.