Posted by abbleba on April 27, 2009, at 20:18:47
In reply to new generic adderall xr, posted by CareBear04 on April 15, 2009, at 12:42:06
> adderall xr just became available in generic this month. i was surprised when the pharmacist told me this last week when i picked up my script since i didn't think it's been even near the 20 years of exclusivity for the manufacturer. in any case, i saved a lot of money.
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> i'm wondering, though, has anyone tried the generic form? i want to know if adderall xr is one of those drugs where the generic is indistinguishable from the brand in effectiveness or whether it's a drug where you really need to take the brand to get the most benefit. a couple of years ago, when i took generic dexedrine spansules, i wasn't at all impressed, even though my pdoc had postulated that dexedrine is more potent than adderall. maybe that's true just of the brand form?
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> anyway, any input would be great.
> thanks!
> cbWhat a timely post/subject. Bare with me please;
I just filled a new script for Adderall XR last Friday. The pharmacist informed me that I was receiving not my usual brand-name med but the new generic form, which I'd only recently found out is now available. Okay I said.
In addition to adhd, I`ve struggled most of my life with depression. But my worst condition now is severe anxiety disorder, which became life-threatening in 2000 when I had my 1st nervous breakdown & hospitalization.
I also have a long & storied history of extreme med-resistance. So much so that I now rely on Adderall 1st & foremost for mood-regulation. I take it on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays only, and I take 40 mgs - just enough to have the desired sustainable level of benefit. I also take 2 mgs of Clonazepam to counteract any possible rebound anxiety later on when the mood-regulating effect of the Adderall wears off. This doctor-approved treatment has done wonders and given me new hope for a better future.
Today is Monday, my 1st "med day" of the week, and this morning I woke up and took my first 40 mgs of the generic Adderall XR, plus my 2 mgs of Clonazepam. I laid in bed, feeling anxious as usual, waiting for the med to slowly & fully take effect, which it finally did about an hour later. I got up feeling like my normal self, and looked forward to the busy day I had planned.
However, less than two hours later the effect began to wear off. Worse, I slowly became more and more anxious. Even the Clonazepam I took didn't seem to have any effect. To summarize, the rest of my day was shot to Hell.
This should not have happened, pure & simple, and I can only guess it had something (or everything) to do with the new generic form of Adderall I took today for the 1st time. I've taken plenty of generics in my time, e.g. Clonazepam vs Klonopin, but never experienced anything like this. I`m now looking in to it, and I`m confident that in a day or two I`ll come up with the answers I need. I`ll begin by researching the whole brand name meds vs generic subject, then talk to my doctor and pharmacist.
BK
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