Adderall

Have you taken Adderall for the fatigue?  If so, what was your experience?

Hi there,

I take it and it helps me. It isn't for everybody though and the docs don't really like to prescribe it at times. But if you have the oppertunity to try it, do so. It works wonders for me.

Hugs, Karen

I have been using Ritalin, Vyvanse, and Adderal for over 10 years now and I dread life without it.  It does help to "wake" me up and make me focus better.  I had no troubles with my doctor in NJ prescribing it for me but when I moved to Va my doctor here had never heard of using it for Fibro.   That is why I am on Adderal now, I do much better with Vyvanse, my system likes it better but my inusrance company always fights with me to get this drug and there is no way I can afford it without the insurance.  I feel if you can get a doctor to prescribe it everyone should try it for the fatigue and it does help to shake the fog.

 

It helped me TREMENDOUSLY with the fatigue, but it seemed to make my PAIN worsen, curiously enough. I don't think this is common, but it's something to note. I actually had to stop taking it. I actually have something called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) in addition to Fibro, which is very similar to Fibro in that it, well, causes pain, but it directly affects the sympathetic nervous system and makes it overactive, and since Adderall is a stimulant, it has the potential to further exacerbate those nerves and thus heighten your pain. It was also making me a little jittery and I was beginning to experience tachycardia, which was awful (and I was only on ten mg... I guess I'm sensitive to the drug, ha). So I would definitely try it, but start on a low dose and monitor any side effects carefully, and observe pain fluctuations and if they're connected to the Adderall. I will say that despite the pain spikes and side effects I experienced, it was a LIFE SAVER for the fatigue, and it also really helped that "fibro-fog" fuzziness.

Hi!

It does work ok for my fatigue but the biggest benefit is for my almost-narcoleptic attacks. It helps me wake up fully in the morning and stay alert. It also helps with cognitive thinking, gathering and maintaining focus and lifts the brain fog to a very managable level. Without it, I'm a basket case and shouldn't even be driving because of a tendency to suddenly fall asleep at the most inopportune times. My daily life functioning in everything I say or do is radically altered if I go without it for more than a day.

Unfortunately, there is now a unique and dire shortage of this med on the market so my next refill may have to be with a viable alternative of some kind of which I am dreading! What caused it and when that shortage will be alleviated is anybody's guess!!