Hi,
I was diagnosed about 6 months ago with ADHD even though they can't technically diagnose adults with ADHD, it is what they summed it up to be. I was having all of the normal ADHD symptoms and was prescribed Adderall XR. They started me on 20mg and ended up increasing to 25mg which is where I am at now. I have been a perfectionist my whole life and always wanted nothing more than for everything and I mean EVERYTHING to be perfect. I always strive for perfection and get very upset when it is less than that. Just to name a few examples to give you an idea, I am very picky about little things such as my handwriting.. I am a college student and I tend to write a lot and if I mess something up or it looks bad to me I will rewrite it as much as I need to until it looks good enough for me. Although I know this is ridiculous, I can't help but get so upset about how bad I think it looks and it causes me to stress out. Another thing I am OCD about is where the groceries are put away.. I will not let my boyfriend that I live with, put away the groceries because I will freak out if they aren't where I want them. I've been having very minor panic attacks, not a lot, and not severe, but enough for me to realize. I am well aware that this behavior and the freaking out is completely unnecessary and I wish I did not stress out about little things like this, but the list goes on and it is frustrating. I told my Psychiatrist and Therapist about this and after talking about all of it, they decided to prescribe me Effexor XR 75mg. This was yesterday and since then I have read very good things about this, and also very bad things. I'm going to believe the good seeing as my mom took this a few years back for depression and said it helped a lot. My DR told me to take this at night and then my adderall in the morning of course or else they'll cancel each other out if taken together. So far, so good although i've had this sort of weird feeling in my head that I can't explain fully. It isn't anything emotional it's just in a way I feel kind of light headed but not quite that, if that makes any sense. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this and if so what is it and will it stop? I have never taken an anti-depressant before and I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it. My DR said this is used often for just anxiety like in my case and he said the Effexor and Adderall work well together. One more question.. I am also aware of the short half-life Effexor has so I was just wondering if it is still effective throughout the day if I am taking it the night before?
Thanks in advance!