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Generally everything clears up up after a couple weeks except the constipation, weight loss, increased blood pressure and increased libido. So unless you have blood pressure issues and/or real problems with being too thin and/or too horny already I'm sure you can live with the typical side effects.</p> <p>For tips on how to cope with these side effects, please see our <a href="SideEffects.htm">side effects page.</a><br> <font FACE="Times New Roman" size="2">These aren't all the side effects possible, just the most popular ones.</font></p> <b> <p> </p> <p>Adderall's Not So Common Side Effects: </b>Triggering a manic reaction. More often than not this happens when someone is misdiagnosed as only having ADD/ADHD when they are also bipolar. Although you won't find "manic reaction" as a side effect anywhere in the PI sheet, you'll find every symptom of mania listed instead. This is a great CYA (Cover Your Ass) move by Shire for the doctors prescribing it. Hey, it doesn't trigger mania, it just causes a bunch of symptoms that are like mania! I had one person write me about her bipolar disorder that was in complete remission for 14 <i>years</i> getting completely hosed by an Adderall prescription from a doctor who must have been convinced she only had ADD/ADHD. Other not-so-common side effects are tics, twitches and exacerbation or unmasking of Tourette's or similar syndromes, depression and screwing with your menstrual cycle.<font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"> <br> These may or may not happen to you don't, so don't be surprised one way or the other.</p> </font> <p> </p> <b> <p>Adderall's Freaky Rare Side Effects:</b> Amphetamines don't have much in the way of freaky rare side effects. I may dig up something on PubMed later. The closest thing I can find is the combination of increased libido and impotence.<font FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"> <br> You aren't going to get these. 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Better yet, if you want to let the world know how they worked out for you and want to help out others in their quest for the correct meds, join the party.<br> If you </font>want to discuss your issues, I suggest checking out one of the various <a href="support.htm">support groups online</a>. <br> Otherwise, if you're letting me know about how much you like or hate the site, or need to let me know about medication effects in private, then just drop a note to jerod23 at gmail dot com Honestly, I usually don't have a lot of time to answer e-mail these days. The snide autoresponse message that may or may not hit your mailbox is going to tell you the same thing.<br> Another problem is that you may not get a response even if I wanted to send you one. You see, so many dickweeds with malicious intents and too much time on their hands have appropriated the crazymeds.org domain name to use for their spam, viruses and the like. Subsequently some lazy-ass e-mail protection software authors just go by the domain name, and not the IP address. So I've been blacklisted because of the actions of others. Or the software just doesn't like the domain name because of the "crazy" and/or "meds." Or your question about a particular medication will set off spam flags. So the e-mail just wouldn't go through regardless. Sorry.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <font SIZE="2"> <p> </p> </font> <font FACE="Arial" size="3"> <p><font face="Times New Roman">Dead tree references:</font></p> <p> </p> </font> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <font FACE="Arial" size="3"> <font FACE="Times New Roman"> <font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="2"> <i> <p> </p> </i> </font> <i> <p>Instant Psychopharmacology 2nd Edition </i> Ronald J. Diamond M.D. © 2002. Published by <a href="http://www.wwnorton.com/">W.W. Norton</a></p> <i> <p> <iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" width="120" height="240" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?o=1&l=as1&f=ifr&t=crazymedsorg-20&p=8&asins=0393703916&IS2=1&lt1=_blank" name="I60"><map NAME="boxmap-p8"><area SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="14, 200, 103, 207" HREF="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1"><area COORDS="0,0,10000,10000" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/crazymedsorg-20"></map><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/120x240.gif" width="120" height="240" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p8" alt="Shop at Amazon.com"></iframe> </p> </i> <font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="2"> <p> </p> <p> </p> </font><font FACE="Courier New"> <p><font face="Times New Roman"><em>Essential Psychopharmacology </em>Stephen M. Stahl, M.D., Ph. D. © 2000. Published by <a href="http://www.cambridge.org/">Cambridge University Press</a></font></p> <p> <font face="Times New Roman"> <iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" width="120" height="240" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?o=1&l=as1&f=ifr&t=crazymedsorg-20&p=8&asins=0521646154&IS2=1&lt1=_blank" name="I61"><map NAME="boxmap-p8"><area SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="14, 200, 103, 207" HREF="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1"><area COORDS="0,0,10000,10000" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/crazymedsorg-20"></map><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/120x240.gif" width="120" height="240" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p8" alt="Shop at Amazon.com"></iframe> </font> </p> </font><font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="2"> <p> </p> <i> <p> </p> </i> </font> <i> <p><em>Essential Psychopharmacology of Depression and Bipolar Disorder </em> </i> Stephen M. Stahl, M.D., Ph. D. © 2001. Published by <a href="http://www.cambridge.org/">Cambridge University Press</a></p> <p> </p> <iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=crazymedsorg-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0521786452&fc1=000000&lc1=0000ff&bc1=&lt1=_blank&IS2=1&bg1=ffffff&f=ifr" width="120" height="240" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" name="I63"></iframe> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><em>A Primer of Drug Action</em> Robert M. Julien, M.D., Ph. D. © 2004. I now use the Tenth Edition. Sometimes that comes up on an Amazon search, usually it doesn't. Published by <a href="http://www.worthpublishers.com">Worth Publishers</a></p> <p> <iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" width="120" height="240" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?o=1&l=as1&f=ifr&t=crazymedsorg-20&p=8&asins=080507158X&IS2=1&lt1=_blank" name="I64"><map NAME="boxmap-p8"><area SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="14, 200, 103, 207" HREF="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1"><area COORDS="0,0,10000,10000" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/crazymedsorg-20"></map><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/120x240.gif" width="120" height="240" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p8" alt="Shop at Amazon.com"></iframe> </p> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <p> </p> <p> </p> </font> <font FACE="Arial"> <font FACE="Courier New"> <i> <p><font face="Times New Roman">Physicians' Desk Reference </font> </i> <font face="Times New Roman">Editions 53 & 56 Maria Deutsch & Anu Gupta, Drug Information Specialists, et al. © 1999, 2002. Published by <a HREF="http://www.pdr.net/">Medical Economics Company</a>. </font> </p> <p> <font face="Times New Roman"> <iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" width="120" height="240" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?o=1&l=as1&f=ifr&t=crazymedsorg-20&p=8&asins=1563634724&IS2=1&lt1=_blank" name="I65"><map NAME="boxmap-p8"><area SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="14, 200, 103, 207" HREF="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1"><area COORDS="0,0,10000,10000" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/crazymedsorg-20"></map><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/120x240.gif" width="120" height="240" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p8" alt="Shop at Amazon.com"></iframe> </font> </p> </font><font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="2"> <p> </p> </font> <font face="Times New Roman"> <i> <p>The Complete Guide to Psychiatric Drugs</i> Edward Drummond, M.D. © 2000. Published by <a HREF="http://www.wiley.com/">John Wiley & Sons, Inc</a>. </p> <font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="2"> <p> <iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" width="120" height="240" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?o=1&l=as1&f=ifr&t=crazymedsorg-20&p=8&asins=0471353701&IS2=1&lt1=_blank" name="I66"><map NAME="boxmap-p8"><area SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="14, 200, 103, 207" HREF="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1"><area COORDS="0,0,10000,10000" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/crazymedsorg-20"></map><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/120x240.gif" width="120" height="240" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p8" alt="Shop at Amazon.com"></iframe> </p> </font> </font> </font> <font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="2"> <p> </p> <p> </p> </font> <p><i>Mosby's 2004 Drug Guide</i> David Nissen PharmD, Editor.© 2004. An imprint of <a href="http://www.elsevierhealth.com">Elsevier</a>. The edition we're using isn't listed on Amazon.</p> </font> <p> </p> </font> </font> </font> <font FACE="Times New Roman"> <p> <strong style="font-weight: 400; font-style: italic">Consumer's Guide to Psychiatric Drugs </strong><strong style="font-weight: 400">by John D. Preston Psy.D., John H. O'Neal, M.D. & Mary C. Talaga R.Ph., M.A. </strong> <font FACE="Times New Roman" size="3"> © 2000.</font></p> </font> <font FACE="Arial"> <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"> <font FACE="Arial" size="3"> <p> <iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=crazymedsorg-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=157224111X&fc1=000000&lc1=0000ff&bc1=&lt1=_blank&IS2=1&bg1=ffffff&f=ifr" width="120" height="240" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" name="I67"></iframe> </p> <p> </p> <font face="Times New Roman"> <p>End of books used for this article.</p> </font> </font> <p> </p> </font> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Hey, did you find this page all by itself through Google or some other search engine? Great! But to really appreciate the entire site, you need to <a HREF="http://www.crazymeds.us/">start here</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span lang="en-us">Created Sunday, December 05, 2004</span></p> <p>Last updated Friday, March 04, 2011</p> </font><font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="2"> <font FACE="Arial"> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><b><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></b></p><p> </p> </font></font><font FACE="Courier New" size="3"> <font FACE="Arial"> <p> </p> <font FACE="Courier New" size="3"> <p>Copyright © 2003, 2004 Jerod Poore. All rights reserved.</p> <p> </p> <p>All material on this site is copyright © 2003, 2004 Jerod Poore. Except, of course, the PI sheets, that are the property of the drug companies who developed the drugs the sheets are about. And any documents that are written by other people which may be posted to this site will remain the property of the original authors.</p> </font> </font> <p>All rights reserved. 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