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for me, ritalin helped most with my focus, adderall xr helped most with my motivation, adderall ir helps me currently with my energy + motivation. i’d say adder

for me, ritalin helped most with my focus, adderall xr helped most with my motivation, adderall ir helps me currently with my energy + motivation. i’d say adderall xr is the best of the three, though i prefer vvyanse — but vvyanse is prohibitively expensive, and adderall xr is 4x the price of the instant release. also, i had to take adderall xr twice a day; the “extended release” formulation only seems to add a few hours of duration over the instant release. i’ve yet to try dexedrine, but i’ve read good things about it. overall though, i’d not rely on anecdotes about add meds. people’s experiences are vastly different in-practice, and the only things you’ll really find in common with other’s treatments are the more pronounced side effects. not to say that there’s anything wrong with asking for advice, just be sure to temper your expectations a bit based on what you read and try not to get too discouraged. my advice is: if your doctor is willing, have them write you seven-day prescriptions for the different medications you’d like to try and see which one works best. keeping a short journal about sleep, eating/drinking, mood, energy, motivation, and productivity during this time also helps gather some perspective. when you find one that works, try it for a month, and then make a decision from there.

novok 5y ago
From what I’ve heard from doctors, xr is equivalent two doses released into your body, its not a steady state release as you might expect. Its basically one ir and another ir wrapped in a package that takes a few hours for your body to digest. So if you don’t really have issues with timing and xr costs you more money then ir is totally equivalent and ok to use. If it feels different, then it might be manufacturing differences. To really determine the difference you would need to get it from the same manufacturer for both the xr and ir versions. Which doesn’t surprise me after listening to a podcast about a book called bottle of lies.
- rnjesus 5y ago
  this is how i’ve understood it to work, yeah. the “feeling” of the ir is much different than the xr (for me, that is). i’ve tried comparing the teva generics of each formulation, and the xr just didn’t last as long as two perfectly-spaced ir doses — about five hours for one xr dose, eight hours for two equivalent ir doses. i have a feeling that it’s a combination of manufacturing (as you mentioned) and body chemistry to a lesser extent. vvyanse seemed to work the best, but the 70mg capsules felt slightly too weak, and a month’s prescription for them is literally 9x the cost of the adderall.

novok 5y ago

From what I’ve heard from doctors, xr is equivalent two doses released into your body, its not a steady state release as you might expect. Its basically one ir and another ir wrapped in a package that takes a few hours for your body to digest. So if you don’t really have issues with timing and xr costs you more money then ir is totally equivalent and ok to use. If it feels different, then it might be manufacturing differences. To really determine the difference you would need to get it from the same manufacturer for both the xr and ir versions. Which doesn’t surprise me after listening to a podcast about a book called bottle of lies.

rnjesus 5y ago
this is how i’ve understood it to work, yeah. the “feeling” of the ir is much different than the xr (for me, that is). i’ve tried comparing the teva generics of each formulation, and the xr just didn’t last as long as two perfectly-spaced ir doses — about five hours for one xr dose, eight hours for two equivalent ir doses. i have a feeling that it’s a combination of manufacturing (as you mentioned) and body chemistry to a lesser extent. vvyanse seemed to work the best, but the 70mg capsules felt slightly too weak, and a month’s prescription for them is literally 9x the cost of the adderall.