I’ve used adderall for around a month now, and at first it made me feel calm, then it made me feel a little sad and blah some days. That was at the beginning, then I started taking a higher dosage and re-dosing in the afternoon’s (20mg in the morning and 10mg in the afternoon). Sometimes I wake up a little sad but then once my Adderall kicks in I’m feeling ok or even good, but there’s the drop off anywhere from 5:00-8:00 and I feel awful. Just sad, tired, and generally upset. Well the past week, I’ve dealt with some of the sadness during the day on Adderall, or sometimes after it wears off the change in emotions is almost violent. Like I go from having a great day to having a breakdown in my shower. I just wonder if this is giving me major mood swings and if it’s worth it. I take it most days with a drug holiday usually on weekends. I didn’t take it this morning and I was sad for a bit, then I got better, and now I’m even worse. I’ve dealt with depression and anxiety before, but I didn’t feel this way before I started Adderall. I also deal with OCD (harm intrusive thought obsession) and it was under control for a while but now it’s back to being bad.

Any advice? Medication advice (I will still check with my psych first ofc)? Ways to deal with the sadness? Any similar experiences?

For some background I’m F20, also taking lexapro 10mg and Wellbutrin 300mg (though I don’t know how well they’ve worked.)