ADHD
"Im actually an adult on the patch. I am 28. female. I&#039;ve been trying to find the right stimulant with bearable side effects since I was in high school. Please excuse the lengthy review I just know the search can be tough and long. I have Depression, ADD, GA &amp; SA, and OCD skin(cuticle) picking tendencies. It&#039;s been very hard finding a stimulant that didn&#039;t worsen my anxiety related symptoms. I could tolerate 5mg adderrall XR but my body burned through both the XR and IR in about 3 hours. Then I would crash for the rest of the day (depressed, irritable, anxious).  Vyvanse gave me zero motivation and made me calm but in a weird way. For example, I didn&#039;t care or worry about anything... I didn&#039;t even want to talk to people. I would just want to sit there alone and stare at a wall or something. It was nice to be that relax but too weird. But the real problem was the crash! It was the most extreme of all the stimulants I&#039;ve tried by far! I took it only twice and threw it out. I almost didn&#039;t try Daytrana patch because Ritalin was actually the first stimulant I tried, which was over 10 years ago and I remember similar symptoms to that I had on adderrall. I ended up giving it a try with the logic that it might be smoother since its was for children and I was also desperate since I&#039;m working and study for the GRE. I&#039;m so happy I gave Daytrana a shot!! I&#039;m telling you if you suffer from anxiety, can&#039;t tolerate the crashes, and metabolize the other stimulant too fast you have got to try this one!! I&#039;ve only been on it for a week but I can&#039;t believe it! I leave it in for the whole 9 hours and I never crash. In comparison to Adderall is still the best stimulant for getting you motivated, I have to motivate myself a little but unlike adderall I can stay focused ALL day with Daytrana. Im also less likely to do something &quot;stimulanty&quot; like start reorganizing my closet for no reason but I do get the necessary cleaning, errands, bills etc done effortlessly. And the best part is that it doubles as an anti-depressant since, what I assume is the increased dopamine stays in my system pretty much all day and night. The &quot;happiness&quot; doesn&#039;t feel like a high it feels more like an absence of depression. I don&#039;t have anymore of the repetitive negative thoughts. The constant emotions of hopelessness, guilt, embarrassment, you name it, just aren&#039;t there anymore. There is still a mild degree of sadness I carry with me but I have major depression so I feel like it&#039;s only normal and I can handle that :)!! As far as the negative side effects: Like all the stimulants I&#039;ve been on I still have the insomnia, loss of appetite, and increase urge to pick at my cuticles at night when it&#039;s wearing off. But there is not a &quot;crash&quot;. no evenings being completely drained of energy, fits of irritation, major anxiety or depression. 
Also, the patch is applied to your hip and I&#039;m experiencing some muscle tension in my legs which I think might be slowly subsiding. Im drinking a lot of water and taking vitamins in precaution of cramps.  Advice on taking the patch off- It&#039;s easier for me to take it off when it&#039;s wet. I do it in the shower/bath or rub it off with a warm wash cloth.  Good luck!"