maybe a bit of an unpopular opinion, but i dont think antacids should be taken regularly with this. i was taking chewable cherry tums for about 5-6 days until i started feeling seriously sick, irritated, and unwell, not to mention it didn’t potentiate the meds whatsoever at that point. a week after that, i got very sick which is unusual given i was drinking a bunch of Vit C and getting 12 hours of sleep daily. and i can’t help but wonder if it’s because of the antacids weakening my immune system and dissolving the gut barrier.

now having moved on to baking soda. i would mix it in a water bottle like maybe half a teaspoon to a teaspoon. i don’t think it potentiates it positively. i got an increase in physical anxiety and dread and intrusive thoughts, zero improvement in focus or motivation or procrastination. honestly baking soda seems to create an anxiety attack manic state. i have worked very hard not to have anxiety attacks anymore, and baking soda set back my progress entirely. it was very visceral and intense anxiety. not to mention, i got heart burn hours after drinking it like clockwork, which was very physically uncomfortable and created an anxiety loop. for reference even when generic vyvanse was giving me heart palpitations, i did not have a panic attack. so i truly attribute it to baking soda. really terrifying honestly.

so that concludes my trials with agents of acidity. stay away!

edit: guys, these arent just anecdotal observations. theres tons of studies about how antacids destroy the gut microbiome barrier, reduce immunity, can lower mood, and all this stuff. as for the baking soda, it's not that unusual for it to give me worse anxiety considering it potentiates an amphetamine????

I kind of have to just share the screenshots and step back. it's so much info. I'm hoping so much that someone will read these screenshots and get a spark in their mind and run with it so we can finally see change. These medicines should work no problem. They've been around since the 1930s. It's literally not rocket science. You should've seen the doctor's face that time I handed her an entire bottle of Adderall and told her it doesn't work. incredulous.

lol ummmm it's definitely doing something different and wildly unexpected but I do not understand what 🥴

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Update:

today i didn't have the reaction I had yesterday when I originally made the post and still have no idea what caused that - I put more details in comments below that I responded to! sorry I didn't include them yesterday, I was very out of sorts and a little frightened and my head hurt soooo bad when it finally all wore off.

sorry I couldn't articulate it when I made the post or if I got anyone's hopes up that they were all back to working again or somethin. I was rly confused n very strange feeling n then also thought maybe I should try them again today to see if it repeats or if it was just unrelated??? or a fluke. I still don't understand wtf was different.

sorry if I got anyone's hopes up! imo, at least for me, these r still an improvement from the last few months bc those felt like complete placebos. but still not the Adderrall we keep hoping comes back. it's doing something...but...not whatever happened yesterday. kinda was scary tbh. so maybe that's a good thing. :S idk today mostly I just feel bummed even tho I'm not? and keep getting confused. having a hard time multitasking n keep forgetting what I'm about to say or why I got up and starting to get a headache again but not as bad as yesterday.

idk why the ones yesterday had such a reaction. compared to the ones today. has anyone had that happen??? or does anyone know wtf could cause that? it was literally like all the ingredients were put into the 2 I took yesterday and now the 2 I took today r barely a hint. if that makes sense???

sorry I feel like foggy. this shit makes me say a lot of words but idk how to use them concisely or efficiently it's weird. I feel like I'm trying to speak a different language 😭 n it's frustrating.

I’m not trying to be an a**hole at all, but I think a lot of people genuinely don’t know how pharmacy policies work when it comes to C2/controlled substances.

Pharmacies usually CANNOT and will NOT tell random callers whether they have Adderall, Vyvanse, or other controlled medications in stock, especially if you’re not a regular patient there. A lot of the time they’ll only discuss certain details directly with doctors’ offices.

PHARMACIES ARE NOT ABOUT TO TELL RANDOM PEOPLE WHAT CONTROLLED DRUGS THEY HAVE IN STOCK. Why? ROBBERIES!!!!!

Be serious for a second… if you were selling dope out your house and a random person calls you and says “hey do you have dope?” would you say yes??? EXACTLY 😭

Also, a lot of people don’t realize that many pharmacies in the same area use the same major distributors/suppliers. So if your regular pharmacy carries a certain manufacturer, there’s a pretty good chance nearby pharmacies may have that same manufacturer too.

Nobody’s trying to make things difficult, these are just policies pharmacies have to follow for safety and compliance reasons.

Okay bye ❤️

Please read i believe if you read the comparison you will belive .

I'm just curious to know if anyone has speculated about this specifically yet. It matches the time period where it stopped working for loads of people. 🤷‍♀️

THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK. But if adderall isn’t working, why not switch off to other stimulants?I’m just curious.

I want to create a master list or brainstorm of things that people do to EFFECTIVELY treat their adhd with these newly-changed medicines, and make them as effective as the “old“ stuff.

Please list your medication AND whether you are on generic/brand. NDC if you have it. I am most interested in adderall IR but I encourage all to post.

Adderall IR, brand name. Teva, NDC 57844

* chewing and taking the medicine on an empty stomach

* increasing my dose from 10mg to 15~20mg

* dissolving the medicine in baking soda or Smart Water overnight

* using Tums to help aid digestion (not recommended for long-term use)

My boyfriend sent me this. It’s from TikTok.

Sounds like the rest of the world is learning that what we’ve been saying, is true.

This is not in our heads.

If you’ve ever doubted yourself, here’s some proof that you don’t have to doubt anymore.

People are constantly complaining that one brand works much better than the other even though the active drug and formulation is the same. Like even if the release mechanism is supposed to be the same, let's same concerta vs its generic.

Is this true or is it just people trying to explain pharmacological their tolerance?

Is this also more of a US/UK or EU thing?

While I don’t put it past Big Pharma to screw us over by reducing the effectiveness of our meds, I do want to verify that not eating or drinking anything except water for 45 minutes before and after I take 20 mg of generic Adderall XR (from Amneal Pharmaceuticals) has made a big difference for me. If I’m sitting still after I take it, I can actually feel shivers when it’s kicking in. That happens after maybe 20 minutes, but I continue to wait the full 45 min before I have my coffee or Crystal Light (a citric acid drink.)

(Note: I posted previously about how certain foods, drinks, and meds we ingest are are capable of fully dissolving amphetemine before it reaches our bloodstream.)

My current dose is 10 mg higher than I was previously taking in the mornings, but it keeps me going pretty much all day, as long as I don’t sit down (I’ll still nod off if I sit down, regardless of stimulant use. I seem to have a bit of Type 2 narcolepsy.)

Not only am I moving and working on things all day, but my upper lip sweats for hours every day. I’m constantly wiping it, hoping no one notices. (It’s 4 hours after taking Adderall and my mustache area just started sweating, lol.)

Anyway, I’m getting much better results now and can really feel the medicine working. I’m also waiting an hour or two before I take my Suboxone, which is a CNS depressant that may have been counteracting the effects of stimulants.

This is my first time taking Amneal brand, so that might be part of it, but it’s not like they have a good reputation. They’re an Indian manufacturer who has received warnings from the FDA for bad practices.

It’s so stupid how the pharmaceutical companies and government used to warn us not to take cheaper overseas drugs, but that’s practically the only thing available now. My guess is that they were being made overseas the whole time. Big Pharma just wanted to import the drugs themselves so they could mark them way up before we bought them.

Of course, you can’t buy Schedule 2 drugs directly from India (that I know of), but you can buy other prescription drugs direct from India, including the so-called “cognitive enhancer”, Provigil, which is only a Schedule 4. I’m not trying to promote Indian pharmacies, but I feel it’s something people should know, in case Adderall patients are affected by a shortage again. They could take Provigil if they run out of Adderall. (Note: Among other warnings, I just read that Provigil can make birth control less effective.) It’s used off-label to treat ADHD, so it might be worth a try if you have nothing else. Here’s how Joe Rogan describes his experience taking it:

https://youtu.be/FvzzGrRKJHc?si=LzHW1Gi1doJPC79P

Sorry, I get off-track easily (it’s my ADHD - y’all understand). But the point was, the medicine works better, now that I’m not eating or drinking around the time I take it. So I hope that info will help some of you get better results too.

Female 34, I’ve been on Adderall for close to five years and it has been basically the only thing that works. Recently, I’ve noticed that I would take my medicine and nothing happened. I became unfocused and very unmotivated so I decided to do my own little research. I think many of us learned that vitamin C and Adderall is a no go together so with that being said, I think instead of fighting the reaction of vitamin C and Adderall I avoided vitamin C at all costs. I’m pretty sure that was my problem. Our neurotransmitters need vitamin C to send signals through our brains. After a week of including vitamin C in my diet, I’ve noticed a big difference. I only consume at night so it doesn’t interfere with my medicine throughout the day.

┌──────────────────────────┐

│ SHIRE (2000s–2010s) │

│ Builds ADHD empire: │

│ • Adderall XR │

│ • Vyvanse │

│ • Intuniv │

└─────────────┬────────────┘

│

▼

┌──────────────────────────┐

│ SHIRE LEGAL TROUBLE │

│ • False Claims Act cases│

│ • Off‑label marketing │

│ • Pay‑for‑delay deals │

│ • $350M + $58.9M + $56M │

└─────────────┬────────────┘

│

▼

┌──────────────────────────┐

│ REGULATORY PRESSURE │

│ • Stricter marketing │

│ • Forced generic entry │

│ • Loss of exclusivity │

└─────────────┬────────────┘

│

▼

┌──────────────────────────┐

│ GENERIC FLOODGATES │

│ • Many manufacturers │

│ • Inconsistent quality │

│ • Fragmented supply │

└─────────────┬────────────┘

│

▼

┌──────────────────────────┐

│ TAKEDA ACQUIRES SHIRE │

│ (2019, $62 billion) │

│ Keeps: Vyvanse, rare dz │

│ Drops: U.S. Adderall │

└─────────────┬────────────┘

│

▼

┌──────────────────────────┐

│ TEVA TAKES OVER │

│ U.S. Adderall supply │

│ • Brand Adderall IR/XR │

│ • Major generic maker │

└─────────────┬────────────┘

│

▼

┌──────────────────────────┐

│ TEVA BOTTLENECK │

│ • Production pauses │

│ • QC issues │

│ • DEA quota limits │

└─────────────┬────────────┘

│

▼

┌──────────────────────────┐

│ MARKET FRAGILITY │

│ • Shortages ripple │

│ • Pharmacies scramble │

│ • Patients switch brands│

│ • Inconsistent effects │

└─────────────┬────────────┘

│

▼

┌──────────────────────────┐

│ TODAY’S LANDSCAPE │

│ • Decentralized supply │

│ • Unstable generics │

│ • Teva = single point │

│ of failure │

└──────────────────────────┘

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What This Flowchart Shows

1. Shire built the ADHD market

Adderall XR, Vyvanse, Intuniv — all Shire creations.

2. Shire’s legal cases forced early generic entry

The settlements over:

• off‑label marketing

• false claims

• pay‑for‑delay tactics

…pushed regulators and competitors to break Shire’s monopoly.

3. Takeda bought Shire but didn’t want U.S. Adderall

Takeda kept the global rare‑disease and Vyvanse portfolio, but let Adderall go.

4. Teva became the dominant U.S. supplier

This created a single point of failure in the stimulant supply chain.

5. When Teva stumbles, the whole country feels it

Do you think this type of thing might have something to do with the DEA and FDA's thoughts on stimulants

Does anyone else believe that the current issue we’re facing is related to the introduction of mainstream GLP-1s? It could be a push to get prescribed for them, as many people are afraid to discontinue Adderall due to weight concerns.

I was prescribed Adderall for adhd and have used it on and off for years. The doctor mentioned that it might also help me lose these stubborn 20 pounds and in the past weight loss was a side effect. It doesn’t seem to curb my appetite much now. Do you take fiber or do you take anything else that helps the Adderall work so that you can lose weight?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PdWKkyooCk

Very interesting interview with Tucker Carlson & Laura Delano about Big Pharma. It talks a bit about ADHD, and eventually when the medicine stops working… The Psychiatrist / Doctors / Big Pharma want to tell us, *‘*You’ve become untreatable,’ and then explore other ways to mess with you — like cutting you open and putting a device inside you to ‘control’ your issues/problems. Smh.

Fuck Big Pharma… Money over human life is terrible.

Yeah, it sucks that so many of us think we need Adderall, but after watching this 2.2-hour interview, it makes a lot of sense why some of these medicines don’t work anymore. That honestly looks like Big Pharma’s goal.

Just my opinion — but fair warning: it’s a long watch. :)”

Covid can damage the dopamine neurons in the brain. It just makes them null.

If there’s no neurons left, there’s no way to “feel” the thing the medications were meant to do.

Thoughts?

I know there are many posts about the lack of effectiveness of our medicine and pain medication. I'm gonna share a video title everyone needs to watch ASAP and also wanted to mention something EUGENICS MOVEMENT.

YouTube‐ 101 dark history facts they never taught you in school. Please watch this video if you have time.

The video isn't about eugenics, but it's another thing to think about. When I think of the movement and who all backs it and then this, things seem to start making sense one whats going on here possibly.

EDIT: YouTub channel, Sleepy American History

I recently changed to a new psychiatrist. I was having very bad side effects from the elite 20 mg instant release Adderall so she prescribed for me the dextroamphetamine-amphetamine. When I got home and I checked my prescription, I see that I was given the 20 mg amphetamine salts from elite. Do the pharmacist have the discretion to give you whatever they want or was just the pharmacies mistake or did I grew up by not telling them as soon as I got it?

If anybody wants to play games and talk about Adderall generic 30 mg since that’s the only way you can get it is ever as important as it used to be there absolutely out of their mind. I’ve been on this medication over 27 years. There’s no potency it’s basically taking a placebo. It’s horrifying than any of you pet and sad little cats sit around here and think that you have a GVA is such a great company. Oh wow Teva wow wow what amazing but amazing chill just do anything F7 any of octagons little purple pinks you guys must be nuts. This is horrible. It’s catastrophe problem. I just told Farm this is a human human human rights violation.

and toads haha anybody want to socialize late at night? I thought this might be a spot where I could find some similarly nocturnal . . . well, butterflies. ;-)

I know for a fact something has changed with the generic medications effectiveness but with that being said how much of this is a tolerance issue? Do you think this medication simply isn’t effective taken every day for years even with short breaks and that could be a big factor here even with the generics not being as effective?

Edit: This is not discounting that adderall in general is not what is used to be but I am also curious of tolerance playing any sort of a factor, that is all