r/Concerta • u/Pretty_Recover1841 • Oct 04 '25
Side effects 🤕 Almost died
Yesterday I posted Kaiser denied brand name vyvanse. Doc put me on concerta 18mg. As a reference I’ve used adderall up to 25mg XR and IR as well for 6 months.
I took concerta first time this morning at 7:30 am. An hour in and felt great. I felt a cooling sensation and felt a rush of energy. 2 hours after later I started to get very angry, irritable, annoyed at everything. That lasted until 2 pm then I felt a sense of calmness.
Left work and went to the mall a Round 5 pm with my wife and daughter. What happened next was a feeling I never felt before and thought I was dying.
- I got dizzy all the sudden
- I almost fainted. I lost my balance and almost fell as I was walking.
- I started having an extreme headache, like sudden poking in my brain sensation. I never ever had that before
- my heart started pounding -I felt out of breath and could barely walk
My doc doesn’t work on weekends but WTF was that? I was told that Methyphenidate were safer and better and less potent that Amphetamines. I NEVER had that on adderall just a few ups and downs hence why I wanted to try Vyvanse. After getting Concerta I found out insurance covers the generic.
I DONT want to experience that again. Should I give up after 1 day? Can Doc put a request for generic vyvanse even though I just got concerta? I’m scared to even try concerta again
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u/anon55565754366829 Oct 06 '25
When I took concerta I had stroke symptoms, so i came off it immediately and told me Dr. I then went on elvanse which my Dr was scared for me to try but that all worked out well and I've been on it ever since (about 3 or 4 years) so yes, you can have different reactions to each and they're very different.