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zach1515
zach1515

Hello I just found this site so I hope I do this correctly. I'm 21 years old and would say I'm in healthy condition. I have ADHD and take adderall almost daily. What's going on is I've been having this twitching problem with my mouth and eye that has been getting worse. Most recently I've been beginning to slur my speech and I work on the phone and I feel like it's really impacting the way I work. I also sometimes have my fingers or hands go cold and feel like a finger or so is numb or tingles until it goes away. The one thing I'm extremely worried about since it has gotten noticeably worse in my view is my speech. I'm pausing before speaking on the phone, I'm slurring my words while talking and never had a problem with that before, and it's as if my mouth isn't moving or making the motions it normally would to get the words out. I just don't know what to do, and am worried if this keeps up this will start to really affect me. Any opinions??

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  • shannon80187
    shannon80187 zach1515

    Posted

    Did this begin after an increase in your medication dosage? My daughter had a similar reaction to celexa after a certain dose and had to change medications.
    • zach1515
      zach1515 shannon80187

      Posted

      Well I've had increases over the the last year but all I've really experienced was the twitching which was at a minimum, or it would come but than go. But starting about two days ago the slurring of my speech started to occur which was instantly noticeable by me, and I couldn't wait to get out of work tonight because I just felt so uncomfortable with it. I feel like it only occurs at work though maybe now that I think about it because I haven't really noticed it else where. It's just very strange and my quality is at 99%, and I don't want this to affect me when I'm not making it happen. Just not too sure about all the side affects I'm having.
    • shannon80187
      shannon80187 zach1515

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      I would talk to your doc. We had to look at new med combos for my daughter. It may be how your body is metabolizing the meds. I know her dose even with new meds is now being split thru the day now to give her body time to use the meds correctly. Hopefully it is that easy for you. I know it was scary and frustrating for us.
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