ADD or Attention Deficit Disorder can affect adults, but generally, it is diagnosed in children. The main ADD treatment is medication.

Medicines Used for ADD Treatment

The main group of ADD Medicine used is psycho stimulants. They are stimulants which means in the typical person they would cause a stimulating effect, but in people with ADD they have the opposite effect and calm the person down.

Other groups of stimulants often used to treat ADD include dextroamphertamines, pemoline and d- and l-amphetamin racemic mixture. Dextroamphertamines include the brand name drugs Dexedrine and Dextrostat.

Attention Deficit Disorder Medicine types are atomoxetine, clonidine, despiramine, imipramine and buproprion. While Adderall is the brand name of a d- and l-amphetamin racemic mixture drug.

ADD Medication Side Effects

The sides effects can be vary by drug and by person. Therefore, it is important to learn all of possible effects and the proper ADD medicine. Below are the major side affects reported:

* hunger-less

* Stomach-ache

* Pain

* Loss of weight

* Sleeplessness

Fewer reported side effects include:

* Rapid heart beat

* Torso pain

* Nausea

Taking Medication

To avoid many common effects you must obey the doctor’s order about taking medication. To get it work and do what it has to do to treat the condition you must take the Medicine correctly.

Below are some pointers about the right way to take the Attention Deficit Disorder medicine as well as ADHD medicine:

* Take it at the time and dosage given by the doctor.

* Take before eating

* Don’t mash the pills if not directed.

* Understand that some medication is controlled so you must follow the rules about picking up prescriptions and refilling prescriptions.

Extra Essential Info

The medication used to treat ADD is supposed to help improve the ability to concentrate and improve self-control. It is important to understand that the medication will only work when it is taken properly.

The length of treatment varies from person to person. It is important to get regular checkups with the doctor to see how the medication is working and so that adjustments can be made, if needed, to the ADD Medicine.

The thing to understand is that treating ADD is an effort to help a patient to handle the condition. The treatment will not cure it, but it does not mean that other treatments such as counseling are not needed.