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Sunflower,
I am bipolar II (or 2.5) depending on who's scale you use with a dual diagnosis of substance abuse co-morbidity of ADHD.
Basically, I cannot tell you what the doctor is thinking but I don't think he is giving you the adderall for ADD/ADHD. My guess is he may be thinking you have chronic fatigue but as stated before, I'm not a doctor and we are not supposed to give medical advice. He is probably trying to start you on it for those fatigue issues however, for those of us with ADD/ADHD we usually get all uppity, anxious, irritable, agitated etc. because of our inability or frustration in controlling our thinking or our inability to focus and accomplish things we set out to do. When you give someone with ADHD a stimulant like adderall we calm down. I have not taken adderall before but currently I've tried strattera and was allergic and have now started wellbutrin xl for my ADHD. I cannot tolerate most antidepressants like yourself appropriately. Most antidepressants I've tried either make me 10x MORE depressed, or the side effects are so bad that I can't tolerate to continue with the treatment.
Perhaps, you should do some research into ADD/ADHD to see if you might fit into that type of condition. Again, I'm not trying to offend you by saying that you have this condition but simply stating that it may be a possibility because of how you are reacting to the strong stimulant.
Also, you may just need to take a bigger dose, who knows.
Best of luck to you in your fight! Hope the doctor will continue to help you! I'm pretty sure I would benefit from the xanax or adderall as well, but my doc won't give them to me because of the history of substance abuse. And my drug of choice was also opiates. God Bless
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