"im actually an adult on the patch. i am 28. female. i&#039;ve been trying to find the right stimulant with bearable side effects since i was in high school. please excuse the lengthy review i just know the search can be tough and long. i have depression, add, ga &amp; sa, and ocd skin(cuticle) picking tendencies. it&#039;s been very hard finding a stimulant that didn&#039;t worsen my anxiety related symptoms. i could tolerate 5mg adderrall xr but my body burned through both the xr and ir in about 3 hours. then i would crash for the rest of the day (depressed, irritable, anxious).  vyvanse gave me zero motivation and made me calm but in a weird way. for example, i didn&#039;t care or worry about anything... i didn&#039;t even want to talk to people. i would just want to sit there alone and stare at a wall or something. it was nice to be that relax but too weird. but the real problem was the crash! it was the most extreme of all the stimulants i&#039;ve tried by far! i took it only twice and threw it out. i almost didn&#039;t try daytrana patch because ritalin was actually the first stimulant i tried, which was over 10 years ago and i remember similar symptoms to that i had on adderrall. i ended up giving it a try with the logic that it might be smoother since its was for children and i was also desperate since i&#039;m working and study for the gre. i&#039;m so happy i gave daytrana a shot!! i&#039;m telling you if you suffer from anxiety, can&#039;t tolerate the crashes, and metabolize the other stimulant too fast you have got to try this one!! i&#039;ve only been on it for a week but i can&#039;t believe it! i leave it in for the whole 9 hours and i never crash. in comparison to adderall is still the best stimulant for getting you motivated, i have to motivate myself a little but unlike adderall i can stay focused all day with daytrana. im also less likely to do something &quot;stimulanty&quot; like start reorganizing my closet for no reason but i do get the necessary cleaning, errands, bills etc done effortlessly. and the best part is that it doubles as an anti-depressant since, what i assume is the increased dopamine stays in my system pretty much all day and night. the &quot;happiness&quot; doesn&#039;t feel like a high it feels more like an absence of depression. i don&#039;t have anymore of the repetitive negative thoughts. the constant emotions of hopelessness, guilt, embarrassment, you name it, just aren&#039;t there anymore. there is still a mild degree of sadness i carry with me but i have major depression so i feel like it&#039;s only normal and i can handle that :)!! as far as the negative side effects: like all the stimulants i&#039;ve been on i still have the insomnia, loss of appetite, and increase urge to pick at my cuticles at night when it&#039;s wearing off. but there is not a &quot;crash&quot;. no evenings being completely drained of energy, fits of irritation, major anxiety or depression. 
also, the patch is applied to your hip and i&#039;m experiencing some muscle tension in my legs which i think might be slowly subsiding. im drinking a lot of water and taking vitamins in precaution of cramps.  advice on taking the patch off- it&#039;s easier for me to take it off when it&#039;s wet. i do it in the shower/bath or rub it off with a warm wash cloth.  good luck!"