An hour after I take 10mg regular Adderall in the morning, I really need a nap.
But I take it at the same time I take Risperdal and Zoloft and Requip for the side effects.
Do you take any other medication that could make you sleepy?

For me, at first the Adderall made me jumpy and manic (as does coffee if I drink it for the first time in a long while).
After taking the Adderall regularly for several months, it does help a little with focus, but makes me sleepy-- or at least does not make me wakeful, although it seems to make me avoid going to bed at night.

Coffee also makes me sleepy if I drink it for a couple of weeks. Coffee also gives me painful muscle spasms, lumps in my armpits, and some other nasty symptoms that I don't recall. (I don't drink coffee anymore-- just enjoy the aroma.)

I stopped taking the Adderall XR (time release) because my body didn't seem to be metabolizing the second release. I am taking the generic Adderall in tablet form. It makes me feel like a little kid because it's bright blue and sweet flavored. I'm supposed to take Ritalin in the afternoon, but I rarely remember, so I tend to take it when I'm working at night since I get really scatter brained by 5pm without it. I think it might be better than the Adderall.

Yes, I take 1.5mg/day Risperdal for anxiety, as well as Clomapramine for OCD and Zoloft for depression.
When I was just taking the Adderall by itself, I lost weight and didn't sleep much.
The other meds were added in stages and are all sedating.
Nevertheless, as with coffee, it seems Adderall's aggitating effect has diminished with use, and a sedating kickback effect has taken over.

I suppose it's possible the psychiatrist is wrong, and that I don't have ADHD symptoms, that they are just a combination of being rude and manic and just having a "hyperactive imagination," the latter being how I used to refer to my abnormal thought processing.

Afterall, these diagnoses are just labels for collections of symptoms.

But I do wonder if Adderall having a calming effect is an indication of anything.
I'll ask at my next appointment if I can remember.

godessgrl65,
In the morning I take 100mg Zoloft, 10mg Adderall, Risperdal, and Requip, and start feeling really sleepy after a couple of hours. I race home for a nap at lunch most days (hmmm...I guess I could lock the door to my office and just roll under the desk...).
I take an optional 5mg of Ritalin in the afternoon, which, like you described, calms me and gives me focus. I usually forget to take it, however, so by 4 o'clock my "overactive imagination" is running wild, which is probably why I've been described quite a few times in the last 50 years as "nice, but crazy."
BTW, I take Zoloft, Risperdal, Clomipramine, and Requip at night.

For me, the Zoloft scatters my thinking and the Adderall feeds my OCD-ness. But I've stuck with them for awhile now, and think they give me just enough of edge to allow me to win sometimes in the struggle for control over my thoughts and emotions.
I hope that makes sense and doesn't sound too "out there."

Goodnight for now.