Does Adderall have anti allergy effects?

Its not anti allergy it is useful as a decongestant however. My allergies and sinuses always annoy the absolute living shit out of me this time of year and when i take my adderall xr its all good, no more congestion.

pseudoephedrine and ephedrine act as decongestants by constricting the blood vessels in your sinuses if i'm not mistaken. adderall is also a vasoconstrictor so it's definitely not unthinkable that it would do that. it's certainly not anti-allergy in the sense of like an antihistamine though

Now that I think of it, my allergy symptoms have been much more mild this past month on adderall, I wonder if it’s because of that

Adderall increases levels of catecholamines in the bloodstream which can exert a nasal-decongestant effect.

Pseudoephedrine, the most popular allergy relief drug, primarily target alpha-andrenergic receptors.

Adderall is adrenergic as well so yes. Anyone who takes clonidine for sleep just fyi it has the opposite action as sudafed so it can make your nose stuffy.

Holy hell, it always helps with my congestion but I always figured it was because I wasn't paying attention to it since I always focus really hard on other things when I'm on it. This thread is really interesting and I'm glad to know that wasn't just in my head and other people experience this too.

Yes

Interesting because Adderall increases histamine and actually stuffs up my nose

I have experienced absolutely zero allergy relief and decongestion from adderall. I have to take zyrtec everyday.

As others have commented, not necessarily anti-allergy but it could help with congestion. That's why Benzedrex inhalers for severe congestion contain poly propylhexedrine which is an amphetamine. I have pretty bad and omnipresent allergies to various things and haven't really noticed any reduction in allergy symptoms since being on medication. If anything it sometimes makes my allergy symptoms more annoying because of side effects like dry eyes.

I have mast cell activation syndrome and alopecia areata. I no longer sneeze for 30 minutes straight when I wake up thanks to adderall. My hair does not fall out leaving bald spots anymore. I do have an increase in itchy hives on my legs and arms at random times but that’s about it. Don’t have an upset tummy nearly as much.

Amphetamine is a very effective decongestant, and it can prevent some types of headaches. It helps me with colds and allergies like nothing else.

The past month or so I've had a cough. It's finally getting better and it's almost completely gone, so no worries. However around half way through this time period of having my cough, I started taking my adderall again. I'd take it around noon and by midnight it would start wearing off. In the morning before I took it I'd be coughing constantly, through the time i was on adderall, though, I'd be almost cough free. 12 hours strikes, cough comes back and probably worse then before because of the extra feelings of awfulness from the come down. But I had a few days where I didn't take the adderall again and the cough was awful all day. So adderall is certainly some sort of cough suppressant, or more likely, just removes the feeling of sickness because of the euphoric experience given by adderall.

I took adderall once when I had the flu and it basically made me feel almost healthy. It probably prolonged the illness though so I wouldn't recommend it.

I’ve been noticing this too! My allergies are always the worst this time of year, and I mean like I can’t even function due to my constant sneezing and eyes swollen shut typa beat. But this is my first year on adderall and I’ve barely noticed anything! If anything - my allergies have kinda manifesting as more of a scratchy throat that makes me have those “choking on ur own spit” typa cough attacks but other than that, almost nothing!

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Idk why but adderall helps with my allergy induced asthma.

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