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Coming off Adderall

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I know I'm not an addict, but I'm in my own state of recovery and thought maybe more experienced users could give me some help. I tried adderall for the first time 2 days ago. I only took 30 mg of the stuff, but used some weed right afterwards. I had the worst hallucinations. My left hand started to go numb in a few of the fingers, but that came and went like every 15 minutes. My heart beat extremely fast. This was on Tuesday and now it's Thursday.

I'm still feeling extremely anxious, depressed, and panicky. That feeling in my hands still comes and goes every once in awhile and I can feel my changes in blood pressure still. I'm not use to side effects for any chemical lasting for up to 2 days and my mind is making it worse.

I'm not sure what to do. Should I go to the hospital or am I just being paranoid? Are these symptoms normal for coming off of something. I know I didn't take very much so I couldn't of done too much damage, but at the same time i feel like I did.

Also is their anything i can do to improve my circulation and help regulate my blood pressure?

Thanks
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replied May 2nd, 2008
Now it's Friday.

The numbness and tinglyness has subsided, and my heart rate seems normal. Despite this my chest feels weird as does left arm. I'm also extremely anxious and depressed still. I'm also very tired.

Any advice? I think I'm freaking myself out here.
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replied May 14th, 2008
Extremely eHealthy
Take a deep breath
You have made it though two days. Take this one day at a time OK. Say for today I am not going to take one. And so one.
You are coming off one of the most heaviest used drugs in the U.S. and abroad next to crack. It may take rehab for you to make it through this. Your going to need some help and guidence, I do know that much. This is going to be one of the biggest positive moves you have made in your life. I wish you all the luck and I will be thinking about you.

Please up-date........
Carrie
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replied May 18th, 2008
You will be fine if you did 30mgs. Some people are perscribed to more than that. Few years ago I was 130lbs and was perscribed to 1 20mg pill a day. Most people take more than that.

But once I was stupid and drunk and took 210mgs of adderal xr up my noes!!! I dont know if thats a deadly dose or not im geusing it might be since my perscription was 1 20mg pill oraly. I tole my self I would never do drugs again after doing the adderal. I held that promis to my self for 2 years up till yesterday doing somthing like vicoden and im now scared again. But any ways I felt like i was king of the world and was runnign threw the woods and was going to smash house windows but didnt cause I thought a cop was chasing me. Then the sun was out and it was like 7am and im at this game farm running around trying to steel the chickens. All seemed good till I started coming down from it around 12pm noon. I stayed up 2 days. When I was coming down I was shaking un controably and my muscles where like all tight. My chest hurt and hart was racing. Hands felt tingly. I could bairly talk I kept studdering and could not think. I kept draging the tips of my toes when I walked. I kept halusinating. I was laying on my bed watching flys fly out of the tv and thought some one kept peaking in my room. It was kind of hard to go pee. One time when I was walking up to my bed to lay back down I halusinated and the bed dropped 2ft below my hand. After that and after going to bed the next night it was hard to sleep cause of the adderal and cause I was worried I was going to die. Woke up the next day went to school. Tripped on mytoes afew times. Felt like a zomby and had trouble talking to the teacher. She asked me whats wrong and i said nothing. I had dark black around my eyes. I didnt feel back to normal for close to 2 weeks. I planed to litteraly kill my self cause I thought I was going to be that way for ever after looking up adderal at school and seeing that some affects can last up to 3 years of for life!
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