Adderall Question & Experience (recently Pescribed to It Posted: 11-12-05 00:34am
I've made decent grades all the way to 6th
grade.. But year after year i've started
to slip and made some c's and low
b's(which I consider bad expecially since
I was also cheating a copying work off my
friends) but later on I started to notice
that I can never stop daydreaming.. No
mater what even when I try to pay
attention my mind easily gets distracted
on somthing else and I start thinking
about a million other things that I
shouln't be even worrying about.. One day
I was talking to my friend and while he
was talking to me I looked away and I
guess I started to pay attention to
something else and he tryed getting my
attention and asked, "do you have add or
something?" I never even heard of add
until he mention it too me but I went on
another year not really caring about it.
Last year I finally got fed up with it and
friends and family always saying i'm so
lazy and I don't try. Finals was coming
up and I couldn't study. I knew a friend
who took adderall even though he didn't
need them, at that time I really wanted to
take it to help me study i've never once
thought of taking them just to get high
and I still don't but finally I got a hold
of some. He said they were 50mg and I
took one. At first I didn't feel anything
and really I wasn't even expecting it
would actaully do anything but an hour
later the sides of my head had a slight
tingling and I started acting wierd.. I
wasn't pay attention right at first but
more confused of the wierd feeling. The
bell rang and I started walking to my next
period. During that period the teacher
handed out a worksheet which usually I
would just look at it for awile or work
the first few problems and quit but with
the adderall in me I was flipping through
pages doing my own work! I noticed that
with adderall I become more socialble, I
started having conversation with people I
barely even talked too. I also noticed
that my heart was beating fast. The rest
of the day at school I just felt so happy,
happy that I accomplished all the school
work and pay attentioned and happy because
I guess the adderall was making me feel
that way. When time came for me to go to
bed I layed down and so many thoughts were
rushing through my head and my heart was
still beating kind of fast so I couln't
sleep at all that night. Throuout the
night I was tossing in turning but no
matter what I couldn't fall asleep. I
could feel my heart pounding and thoughts
were still rushing through my head.. It
was a horrible night.
And thats how my first expierence with
adderall went.
Later on through that school year I think
i've taken 3 more adderal pills for
finals. Even though it gave me happy
feelings at some times i've never once
felt addicted to it and only wanted more
so I could prepare for finals not to be
happy or get high(which I don't see how
people say they can get high off adderal?
People say they twitch and talk all fast
but i've never experienced twitching or
anything)
this year I finally decided to talk my dad
into getting prescribed adderall.. And I
got it about 2 days ago.. The doctor gave
me adderall xr(15mg) I take one in the
morning after breakfast.. The effects of
it was not as strong as the one my friend
gave me but it did the job and helped me
focus and pay attention in class. For
some reason these pills didn't give me a
happy feeling.. Just more of a "i dont
care" feeling but it still made more
sociable.. I even think its actaully
making me feel a lil depressed but it
could also be the headaches that ive had
this year(which is in another thread I
posted on in the headache and migraine
section) anyways sorry for the long post
but I just kinda wanted to share my
experiences with it andi have some
questions.
If I end up having to use adderall for
awile will it eventually wear off and I
have to increase my dosage? I'm worried
about that because i'm afraid I might get
addicted and depended on it in the
future.
I've been having fast heart beat, I
searched it on google and saw that it was
on rare symptoms so im guessing this isn't
a good or normal symptom.
I'm sorry for my spelling and grammar.
English was not my best subject lol
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DivineIntervention
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 30 Location: Remote cave in Iraq
Posted: 11-18-05 09:30am
You will eventually build a tolerance to
it. In the future if you continue to
take it you will have to take more for it
to be effective. Adderall is a highly
addictive drug, while I can not tell you
if you will become dependant upon it or
anything. However I can say the longer
you take it you will increase the already
high potential of dependancy.
Just think about the word dependant, if
you are depending on this drug to
concentrate you are a dependant on it.
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Dinasaur01
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Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 6
Adderal Heart Race Posted: 11-18-05 22:52pm
I started taking adderal about 3 weeks
ago. My doctor started me on 5mg and had
me progress in the amount I was taking
until it was up to 3 pills (depending on
how effective it was on me) she said take
a half pill more each day but stop if I
get a headache, sick to my stomach or
racing heart, because that means I am
taking too much and I need to progress
slower. Now I don't know how trustworthy
my doctors word is because she is always
looking things up in her little book, but
it could be right. Even when I take a
smaller dose though, I notice my heart
doesn't pump faster but harder and more
noticable. She gave me the xr a week
later and that was 25mg and I had no
effect on it. It gave me the same effect
a placebo would, so I switched back to the
short acting but 10mg so I would take less
pills at a time (1 and a half instead of
3) it also wore off around the same time
school ended, so I went on the rest of the
day as normal in time to sleep.
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skaterguy9989
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Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 1
Help Posted: 11-18-05 23:20pm
I'v been taking adderall since last may,
and now my girl friend knows about it. I
tried to quit for her but I couldn't take
the withdrawls. And now I told her that I
took more and I really need help on
quitting. Please help me.
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JamesHa
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Joined: 10 Sep 2005 Posts: 10 Location: Houston
Posted: 12-11-05 10:52am
Dinasaur01.. I've noticed too that my
heart doesen't seem to be beating fast and
really hard.. And so far I feel no
withdrawal symptoms.. I can go on with my
weekend completely fine without it.. I
guess it's because when i'm on adderall,
im not happy at all, I get headaches, hard
heart beat, and it just makes me crappy..
Anyways ive been taking it for 3 weeks now
and they have worn off.. Im taking 15mg
aderrall xr.. I hope really really don't
wanna up my dosage but christmas break is
coming up and if I go through the whole
break withought adderall and come back on
it will the effects come back to normal?
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waterlily03
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Joined: 26 Dec 2005 Posts: 2 Location: the South
When to Much, Is Not Enough! Posted: 12-27-05 20:55pm
I am prescribed adderall 20mgs 2 times a
day. I have been on it for around 2
years. The first 6 months were fabulous.
I was taking it as precribed and
regulary, I could concentrate better, I
felt great, I was energized and happy,
especially when I took the morning pill,
it gave me a euphoric feeling. The only
negative thing about it at that time was
increased my smoking. I use to smoke
10-15 cigerattes aday but when I took the
adderall I was smoking alomost 2 packs.
But then the adderall started taking a
negative toll on me. I could never seem
to get the energized, organized, happy,
everything is wonderful feeling anymore, I
had built a tolerance, so instead of
taking 1 in the morning and 1 in the
afternoon, I would take 1 1/2 in the
morning 1 around noon and another 1/2
around 2 or 3 and another 1 around 4or 5.
Then I would crash. So because I was
taking so many more than the recommended
dose I was prescribed I ran out early, and
since it is a controlled substance my doc
wont fill it early, so the withdrawls I
went through were the worst hell I have
ever felt. I literally slept for 3 days,
then when I would get up I would eat so
much I felt sick and go back to sleep, I
felt depressed, angry, confused, and had
an unbearable craving for the drug. Now
after taking it for 2 years I am still
battling it. I am addicted severly. To
much adderall is not enough for me. I
cant bare the withdrawls so I substitute
didrex ritalin whatever I can find until
it is time for my script to be refilled.
Sometimes when I pop 2 or3 adderall it
doesnt affect me so I will snort one. I
am constantly irritable and aggitated. My
relationship with my husband is getting
worse. I dont want to be touched by
anyone especially him, I have no interest
in sex anymore. I am spastic and
confused most of the time. I feel like
my brain is rotting away, but I am so
addicted that I dont care, I cant stop
taking it. I have no self control. I
am totally messed up. I wish I never
knew what adderall was. I have an
addictive personality anyways so I was
likely to abuse it, but I told myself I
would not and I would always take it like
I am suppose to but it didnt happen. It
has lead me through a dark secret life,
filed with lies and hiding pills and
constantly looking for ways to find more.
If you are a strong person and take
adderall correctly then this wont happen
to you. But I am weak, and the adderall
has complete control of me. You should
always be in control of your med it
shouldnt control you. I have realized
that my situation is out of control, so I
am looking for help online and trying to
find local groups I can attend and
hopefully they will convince me that I
must stop! I already know I need to stop
and I am addicted and it is a major
problem but I cant stop right now....
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mindash
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Joined: 04 Mar 2008 Posts: 9
Posted: 03-04-08 23:30pm
to waterlily03
im sorry to hear of your plight and dont
have much advice to offer because theres
really only 2 things i can reccomend,
learn to both Love and Respect yourself
above all others.
i've been through painkiller addiction as
well as a severe xanax addiction and for
me adderall withdrawl is rather pleasant
compared to others i've been through but i
can see why it can also be difficult for
some to stop. (personally any withdrawl
that actually helps me sleep is a plus in
my book, painkiller withdrawl feels like
your body has a million paper cuts
covering it and even if exhausted you cant
sleep sometimes for 4 days, xanax
withdrawl on the other hand is hell within
hell. other than alcohol i believe its one
of the only other withdrawls that can be
fatal farily easily so you may never wish
to build any sort of addictions to those
kind of things or your in for a very very
very rough time. the only other advise i
can offer is enroll in a martial arts
class that has an above average focus on
self dicipline
as for myself and adderall, i've been
taking it for 8 months now about and
cannot take it on a daily basis because i
develop a tolerance that instead of days
or weeks takes only a few hours. yesterday
alone i took about 200mg and that was just
so i could function. but come the weekend
ill end up doing another cold turkey detox
as i do every week since adderall only
takes 3 days to leave the system. im sure
ill sleep for 15-20 hours strait the first
night off of it tho.
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katjac
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Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 1
getting off adderall Posted: 09-29-08 18:15pm
how long does it take for adderall to get
out of your system. i am waiting to go
into rehab for substance and alcohol
addiction but cannot go in until i test
clean. how many days does it take to have
a clean urine test after stopping
adderall?
