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Q: Adderall Question & Experience (recently Pescribed to It
asked by: JamesHa on November 12th, 2005
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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
replied on November 18th, 2005
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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
replied on November 18th, 2005
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Adderal Heart Race
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
replied on November 18th, 2005
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Help
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
replied on December 11th, 2005
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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
replied on December 27th, 2005
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When to Much, Is Not Enough!
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
replied on March 4th, 2008
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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
replied on September 29th, 2008
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getting off adderall
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?
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