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Adderall Overdose
have you ever used adderall as a recreational high or to study?
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I'm almost 17 and weigh around 120 about 5'7, i've been using adderall for a little more than a year off and on but lately adderal has just been so prevelent. A couple weeks ago I bought a bottle of 60 20mg xr capsules for dirt cheap. So over a week or two i've used some for personal use (mainly just for school I have trouble focusing, but can't get tested for add cause of my abuse history) and also getting my friends hyped up, atleast half, and the other half i've been distributing. So the other day I was running low had about 4 20mg left, and out of the blue a girl who I had prev. Gotten adderal from before tells me she has 15 30mgxr cap. With her I can never turn anything down so I obtain these cap. For an extremely low price.

So for the past two weeks i've probably had at least 40 mgs a day which I think isnt bad b/c prev. I would take atleast 80 mgs a day for a week until I finished a bottle of 50. I don't think that i'm addicted to it because this weekend I had about 240mgs with me and I just chose not to so I know I can control.

This morning I had a standardized test to take and I thought it would be a decent idea to get pretty hyped up for the test so I decided to take 80mg xr (2 30mg and 1 20mg) so I emptied all three capsules into a piece of paper and grabbed a sip of water and then dumped the xr beads into my mouth, then I crunched up the tiny beads and when I thought it was all crushed I swallowed. Usually I would take a pepcid complete in the morning to speed up the breaking up of the chemical, it would hit me in about a half hour or less. This morning I didn't and I was wondering if the 80mg would even effect me so more than an hour later I started to feel the stimulant. I became more focused, I felt the visual/headbuzz kind of feeling, fast heartbeat (which was normal for me, even the light palpatations) so while I was taking this test I kept becoming more affected by the drug. I was focused on the test but my heart was going crazy, it was a different kind of beat.

I'm also becoming extremely cold at this point, I am wearing short sleeves but its room temperature. I start getting chilled, and goosebumps are all over my arms. I try to ignore the cold, but I reach in my pocket to pull out my cell phone and I hear my name being called. The voice sounded like my teacher but i'm well aware he didn't call my name. So I do realize that I am having auditory hallucinations at this point, which doesn't bother in the least because I know why im halllucinating. I've also been up for atleast 3 days at once so i'm accustomed to vivid hallucinations. Then I start noticing bugs flying around the room and what looks like mice crawling around, but of course im just hallucinating. So I ignore the creatures and just finish the test, it turns out that I was last to finish but I dont think that it was because I was messed up I was just taking my time and double checking everything. Im actually feeling very confident about the results.

Around 11:30 my heart rate is still up and popping out of my chest (big palpitations). Then there was a sharp jabbing pain in my chest (different from the palpitations) , my legs start to turn cold and feel like they’re falling asleep. My hands start becoming clammy and get a light red color. I leave class to go get a sweatshirt from my locker and check myself out in the bathroom. The sweatshirt is comfortably warm and my eyes are extremely red. I look at my eyes and one eyes pupil is completely dilated with barely any color, the other is normal size then my arms start itching like there wash a rash on them. So I decided to ignore the itch, my skin turns blotchy red and then like 10 mins later its gone. The sharp pains in my chest continue. Pulse feels weaker than before not able to accurately measure this.

By 1 o’clock I feel normal except for a head buzz. Around 2:15 I felt exhausted ridiculously tired, confused, detached from what was going on in school. 2:45 the comedown is over just tired and not my normal self. My hands are really sweaty and my mind has almost stopped racing my chest still feels a little on edge and my legs are still cold and a little numb.

Well I would have to say that that was the hardest “trip” i’ve had it was worse than a bad ‘shroom trip. I would recommend not to ever use adderal unless prescribed. I’m pretty sure that I have done some extensive damage to my heart and also my central nervous system.

This is you first hand experience right here.

If you read this good for you this was made to let me vent a little bit and also to let you know this is not something to mess around with.

The amount of physical pain during this trip was almost unbearable and I can handle pain quite well.

Thanks for listening,
kword
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JazzyNRG
replied May 13th, 2006
Small Amounts?
I have been prescribed adderall for add. I ask the Dr. For the smallest dose and take one or two 5mg pills a day. Even at this dose I do feel the racing heart and my blood pressure has gone up. But when I take a day or two off - I am so tired all day that I can hardly move. Is this a typical reaction? How long would it go on?
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gordonz
replied May 15th, 2006
Hey kword,

i had lots of experience with dexedrine, which is about the same as adderall except it's a better buzz (less edge, more calm), and it's slightly easier on your heart.

I used to take dexedrine 20mg a day for up to two weeks, with only about two hours of sleep every night, and then quit and wait a month. Unlike you I didn't use it to study, I used it to help me write.. But mostly because the buzz/high I got was incredible. And I couldn't quit.

So I became an addict.

In short I did get all your symptoms.. But only when I was deep into the addiction (6 months of going on runs!!) obviously it's very bad for your heart, and whether or not you're prescribed it, the stuff is still speed (amphetamines.) speed is addictive, because it makes you feel you can do anything, and enhances your cognitive abilites in many ways.

I even had times when I was so addicted to the stuff (couldn't give up the buzz for my life!!), where my heart would hurt, beat really fast, and I would have trouble breathing!

The fact that i'm still alive (there were many times where this stuff could have killed me) proves that whatever damage you did to your heart is probably not extensive. Because I went through your symptoms about 30 times or more. I was unwilling to quit, and that's what happens.

I think you experienced "overdose" symptoms, however, not because of abuse or addiction (mine were caused by addiction/abuse.)

you just foolishly doubled your dosage.. Speed is not a drug you can do that with. The only way to use speed for any reason (to get a buzz, to do work, to stay up for days on end) is to use the lowest effective dose. If you lose some of the good effects after using the same dose for a long time, you can try adding an extra 5-10mg here and there. And see how that works. If it works well, you might have a body that can handle it--johnny cash used to take 20 dexedrine pills a day, and 20 sleeping pills every night. It's a matter of tolerance--and only if you have a strong cardio/heart. I don't have a strong heart, that's why dexedrine ruined my health.

Give your heart time to "repair" after this "episode", and if you use adderall during this period, keep it low. I would say no more than 20mg a day. That's really all you need, anyway.

40mg of adderall (if crushed up, and taken all at once) is equal to at least one good hit of crystal meth. And doctors prescribe this stuff!

Speed is dangerous.. But not if you're careful and if you can quit before it ruins your health. My health is ruined permanently because of foolishness and self-loathing. Don't make my mistake.

Hope this helps!
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BAHAW
replied February 3rd, 2009
Cutting It Close With Adderall
I was 18, 6'1" about 165lbs at the time and Id taken up to 150mgs at once numerous times and it would get me going with little to no bad effects or pain. The only time I ever had a bad experience me and my friend Had been Drinking JD, each popped 3 Yellow Naked Ladies and one of my other friends at the party we were at had a bag full of the 30mgs and he gave us 8 or 9 a piece and told us to make em last because he didnt have many left. The problem was that we were so messed up from the Naked Ladies and the Jack we just popped all the Adderall at once and didnt even realize what that meant until right after. A good 30 minutes to an hour Later My Chest Felt like like it was on fire and my heart felt like a 40lb baby kicking at the inside of my rib cage. luckily I have a Pretty High Drug Tolerance/Pain threshold So I was able to keep partying without being that uncomfortable and still had a great time(I knew I had definitely hit my red line and was cutting it close). I dunno how you hallucinated off em but that's pretty crazy.
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drew718
replied March 11th, 2009
dexadrine
anybody know where I can find some of that dexadrine? do they still make it? sounds good, I'd like to make the switch from adderall if Dexa's better for my heart!
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Wxt1515
replied November 21st, 2009
Adderall overdose
I fully believe the effects of amphetimines, Adderall specifically, after reading about the hallucinations you had and I can fully relate! I have been prescribed for about 2 years to adderall for about 2 years now. I used them religiously to study with and when a dose got too weak I called my psychiatrist and got my dose increased. I was doing okay with not taking too much at once. I used them in excess for tests but nothing like I did on this occassion I had been studying for 4 days straight for two humongous tests. It started with a rash that I was diagnosed as egzema. It then got worse that night when I still hadn't slept in three days and barely had eaten anything when I body just started feeling like it was swelling especially in my head. A few hours later I took a shower to try and relax before I went to try and sleep it off and suddenly my skin started to go crazy and I had the worst haluconation that there were worms in my skin and that when I was them with soap they came out of everywhere!! I even started pinching them out of my lips and tongue!! I was freaking out to the point I thought they were taking over my body. My friend came ad brought me to the ER and on the way there I was literally pushing the skin behind my head down because I thought they were trying to get into my brain!! When I got to the ER I was so convinced worms were taking over my body I got furious when they asked me if I was on ecstacy! My heartbeat when I got to the ER was 160!! Not to mention my lip was humongous from pinching so thought worms out for thirty minutes. After they but me to sleep let me calm down I woke up still thinking for awhile they were wrong!! After coming home and after sleeping and eating I realized there were no thought bugs anywhere!

I wanted to post this to make people aware even though you may not think this drug is dangerous if you use it to study this experience has taught mr otherwise!! This drug if taken too much of it in a limited period of time is just like speed and will take over your mind!! You never realize until something like this how powerful the mind really is!! So if you are prescribed or do use it please be careful with your limits because I would never want anybody to go through what I did that day!
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XxUNKNOWNxX
replied February 2nd, 2010
I've never heard of this befor till I went threw it
I've been up 3 days now, my arms are red and smell of an odor unlike anything else. I took my normal 4 10mg adderall's every 4 hours but tonight i stoped breathing well and my hands and arms are stiff, clammy, sore and look as if I'd cut myself 100 times but I've just been rubbing them all night. For some reason my heart has'nt slowed down, not even after 8 full hours of no pills and all fodd, etc.
This is my second time having this reaction and I've been on this stuff for roughly 5-6 years and I'm only 16, 5 8" 110lbs. I started abusing adderall when I was left to fend for my self. If you read this and you have had this happen to you let me in. I know I cant be the only one that fears the unknown, fears body mutasions caused by deadly drug use.
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XxUNKNOWNxX
replied February 2nd, 2010
Re: Adderall overdose
Wxt1515 wrote:
I fully believe the effects of amphetimines, Adderall specifically, after reading about the hallucinations you had and I can fully relate! I have been prescribed for about 2 years to adderall for about 2 years now. I used them religiously to study with and when a dose got too weak I called my psychiatrist and got my dose increased. I was doing okay with not taking too much at once. I used them in excess for tests but nothing like I did on this occassion I had been studying for 4 days straight for two humongous tests. It started with a rash that I was diagnosed as egzema. It then got worse that night when I still hadn't slept in three days and barely had eaten anything when I body just started feeling like it was swelling especially in my head. A few hours later I took a shower to try and relax before I went to try and sleep it off and suddenly my skin started to go crazy and I had the worst haluconation that there were worms in my skin and that when I was them with soap they came out of everywhere!! I even started pinching them out of my lips and tongue!! I was freaking out to the point I thought they were taking over my body. My friend came ad brought me to the ER and on the way there I was literally pushing the skin behind my head down because I thought they were trying to get into my brain!! When I got to the ER I was so convinced worms were taking over my body I got furious when they asked me if I was on ecstacy! My heartbeat when I got to the ER was 160!! Not to mention my lip was humongous from pinching so thought worms out for thirty minutes. After they but me to sleep let me calm down I woke up still thinking for awhile they were wrong!! After coming home and after sleeping and eating I realized there were no thought bugs anywhere!

I wanted to post this to make people aware even though you may not think this drug is dangerous if you use it to study this experience has taught mr otherwise!! This drug if taken too much of it in a limited period of time is just like speed and will take over your mind!! You never realize until something like this how powerful the mind really is!! So if you are prescribed or do use it please be careful with your limits because I would never want anybody to go through what I did that day!


You know nothing of hell. Some of us NEVER had a family and drugs were all we're worth to the world so stop your b.s propaganda and get a life!
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RedVortex
replied April 25th, 2010
Sleep before you take
Had the same experiance. Small bugs flying and mice crawling around. I was convinced I had telekinesis for about an hour too. I saw random faces in closet doors and such. From what i''ve heard since, this is born of a result of two things: mixing with sleeping medication (mostly ambian Lunesta), and continuing to take the medication for several days straight regardless of lack of sleep (which is ironically why you take the sleeping medication in the first place). I can honestly say that it was the scariest experiance of my life. Things just started coming alive and moving around. And i was shivering holding my legs up above the ground because there were hoardes of bugs crawling around. Needless to say, I do NOT need to have this experiance twice to properly regulate my adhd medication! This side effect is known as "temporary paranoid schizophrenia".
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vikings100001
replied May 4th, 2010
i will never do it again.
This happened to me today-I took 2 and a half 30''s and thought I was going to kick the bucket. I was hallucinating and paranoid. All I could think was either I was going to die or the people around me were going to have me committed. It was like coming down off of acid after a really bad trip. It was seriously hell. I would never recommend taking more than the prescribed dosage. Especially if you are prone to paranoia or anxiety as I am.....I am just praying I didn''t learn my lesson too late and have heart or liver damage that will haunt me in future years.
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bigbonghits
replied August 6th, 2010
ok people. adderall is the dumbest drug in the world. add is not a life threatening disorder so why take a drug that could screw up your life and cause u to have paranoid trips about bugs and mice and stuff. i mean come on... attention deficit disorder. so you cant pay attention in school so u gotta take amphetamines. boo hoo. if u would just focus on reality and not whats going on in your silly brain, school would probably just go along fine. stop taking/abusing prescription drugs. there bad for your body. think about it for a second. your putting toxins into your body. take vitamins.. minerals.. drink water.. get active. letting these drugs stimulate your mind is not fixing anything. its just giving you relief from a made up disorder. if u want to get high smoke some weed and relax. geez people u all sound like retards. i mean just be happy and u will have no problems.
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