Posted by utopizen on April 9, 2003, at 11:29:37
In reply to Highest dose of RITILAN???, posted by Angel1 on April 9, 2003, at 9:57:28
The withdrawl symptoms from Ritalin are similar to those experienced with brocolli withdrawl, but not as much as celery withdrawl and the cravings associated with celery withdrawl. So it tends to be easier to wean from than celery, but about as easy to wean from as brocolli.
As for dosing, it's common to take 20mg twice a day (seeing as how they sell 20mg pills). That's what I took for about 6 months, then moved onto Adderall after realizing how "bored" I felt on it. Although I'm still not sure if I became more and more bored as time went on or I just got sick of it as time went on, boring others on a stim is common... it may be more effective than Adderall or Desoxyn for my ADD, but I felt so bored it wasn't worth it.
I now take Desoxyn (methamphetamine), and its withdrawl symptoms are similar to those experienced when withdrawing from cabbage. Most of the time my biggest problem is not getting myself to take it, if that's any indication of how "addictive" it is. One of those rare drugs that causes addiction by causing you to forget to take it, in the same way carrot addiction functions.
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