Posted by mindreseacher on September 19, 2004, at 1:31:55
In reply to Re: Depression-induced Adderall burnout » Mindreseacher, posted by jlbl2l on September 17, 2004, at 10:17:27
Hi guys, i really thank you fo rcaring. SOme people just say rude stuff, and i hate that. THis forum is great for infomation and has helped me.
ANyway, i was checking out a specific add forum and i found a bunch of persons who were taking up to 90mg. Actually, the one person, who seemed very smart at add and meds, told me that, im not addicted more so, that because of my ADD, it may be very severe and when the adderall wears off, the sypmtoms start to reappear and the problem is more so dopamine or NE. Now if i was taking like 60-90 all at once, then there may be a problem. But if you think about it, if im up for 16-18 hrs, and take 30mg which peak blood levels are between 3-5 i just found out, that is basically 15 hrs. So, by the time the adderall is wearing off, i take another dose, and it wont over lap the full effect. Now i did one time take 30mg of adderall and 30mg of ritalin, and i became very shaky and panicy. I quickly had to take 1.5mg of klonopin. After about 1 hrs, i actually feel asleep, but this was 2 months ago, so i know not to take more than 30.WHat im going to do is ask my doc for a med like welbutrin, which may potentiate it a bit. Welbutrin is not that strong dopamine wise, and at a lower dose, it should work fine. Welbutrin is the only FDA med i know of that is close to dopamine reuptake. Besides mayo's or other meds that are not really marketed like bromocriptine.
TOday, i actually got up at 12 noon, took 30mg of adderall. 5mp i took another 30mg. Now i do not feel this anymore but i know its working because im still doing things, concentrating.
To be straight, I think that first few days feeling, which is semi euphoric or at least you feel really good, wears off, so a user would get disappointed and think the med is not working.
Well usuallly my doctors appointment is once a month , like on the 5th. So i try and like cut down to just 30 a day 2x just for 5 days to get some tolerance back, if i stop cold, im in bed for 5 days.
geno
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