Stimulants Adderall- How Many 'Breaks' Does It Take to Limit Tolerance Increases?

[Asparagus_Prince]

I know there is no perfect answer and that everyone is different. I just want to hear people's spitball guesses or personal experiences. I suppose the same question could be asked about a variety of other drugs, too.

What is the minimum amount of "breaks" you think it would take to maintain the same dose long-term?

From a weekly perspective I am wondering if 4 use days and 3 off days might be enough.

5 use days, 2 off days?
2 use days, 5 off days?

If I'm right that 4/3 would work, do you think the 3 off days would be better all clumped together back to back to back? Or more evenly spread around?

I tend to think the 3 days in a row might be better because that's closer to a detox and getting the Adderall close to entirely out of my system. Single days here and there will never do that, but then again the single-day approach sorta feels right too.

 

[n3ophy7e]

Hi @Asparagus_Prince I don't know much about Adderall's half-life etc so I can't really answer your question, but if I was you I would probably go 4 days on, 3 days in a row off, OR use every alternate day, e.g. Monday on, Tuesday off, Wednesday on, Thursday off etc etc.

Perhaps others will chime in and have better advice

 

[VerbalTruist]

I think that if you want ot keep your tolerance low you with any upper there are two courses you can follow... Take it as prescribed (lame, I know, but practical) OR a solid week between doses.

 

[Asparagus_Prince]

I think that if you want ot keep your tolerance low you with any upper there are two courses you can follow... Take it as prescribed (lame, I know, but practical) OR a solid week between doses.

Thanks.

Taking it as prescribed, according to what the bottle says, would mean taking it every day. But my doctor knows I try to give myself breaks every now and then and supports that.

Next week I think I'm going to try taking it 4 days per week and having 3 days off. It'll probably look something like: ON, off, off, ON, ON, off, ON. We'll see how it goes. I might also experiment with something along the lines of your suggestion. Not 100% sure yet.

 

[neversickanymore]

My take is two weeks at high use followed by a week at restrained use followed by a week of no use. This take is only applicable to tolerance and does not reflect other important health issues.

 

[VerbalTruist]

Thanks.

Taking it as prescribed, according to what the bottle says, would mean taking it every day. But my doctor knows I try to give myself breaks every now and then and supports that.

Next week I think I'm going to try taking it 4 days per week and having 3 days off. It'll probably look something like: ON, off, off, ON, ON, off, ON. We'll see how it goes. I might also experiment with something along the lines of your suggestion. Not 100% sure yet.

When I was prescribed Adderall I would Take it the 3 days of the week I had classes and 1 day on the weekend. Usually was similar to the schedule you have posted. If you can go on off on off on off... That's better for efficacy. IMO.

 

[neversickanymore]

Do you guys feel that a day based cycle will give the system enough time to reset properly?

 

[VerbalTruist]

I think that the crew over in OD might be able to give you more indepth and thoughtful responses. I'm going to send it there.