sadcollegestudent
Greenlighter
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- Jan 6, 2016
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Around August, I was prescribed 10mg of Adderall IR daily and it worked well, but then I realized I needed it to last longer because I'm in class all day, so I started taking 15mg or 20mg, not at once but throughout I guess. And I went back to the doctor's and told him that the dose wasn't doing anything for me, so he gave me 20mg IR, and I would take my 20mg, and sometimes I'd throw in a 10mg, and then a 5mg about 5 hours before bed. And I go back after that for another follow up, and I tell him that I'd like XRs because the IRs aren't lasting long enough, so he gives me 20mg XRs and it was okay for a while, until I started to pour anywhere from 3-6mg into the other capsule to get more of a boost? And if that wasn't working, I'd just take another one. The most I've ever taken in a day was probably 40mg, so two of my 20mg capsules, but during that time I was also sleep deprived because college classes and all..., so I'm guessing that I needed more for the same effects because after a certain point it was only keeping me awake and not stimulated.
So now, I'm back to my 20mg, but I'll still pour about 3-5mg into the pill I'm going to take and take it for a little more boost or euphoria, I guess? For me, that feeling of happiness is usually associated with motivation and getting things done because I also suffer from depression, but I'm not on any anti-depressants at the moment.
But I'm worried that my tolerance is going up really fast or something; I don't exactly want to increase my dose or change the medication. It works really well for me, but sometimes I'm just not feeling the effects of attentiveness? Should I be worried? What can I do to decrease my tolerance or fix whatever's going on in my brain? I do try to take breaks on occasion, except I still feel less on 20mg than I do with 23-26mg, but I still feel it, just very minimally.
So now, I'm back to my 20mg, but I'll still pour about 3-5mg into the pill I'm going to take and take it for a little more boost or euphoria, I guess? For me, that feeling of happiness is usually associated with motivation and getting things done because I also suffer from depression, but I'm not on any anti-depressants at the moment.
But I'm worried that my tolerance is going up really fast or something; I don't exactly want to increase my dose or change the medication. It works really well for me, but sometimes I'm just not feeling the effects of attentiveness? Should I be worried? What can I do to decrease my tolerance or fix whatever's going on in my brain? I do try to take breaks on occasion, except I still feel less on 20mg than I do with 23-26mg, but I still feel it, just very minimally.