1. What ratios do people use when combining adderall and xanax?
2. Are there any health risks with this combination (assuming dose is moderated)?
3. How long does Xanax last? Should I break up my Xanax dose over the course of the day?
4. Are there any health risks with consuming 1mg of Xanax per day, indefinitely?
5. Are there any health risks with consuming 10mg of Adderall per day, indefinitely?
6. Should I have day or two per week off to reset tolerance, or whatever?
I'm not going to reconsider my use (of Adderall), because it is a drug that I don't abuse and I never have... Taking it makes my daily life undeniably better. I was sceptical about this at first, so I've monitored myself over about a year, with and without Adderall. I've also done this (over many years) with all sorts of drugs and have always failed to convince myself that consuming them is good for me. Alcohol does not improve my life and neither does marijuana. But, Adderall is a godsend. I've never had more than 25 mg in a day (I had this dose once, working a 16 hour day of hard labour while looking after a newborn baby, and it was too much). I have rarely ever consumed 20 mg in a day. Maybe a dozen times over 30 months.
It improves my relationship with my wife and my daughter (and all those other less significant people in my life). I come out of my shell, more when I have Adderall. I am confident. Memory is at least 10 times faster, so conversation is much more fluent and enjoyable. I do - at least - three times as much work around the house and the garrden... and I don't spend half the day riddled with anxiety... Also, it massively improves my sex life.
I'm renovating my house and my garden. I'm building a massive - 20 Square Meter - vegetable garden. I'm building a chicken coop. I'm painting. I'm ripping up carpet. I'm sanding walls. I'm filling gaps. I'm dismantling and rebuilding the interior of the garage. Also, I have two jobs and a two month old baby.
So - you see - I can't reconsider my use.
I'm not tweaking really hard, I'm just a naturally anxious person and amphetamines exaggerate my anxiety. Also I have some (non psychological) medical conditions. I'd rather not go into them, but I can tell you they that are proportionally symptomatica to my anxiety levels... So, it's a bit of a conundrum.
You said you could tell me what your balanced ratio is... Please do... It's not going to match my exact circumstances but if I get enough feedback from people about their preferred ratios, it might help me find my own.
I'm also curious about whether or not it is better to break the daily xanax dose up into micro-doses. I don't want to break the adderall up because of what I read about the consequences of micro dosing amphetamines. And, also, if I have any amphetamines after abut 10 am, I'm not going to struggle to get to sleep by midnight... So if anyone that has any experience micro-dosing xanax to alleviate the anxiety produced from adderall, I'd by hugely appreciative to receive their advice/recommendations.
I'm not going to go out and replicate somebody else's ratio / routine without taking into account tolerance. So, please indicate how long you've been consuming them - both separately and in combination.
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I'm up to 15mg of Adderall today and 2mg of Xanax. The effect (so far) is kind of opiate like, but it's a blanker/emptier experience. I feel kind of like I'm in a trance. Perhaps the 10:1 ratio Mr.Deeds mentioned is ideal. If I bump it up to 20mg of dexamfetamine today, I'll hit that ratio so it should give me a good idea. But, I don't want to get into the habit of taking 20mg of adderall a day so I might adjust it to 10mg adderall / 1 mg Xanax tomorrow.
By chance, does anyone happen to have experience with this daily dose (10mg adderal + 1mg Xanax)?
Also: how long does Xanax last in comparison to Adderal? Will one of them outlast the other?
I will also be consuming a small amount of alcohol and marijuana.
Ideally, I'd like to find a ratio for all four.
P.S. Thanks so much for anyone who takes the time to respond... I've been a drug addict for a long time and I'm trying to switch to moderate healthy use rather than quitting everything, which doesn't work for me long term (I end up just relapsing)... I have had some success moderating alcohol, recently, and that's motivated me to believe that I can moderate my consumption of everything... I'm almost 40 years old now and I'm a father. I don't like extreme intoxication anymore. Don't want to be drunk or stoned and I don't want to trip out or get super tweaked. My tripping days are well and truly behind me... I need to find a balance of tipsy / buzzed / chill & focused. Living life completely sober - after emerging form an epic drug binge that spanned two decades - isn't realistic for me.. Hopefully moderation is a stepping stone towards sobriety, because - one day - I'd like to be okay without having to self-medicate on an ongoing basis. I've made a lot of progress already, from the degenerate addict I once was...