Stimulants Those who dose ritalin, what's your program? Appropriate single dose of IR?

[JohnBoy2000]

Dosing website mention 60 mg per day is the max dose, typically in divided doses.

So is 20 at a time usual?

Currently less than 40 mg in one dose seems inadequate for effect in my case.

Also considering side effects, are there concerns with long term use at this dose?

Resetting DA receptors, the reward system?

 

[Cheradenine]

Obviously this is individual. Desired and undesired effects may or may not depend on tolerance. Personally, after a few months of regular use, I found that undesirable side effects such as cardiovascular effects increased, also for lower doses, while desirable effects most of the times disappeared for any doses that I could handle. So bottom line: Listen to your body (this includes checking your BP) and use common sense. Any dose high enough to give a high will probably build dopaminergic tolerance with long term use.

 

[JohnBoy2000]

Obviously this is individual. Desired and undesired effects may or may not depend on tolerance. Personally, after a few months of regular use, I found that undesirable side effects such as cardiovascular effects increased, also for lower doses, while desirable effects most of the times disappeared for any doses that I could handle. So bottom line: Listen to your body (this includes checking your BP) and use common sense. Any dose high enough to give a high will probably build dopaminergic tolerance with long term use.

Speaking in mg's though, what are typical doses?

 

[awitha_teetha]

Speaking in mg's though, what are typical doses?

I take 20mg every morning of extended release and an additional 5mg in the afternoon if I'm doing something that needs my focus. I'm in college so when I have night classes or an exam in the afternoon I'll take my afternoon dose. For reference I have ADHD combined type and I only started taking stimulants 3 years ago when I was finally diagnosed with ADHD.

 

[awitha_teetha]

Speaking in mg's though, what are typical doses?

Usually people start at 10, then can go to 20 and so on until 40. I don't know if they make 30mg tablets or 40mg tablets or if people take multiple tablets. I know the max they'll put people on is 40 although I really wouldn't recommend that for anybody. I've seen what 40mg does to people and it seems to do more harm than actual good. Just seems to make people manic. It has a diminishing return the more you take. Yes if you do 40+mg of the stuff you'll probably get high from it but it will probably be less effective in keeping you productive. It's more functional at a lower dose. I also noticed my other ADHD symptoms are often dulled by methylphenidate. Like I'm much less impulsive or dopamine searching but when I take a higher recreational dose it increases my impulsive behavior. Your tolerance will also build very quickly with methylphenidate which is another reason why I wouldn't recommend taking a high dose. From your post it seems like you're probably not being prescribed methylphenidate, maybe if you're using counterfeit pills you need a higher dose compared to the pharmaceutical idk let us know

 

[Cheradenine]

Speaking in mg's though, what are typical doses?

I was prescribed up to 40 mg and started with 20. Both XR. So those are typically mg values.

 

[JohnBoy2000]

Usually people start at 10, then can go to 20 and so on until 40. I don't know if they make 30mg tablets or 40mg tablets or if people take multiple tablets. I know the max they'll put people on is 40 although I really wouldn't recommend that for anybody. I've seen what 40mg does to people and it seems to do more harm than actual good. Just seems to make people manic. It has a diminishing return the more you take. Yes if you do 40+mg of the stuff you'll probably get high from it but it will probably be less effective in keeping you productive. It's more functional at a lower dose. I also noticed my other ADHD symptoms are often dulled by methylphenidate. Like I'm much less impulsive or dopamine searching but when I take a higher recreational dose it increases my impulsive behavior. Your tolerance will also build very quickly with methylphenidate which is another reason why I wouldn't recommend taking a high dose. From your post it seems like you're probably not being prescribed methylphenidate, maybe if you're using counterfeit pills you need a higher dose compared to the pharmaceutical idk let us know

No I'm being prescribed it, 20 mg twice a day.

I just end up toughing out the early part of the day and dosing 40 mg in the afternoon.

However I'd only dose it every 2nd day at most.