can caffeine "perk you up" after adderall wears off?

[StaySedated]

hey, i am a regular adderall user, as i have adhd and i am perscribed it. however, i take it early in the day and if a "play" around with my doses(usually 25 mg. is as high as i'll go even though i have gone *much* higher :D) i feel pretty shitty, unmotivated, and depressed.

i also get this when i take my regular dose, just not as bad.

i know what i'm describing isn't a bad comedown, as i've tried meth!), coke, snorted ritalin(man i miss high school) and mdma. so i know it could be much worse.

anyway, i was wondering if caffeine can help with these "mini crashs"(not feel so depressed and tired). i don't want any type of downer to ease it because i want to function(be alert), i have plenty of downers and they have their time of the day.

so, can caffeine perk me up and help get me out of "the fog" of addies wearing off? if so, how well?

p.s. i can't take the addies later becaue they'll fuck up my sleep(chronic insomniac here) and i can't take more because my doc watches me like a hawk with these things and i need them every day.

 

[NotQuiteAnonymous]

Small amounts of caffeine have helped me in the past. If the comedown has a headache excedrine helps alot.

Excedrine can potentiate the effects of Adderall...but the APAP in it is bad for liver/kidneys especially when taken daily and long term. Anacin is likely better.

Caffeine withdrawals hurt way worse than adderall...please be careful!

 

[StaySedated]

^adderall withdrawls are way worse than caffeine imo. also, i'm talking about getting rid of the tiredness and shitty feelings, not headaches.

 

[Keif' Richards]

.Caffeine withdrawals hurt way worse than adderall...please be careful!

Right...

Caffeine will do little to improve your overall mood or how you feel physically. If you're just out of juice and feel like you can't move, a strong cup of coffee will get your heart going and possibly stimulate some movement. The effects on your mood are gonna be negligible. If you were on a higher dose (~100mg) and up, I wouldn't recommend caffeine as a remedy because your heart is probably already freaking out. But for you, taking average doses, a little bit of caffeine might "perk you up" as you said. Needless to say though, it's no substitute for more pills

 

[LonE1]

Im also a regular adderall user and I usually have some tea after I comedown, a decent amount of caffeiene usually helps, then ill try and drink a couple beers or smoke some ganj to take the edge off

 

[StaySedated]

i hear caffeine can indirectly stimulate dopamine increase, which can help when the adderall wears off since thats how nicotine helps it(by a different mechanism, i know, but it's still pretty much the same concept right?)