dying2live900
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I don’t want to go into extreme detail about exact doses, health, and side effects so I will try to be as short as possible. Please don’t respond unless you are familiar with this level of use and understand. When I first started taking addy the thought of taking 100mg a day would have sounded unrealistic and fatal but now it doesn't seem so mind blowing, I am looking for answers from educated people that understand this.
Me:
-26 year old male
-College student in last semester
-173lbs (13.4% BMI if it matters)
-6ft tall
-was very physically active growing up.
-have celiac
-have family history of Hypothyroidism (mom)
First 4 years of use history:
I have been prescribed to Adderall for 5 years in total, for the first 2 years I would randomly take 5mg -20mg very rarely (like 1-4 times a month.) Then college stressed me out and I started taking it more aggressively. For years 3 and 4 I was prescribed 30mg a day instant release and would generally start off taking 20mg then a few hours later 20mg then a about .5 hour to an hour later another 20-30mg (total of 40-70mg a day) NEVER EXCEEDING 70MG. I would only do this for about 2-3 weeks straight until my script ran out then I would sleep forever and be fine until I did this again next month. Every once in a while I would stop taking it all together for 1-2 months.
5th year (The focus of my questions and concerns):
This year school became extremely stressful and my doctor prescribed me (30) 30mg instant release AND (30) 30mg name-brand XR monthly. My tolerance was alright pretty high and for the first six months I would take 40mg instant release to start followed by 30-40mg instant release through out the rest of the day (split up in 10-15mg periods). The same break periods between use apply here and I didn’t touch the XR’s at all.
In the last 3 months I have slowly upped my dose over time again and have begun using the XR’s and the IR’s together, usually starting by taking 60mg XR to start then a few hours later 15 mg instant, then 5-10mg ever hour until I reach a total dose I don't feel comfortable exceeding (generally between 70-100mg a day) and have been doing this for a few months now.
Health and side effect information (Important):
- On my current 100mg a day dose I don’t even get half the “high” or motivational feeling that I used to get last year taking only 20mg.
- Throughout the last year I have always made sure to eat when my body tells me too (usually 3-4 meals a day) and to eat healthy (I take vitamins daily and eat vegi’s, fish, chicken, fruits for meals) just not very many carbs. (daily calories usually total 1100-1500 a day)
- All 4 years I ALWAYS get sufficient sleep 6-9 hours every night and if I don’t (very very rarely) I make sure to get extra sleep the next night. I have only pulled 3 all nighters PERIOD
- My side effects through the years have varied periodically and completely change. First 3 years even taking 40mg made me feel like I was going to die at the end of the day. This 3 months of 70-100mg use I have experienced very little or no side effects from any amount (I will go for a few weeks with a heavy heart beat or random light headedness but that’s it.
- My feet have always become cold when taking Adderall unless I move all day while on it. Now it only happens sometimes when I take it
- When taking Adderall I don’t drink alcohol and I NEVER have any form of caffeine off or on Adderall.
- I do very little physical activity and usually spend my day sitting on the couch studying every once in a while walking around or going somewhere.
- Vitamins I take daily:
1000mg fish oil
2000mg Vit D
50mg CoQ10
500mg B-12 and Folic acid
- I also keep a water bottle next to me and make sure to drink between .75 and 1.5 gallons of water every day.
POINT OF ALL THIS:
Recently my blood pressure has jumped quite a bit when I take Adderall regardless of the level of dosage(used to be in healthy range). When this happens my face and neck get slightly red and feel pressure mostly in the fron-sides of my neck, there is also a very noticeable "heavy" heart beat in the area on each side of my throat. Yesterday my blood pressure was the worst it has been at 149/95 at 88 bpm resting, this morning before taking any of my dose it measured 114/72 at 83bpm. I associate most of this with my recent lack of physical activity this year, generally after a day of moving around a lot or doing something physical more than walking I feel way better/refreshed the next day. I plan to quit taking adderall forever after I'm done with finals in 16 days I just feel like my heart is becoming overworked (I worry a lot) and know the next two weeks will most likely be hard on my heart/body.
1) A few times in the past I have taken a .25mg of Xanax after coming down from Adderall at night and it has made me feel perfect and sleep amazing also feeling totally refreshed the next day. This also has made effects of adderall stronger that following day. I know Xanax can raise blood pressure, would it be dangerous to take Xanax when Adderall has increased my blood pressure to high levels or at the end of a day where I have taken 70-100mg of Adderall?
2) Is there any specific foods/vitamins I should take that decrease damage of this level of addy on my heart/body?
3) I want to start lightly exercising but have the feeling my heart is already fatigued, would it be healthy/better to start lightly exercising now or wait until I have quit taking Adderall? As of the past week my chest has been slightly tight/ sore in the middle (by slightly I mean 2 out of 10 pain, a hangnail would bother me more) I lightly worked out the other day and after warming up with a very slow stationary bike ride of 3 minutes my heart rate measured 144 BMP which made me nervous because I wasn't even breathing heavily.
4) My legs have started sweating terribly at night in the past few weeks, anything to be concerned about?
Me:
-26 year old male
-College student in last semester
-173lbs (13.4% BMI if it matters)
-6ft tall
-was very physically active growing up.
-have celiac
-have family history of Hypothyroidism (mom)
First 4 years of use history:
I have been prescribed to Adderall for 5 years in total, for the first 2 years I would randomly take 5mg -20mg very rarely (like 1-4 times a month.) Then college stressed me out and I started taking it more aggressively. For years 3 and 4 I was prescribed 30mg a day instant release and would generally start off taking 20mg then a few hours later 20mg then a about .5 hour to an hour later another 20-30mg (total of 40-70mg a day) NEVER EXCEEDING 70MG. I would only do this for about 2-3 weeks straight until my script ran out then I would sleep forever and be fine until I did this again next month. Every once in a while I would stop taking it all together for 1-2 months.
5th year (The focus of my questions and concerns):
This year school became extremely stressful and my doctor prescribed me (30) 30mg instant release AND (30) 30mg name-brand XR monthly. My tolerance was alright pretty high and for the first six months I would take 40mg instant release to start followed by 30-40mg instant release through out the rest of the day (split up in 10-15mg periods). The same break periods between use apply here and I didn’t touch the XR’s at all.
In the last 3 months I have slowly upped my dose over time again and have begun using the XR’s and the IR’s together, usually starting by taking 60mg XR to start then a few hours later 15 mg instant, then 5-10mg ever hour until I reach a total dose I don't feel comfortable exceeding (generally between 70-100mg a day) and have been doing this for a few months now.
Health and side effect information (Important):
- On my current 100mg a day dose I don’t even get half the “high” or motivational feeling that I used to get last year taking only 20mg.
- Throughout the last year I have always made sure to eat when my body tells me too (usually 3-4 meals a day) and to eat healthy (I take vitamins daily and eat vegi’s, fish, chicken, fruits for meals) just not very many carbs. (daily calories usually total 1100-1500 a day)
- All 4 years I ALWAYS get sufficient sleep 6-9 hours every night and if I don’t (very very rarely) I make sure to get extra sleep the next night. I have only pulled 3 all nighters PERIOD
- My side effects through the years have varied periodically and completely change. First 3 years even taking 40mg made me feel like I was going to die at the end of the day. This 3 months of 70-100mg use I have experienced very little or no side effects from any amount (I will go for a few weeks with a heavy heart beat or random light headedness but that’s it.
- My feet have always become cold when taking Adderall unless I move all day while on it. Now it only happens sometimes when I take it
- When taking Adderall I don’t drink alcohol and I NEVER have any form of caffeine off or on Adderall.
- I do very little physical activity and usually spend my day sitting on the couch studying every once in a while walking around or going somewhere.
- Vitamins I take daily:
1000mg fish oil
2000mg Vit D
50mg CoQ10
500mg B-12 and Folic acid
- I also keep a water bottle next to me and make sure to drink between .75 and 1.5 gallons of water every day.
POINT OF ALL THIS:
Recently my blood pressure has jumped quite a bit when I take Adderall regardless of the level of dosage(used to be in healthy range). When this happens my face and neck get slightly red and feel pressure mostly in the fron-sides of my neck, there is also a very noticeable "heavy" heart beat in the area on each side of my throat. Yesterday my blood pressure was the worst it has been at 149/95 at 88 bpm resting, this morning before taking any of my dose it measured 114/72 at 83bpm. I associate most of this with my recent lack of physical activity this year, generally after a day of moving around a lot or doing something physical more than walking I feel way better/refreshed the next day. I plan to quit taking adderall forever after I'm done with finals in 16 days I just feel like my heart is becoming overworked (I worry a lot) and know the next two weeks will most likely be hard on my heart/body.
1) A few times in the past I have taken a .25mg of Xanax after coming down from Adderall at night and it has made me feel perfect and sleep amazing also feeling totally refreshed the next day. This also has made effects of adderall stronger that following day. I know Xanax can raise blood pressure, would it be dangerous to take Xanax when Adderall has increased my blood pressure to high levels or at the end of a day where I have taken 70-100mg of Adderall?
2) Is there any specific foods/vitamins I should take that decrease damage of this level of addy on my heart/body?
3) I want to start lightly exercising but have the feeling my heart is already fatigued, would it be healthy/better to start lightly exercising now or wait until I have quit taking Adderall? As of the past week my chest has been slightly tight/ sore in the middle (by slightly I mean 2 out of 10 pain, a hangnail would bother me more) I lightly worked out the other day and after warming up with a very slow stationary bike ride of 3 minutes my heart rate measured 144 BMP which made me nervous because I wasn't even breathing heavily.
4) My legs have started sweating terribly at night in the past few weeks, anything to be concerned about?
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