Concerta overdose?? wtf

[bluntedskier]

Most of you are probably laughing at the title alone. Well, I have used adderall many, many times in my life and usually take around 40-60mg to get really thizzed out, euphoric and zone in on whatever I'm doing.

Now two days ago I wanted to get a bunch of writing done and all I could find was Concerta. I had tried it before and knew it was not like addys, so I took two 54mgs around 3pm, crushed up a 3rd one and ate about half of that. Feeling good all day, pretty speedy but different from adderall. So all in all I took 164mg - never fucking again

Around 7pm I came back to my place, ate the remaining little crushed up pieces and took some sips from an energy drink. About 20 minutes later I started feeling bad. It kept getting worse and worse, shortness of breath, heart starting to beat faster and faster, i got up and walked downstairs quickly starting to panic. Freaking out a bit i continued to chug homemade icetea and water. My body was shaking a bit and I was trying with all my power to not have a seizure.

I felt like I couldn't stop moving so I exited my house with a large jug of water and just started walking. I did this for the next 2 hours basically, stopped in at shaws and bought some ice for my head since it felt internally hot. I was definitely way fucked up and was not sure if I was going to be okay. It was straight hell and I fought the entire time not to lose touch of reality and fall on the ground shaking.

Eventually after hours, things started to slow down a bit but I went to the hospital anyways. Turns out I would be fine but I had heart palpitations and very high blood pressure.

Obviously this is higher a dose than anyone should take but I never thought anything like this would happen. I take Risperdal or Risperdone perscribed and I feel like there might be an unwritten interaction between the two that added to what happened? Has anyone taken a dose similar to that?

Fucking scary

 

[K'd-OUT-in-AZ]

Yes, I have taken doses that high without going through such an experience but my higher tolerance may play a role in such a situation. You simply took too much, more than your body could handle. Your symptoms sounded similar to an amphetamine or cocaine overdose. Your lucky not to have suffered a seizure.

By the way, Risperdone would more than likely decrease the symptoms of a stimulant experience. It is a dopamine antagonist.

 

[bluntedskier]

Ya man I am staying far clear of all such things for a while. Big wake up call . Can't be overdosing and having seizures over trying to get high to help progress my work. Just gona stick with coffee for now

 

[Sprout]

Fuck dude - did you do any research before? I doubt it - that was a stupid amount for anyone without a huge tolerance, especially to focus! I take an absolute max of 120mg recreationally, with a reasonable tolerance and that is still enough to blow my mind. But anyway, thankfully you're okay

 

[bluntedskier]

Thank you i appreciate that... and I know I was retarded. I just thought it was like a 1/3rd as strong as adderall or something... who knows what I was thinking.

I am a little worried that it caused some perminant damage... the doctor seemed to think I was fine. I'm just banking on staying clear of stimulants for a long time and hoping that my body is completely healthy.

It's unfortunate too because stimulants are my favorite and most helpful drugs.