Hello, I’m Zeke and I’m the FNG

[Zeke1977]

New here, just found the forum.
i guess I’ll jump right into it...I’m from the philly area

diagnosed with dyslexia and adhd when I was in school, Complex PTSD since then.
i take 30mg XR of adderall daily and 30 to 80mg of oxy for chronic pain as well as I enjoy it, gets my mind off of the stress.
I have been taking both at different increasing dosages for nearly 10 years now.
I think they both started at 5mg originally, I used to take a few different SSRIs over the years but didn’t like the negative side affects from them.

anyways, this year, the adderall doesnt give me as much boost as It used to but that may not be such a bad thing, if I don’t take it for a day or two, those off days I’m fairly tired and then when I take it again, it does gives me that extra boost.

the oxy I took for many years at only 5 to 15 mg a day based on pain (other pains meds never worked for me)
i had another surgery in the end of 2018 and had to increase the dosage and it’s been steadily increasing to anything From 30 to 80 and on occasion 100+ within a few hours.

what I don’t understand about the oxy, one day I can take a 30mg pill and it’s great, takes the pain away, the high is good and then the next, nearly nothing at all...
its not food or anything else that I can tell that is affecting me.
I get some from a dr and some from a connect.
anyways, thanks for the welcome.


edited to add that I take .5 to 1mg Xanax...I never felt any high from them, they either put me into sleep mode or don’t seem to have any affect.

 

[Jabberwocky]

The self serving addict in me is jealous of that killer script.

Seems to be a tolerance issue for you but who can truly know.

I'm glad it worked for ten years. That's actually pretty great. I wonder if there are any drugs that don't have a cross tolerance with addies and oxys and would help during the off periods that you are incorporating to reset your tolerance. I honestly doubt it, but it may be something to look into.

Feel free to post any questions in other sub-forums, like Basic Drug Discussion.

Welcome to Bluelight @Zeke1977 :giggle:

 

[Zeke1977]

The self serving addict in me is jealous of that killer script.

Seems to be a tolerance issue for you but who can truly know.

I'm glad it worked for ten years. That's actually pretty great. I wonder if there are any drugs that don't have a cross tolerance with addies and oxys and would help during the off periods that you are incorporating to reset your tolerance. I honestly doubt it, but it may be something to look into.

Feel free to post any questions in other sub-forums, like Basic Drug Discussion.

Welcome to Bluelight @Zeke1977 :giggle:

Thanks for the reply.
the adderall makes me feel normally actually and unless I double up and take 60mg (very rare, few times a yr) I don’t get any high from it.
the oxy is admittedly the high that I enjoy, my script is 30mg a day total but I tend to abuse it about half the month and supplement with a connect, the problem with that is the cost. It’s a $18 script but $20 a pill without... that adds up to $400 a month.
I always worried about finding a dr that will give a second script as that stuff is supposed to all be tracked by the fed system anyways. I guess i would rather pay the extra than risk losing my script as well.

 

[sewerslide.666mg]

New here, just found the forum.
i guess I’ll jump right into it...I’m from the philly area

diagnosed with dyslexia and adhd when I was in school, Complex PTSD since then.
i take 30mg XR of adderall daily and 30 to 80mg of oxy for chronic pain as well as I enjoy it, gets my mind off of the stress.
I have been taking both at different increasing dosages for nearly 10 years now.
I think they both started at 5mg originally, I used to take a few different SSRIs over the years but didn’t like the negative side affects from them.

anyways, this year, the adderall doesnt give me as much boost as It used to but that may not be such a bad thing, if I don’t take it for a day or two, those off days I’m fairly tired and then when I take it again, it does gives me that extra boost.

the oxy I took for many years at only 5 to 15 mg a day based on pain (other pains meds never worked for me)
i had another surgery in the end of 2018 and had to increase the dosage and it’s been steadily increasing to anything From 30 to 80 and on occasion 100+ within a few hours.

what I don’t understand about the oxy, one day I can take a 30mg pill and it’s great, takes the pain away, the high is good and then the next, nearly nothing at all...
its not food or anything else that I can tell that is affecting me.
I get some from a dr and some from a connect.
anyways, thanks for the welcome.


edited to add that I take .5 to 1mg Xanax...I never felt any high from them, they either put me into sleep mode or don’t seem to have any affect.

welcome to BL

 

[Jabberwocky]

welcome

 

[Phoenix_03]

Do you like the XR adderall better than IR? I used to get 20 mg XR once a day and i didn’t feel much effect from it plus it gave me bad stomach pains. My doc switched me to 20 mg IR twice a day and i immediately felt the difference. I can actually sit and do my work for long periods or stay focused on one task vs being all over the place and not getting anything done.

 

[Iceman1216]

welcome, not sure of your age? but 10 years is a baseline for tolerance of both those drugs, as well as the Xanax .
The hardest, but most efficient path is tolerance breaks ?! Yet as a fellow chronic pain suffer, I have not Mastered that route!?
Today is day two with No opiates , Sucks: but less than the withdrawals and cravings of when will I take the next pill? I have decided to do All the physical work that I need to do to work on my Pain. If that does not work them I can ( may; who knows with this war on all Opiates users) go back on them.
Good luck Glad you are here

 

[Zeke1977]

welcome, not sure of your age? but 10 years is a baseline for tolerance of both those drugs, as well as the Xanax .
The hardest, but most efficient path is tolerance breaks ?! Yet as a fellow chronic pain suffer, I have not Mastered that route!?
Today is day two with No opiates , Sucks: but less than the withdrawals and cravings of when will I take the next pill? I have decided to do All the physical work that I need to do to work on my Pain. If that does not work them I can ( may; who knows with this war on all Opiates users) go back on them.
Good luck Glad you are here

Thanks for the reply. I’m in my mid 40’s, it’s been a crazy decade for sure but the past 2 years have been the hardest.

 

[Zeke1977]

Do you like the XR adderall better than IR? I used to get 20 mg XR once a day and i didn’t feel much effect from it plus it gave me bad stomach pains. My doc switched me to 20 mg IR twice a day and i immediately felt the difference. I can actually sit and do my work for long periods or stay focused on one task vs being all over the place and not getting anything done.

I started on 10mg IR twice a day and that worked for me for a few years but when it stoped helping, they put me on the 30mg XR and that has been much better for me.