I cant feel my amphetamine (adderrall) doses anymore.

[tablehead]

Before I had my script for addys I could take 20-30mg and feel a nice buzz kinda like a small dose of ecstacy. Now that I have my script and I am diagnosed with ADHD I have taken around 60mg and felt NO euphoric effects. Barely any effects at all for that matter.

uI did smoke some crystal a few days ago, and Im thinking maybe it just has extreme cross tollerance. I dont smoke crystal very often tho and last time I did was 3 days ago, and I took 40 mg today and dont feel anything from my addy...

Should I ask my doc to try Ritalin? Or should I just wait it out and keep the addy and maybe increase the dose? Do you think it cou;ld be all tollerance?

What dose do you think it would take me to feel effects?

 

[Cane2theLeft]

Yes, its tolerance. The drug didn't magically stop working... the more you use it, the more tolerance you're going to acquire and using stronger illicit amphetamines (crystal) is not helping.

It really doesn't matter if you change drugs because there is going to be quite a substantial amount of cross-tolerance between amphetamines and drugs such as methylphenidate (ritalin) and regardless, your tolerance is going to grow if you keep abusing them.

We can't predict what dose you'll need to get high... if a dose is insufficient, then try a larger one. You know your body better than we do.

Since you're asking dosing questions I'll send this over to BDD.




---->BDD

 

[sekio]

If you're smoking crystal meth while on amphetmamines then your amphetamine tolerance is going to be through the roof! What on earth would compel you to think that doing any amount of crystal is a good plan? You are abusing your medication (and other drugs) chasign a high and should quit immediately and focus on non-drug ways of enhancing concentration like a good diet and sleep. Otherwise you run the risk of escalating tolerance, anxiety, and physical damage to your body.

Amphetamines aren't meant to make you euphoric - they're to help you concentrate. Ideally you won't "feel" anything except being able to get your work done.

 

[rollingstoned!]

Break time.

 

[K'd-OUT-in-AZ]

You've become tolerant to the effects of Adderall. Adderall is also cross tolerant with methamphetamine so if you've been smoking methamphetamine and been on Adderall for awhile you are going to gain a very nice sized tolerance. Methamphetamine also greatly overpowers the effects of a 75% pure dextroampetamine medication. You should give the methamphetamine and Adderall a good break.

Methylphenidate also has a cross tolerance with d/l amphetamine so it may not work for you either. Methylphenidate is also weaker than d/l amphetamine.

 

[Captain.Heroin]

You will only get medicinal effects from Adderall. If you didn't take any uppers for a while and then took Adderall again, you might get what you are looking for from it.

However, Adderall is a drug that is almost impossible to avoid tachyphylaxis with. You can't keep taking Adderall and still get the same effects (even with doubling/tripling doses) in terms of the high you are seeking.

 

[MeDieViL]

Add in 60mg dxm twice a day.

 

[TheAzo]

If you're using meth, that is going to increase your tolerance greatly. If you want to benefit from the adderall, you're gonna have to stay away from that crystal.

Also, you can't get high every day from adderall. Many people who take it for ADD skip weekends, to help reduce the extent to which tolerance impacts it's therapeutic effects.

Add in 60mg dxm twice a day.

Yes, DXM or Memantine will counter stimulant (and most other kinds) of tolerance to some degree. Not an overwhelming degree. If you go the DXM route, which is easier, you want to get the time-release syrup (delsym i think it is?), and you need to review the list of things that it interacts with (basically, almost everything except pot, straight stimulants, and benzos - DXM is nasty w/regard to interactions). The idea is to take a low dose (not enough for psychotropic effects) every day, and it helps to reduce tolerance buildup - a little. Also, take magnesium supplements, magnesium deficiency will make tolerance build faster, and is unhealthy anyway.

 

[K'd-OUT-in-AZ]

I take a 4-5 day break every 2 weeks.

 

[LivingOnValium]

@OP:

2 options really.

1) increase your dose even further

2) take a break (recommended)