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Stimulants Little to no psychological effects from Adderall

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I recently tried Adderall for the first time. A friend of mine says 20mg XR has him focused for 8 hours as if nothing else matters but what he is concentrating on. I've heard similar from other people at my school. I've also read maaannyyy trip reports and general feedback from people who love it.

When I gave it a shot, I took 20mg XR first. After 3.5 hours and still feeling nothing, not even stimulation really, I took another 20mg XR (with about half of the beads crushed up). Felt a little stimulation and nothing psychologically after that dose and nothing changed until almost 3 hours after taking it. I then took another 20mg XR completely crushed up. I finally achieved stimulation, but nothing major. Also jaw clenching started at this point. Increased heart rate and jaw clenching are really all I felt. Nothing psychologically even remotely close to what I've read and heard from others. Nothing changed in my sociability, concentration, self-esteem/confidence, nothing. I didn't have any sort of a comedown that night and fell asleep at a reasonable time.

Today, I tried Adderall again, completely crushing up 20mg XR and parachuting it on an empty stomach 1 hour after drinking baking soda with water. This time I felt good, sociable, motivated, similar to what I've read and heard, but slight, nothing crazy. This only lasted until 1.5 hours after ingesting it. Since then (+6 hours) I've just been bored and hardly stimulated anymore.

I have also several experiences with Methylphenidate with also no comedown and absolutely no effects other than increased heart rate and mild, short headaches.

What could be the cause of this and how could I fix/help it? I was damn pumped and hopeful Adderall would be as great as everyone says it is seeing as my upcoming year in University will be insanely difficult haha.

I read in another thread that lowering dopamine levels seems to help in a case similar to this and that sex lowers dopamine levels. Well, this morning I had sex and took the Adderall dose about an hour after, which might explain why I got a little bit of effects today and not before. Anything else, though?

Thanks
 
I think you're expecting too much from Adderall.
What I get is increased heart-rate, energy.
Increased proficiency in reading, writing and typing.
Nothing crazy though, I just don't mind the busy work as much.

On the other hand using MDPV,
I can read and write like crazy. Endlessly and quickly.
 
I was thinking that too but it's literally like night and day what I experience and what friends experience. I still don't even enjoy reading, writing, or typing more than usual after taking Adderall lol. I did today a little bit, but did not last at all.
 
everyone reacts different to certain drugs. adderall just may never work that well for you.

only other thing i can think of is to try using potentiators like tums or baking soda an hour before you dose. also i find that taking multiple does at the same time is alot more effective than taking some, then another dose, then another dose. for me doing that never works just makes what im feeling from the first dose last longer.

maybe next time take a 20mg and half a 20mg or another 20mg to get you around 30-40mg. all at once. although if you didnt feel much from 20mg with no tolerance than i dont know if upping will work. but its worth a try. good luck!
 
True it may not. I'll keep that in mind next time to dose more instead of redosing, thanks. I used baking soda an hour before today's dose that actually worked a bit, but also had sex just before thus depleting dopamine, so it's either strength of the dose or dopamine related. Should experiment days with one or the other, haha.
 
Sounds pretty similar to what I'm experiencing now. As someone who's gotten heavy psychological effects from Adderall in the past, I can tell you, teeth grinding and a pounding heart isn't what we're looking for here. There should definitely be a night and day change in your motivation, self-esteem, sociability... Suffice it to say, one would hope to feel wildly optimistic.

Unfortunately I can't tell you why you're not getting these benefits, which is presumably the main thing you want to know. But for what it's worth, I get what you're saying, and your discontent is justified.
 
VariableDescriptor said:
Sounds pretty similar to what I'm experiencing now. As someone who's gotten heavy psychological effects from Adderall in the past, I can tell you, teeth grinding and a pounding heart isn't what we're looking for here. There should definitely be a night and day change in your motivation, self-esteem, sociability... Suffice it to say, one would hope to feel wildly optimistic.

Unfortunately I can't tell you why you're not getting these benefits, which is presumably the main thing you want to know. But for what it's worth, I get what you're saying, and your discontent is justified.
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Wow, thanks for that haha. Cool to know I'm in the same boat as someone else. I know, exaactly, should totally notice it a lot more instead of grinding teeth and pounding heart. Hmm.
 
It really depends on several things. If you've never used amphetamines before you may just not notice the full effects or they may not match up with your expectations based on all the trip reports. Not everybody finds stimulation to be enjoyable or desirable at all.

Mindset and environment always contribute to drug effects.
 
you either a. dont much like the effects of amphetamines
b. didn't do enough (this is more the culprit i think, i do have ADHD but i ALWAYS needed double what all my friends say gets em good, even when i had no tolerance/didn't abuse)
c. dont know what exactly amphets feel like and cant tell that you're actually high
I'd venture to say if you do more, you'll get high. You might just end up NEEDING more naturally, but amphetamines plain not working doesn't seem to be possible.
Snort 20, wait an hour, then start doing more...20 isn't very much to begin with.
 
the absolute, WORST pain i've EVER been through in my life was a blinding migraine I got when i shot up ritalin. I think i was dehydrated, badly.

but then again, I banged 120mg

take 60mg, if it doesn't work, move on
 
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