long term ritalin use....

[-Big Rod-]

Okay I know this kid at my school and last year I used to pop 3-4 ritalin during the day (im not sure of the mg's, but theyre the peachish orange colore ones) almost everyday....after I while I started notcing its affect, but I love the speed and it gets me thru the day ALOT quicker, how dangerous is it to keep this up??
peace
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[Jabberwocky]

I don't understand... was it you who did this or "The guy you knew in school"??
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[suedama]

oh how poetic

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but i think Rod has started out writing this post with the intent of explaining his troubles via the good old "i know this guy" cliche - and has forgotten half way thru.
The reason I'm assuming this is because I get stuff like that happening to me all the time, when I'm popping dexies like a mofo. Absent mindedness, vagueness: classic symtom of CNS stimulant use.
About your question:
If the dosage is similar to dexamphetamine, 3 or 4 pills a day should be fine. As long as you're taking them early in the day and getting some sleep. And dont just stop taking them or take heaps more all of a sudden, you have to build up/taper your usage.
What do i mean? Say you were wanting to have a break from the pills, work your way off them by taking one less every day. In my experience, going cold turkey leads to some pretty shitty side effects, that just make me crush up some more pillz.
If anyone wants to know more about getting the most about dexies, make a post and I'll give you an experienced reply.

 

[-Big Rod-]

hahah....im a retard!
I meant I know this kid at school that hooks me up with em', my bad
but yeah after a while the whole 'high' seems to disappear and I sell all the pills I get untill my tolerance drops back down, is that still okay too??

 

[HerbinMike]

Be careful.
The orange pills you are taking are most likely Ritalin 20 mg. Which means you are taking 80 mg. a day. That fact that you stop when it stops working and wait a while means you have some sense... i wish i had that sense, but i just kept upping the dosage until there were days where i would do 240 mg. (thats my record). Try to spend some time away from it, and um... dont become a rittie-head like me!

 

[-Big Rod-]

hahaha....thats a fuckin lot!
thats cool tho, I used to be all strung out and shit comin home from school almost everyday! The only minus I noticed is you feel like a monkey ass as you come down =(
I like adderal alot better, but thats a little harder to come across

 

[the acid tongue]

HHHmmmm........coming down off dexies made me feel like crap, every time. I always got depressed. I found it REALLY hard to stop taking them, especially when youve been awake for say 2 days and then daytime comes again and you hafta go to school. Time seems to fly and yeah, they caused some fucked up side effects in me. Like some times id twitch, and everyone was (according to me)talking about me or i thought people were following me! I didn't like that part of it.

 

[RitalinGurrl]

Ritalin....ahh....my specialty

Well, it's not incredibly dangerous to keep it up, but it is very harsh on your body especially your heart. I would definetly begin to cut back and try to get off of em for awhile. Be prepared for a tad bit of down feelings or depression as you will feel rather crappy after not having your 'daily fix' of ritalin. Good luck

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