mozbeet
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Getting to the actual basis of SWIM's question, Yesterday night/this morning at 1 am, SWIM took two 36 mg Concertas orally (SWIM did not alter the pill in any way) in an attempt to get high. SWIM felt this was a good dose because SWIM hadn't become tolerant to the 36 mg pill on its own and 72 mg is still considered a therapeutic dose (SWIM was trying to find a good minimum dose that would produce euphoria so that SWIM could experiment safer with this drug in the future because SWIM knows how tolerance can affect the effects of drugs (had a month long binge on opiates)). SWIM began playing Xbox while he waited for the drug to kick in. An hour later, SWIM felt an intense rush of energy, euphoria, and extremely focused and varied thoughts and though patterns. SWIM was unfocused when playing Xbox though, which SWIM found odd. SWIM then proceeded to research Concerta and other "uppers" (a common thing when SWIM discovers any new drug he strongly enjoys). SWIM could not focus on one thing by itself, but found it was more satisfying to be productive and focus on 5+ things at a time (SWIM's one tab on Firefox turned into 15 or so in a matter of minutes, although they were all drug related 
). This intense euphoria and energy seemed to peak for an extremely long period of time. SWIM would compare the energy and mood to that of a moderate LSD trip. In reality, SWIM peaked for 5 to 5 1/2 hours. As SWIM began to comedown, he felt an urge to redose, but was unsure of how much he would need and if it would be safe since about half of what he had taken was going to continue to be released for another 6 hours or so. Since SWIM is very cautious about his use of pharmaceuticals because of a previous event, he decided to reframe from redosing. This was a good idea. At around 7:00 or 7:30 AM, SWIM experienced a sudden involuntary movement of muscles in his face, mostly around the mouth. Since the drug had taken effect, SWIM had been constantly saying out loud everything he read, thought, or typed. SWIM felt a sense of fear when he realized this. He was afraid he had taken too much, although 72 mg is not near a high recreational dose. This happened again about 10 to 20 minutes later. When SWIM googled this reaction in relation to Concerta, he found that is was listed as an overdose symptom and was considered urgent enough to require the immediate contact of a doctor. SWIM thought it was odd that he experienced such a adverse effect to the drug because the amount he ingested should not have brought on any symptoms of an overdose. I apologize for such a lengthy post, but I felt that most of everything I mentioned was contributory to this post. So my question is; Why did SWIM experience effects associated with high doses of methylphenidate, with such an average dose?
Oh and I'm new to the forums, so I'm not sure whether this is in the most logical place in the forums.
EDIT: Most of it has worn off now, and SWIM was wondering is he could pop a 36 mg Concerta so he can stay awake today.
). This intense euphoria and energy seemed to peak for an extremely long period of time. SWIM would compare the energy and mood to that of a moderate LSD trip. In reality, SWIM peaked for 5 to 5 1/2 hours. As SWIM began to comedown, he felt an urge to redose, but was unsure of how much he would need and if it would be safe since about half of what he had taken was going to continue to be released for another 6 hours or so. Since SWIM is very cautious about his use of pharmaceuticals because of a previous event, he decided to reframe from redosing. This was a good idea. At around 7:00 or 7:30 AM, SWIM experienced a sudden involuntary movement of muscles in his face, mostly around the mouth. Since the drug had taken effect, SWIM had been constantly saying out loud everything he read, thought, or typed. SWIM felt a sense of fear when he realized this. He was afraid he had taken too much, although 72 mg is not near a high recreational dose. This happened again about 10 to 20 minutes later. When SWIM googled this reaction in relation to Concerta, he found that is was listed as an overdose symptom and was considered urgent enough to require the immediate contact of a doctor. SWIM thought it was odd that he experienced such a adverse effect to the drug because the amount he ingested should not have brought on any symptoms of an overdose. I apologize for such a lengthy post, but I felt that most of everything I mentioned was contributory to this post. So my question is; Why did SWIM experience effects associated with high doses of methylphenidate, with such an average dose?Oh and I'm new to the forums, so I'm not sure whether this is in the most logical place in the forums.
EDIT: Most of it has worn off now, and SWIM was wondering is he could pop a 36 mg Concerta so he can stay awake today.
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. We don't actually use SWIM here, it just looks silly and doesn't offer you any real protection, so if you could edit your post to remove the SWIMs that would be great.
Swimmingdancer,you are an excellent moderator