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Stimulants Need help with Adderall XR dosages

Tempc

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I am about 5'10" or just a small bit taller (or shorter), and I weigh from 118 lb to 124 lb, depending on my clothes and diet in the previous weeks or month (it's about 123 lb now, I think.)

I usually take a vyvanse a day at 60mg, but today, I parachuted (took powder out and put the powder in my mouth like sugar to eat/swallow) a 60mg vyvanse at about 9:30 AM (I'm fairly certain that parachuting vyvanse doesn't help anything), and then another 60mg vyvanse at about 2:40 PM, resulting in a total of 120mg of vyvanse in what was about 5 hours. That had no noticeable negative effect on me, but instead prolonged the medicating action of my vyvanse and allowed a seemingly steady amount of motivation and work throughout the day. It is 11:00 PM now and it's still working, which I assume is because of the fact that vyvanse has an immediate release formula as well as a time release formula.

Now, however, I have generic Adderall XR. Thegeneric is marked, "M. Amphet Salts 20mg", and many medicine informational websites claim that it should be the same or similar to Adderall XR. It had the same active ingredients.

I've read that taking 10mg of Adderall XR is nearly the equivalent to taking 30mg of vyvanse. If this is the case, 40mg of Adderall XR should be similar to 120mg of vyvanse, which I've found out today that I could take within 5 hours.

Now, to my questions.
1. How many 20mg M. Amphet Salts capsules (generic Adderall XR) should I take tomorrow morning?
2. How much time should I wait between taking each one?
3. What method of ingestion would be best suited? Swallowing or breaking the capsule and directly ingesting the actual medication?
4. If you've experienced both medications (vyvanse and adderall XR), with my soon-to-be designated dosage, what kind of differences will I feel from switching from vyvanse to Adderall XR?

If it affects anything, I have briefly taken Adderal (immediate release I believe. Not XR) in the past at 20mg and at another time at what I believe was 30mg.

Thanks for any help.
 
I took 60mg IR Adderall my first time and I was fine. I think you would be okay taking 40mg.

You could just swallow them for long effects, or open them up and break the beads for instant release, all depends what you want. But make sure to take it orally.

Ive only use adderall and dexidrine.
 
stupid site logged me out and i lost everything.

basically, vyvanase is a prodrug to dextroamphetamine (dexedrine) which means it takes longer to metabolise in your body and is why it doesnt effect you when you parachute.

Adderall XR is extended so it will also be slower but smoother and will definitely have a faster onset. Breaking the gelatin capsule will not affect the onset. Adderall is about 50/50 dextro/levo amphetamine. The dexro form is stronger but it sounds like your psych wants you on longer acting medication rather than IR. The maximum strength is 30mg XR so I think taking more than that is unnecessary. No one really needs that much unless you want to abuse it. Dexedrine will give you the most stimulation but I doubt your doc will give it to you. It's as close as you can get to methamphetamine in terms of potency. Consider your intentions with the drug and I suggest not crushing the XR beads. I don't know what you can handle but the more you can handle...the more tolerance you clearly have, which will only make it harder to taper. And believe me, amphetamine withdrawl is not pleasant. Talk to your doctor about what you NEED, not what you want. You'll get the stimulation regardless. The half life for adderall xr is over 13 hours so I see no need to redose unless you plan on not sleeping.
 
I took 60mg of Adderal XR my first time and didnt sleep or eat for 24+ hours. Can't really remember. Had no tolerance at all, and an overall awesome experience.
 
this is where you have to decide if you are smarter then your doctor... if you really have adhd take it as prescribe. although if you are smarter then your doctor (which i believe you are) then you're the lab rat.
 
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