I was wondering if anyone with experience taking Adderall XR over an extended period of time can answer a question for. I have never taken Adderall but have taken Vyvanse plenty of times so to give you an idea of my tolerance level, I can usually take 40mg of Vyvanse without feeling like im going to internally combust and still get to sleep (at some point) that same day. I recently came across some Adderall XR and I have a bad habit of taking it all till its gone type of mentality. So over the last 4 days I have taken this:
Day 1: 40 Mg Adderall Xr (taken the old fashion way with water) Then I felt like complete CRAP and figured out that was WAY to much for me. Apparently Vyvanse and Adderall are indeed NOT the same as far as dosage lol. So I started drinking beer and I'd say I consumed about 8 or 9. I made sure I took a multi vitamin and ate a small meal before bed. Slept 5 hours.
Day 2: Took 20 Mg Adderall Xr and then another 20 Mg about 6 hours later. Took Magnesium and Fish Oil and ate a small (very small) meal. Wasn't able to get to sleep till 6 AM but then slept another 5 hours.
Day 3: Took 20 Mg Adderall Xr but took 1 teas. baking soda 45 min beforehand, Mutli Vitamin, Magnesium, Fish Oil, 2 Aspirin and in the evening ate a rather large meal followed by 2 vitamin C and 6 hours of sleep.
Day 4: Took 20 Mg Adderall Xr with 1 teas baking soda and another 20 mg about 3 hours later. More Fish oil and Magnesium and Aspirin. And that leaves me where I am now.
4 days..... 120Mg Adderall Xr, Plenty of Vitamins, Water, Some Food, and about 16 hours of sleep
My question is this. My anxiety is naturally rather high even without stims so of course, as much as I love the rush, I spend a ton of time freaking out and trying to reassure myself I'm not going to die (which is how I met BL...man you guys are smart
I have 40 Mg left and I read somewhere on here that I can open them up and seperate the beads to cut dosage. I usually get a ton more anxiety when I start to crash mostly because I have a somewhat constant feeling of pressure around my heart (which im assuming has to do with stress) and of course...its your heart so i get all freaked out....and its a vicious cycle. If I was to seperate the beads into smaller doses would this maybe lessen the effects of this dreaded crash I know is coming my way? Kinda like a taper off type of deal?
Also, I'm not sure if my 4 days is really that serious. And if its not and this comedown isn't as bad as I'm expecting it to be then would it be ok just to take the other 40mg tomorrow? Like I said....if its here I usually want to take it and get it over with and then recover and start a nice healthy break afterward. I'd also like to point out that I'd would really rather NOT take any other medication to help with the comedown which is why I thought of tapering off. I think one medication that lowers the seizure threshold is enough lol. And any other tips or tricks for relieving some of the anxiety would be greatly appreciated as well.
This is way longer than anticipated but I feel I am excused from being too chatty given the circumstances
Thanks!
Day 1: 40 Mg Adderall Xr (taken the old fashion way with water) Then I felt like complete CRAP and figured out that was WAY to much for me. Apparently Vyvanse and Adderall are indeed NOT the same as far as dosage lol. So I started drinking beer and I'd say I consumed about 8 or 9. I made sure I took a multi vitamin and ate a small meal before bed. Slept 5 hours.
Day 2: Took 20 Mg Adderall Xr and then another 20 Mg about 6 hours later. Took Magnesium and Fish Oil and ate a small (very small) meal. Wasn't able to get to sleep till 6 AM but then slept another 5 hours.
Day 3: Took 20 Mg Adderall Xr but took 1 teas. baking soda 45 min beforehand, Mutli Vitamin, Magnesium, Fish Oil, 2 Aspirin and in the evening ate a rather large meal followed by 2 vitamin C and 6 hours of sleep.
Day 4: Took 20 Mg Adderall Xr with 1 teas baking soda and another 20 mg about 3 hours later. More Fish oil and Magnesium and Aspirin. And that leaves me where I am now.
4 days..... 120Mg Adderall Xr, Plenty of Vitamins, Water, Some Food, and about 16 hours of sleep
My question is this. My anxiety is naturally rather high even without stims so of course, as much as I love the rush, I spend a ton of time freaking out and trying to reassure myself I'm not going to die (which is how I met BL...man you guys are smart

Also, I'm not sure if my 4 days is really that serious. And if its not and this comedown isn't as bad as I'm expecting it to be then would it be ok just to take the other 40mg tomorrow? Like I said....if its here I usually want to take it and get it over with and then recover and start a nice healthy break afterward. I'd also like to point out that I'd would really rather NOT take any other medication to help with the comedown which is why I thought of tapering off. I think one medication that lowers the seizure threshold is enough lol. And any other tips or tricks for relieving some of the anxiety would be greatly appreciated as well.
This is way longer than anticipated but I feel I am excused from being too chatty given the circumstances
