Reverse Effects on Aderral /What's wrong with my brain

[pollypocket22]

Im 22 years old. I got prescribed 30 mg of Aderrall on may 2012..My Plan back then was to only use my medicattion when I had to study or do some homework for college ( my concentration was really low at that point). Of course I became addicted to the pill in no time. Well I mostly took the pill 5 days a week, just one per day, sometimes less but never more 5 days a week.

I know some people have higher dosis and even mix Aderral with other stuff.. ( I only with vitamins. sleeping pills, alcohol and weed and those last two are not even frecuently at all) But after only five or six months I've become tolerant with my dosis and got really bad side effects ( arytmia, sadness, anxiety, blurry vision, lack of motivation, emotion depravity, panic attacks) I even have ended up at the hospital for some weird and pretty scary side effects Aderral gave me.

I graduate in May and I stopped taking Aderral in a daily a basis.. I took it like once or two a week,to get things done.

Well in August I got a job, in wich I had (still have) to learn A LOT of new things, even do work at my home and Of course since day 1, I started taking Aderral for 5 days a week again. But in just a few days the side effects came back worse than ever, I even drink coffee because that helped before, but nothing. Now i have the worse memory I have had in my entire life, and when I take the pill I really dont want to do ANYTHING..I feel like the effect is reverse on my brain or stopped working. I lower my intake for 2 days a week ( when Im just so sleepy or feel bad) And the effects are the total oposite of what they were, I get sleppy, my eyes close, I have NO motivation whatsoever, I dont want to do stuff I used to LOVE, I feel so weird. This scares me because I want to know what is happening with my brain...Have my brain reversed the effects and it's all messed up

This scares me because I know the time I've been using Aderral is pretty short compared with other people who are on medication for most of their life.And the fact that I get those effects with pill on my system are not a good sign.

Maybe my brain needed a lower dose since the beggining or this was a really bad desicition for my body. Im afraid my heart is fucked up ( it hurts sometimes even without the pill) and Im afraid I fucked up my neurotrasmisers and now It willl be imposible for me to be normal again,


I still function in some ways without the pill, Im not at my 100,but I able to do somethings ( even if my brain is telling me that It would be so much better with Addy, I try to be strong) Still I keep lacking of motivation, concentration, the capacity to plan stuff,really really bad memory, and my social interaction has been affected in a huge way. Even wit that I just love to be able to be happy, to sleep, eat and feel normal. I hate the person I become when Im in the pill but there's days that I can't hold the urge to take it because I have to do a LOT at work and when I get home..

Right now I only have one pill left. And I plan or not getting a reffil. ( wish me luck) I want to know if I will be able to get motivation back, memory and If I would be able to do half of the stuff I used to get done with the pill naturraly. ( I don't even get the urge to watch tv, read the newyspaper, or use social network) I lost track of my conversations ( with the pill too).... I have become so friking cumpulsive,anxious...oh God I would never even finish with all the stuff Aderral have affected my life. It helped me a lot to finish my bachellor but the amount of things that have changed in so little time it's scary for me.. Specially the fact that even if I only take the pill two times a week I get the total opposite of the ' effect' on the pill..

Why does that happend?

How will I be able to be ' normal' again, if it's even possible? I really need to function properly at my work.

I read some vitamins make you increase the dopamin on your brain..would that work?


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[Intenselife]

Hmmm i was prescribed 20mg IR of adderall to be taken twice a day over a few months ago. And after taking the prescribed dose the first few days, i realized the euphoria, extreme motivation/mood lift, concentration etc had started to fade away and i'd start to feel extremely depressed and irritable when it would wear off. (It kinda made me wonder how do people tolerate being on high doses of it).

So a few months later, and i have a bunch of extra adderall's leftover which i know some people cannot have on them without becoming addicted to them but i find the comedown or crash when they wear off too depressing and shitty to become hooked on them. So i started to take them only 3 times a week at 60mg (sometimes plugged which makes it 3x as strong than orally).

And now i really just take them like once or twice a week if even that when i really need it (which at the moment i don't have too much going on so i can do without it quiet a bit). And i only take like 20-40mg now rather than 60mg. It does the trick i still get the euphoria and amazing adderall high/effects each time and i am not addicted to it mentally or physically so it's great to not have to think about it ever, and just take it when i really need it.

Now to answer your question, i think the reason you are experiencing all these side effects since you started taking it again is because you were in withdrawal (since you stopped taking them for a period of time) and that maybe your body/brain chemistry has changed a little bit in someway causing a different reaction. Might want to try another medication if problems with adderall still continue....Even at my prescribed dose that i finally took today (though instead of spread out the 40mg at once) and i have to say sometimes i hate it more and more because of how i feel afterwards since they wear off pretty quick. My prescribed klonopins HELPS a lot with the side effects but it's still not enough.

Normally i take them now when i have weed on me because it helps cure the shitty feelings atleast for me, so does alcohol but without all of that i become so depressed and feel like shit from adderall even if it's only once a week.

 

[Lightning-Nl]

This is not uncommon at all. In fact it's quite common. It appears to happen more often to people with ADHD than people without ADHD, but can occur in both people. I also hear of this happening most often when a considerable tolerance to Amphetamine has been built due to long-term use.

What you're experiencing is know as a "paradoxical" reaction. It's a very common side-effect of Adderall and all stimulant ADHD meds. What's happening is your body has become tolerant to the Amphetamine and due to that fact the Dopamine release caused by Adderall is making you tired.

Unfortunately, you can't avoid this when taking Amphetamines in the long-term. Do not raise your dose either, it won't help with the sleepiness and it will only give you anxiety, tachycardia, and agitation. To counteract this tiredness, either reduce your tolerance to Amphetamine (see this thread) or take some Caffeine.