Stimulants To Speed or Not to Speed, That is The Question.

[RainWater]

^^^I'm not going to take them 'recreationally' and if I start taking them at all it'll probably be pretty low doses.

And what if I don't take them every single day, you know, maybe like 3 or 4 days a week.

I dunno, a lot of you guys seem like you sought after a high and thus 'abused' the meds or used them for recreation. I understand the side effects bit, but I don't have any desire to take ridiculously high doses (like some...) so how bad could it be?

Maybe I'm underestimating the potential harm these drugs can do but IMO there has to be a way to take them responsibly...

 

[AmsterTram]

For the record, the number one self-medication for ADD is cocaine, which is much worse for you than a doctor prescribed dosage of medical quality amphetamines.

I'm sorry, but I just do not believe that cocaine is the number one substance most sought after by those with undiagnosed ADD. It has got to be caffeine (coffee, tea, soda, energy drinks...)

I said self-medication, which to me does not include coffee and soda. Regardless, cocaine addiction and ADD are very closely linked and cocaine is commonly used by people with ADD, prior to a good diagnosis.

 

[verso]

To the OP, I took 20 mg every day and that's a commonly-prescribed dose. Similarly, I would take a break from it on the weekends, meaning that I only took 20 mg for five days out of every week. In other words, I did everything you're talking about and it still came around to bite me on the ass.

 

[Vriess]

My daily adderall usage was a nightmare at the end, when I stopped I felt like I got hit by a truck. The percieved banality of my life went through the roof.

I was lazy and apathetic before but now I can and do sleep up to 12 hours most days. Not only that but it seems I almost can't get enough sleep. Even after 12 hours I get really tired sometimes and have to tell myself I'm not getting back in bed. I also developed some anxiety issues, shittttttyyy

btw this is over a year later

 

[SpunkySkunk347]

I've been prescribed 60mg of Adderall XR a day for more than 2 years now, and let me tell you my life has turned into a fucking nightmare.
I get trapped in grandeur delusions; I lash out at people for no reason; when it gets bad, I think everyone is plotting against me, and I even though I know its just paranoia, I can't help it.
Even when I stop taking Adderall for a few weeks, it takes a while for my mind and body to even start making progress back to "normalcy"..

My whole body hurts all the time; I sit around all day trying to think of ways to blame other people for why my life seems like shit instead of blaming myself.

Amphetamine might very well leave me compromised for the rest of my life.

 

[verso]

Even when I stop taking Adderall for a few weeks, it takes a while for my mind and body to even start making progress back to "normalcy"..

And that's the toughest part. That's why it took me so long to quit taking Adderall. I would try quitting, but then my school work would pile up, and I just could not bring myself to do the work without that little bit of encapsulated motivation. To quit taking amphetamines, I believe that a person needs a good, good chunk of time to do absolutely nothing. I had to wait until winter break when school would be out and I would have a month to do nothing.