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  • BDD Moderators: Keif’ Richards

Too much Adderall?

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fostersmith12

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About 1-1.5 hours ago I took 120mg Adderall XR (2 30mg capsules swallowed, and the contents of 2 30mg capsules chewed up to make them as close to instant-release as possible). I'm not feeling really an overwhelming rush (after all, my doc has me taking 30mg XR every morning), but I'm feeling a bit. I wondered if it would be safe to take another 30mg. And just so you can get a good idea of what kind of tolerance I might have: I've been on Adderall since around 2008. I started at like 10 or 15mg XR daily. Then I kept having to up my dosage (decreased effectiveness due to tolerance) and I'm now at 30mg XR. I've been on this dose once daily for at least three or four months. (By the way, I have taken around this dosage before while "binging," if it could be called that; but it kept me up all night and absolutely eliminated my appetite. I think the most I've ever taken is around 150mg in like 24 hours, and I'm still alive.)

So what's the verdict? Safe or unsafe?
 
Unsafe.

I say not to take another dose. 120 mg of Adderall (even if XR) is a high dose and I think you still have to wait longer before you feel the effects. I am prescribed Dexedrine instant release 5 mg tablets. I take 10 mg in the morning, 10 mg in afternoon and then 5 mg in evening - so a total of 25 mg all day. It takes the instant release Dexedrine tablets about 45 minutes to begin to kick in. So I can only imagine how long it would take for Adderall XR to kick in. To me, 1-1.5 hrs is still a bit too early to say "I don't feel anything yet".
 
Agreed. 120mg is a pretty high dose even though its the extended-release version. Depending on stomach contents and chemistry, it could take up to two hours or even more for effects to kick in.

I would listen to kokaino on this one, do not take any more today.
 
Yeah, sounds good to me. As much as I'd like to take more (today has been a rather shitty day and the "high" from earlier was pretty much a bust), I realize that it would be pretty unsafe and a stupid decision. Thanks for the help, guys.
 
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