Adderall - long term addiction and tolerance?; better altern

taking adderall for a long time, every day will cause tolerance. what i do is not take it on the weekends, when im not in school and dont need it. that way over the weekend the drug is rinsed from body and come monday i will take it again. this way i dont build a tolerance and dont need a higher dosage

Just adding my thought, I wish I had never found adderall. The first time I took it, I loved it. I've been taking it for several months now and feel like I have to have it to get anything done. My advice to anyone who may be considering taking it, BE CAREFUL. It is definitely extremely addictive, especially if you have an addictive personality. Tolerance also increases rapidly and you find yourself taking more and more. There are days that I will take approximately 1oo mgs if I have it on hand. Sadly, I do this even though I am fully aware of the harm I am doing to my body. I was petite to begin with but I now look so frail that it is even sickening to me. I can feel the increase in my  heart rate and I get short of breath very easily. I know it is time to leave it behind but it is harder than I ever thought it would be...

I know exactly where your at man.

Adderall was the answer to everything. The extra motivation.. a couple years ago. My tolerance has gotten so high, I am afraid to admit that I am addicted and addiictions definition finally made sense to me after a couple years on adderall. Most people wonder how I am alive.. I see posts of people who take 20 mg a day and are up and motivated. I unfortunately kept looking for the first feelings it gave me and now I can take 240 mg in a 4 hour period and feel little to nothing. My brain feels fuzzy every day, the opposite of what adderall use to do. I cant do basic activities without needing some amphetamines in my body. Im not sure what to do because i dont know how to stop.. especially when It is so widely available to me.

hello, do u have severe narcolepsy or live with this urself? u sound like my mom! thats exactly the problem!!! u simply cannot get ur daily tasks dun when u cannot even get th f out of bed all day, it is unbearable!!! and 4 me personally id rather live a shorter life thats a lil less miserable as i suffer from mental issues as well that torture me so the idea of living longer without the meds cuz im afraid of long term effects, no frikkin way, id rather live 1 day happy than a lifetime of misery and u dont know 4 sure whether someone will end up bein the "same person" or not, how cud u? 4 me i will accomplish a hell of a lot more with the meds and end up having a lot more 2 b proud of @ the end of my life then if i were 2 jus lay in bed every day tryin not 2 kill myself so i can b around 4 the holidays!!!

laugh out loud

"I have been taking Adderall for over a year and have found it makes a world of difference"

Yeah...that's what I said after taking it the 1st year, and even the 2nd and 3rd year.

My advise to you or anyone who has recently or not yet started this drug....Get out NOW before it's too late, before your life passes you by and u realize that you've become a sad pathetic addict, the type of person you once felt sorry for.  RUN! 11 years later and I'm now a raging adderallic fiend with a tolerance so high, the amt. I take it should've stopped my heart by now. 

I'm 30 years old.  I curse the day I ever took the first orange pill. 

1 is too many and 1,000 is never enough.

I'm don't remember much of the past 10 years. 

I'm not sure who I am anymore.............but I am sure of the exact date and time that I get my next 90mg/day script.  Which will last maybe 2 weeks if I'm good.   

 

I'll never be a quitter.  Thanks adderall

I wrote the post above that you are quoting 6 years ago. I started taking Adderall when I was 15. I'm now 30 years old, and I take 60 mgs. daily. I am currently going through withdrawal, & I didn't do sh*t at work today. Thank God I get my script tomorrow.

I've been taking adderall now for almost 3 years. Adderall, simply put - is an illusion. Looking back, it's heaven and hell all in the same pill.  My doctor started me, at age 30, at 60mg a day (3x20mg) IR.  This worked great for about a year and a half, when I began, due to long hours, to tka more than I was perscribed - sometimes pulling all night benders to get my workload done.  Complaining to my doc, he upped me to 90mg IR a day, 3x30. 

Now, a year and a half later, I dont even feel the med unless I pop 60mg all at once. I can easilly go through 200-300mg a day.  It's miserable. 

When I first went on, I had tons of energy, felt great, dropped some extra weight, looked awesome, it was AWESOME. 

Now, the medication no longer suppresses my appetite, I have a horrible diet. My sleep rhythms are totally screwed up. I have gained about 20 lbs. I feel horrible all the time. I suffer from depression. I have issues now with anxiety. 

I recently took 10 days off - cold turkey. I literally slept for 4 days straight at first; then towards the end of the 10 days started to actually feel better - and healthy.  The day I went back on - I felt my meds working like they used to - I felt great!  But that only lasted a few days, and now I'm back to taking more than I should. 

I really need to turn myself around. I know it's completely up to me - but the stuff is so addictive. Only my girlfriend, and 2 close friends know what I am struggling with. 

If I could go back - I would have not started on this drug. Yes, at first - it was awesome. But overtime - tolerance will build, and it can wreak havoc on your life. 

Its a SCHED 2 Narc. Same class as Cocaine. 

SO ASK YOURSELF. IF YOU COULD GET A PERSCRIPTION TO COCAINE LEGALLY WITH EASY MONTHLY ACCESS AND YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE COVERED IT - WOULD YOU?

Cocaine is awesome too (for about 30 minutes), but after doing it a few times when I was waaay younger I realized it was NOT something you wanted to EVER be addicted to or even be around. It's nasty stuff.  Sure, the few times I did it were fun as hell - but the comedown was aweful.  Havent touched that stuff in a decade. 

Will I get off?  Perhaps. I think I will become "manageable".  If I do go off altogether, I'm sure I'll be healthier. But I'm also sure that in the back of my mind - always, for all time, I'll have that feeling that if I just got a little adderall life would be so much better. 

That's the illusion. 

I've been on Adderall about 13 years.  I'm retired and would have discontinued the medication but friends and family always seem to know when I've skipped doses.  I'm ADD w/o the hyper.  I've never had to increase my dose(30mg) DSI apparently have not built up a tolerance.  Like I said others notice when I skip doses more than I notice.  The medication was a life-saver when I was working.  without it I'm a babbling, unfocused procrastinator, late for everything if I even remember at all.  I'm not sure I'd have kept my job lone enough to actually retire.

AMOUNT PRESCRIBED: 30MG, 3X DAILY.

ACTUAL DAILY INTAKE THROUGH 7 YR. SPAND OF TIME: QTY: 6-8 ADDERAL 30 MG DAILY FOR 7 YRS! 

 

*LONG TERM EFFECTS TO YOUR MIND AND BODY!

HI, MY NAME IS REBEKAH JOY. I AM 19 YRS. OLD AND IM HERE TO TELL YOU WHERE I AM AT TODAY. I AM ONLINE LOOKING FOR TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR ADDICTION. I HAVE NEVER TOUCHED METH BECAUSE I KNEW IF THERE WASNT A DOCTOR TO TELL ME ENOUGH IS ENOUGH I WOULD DEFINATLY DIE OR KILL MYSELF. THIS IS LONG TERM EFFECTS IVE HAD: 

I HAVE BEEN TO REHAB ONCE ALREADY ON THIS VERY DAY LAST YEAR, I HAVE BEEN CAUGHT DOCTOR SHOPPING, I HAVE LOST MY CAR, LOST MY HIGHEND SALES JOB AND CANT  EVEN HOLD DOWN A GAS STATION JOB. I LOST EVERY SINGLE FRIEND AND HAD MY FAMILY CURSE ME AND TELL ME I WAS DEAD TO THEM, I LOST THE LOVE OF MY LIFE WHOM LOVE ME THROUGH EVERY NIGHTMARE BUT LEFT BECAUSE ALL HE HAD DONE TO HELP ME CHANGE AND I NEVER DID. I LOST MY CLOTHES OFF MY BACK, I LOST MY MOTIVATION AND JOY FOR LIFE, NO MATTER HOW MANY PILLS I HAD. I GAVE UP MY SPIRITUALITY WITH GOD, THE RELATIONSHIP WITH MY MOM AND BROTHERS, I GAVE UP SCHOOL AND A GOAL FOR THE FUTURE, I GAVE UP MY ABILITY TO LOVE OTHERS OR MYSELF. I AM HOLLOW. IF YOU LOOK PAST THE BAGS UNDER MY EYES YOU CAN LITERALLY SEE HOLLOWNESS. I HAVE PUT MYSELF THROUGH UNBELIEVABLE TRAUMA TIME AFTER TIME. I SIT IN DENILE BECAUSE I DONT LIKE HOW THE TRUTH FEELS. I SIT IN MY OWN LITTLE SICK WORLD INSIDE MY OWN HEAD. MY REALITY IS TOTALLY OPPOSITE FROM WHATS ACTUALLY GOING ON IN THE REST OF THE WORLD. I LIE, STEAL, CHEAT AND MUNIPULATE EVERYONE (MOST OF ALL, MYSELF). MY HANDS ARE DRY AND I GET CRACKS UNDER MY FINGER NAILS. IT HURTS SO BAD LIKE THERE IS GLASS IN THEM, I HAVE SYSTIC ACNE AND WILL ALWAYS HAVE SCARS ON MY FACE NOW, MY IMMUNE SYSTEM IS SHOT! MY BODY ACHES IN PAIN AND IS ALWAYS TIRED. I HAVE DEVELOPED THIS IRRITATING FILM OVER MY EYES LIKE "STRINGY, EYE MUCUS". MY TEETH ARE YELLOW DUE TO CONSTANT DEHYDRATION AND THEY ARE SO GRINDED DOWN. I GET HEART BURN FREQUENTLY FROM THE PILLS, IF I TRY TO COME OFF THE ADDERAL FOR A SMALL PERIOD OF TIME I HAVE TO BE ON HEART MEDICATION BECAUSE MY HEART FREAKS OUT HAS HIT 190 BEATS PER MINUTE. (AVERAGE BEAT) 80-90 BEATS PER MINUTE. EMOTIONALLY IM A NIGHTMARE. I GO THROUGH ABOUT 5 DIFFERENT EMOTIONS IN A 10-15 MIN. SPAND OF TIME. EACH EMOTION IS SO HIGH STRUNG THAT MY COUNSELOR TOLD ME IF I WASNT SO GOOD AT PLAYING DENILE GAMES AND LYING TO MYSELF ABOUT REALITY " I PROBLY WOULD HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE BY NOW" THATS THE ONLY WAY SOMEONE COULD EXPERIENCE THE LIFE IVE LIVED AND STILL KEEP DOING IT. OH YEAH, AND BY THE WAY IM TIRED, EAT ALOT WHEN I COME OFF AND GET MY PERIOD IF MY CYCLE GETS OFF DUE TO THE PILLS. I AM BROKE AND NEED REHAB DESPERATELY. I LIVE IN NORTH GA. IF ANYONE HAS SOME HELPFUL ADVISE OR KNOW ABOUT HOW I COULD GET SPONSORED FOR A  GOOD, LOCAL, REHAB SEND ME AN EMAIL. IM OPEN TO OPTIONS AND PRAYERS. 

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Intelligent response! May I ask what is funny about the post you "laughed out loud" about?

I couldn't relate more. talk about story of my life. it's such a love hate relationship. best advise stay away from this drug if you haven't started it yet. it will eventually control your life if you take it for too many years.

Did you ever get off the drug cold turkey ..?. I am currently in that situation taking 70mg vyvc and and additional 20 mg 4 hours after. I'm depressed and can never sleep well now. It's not what it used to be like you said. I'm kinda loosing my mind and don't no what to do.

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My son is 33. Started taking Ritalin in 5th grade when diagnosed with ADHD and moved onto Adderall, which he never stopped taking. He doesn't live with me but last I heard he takes 20mg 2times a day. Since both his grandfathers had heart disease I am worried about his heart, having a heart attack. He also takes asthma medicine. He is under a Drs. care but I just wonder and worry since we've had friends whose children have died of heartattacks that have only been 27 yrs old. (From drug abuse, don't know what kind) my son says the only danger of heart attack is when you go off it (dr said) what is your opinion?