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Re: Adderal-augmented or demented?HELP!!!

Posted by hopeful74 on June 24, 2004, at 1:18:12

In reply to Adderal-augmented or demented?HELP!!!, posted by scatterbrained on June 23, 2004, at 18:00:23

I can understand your concern.

I was on adderall 30mg 2x a day for about 18 months along w/ 300mg of Effexor. Ultimately I became pretty immune to the adderall and kept increasing amounts which is not too safe...but the thing is, the adderall made me feel so anxiety ridden and anxious when I was "coming down." Like I was in this happy little world when I was on it but when it wore off I was scatterbrained - worse than before. I also picked up a social anxiety disorder which I never, ever had issues with before.

I don't want to scare you - adderall seems to really work successfully for a lot of people but I think it is really important to not increase your dosage. That wonderful tingly belly - euphoric feeling you first get after you take it will stop after a while but increasing the dose perscribed leads to worse things, I think.

I am off of adderall as of last week. (So take my advice with a grain of salt - I am just figuring it out as well!) Hopefully though, you can nip this in the bud w/ your doc. before it can get worse. I just have really mixed feelings about the stuff. I feel so much better in general now - my sex drive has even made a guest appearance and I'm not so anxious, but at the same time I crave the adderall because it gave me focus and almost purpose.

The very best of luck to you. I hope I am not scaring you - I just wanted you to know that I understand how scary it can be - these drugs have so many freaky side effects that it's hard to know what is you and what is the drug. One last thing - the movie "Requeium (sp?) for a Dream" deals w/ an amphetamine very similar to adderall - however it is a really scary movie so only check it out if you decide to say nay to the stuff.

Again, I hope I'm not scaring or discouraging you. I wish you the best of luck and keep us informed!

H


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