Posted by Sarah T. on September 26, 2005, at 20:02:56
In reply to Re: Adderall and preventing tolerance? » barbaracat, posted by fairywings on September 25, 2005, at 17:20:58
> One thing i can tell you is to titrate up slowly because if you double the dose, and double, and double trying to hit the right dose, and you miss, you'll get obsessive, not want to leave the house or do anything, and get depressed. (sounds like the state of mind where you are now) that's how i got - a black hole depression, but when we backed off, we hit the right dose.
> The feeling good, wanting to feel better and better was the problem, and going beyond feeling good, you get too high a dose which is not good at all. It takes some trial and error, but sounds like you have a good p-doc.> good luck,
> fw>Hi fairlywings,
What you say is SO true. With amphetamines, there is such a fine line between too much and not enough, but I found that to be even more true for Adderall.
When I used to read other message boards, I found so many posts from people saying that stimulants make them tired and that they can go right to bed after taking stimulants. My impression of those cases is that they are either taking too much or they have developed tolerance or they are on the wrong drug. For many people, at the right dose, stimulants provide an alert yet calm focus. If you become over-focused or hyper-focused, obsessional, fatigued or just plain zombie-like, that probably means it's time to adjust the dosage or to consider trying another medicine.
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