Posted by CareBear04 on August 30, 2007, at 11:07:38
In reply to Re: Getting prescribed Adderall » CareBear04, posted by Girlnterrupted78 on August 30, 2007, at 0:58:47
Hi!
Thanks for the advice about the testing. Yeah, in the past five or so years, about four different psychiatrists have kept me on Adderall or Dexedrine with no questions asked.
As a kid, I was pretty inattentive, but I was also a high achiever, so I got by. By middle and high school, though, my concentration was so bad that I skipped more classes than I attended. Same in college until I got put on Adderall.
Strattera did nothing for me at all! Wellbutrin may have worked a little, but I was taking 450mg of the regular release because the XL didn't work for me and the SR had a really nasty sulfur smell. So... that meant 6 of those pretty big Wellbutrin tabs a day, which was too much. Provigil actually helped quite a bit. It made me very attentive and focused on my work. I only switched to Adderall because I went back to a different doctor who liked the outcomes she'd had on Adderall. I took Ritalin in the form of Concerta. I thought it was pretty good-- very smooth, didn't make me as jumpy. You're right about the effects of high-dose Adderall wearing off, unfortunately. My last prescriber, and for the past two or so years, I've been on 60mg a day, but I haven't seen a psychiatrist since the end of June, so I haven't gotten a new prescription. I've been making do with the pills I had left over, so I cut down to 30mg XR a day, then 20, then 15mg Dexedrine spansule. When I tried to go cold turkey, I could definitely feel myself dragging, like I was still half asleep. And the thing is, like you say, I've gotten to the point where I don't even really feel the effect of Adderall like before. It doesn't boost my concentration or energy or decrease my appetite like at first, but when I don't take it, I can really tell.I also think my Adderall tolerance is messing with my response to caffeine. Caffeine now also doesn't do anything for me, yet I keep drinking coffee. Maybe they work on the same neurotransmitters, and tolerance to one increases tolerance for the other?
I'd love to go back to having the same Adderall effect that I had years ago when I first started it, even though I don't know of a period when I can go off it for an extended time. I'd love to hear more of your experience!
CB
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