ADD meds and weed use, help!

[Revegged_Clone]

i think i sorto od'd on the pills... they;re prescribed(40mg adderall) for everyday use but i don't take em cause i HATE pills, specially these, since they bring back bad memories of similar chems. since i hate pills and this was not recreational use, please don't delete this thread, it could serve to calm me down, even if i don't get a useful answer...

i took the dosage the doc recommended, but i've developed incredible stress and right now i'm spacing out loooking at random spots. i smoked, and it just made me stoney and jumpy, like, haphazard. what can i do to stop this crazyness????

i just wanted to study and doo good if i fail a single class this semester i'm out for 5 years!

dammit, i can't study like this, imma run for a while, see if this stops and check for any advice!

 

[Space Ghost]

was the 40mg in xr form?

 

[Guest]

Cut your pills in half and see if that works, call your doctor and tell them what happened. I wouldn't take the same dose again if it's messing you up. I'm not a doctor and i don't know how many people here are i would call yours and hope he helps and doesn't just blow you off.

good luck

 

[Revegged_Clone]

the thing is, he knwos i got violent with 10mg and had some other undesired psychological side effects(thoughts of another substance) and he quadrupled the dosage. now, thinking maybe i was taking too little and thats why it was of no help before, i took the 40... he's sorto a pill pusher i guess. he prescribed from the second session... that, in my opinion, is too early.

 

[Guest]

My advice would be to work hard at school don't take something that is messing you up and find a real doctor that will help you. Pills aren't the solution to every problem some MD's forget that.

 

[Revegged_Clone]

i do work, man, harder than anyone else i know, i even have to work to get to the class... i don't just suffer from add, i also suffer from extreme stress(ie, the somewhat newly described term: chronic worrier) and the thought of finding out i really am stupid scares me...

i still fight through though, i'm trying hard, hard as i can, i'm not complaining about that at all, i'm just pissed at these damn pills! i'm somewhat getting through the reading material, but it's laborious, i need to read the same sentence three times to get all the wrods, i'm jumping all over...

 

[D0nC0smic]

Adderall is some nasty shit, different docs have thought i was ADD over time, but i would never that stuff, i mean i know the medical reasoning behind it and all, but prescribing speed to to people who tend to be fidgety anyway probably hurts as many people as it helps

 

[diggity]

and the thought of finding out i really am stupid scares me...
...

sorry, but that is funny

how old are you and where do you go to school

 

[Revegged_Clone]

sorry, i won't answer that for security reasons. i knw i'm not stupid... i ahd plenty of offers... thing is... i don't really remember how i did most of the stuff i've done over the years... i read essays and stuff, and i'm amazed i wrote em... i may have become stupid over time, haha. flowers for me? algernon already took mine...

enough of this yummy buddy bullshit... back to the damn meds!

how long should this be? will i crash tomorrow? i'm fooking pissed right now... my doc better have some connections at my uni to sort this out if i mess up GRrRR

(BTW, i've gotten all a's so far this semester, but.. for some reason i've started freaking out now)

 

[clorox]

i find if i smoke weed on adderall the day after an acid trip i feel super spaced out...

 

[HuffAndPuff]

Reveg,
You'll be fine brother. You're just experiencing an adverse reaction to the amphetamines. Could be because of your physiological make-up, or because you are not "used" to the effects... kinda like when you first started smoking herb and maybe freaked out a bit.

Anger is a known side-effect of adderall, and it is my unprofessional opinion that if you experienced this at lower doses, it could very likely become more pronounced in higher doseages.

Adderall has been a blessing and a curse for me. It gives me a focus and keeps me task and goal oriented, but I have found it to be addicting, despite what 'they' say. I am prescribed 60mg a day, short acting. If Itake 30 mg every morning, just before I have to wake up, it will light a fire under my ass everyday for about a week. Then, for it to keep getting me out of bed, I have to up the dose. I have eaten 60mg at 8am, and fell back asleep till noon, on more than one occasion. The lesson is that I need to be careful not to fall into the mindset of "I NEED this drug to be able to do what I need to do, I can't do it without it!" I can, and I am more functional without it than I am if I let myself get junked out on it.

I smoke throughout the day on it, too. A few years back, I went through a spell where I was taking more than I should have been. That zoning out is very common. You may find your jaw hurts because you've been clenching it unkowingly. Be careful what tasks you start doing. Shaving, nail biting, and zit popping can all lead you to permanent scar drive.

Good luck, and by the time 8 hours have passed, you should barely notice it, if at all.

Stay Safe,
HuffAndPuff

[EDIT: Just re-read your post... Prolly too late but...DONT GO RUNNING! If you are concerned that you may be ODing on a stimulant (I'm almost positive you're noy) the last thing you want to do is exert your heart any more than the drug may have already. Amphetamines will also increase your blood pressure and cause you to sweat more...conditions that will be worsened with running. I suggest you take advantage of that drug's bronchodilating properties, and take yourself some really big rips, and occupy yourself with something non-physical.]

 

[Revegged_Clone]

i wasn't sacred i was od'ing in a physical sense... just too much for the desired effects.

i know my body and although yeah, my heart rate did climb, i did my best to keep it under control. i'm high risk for a heart attack...

 

[budvapor]

so how's it going today Revegged? better i hope. when my mind's not in the right place, i remind myself that it's a phase, it'll pass, i'll figure it out. it can be tough to control, but it's all thought patterns in your brain that you do have some influence on. it's the old 'think positive' thing. it's surprisingly powerful. it takes practice, but with time it can really help. but even then, some days i can't get anything accomplished, and i've come to accept that about me because on other days i just kick ass! you just have to find _your_ way. it's necessary to fit in to a certain degree, but you also need to fit your environment to you. i know, easier said than done...

re: the pills, i've become more skeptical about them... good for the medical industry's bottom lines, probably not good for us...

good luck.