Adderall Question | ADHD Information

BMAN..Coming from a ex-pharmacy tech Adderall XR is a time release drug that works all day and its funny everyone says 20mgs doesn't work but maybe 10 hrs. Plain Adderall releases its componets within a 3 hr period for the day. You r dealing with a highly addictive drug..Work the dosage out with your Dr.  I take 2 20mgs. in the morning and a sleeping pill at 9:00pm so I can go to bed and sleep by 1:00am.Maybe it'll work for you..Good Luck

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Yep, that's normal. Takes anywhere from a half-hour to an hour to kick in. 30 of non time release is getting TWICE as much at once as 30 of time
release.

I know this because the pharmacy once gave my daughter regular instead of
XL- when I called them they just about died. they urged me to come right
back.thank you shock My doc told me that the XR time release 30 MG has two releases, so if you take it at 7:00 AM the first dose will kick in soon after and the second dose will kick in around noon give or take a little bit.  I couldn't take the XR either because it kept me up at night, so I now take 20 MG in the morning and 20 MG around noon, and I am ready for bed by 9-11 or so, and sleep fine.  Everyone is different though and some may need more or less of each dose.  Hope this helps a bit.XR uses a double pulse bead system. Half the dose is absorbed immediately the other half 4 hours later. 30mg XR is the same as 15mg twice daily, 4 hours apart. Duration of action lasts anywhere from 7-12 hours, depending upon individual metabolism.

You need to e-mail:  User name Shakespeare, he is more than qualified to help you answer this.

 

 

Ok, I was on adderallXR 30mg for 8 months. I stopped XR because i never can get into any kind of sleep routine in college and usually dont get up before 1. This being said, i changed to regular release. I wanted to see what 20mg in the morning would do, and then a 10mg if needed at night. ( Basically 30 mg for all day.) 

    The 20mg just didn't seem to work. I figure maybe because im used to the 30XR all day everyday. So after the 3rd day of the med not working, and many study hours spent not studying, I uped my dose to 30 in the morning. This helped me much more and i felt that i have been acomplishing my work. Plus it wears off much earlier then the XR. What is the comparison to 30mgXR and 30 MG regular????

[QUOTE=shakespeare]XR uses a double pulse bead system. Half the dose is absorbed immediately the other half 4 hours later. 30mg XR is the same as 15mg twice daily, 4 hours apart. Duration of action lasts anywhere from 7-12 hours, depending upon individual metabolism.[/QUOTE]

 

u r absolutely right on!!!! its good to have u on board with all the info u have...

4 weeks ago I switched from 60 mg of Adderall 2x/day to 30 mg of Adderall XR . I take 30 XR in the morning and can go until 5 the next morning, sleep till 7:30 and do it again. by the 4th night I am able to sleep.  (that was a total digression--FOCUS) I  miss the initial jolt that the reg adderall gave me. my wake up call, allowing me clarity, motivation, and the wonderful abilty to concentrate. With XR, I have a slow, easy going change in thinking , absorbing, knowing where to begin--i literally sit at this computer with many important, growing-into-urgent-things to do literally without a clue on how to prioritize. 

After reading the above comments, I think I will go back to the reg adderall. and make sure that i take the second dose earlier in the day.
THANK YOU very much. I just cannot seem to meet anyone with with whom I can talk about this stuff.  

shakespeare, you wrote: 30mg XR is the same as 15mg twice daily, 4 hours apart. I think my doc said or maybe i read somewhere that less XR can be taken than  the reg dderall.  At any rate, i am taking less. I think that I can maximize the effects of adderall, squeeze mroe out of this drug--changes need to be made, again.



 

My friend was on regular Adderall and then switched to Adderall XR and
said that she will never go back to regular Adderall. The effects of XR
were that much better.Can anyone tell me how long it usually takes for the Adderall to work...my son takes 20mg of xr and it takes an hour before it seems to be working...is this normal?bump up