What all of us who take stimulants, especially Adderall or Adderall XR, need to remember and realize is that Adderall is a very strong drug. In the past four years, my doctor has had to increase my dosage due to a higher level of drug metabolization. At first 10 mgs.at 7 am worked until 4 or 5. By then I would come home and relax. Now, I'm up to 10 mgs. 3x a day, but I have cut back my last dose to 5 mgs. My piece of advice- maybe your doctor should increase the XR by 5 mgs. or if you need caffeine at some point in your day, limit yourself to one serving when you being to feel yourself crash. Also, too much caffeine with amphetamines in general can lead to toxicity, but this is rare.
[quote=KDLMaj]I'm now on adderall XR, and it seems to work pretty well for about 8 hours, but I really need more than that for most days. How have other people manage to find full day coverage with adderall? Do you take an SR tablet later in the afternoon? Do you take two XRs over the course of the day?[/quote]bellareese - what do you mean by "toxicity"?? I've checked studies on caffeine and have seen no such thing. Do you have info on that? I'm serious - not being facetious in this as as far as I know there are no harmful long-term effects with caffeine in coffee/soda and our meds.
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I'm now on adderall XR, and it seems to work pretty well for about 8 hours
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Actually 8 hours is good. I get about 4-5 hours out of XR. When I took XR, I dosed it 2X per day and got about 10 hours out of it. Shire really hasn't got a good handle on the timed-release yet.
I switched to IR and found that I can take less overall mg and control the dosage on my own a bit better.
As has been posted, some people take XR and then later take IR to continue coverage. That works well too.
I'm now on adderall XR, and it seems to work pretty well for about 8 hours, but I really need more than that for most days. How have other people manage to find full day coverage with adderall? Do you take an SR tablet later in the afternoon? Do you take two XRs over the course of the day? Need some advice here!
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What all of us who take stimulants, especially Adderall or Adderall XR, need to remember and realize is that Adderall is a very strong drug. In the past four years, my doctor has had to increase my dosage due to a higher level of drug metabolization. At first 10 mgs.at 7 am worked until 4 or 5. By then I would come home and relax. Now, I'm up to 10 mgs. 3x a day, but I have cut back my last dose to 5 mgs. My piece of advice- maybe your doctor should increase the XR by 5 mgs. or if you need caffeine at some point in your day, limit yourself to one serving when you being to feel yourself crash. Also, too much caffeine with amphetamines in general can lead to toxicity, but this is rare.
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