question for maxdad or equazion about xr | ADHD Information

i was wondering im prescribed 60 mg of adderall xr.... equazion when you take your 60 mg of xr in the morning does it last you all day long or is it better to space it out.. take a 30 mg pill in the morning and a 30 mg around noon or in the afternoon???... would it matter? if i took all of my 60 mg of xr in the morning, it would last all day right? ... ya i just took my second dose of xr and i feel great ya know... i have exellent focus.. adderall is truly a miracle to me....  can someone help me out?Satisfaction

That's difficult to answer because it seems that XR has widely different time rates for many (at least as indicated on this board). Some say that it lasts all day or 8-12 hours and then others get much less benefit. I think that the issue is an individuals metabolic rate -- some will metabolise faster than others.

For example the most I would receive was around 7 hours, but sometimes less than 6. That began to concerm me because that meant that as the second dose hit, the first dose was still active and I could feel way too much in my system.

The best advice I have is trial and error. Take the 60 once a day for a week or two and every day write down when you "think" it's no longer working. From that point you can provide that info to your doctor and get his/her reco on spacing out the two 30mg capsules.

MaxDad
Another strategy is to take the XR total dose in the morning and take an IR dose later in the day, provided your doctor will write a script for both XR and IR.

MaxDad
I personally have had better success taking my entire XR dose at the same time in the morning. Im not really sure why it works better. I experimented with taking the second XR dose at different times during the afternoon, but I found that taking the same total dose in the morning was better than taking a large dose in the AM and a second smaller dose in the afternoon. I ended up starting with 30MG on a normal day in the AM, If I know that it will be a longer day I will add a 10Mg to make it a total of 40 Mg in the morning. On days when I have only taken the 30 Mg and I realize that it will be a long night, I will take the 10 Mg around 2-3 PM.  That flexibility is why I like to have a script for a large and small dose, then if I realize in the afternoon I forgot to take it, I can just take the 10Mg and get bye.. I m sure everyones metabolizes differently, but there was a difference for me on how I took the dose even though in theory it shouldnt make a difference.  Right now I am trying the new methylphenidate patch to see how that works, still to early to compare completely, but there is definate flexibility with the patch that isnt there with the pills. Time will tell.