I started out at 10 mg of Adderall XR a day. In the first couple of months, it seemed that I was taking more and more to just get through the day. I will admit at first that I did enjoy the rush that I did get from it. I felt I was able to get more done in day, but there was times that I was up for a couple of days at time. Right now I am at 50mg a day that I take before 10 in the morning. I do not get the full high as you may call it anymore, but I am able to get through the whole day without crashing. I have been on the 50mg for the last couple months and have found this to be a good dosage for me. It took some time, but what I think some people need to try and do is set a time first to take the meds everyday. Get yourself on a routine, and than try and determine if the current dosage you are on is helping you get through the day. Like I said right now at 50mg a day before 10 am I am able to get through the day and still get some sleep at night. Each person is different, and may need more or less. I also smoke and drink Mt. Dew all day too. I have noticed that the days I seem to drink more soda, the less the medicine works. I am now working on trying to cut back on my soda intake. I will have one bottle of soda and than a glass of water. One other thing I have noticed as well is that I am always thirsty since being on the meds. Sorry so long, I hope this helps.
You know it's a dangerous drug, I can see the abuse potential in this thread. You're just kidding yourselves. It doesn't take very long at all for your brain to adapt to adderall, at which point you will never get the "high" again. You'll try and add things to your regimen, you'll double and triple your dose, you'll try melting Vick's inhalers, you'll try anything to get that buzz but it will never come back. Crushing the beads doesn't do anything but make the drug useless. If you want to get high go buy some meth, you're wasting your time with adderall.
And, to top it off, you've lost sight of the drugs use. In the end, rather then letting adderall help you, you have allowed it to make your life worse.
I have read all the facts about Adderall XR and know that it can be very addictive. I have never done any illegal drugs in my life and I choose not to. The high that I get from Adderall XR is not really a high. I do know the difference when I missed a day and a day that I have taken my meds. I am more focused on what needs to be done in my daily life. I have more control over what happens. That is the high I am talking about. I had a friend that was taken Adderall XR for awhile as well but he quit because he said it was making him jittery and made him feel like he was on illegal drugs. Myself personally has not experienced that, I just enjoy the feeling of being in control of what is going on around me. Since I have been on my meds for the last 7 months, I have accomplished more that I have wanted to in the last 7 years. I am sure this can be a good or a bad thing, but I have noticed when I am on the meds, when I start something I usually get it done no matter how long it takes. This can be good and bad, for the fact that I could be doing other things as well. I am learning to priortize things more and getting the things done that are more important. Before I was on medication, I remember getting involved in so many different things because I would lose interest in the others. I am 29 years and have a wonderful family. For the first time in my life, I know what I want to do. I have made goals for myself, and I feel things have improved for all of us in our family. As I stated before that it took a few months for me to find the right dosage to get me through the day. For me personally that is 50mg a day before 10 am. I have been on that dosage now for the last couple of months. I was just want other people to know what I did to get to the right dosage. At first I thought I was abusing for the fact that I was needing more at first to get through the day. Now I am happy with where I am at. I was perscribed adderall two weeks ago. I was given the normal starting dossage of 10 mg a day. I am going to be honest with myself and say that I love the effects. I can talk to people easily and feel comfortable in my own skin. Plus I can get alot done which is great because I have alot of goals but fatigue and depression plauge me.
I have been trying to figure out a right medication for my depression since I was 14 and still haven't found one. I'm 22 now. I have bi-polar but there are cases when anti-depressants and mood stabilizers don't work. I stuggle every day. So I have just started Adderall because ADD is often accompanied with Bi-Polar. In some cases Adderall is used to treat deppression. Also, my sister and Dad have ADD.
On the other hand, is the feeling I get from Adderoll too good to be true? I have already started to abuse it by taking more than perscribed but this is because I crash emotionally. Does this mean I have to stop or is there a chance I can still take the adderall. Is this a dependancy or just a normal first reaction.
Does the euphoria ware off? Does the energy and motivation go away? If this is true will I always want to chase that high by taking more and more, or will 40 mg a day satisfy me. Could it be that 10 mg is not enough and that a higher dosage would prevent mid-day crashes....I HOPE! Is there a happy medium? Could it be that some people can take adderall and some should not because they have an addictive personality? I suppose it would be bad to continue to up your dosage.
What if I went on adderall to get me through my last 1.5 years of college and then stop before my dose intake gets out of control do to tollerance? Then I could slowly detox right?
Or - Hold On, I Got It! (mabey) - what if I hop from one perscription drug to another before I get too tollerant to one perticulare drug. Or do they all have a common active ingrediant?
Sorry for being so straight forward, please respond with any advise or suggestions you might have. I am truely a billion times more happy on a stimmulant.
Thanks, From Searching. 
Call your doctor and tell them the dose you are taking is ineffective! I myself started two weeks ago and have gone from 2 10mgXRs a day to 2 10mgXRs plus 10mg booster dose of IR. And now finally im on 4 10mgXRs a day.. It works pretty good because the only psychostimulants i respond to are CNS type drugs.. But I feel gross sometimes after i take it because its mixed amphetas.. Call your doctor!! asap! are you taking XR??No, circus, I think it is just the other one that just hits you at once. You like the XR? It is time released, more gradual peek and crash? I am going to talk to my doctor about it not being sufficient dose.
The 4 10mgxrs works good but later won't it start to whare off. I agree 40-50 mg is perfect for me right now.
Yes the XR is okay.. But I think a combo of XR AND IR would be much better... so currently i pour the beads out and crush them, then put the matter back into the capsule and *poof* we have IR lol.. this way i can keep my tolerance in check, while getting the IR relief i really need.
