Help - 2nd day on Adderal and exercise ?? | ADHD Information
So today marks my 2nd day of taking Adderal 20mg XR, and it was a scary
one. I woke up at 5:30am and dosed 20mg XR. 12:30pm I went
to the gym, and did my usual cardio workout on the eleyptcal (sp?)
machiene. I was fine for the first 20 min, I work out 3-4 times a
week and have been for 2+ years. I am in exelent shape btw.
So 25min into my workout, my heartrate starts to jump up and up.
Usually I hover around 130-150bpm max, under a heavy workout, sweat
porring down etc... It went up to 160bpm, then 170bpm, and stopped at about 180-182bpm!!!!
I started to freak out, and stopped that secound, then started to walk
around to slowly cool down. Doing my meditation practices, to
center my self, and focus on slowing my heartrate. I didn't feel
any sort of signs of this comming on, there is a possability that the
heartrate monitor on those machienes arn't totally accurate.
Still that high of a BPM is insane!!!!! I have no history of
family related heart conditions, I was in the Dr.'s office Friday and
my blood pressure was a little higher than I remember. I will
update that too when I hear back from the Dr., o yea I contacted my Dr.
after I got out of the Gym.
Here is my Health Bio:
-Male - White
-25yrs
-6'4"
-176-8lbs ~14.5-15% body fat
-exercise 3-4 times a week
-extreamly health diet
-Only other meds in my system were 2 Advil i took @ 2am the night before
So I am not going to work out tomorrow, at least not till the evening
time around 8pm. I may just rest a little, and start back
wed. Still what is the deal?
Question is, can I work out after dosing, or do I at least wait till after the first 8 to 10 hrs??????????????????????
greebler38523.8933796296
when i was taking adderall xr- i just made sure i did my excersing before i took the pill..
Did your doctor warn you that some people get high blood pressure from
Adderall? My BP went from 127/73 to 145/110 after three days.
I now take a blood pressure medication so that I can safely take an
amphetamine medication for my ADHD. You should get your BP measured
after taking the Adderall. Don't stroke out!
If you're reacting as strongly as you are, I suggest that you consider waiting for a while after taking your dosage. Eight hours may be about right.
I find that if I try to work, physically, after taking an Adderall XR dosage (I take 10mg three times a day, owing to a hummingbird metabolism), I become tired very quickly. Cranial work is best suited for the first few hours after dosing, and physical work for those hours when the plateau has been reached.
You don't want to surprise your body with anything it's not comfortable handling.
Thank you for your responses!
Well my Dr. finally got back to me, and said to ease back on the cardio with
the adderal in my system. Real shocker there thanks Doc! So I
will basically follow what ShockleyHaynes was saying, and don't start this till
at least eight hours after a dose. I will also have my BP checked in a
few days; they want to do a physical on me before I go to the psyc.
I will keep you guys updated on what happens with this, hopefully this was just
a warning and nothing else...
-Spencer