I am on Adderall XR 5mgx3 a day. I start at 5mg a day for a week, after 10mg a week and now 15mg. I saw that at 5mg it didn't work, at 10mg also, at 15mg I saw a difference but it didn't stay long so I try 30mg it was good for a time, after I try 45mg it work but again just for a few days, now I am on 60mg it work a bit but again not long and some days it doesn't work at all. I don't want to go higher then 60mg and I know I shoult not had try higher dose and not consult my doctor but it just didn't work at 15mg. I don't want to tell my doctor about what I did I am affraid she whould think I am an addict. I don't think I am coz I don't crave the need of Adderall, it just that if I don't take I will be lazy and sleepy like usual.

I also skip some days, I don't have side effect if I don't take it, like I said I am just lazy and not interest about doing to much. If I skip once in a while will that help not building a tolerance to Adderall? I don't want to be addict. I red that some people can't skip a day coz they will have to start all over again, I am glad I don't have to do that, others skip a day or two and when they take Adderall again it work stronger for them. For me it doesn't work stronger it work okay, like the usual.

It seem some day Adderall work for me and some other day it doesn't. I was about to ask my doctor to switch me to Adderall IR, some say it work faster then XR and it's stronger. I remember I took a few time the IR, only 10mg I think and it work fast and I was suprise that I had so much energy, much more then the XR but the day after I was so tired, I was drain out and I think I also crave the need to take Adderall IR. Adderall XR doesn't work has strong for me has the IR but the side effect is less strong then the IR and the day after when I woke up I don't feel so bad has when I took the IR, I just feel my usual self sleepy. Also on XR I don't feel I crave it. So maybe it better the XR for me, it maybe not has strong has the IR but I got less side effects. What do you think is best the XR or IR and do you have similar situations has me?

If I skip a day once in a while would that help me not to built a tolerance and not become and addict? Wed. I got a cold I took Adderall and it didn't work, so yesterday I decided to took a break and skip it, gladly I didn't had side effect from not taking it, today still got the cold but just a bit, I took Adderall it work a bit, not much and not long but I was not sleepy and was able to do the grocery.

It suck that Adderall just work for a time, that we need higher and higher dose. What we do when we reach the top dose? We take a break and it will work again?

I hope it will work tomorrow coz I make the New Year Eve dinner and I will need energy. Wish me luck! God it hard not having energy, why I got to have ADD it suck!

It seems to me like you are looking to much for the "rush" that adderall gives you at first. That feeling is not forever. If will still give you a little boost but not in the way in which you started it. Their isn't really a dramatic difference between the IR and XR. If you start the IR and are looking for that feeling, you will have one empty perscription after a few days.

Some days are bad. Adderall doesn't "fix" your add. It will only mask the symptoms that are present. Some days it will work better than others. Some days your ADD will win the battle.

As far as tolerance...you shouldn't build it up that fast. Skipping a day might help, but to be sure you would need probably 48-72 hours to be completely clean of it. You need to choose between searching for that orginal "high" (which won't benefit you any) or maintaining a therapeutic dose that alleviates the majority of your symptoms to a pleasureable degree.

Have you tried Ritalin?

Best of Luck

No I never try Ritalin, I red that Adderall is safer, guess it depend on who. I am not trying to get the high of the Adderall, I never really got a big high on it, it only make me more interest in things, more focus, a bit more energy. In Adderall IR I got a huge high, well I don't know if it was a high but it was strong, I got a lots of engergy and was able to do everything but the crash were hard and the day after I felt terrible.

I am not searching for the high, I only want to be more focus, have a bit more engery and be interest in things. I don't know if my tolerance to Adderall had build fast. I start Adderall at the end of November, like I said the 5mg didn't work, the 10mg also, I saw change when I reach the 15mg. Some day the 15mg work other day I need higher dose, I never go higher then 60mg and I only took 60mg a few times. With me Adderall work some day and some day it work less and sometime not at all. Today after skipping a day I took 60mg it work a bit.

I don't have bad side effect anymore and I don't crash so hard like before. I do feel a bit down at the end of the day, when my Adderall wear off, I feel like the crashing is comming but it never really come, it kinna weird. I saw that Seroquel 25mg help me a bit when my Adderall start to wear off.

Are you taking the 60mg at one time? or throughout the day?

I take 15mg at first, if it doesn't work I take another 15mg an hour or hour and half after, if I saw not much effect I will take another 15mg but much later. I only took 60mg a few time.

I would make an appointment with your doctor. Discuss these matters with him. I'm not sure if you need a higher dose. Only he will be able to tell you that. I think on average usually most peoples first year on stimulants is in the range of 40-60 mgs a day. But, don't quote me on that.

I do know that you need to be more patient with medicine "working." It should take a couple of weeks to determine if a dose is correct or not. Moving a little fast. Like I said though, talk to your doctor.

Take care.

I never took more then 15mg at time and I try to see if it help, most of the time 30mg help. Like I said 15mg at first, 15mg an hour or hour and half after and if no improvement I will take 15mg more but it will be later during the day and if it doesn't work another 15mg later on but not often and I just recently try the 60mg but never at once. Can someone take 60mg at once?

I'm sure they could if their tolerance has been built up over years and years.
Instead of 15mg if it doesn't work here, and there, try just one set dose....wait it out, see if it works. Then try again the next day. I don't know if you are going to be happy with taking meds like that to see if it's working.

I am suppose to see my doctor in a few days. I start Adderall XR at the end of November. I saw that some day 15mg work, other day I need stronger dose and sometime it doesn't work at all. The time I think it didn't work was when I got the cold, I was taking Tylenold Cold, maybe the Tylenold affect the Adderall or maybe it just coz I was sick. So it only been a few time that Adderall didn't work and that I need a stronger dose. I think 30mg is the best for me, maybe more I'm still not sure, I got to look back at why sometime it work and sometime it doesn't, maybe it coz I was sick, maybe it what I eat or drink?

I start to keep a journal. I note when it work, when it doesn't work, what I think affect it, how much I took, when I skipp, if it had work when I skipp a day and if it work the same or stronger.

In the middle of December I ran out of Adderall, it coz I took more in day that I should. My doctor said to take 5mg the first week, I did for a few days, I saw I didn't have any side effect and if it didn't work I start 10mg a day again wait a few days and start 15mg, that when I saw that it work a little bit but not for a long time, I don't think I went higher then 15mg until I ran out of Adderall. I was scare to had bad side effect and to crave the Adderall if I ran out but thank God I didn't, I just felt my ussual sleepy, lazy self.

I was out of Adderall for a week maybe more. When I start Adderall again it was at 15mg and it work a little bit but not for long again. What weird with me is sometime it work, sometime I need more and sometime it just don't work. I red that for most people it the same, sometime it work, other day it doesn't work. I just hope to reach the right dose for me and hopefully it won't be to high. I think XR is better for me then the IR, IR was stronger and faster but the side effect and the crashing were too hard. I don't want the high of Adderall I just want to feel normal, happy, focus, have a bit more energy and be interest in things, I don't want the high, not if I got to crash after.

You mean taking 30mg at once?

There are a lot of things that affect amphetamine absorption. Get a list from your pharmacist.

Yes...one dose.