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02-28-08, 10:51 AM
Alright I was diagnosed about 2 weeks ago and my PCP put me on adderall xr 10mg last Wed ( now day 9) . It worked great for the first 2-3 days, I was focused, motivated and it was really the first time in my life that I have finished homework in one setting. It was great. But this week when I take it I can feel it "kick in" and make me more alert, but the concentration on class or whatever i'm doing doesn't seem to be there anymore. I understand that the first few days the effects would have been more powerful since it was the first time I've taken it, but should it have droped this much? Should I be raising my dose? I am also a little hesistant to ask my doc to raise it because I do have a history of drug abuse, pain killers, some of which I got from him. I believe the only reason that he wrote me a presrciption to adderall as a first choice is because after a few of months of abusing vicodin I went to him and told him that I thought I had a problem, yada yada I got clean at a methadone clinic, I finished that about 8 months ago. I really dont want him to think that I will abuse this stuff, I really need it to work (I'm back in school full time). Any suggestion on how to approach this topic with him? How do I know if my dose is too low? There was something else I was going to ask..................................??? Maybe I should take my adderall.