Alright, so I admit that I have abused my medication in the past, and I'm starting to wonder if because of that, I've developed a tolerance that causes my medication to no longer work as well.

I usually take 36mg concerta in the morning and 15mg Ritalin in the afternoon and I have been on this dosage since December. There were quite a few times in January where I abused my meds, and I did a couple times in the first week of March (but I've had no desire to so since then). Though I still feel awake when taking my normal dosage, my ability to focus seems gone. Will I ever be able to get the original desired effect I once had, do I have to increase my dosage, or should I just ask my psych to switch me over to something else? I thought things would be back to normal by now, but it doesn't seem that way.

Thanks for your help!

hello..
....I'm a former meth addict of 22 years....belive me, I think I stripped my
amphedimine screws.
......I never knew i was ADHD.

I have found magnesium to be of help, recommended by someone on this board.

........but, I take adderrall.

ritilin (for me) was more abuseable.

if you have no prior drug abuse history than that.

.....pffft.

you'll be ok

ask for adderrallxr and behaive.

*smiles*

ask for adderrallxr and behaive.

*smiles*

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if you have no prior drug abuse history than that.

.....pffft.

you'll be ok



To address that...I've have spurts of abuse with other things, but I would say that I never let it get to the point where it interfered with my life or put me in danger.

Would my psych find it odd if I specifically ask for adderall, though?

no..

...ritilin is known for it's short duration.

tell him you feel imbalanced and want to try extended release adderrall.

.......as seen on an adhd website.


what do you mean other things?

.................other things like meth or coke?

it takes one to know one.

It did'nt interfere with my life for 17 years or so...
...then, the last five destroyed my previous wiring.

I got dashboard lights that stay on in my mind.

.......if you are/were a ..... functional user.

you need to have a "buddy" who does'nt do drugs give you your meds daily
or you'll be a ding bat at the end off every fukin' month

TRUST ME!

.......*evil grin*

Sorry to double post, but I wanted to say...

Because of my laziness (and current huge problem with pornography....another story), I've had to catch up a crapload on homework. So, I've been taking more than needed...

And I thought adderall was more abusable than ritalin...? At least that's what my psych and quite a few others have told me.

Sunday night: took 2 concerta and 2 ritalin, alternated between working, binging on watching porn, and manically cleaning my room.
Monday night: Took a concerta around midnight...I managed to sleep for like an hour on Monday.
Tuesday: Took another concerta around 10am today, had enough wakefulness to get through class and my shift at work...slept from 3pm to 9pm, and just took another concerta now. Between now and Friday, I have 3 problem sets due, an exam in one class, and a quiz in another. Not to mention that I've just been a bum lately and would like to keep my grades where I'd like them to be.

http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49494


I'll give you what I got on ritilin ^

..problem with porn ey?

either you're doing meth, or it came with the ritilin, or you're a sex addict.

..I know because I did all 3.

lol!

Oh, my drug history?

Well, let's see....

FYI, I'm 21 years old. I started drinking around 17, not very heavily until I got into college. The summer before college, I did DXM a lot, about every week...sometimes two. I tried other things too, like morning glory seeds and diphenhydramine (Benadryl) By the time I got into college, stress became intense....and I was new to academic stress, so I self-medicated. I tripped on DXM the night before a big project was due...I got lucky and got an extra day to turn it in though.

I realized DXM wasn't worth it, and that I was probably frying my brain, so I stopped that (along with the other things I mentioned), and slowed the drinking down a bit. I've smoked weed, but probably less than 10 times in my life.

Sophomore year I stayed away from everything but alcohol...but I got into porn like big time. By final exams week I was watching multiple times a day. Last semester it got better, but got concerned about my work and ability to focus...so I got put on the ritalin/concerta in November.

The porn problem got better since last summer I was in therapy and started going to church somewhat regularly. I stopped going the week after Christmas (irony!) just because I didn't think it was worth it. I thought I never really believed and was trying to force it...and things were still going pretty well for awhile.

Until I got the wonderful idea of snorting ritalin up my nose, kinda like coke. I was intrigued after reading about it and recalling high school people who used ADD meds to pull allnighters (I went to a very competitive high school). Once I discovered the idea of snorting ritalin AND watching porn....yeah, I got into trouble.

you read my ordeal with it right?

I left you the link...

.....anyway.

as long as it was'nt stimulant abuse.

...and I'm trying hard to help you not condensend you.

the amphedimine tolerence....you wanna keep it low and sacred.

....I go to sleep on 270 mlgrms of adderrall.

you don't wanna do that.

read the link..
....it's everything I can say about the 2 drugs.

http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49494

I'm still reading, actually, lol. And I know you're trying to help :)

*smiles*

Oh, I'm reading the "speedy feeling" thread now:

http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49260

I've had that before, but I wonder if DXM has done the same thing to my brain that meth did to yours? My psych always thought I was just a "really smart" kid so I never noticed it until I got to college and the work became really hard and all...

I always felt pretty peppy, even after about a month or so after starting the concerta/ritalin regimen. But it started to disappear once I starting using it as nose candy. I guess I wonder if it's still "working" even though I don't feel as peppy.