What causes the whole super social aspect and does it go away?

[Chumpdaddy1]

First of all I'm sure there are probably several threads out there about this or related to it. I couldn't find any that answered my question so I'm making a new one feel free to post any links that you find that explain and answer my question.

I know that every one responds differently to adderall and for some it makes u social and for others it makes you very anti social. My questions is about the super social aspect.
I just started taking adderall i take 30mg Ir. in the morning and another one around 6. It working really well.( I started at a lower dosage but it wasn't helping i didn't just start at a dosage that high)

When i start to feel my first dose take effect i noticed all of the normal effects such as improved concentration but what i wasn't expecting was how it made me super social i just wanted to talk with everyone. I felt like i was extremely flirtatious, playful and that i could carry on a meaning full conversation.

Now i am trying to find an explanation for what has happened so far when i take adderall.
I have two explanations that i can think of to explain it and maybe they overlap each other:

---My first explanation is that this could just be apart of the initial euphoric phase. Maybe it is just a side effect of the initial release of all the dopamine which creates the the euphoric state. Maybe it is this extra happiness one feels which pushes ones own confidence extremely high so that with an arsinol of extreme happiness and and high confidence which make you more daring socially
- The thing i have against this theory is that several months ago i took my first adderall (1 time) and i entered that euphoric stage. It was pretty awesome. 4 days ago i started taking adderall and thus far i have come nowhere near that initial euphoric feeling i go several months ago. This makes me think that i already went through the euphoric phase and maybe maybe the social pick up comes from another aspect of adderall.

---The other explanation that i have is that the adderall does such a great job helping me focus that i am able to focus on things going on around me rather that the many thoughts that would normally be distracting me which in turn leaving room for me to pick up social qs that i normally would have just looked passed and missed. In addition with all of the static within my head gone and a calm mind i am able to actually engage in a conversation where I'm not zoning out or thinking of a hundred other things that carry no relevance to the person I'm talking to.


In general i think of myself as the social type. I always want to hang out with friends, go out meet new people and just socialize. The problem that i have is that often times when I'm talking to some one i often completely zone out and miss what they were saying. or ill start talking and then ill have another though and ill lose what i was saying so then it looks like i stuttered. Or i will have so many thoughts of what to say that i lose that though So far this week when i have taken my adderall i have noticed none of these down falls.

At any rate as of this past week taking 30 mg ir 2x a day i have notice that i am a lot more talkative and a lot more sociable. I catch myself being a lot more flirtatious and playful. I don't think the adderall necessarily changed me into a more social person than i was, but i do think that without all the static going on in my head i am able to spend less energy trying to force my self to pay attention to what is being said.


What is every bodies experience with this. What was your experience like. Did/ do you get extremely social. Is this a side effect of adderall or does it eventually go away

I know that this is not the intent of adderall and its not what I'm using it for but i was rater surprised the first time i became a super social butterfly

Thank you for you're answers

[sarahsweets]

I am just me on adderall

[yepimonfire]

for me, i was very anti-social before adderall, it definitely made me more social, but not "super social" like you say, i just seem to socialize better and actually put forth an effort to talk to other people. it kinda normalized me in that respect. adderall caused me to actually give a damn about what was going on around me, rather then being lost in my own little world of thoughts.

[Lisa_Mac]

---The other explanation that i have is that the adderall does such a great job helping me focus that i am able to focus on things going on around me rather that the many thoughts that would normally be distracting me which in turn leaving room for me to pick up social qs that i normally would have just looked passed and missed. In addition with all of the static within my head gone and a calm mind i am able to actually engage in a conversation where I'm not zoning out or thinking of a hundred other things that carry no relevance to the person I'm talking to.


In general i think of myself as the social type. I always want to hang out with friends, go out meet new people and just socialize. The problem that i have is that often times when I'm talking to some one i often completely zone out and miss what they were saying. or ill start talking and then ill have another though and ill lose what i was saying so then it looks like i stuttered. Or i will have so many thoughts of what to say that i lose that though So far this week when i have taken my adderall i have noticed none of these down falls.

This is the proverbial "Nail on the head". You are obviously a natural extrovert, but adhd makes it very hard to be focused on conversation, non verbal communication etc. Now that you're functioning properly your true personality is allowed to shine. How cool is that?

Lx

[Cytosol]

I've taken it for around 6 months now and it still gives me that social boost. I sometimes feel like I need to go find someone to talk to. I think for me since thought occurs much more naturally, I am much quicker to respond and it makes me more witty in social situations.

I have also found it allows me to express my feelings more easily without constantly worrying about what people think. This results me in being maybe not quite as overly nice as I used to be, which is definitely a good thing.

Before Adderall I was more of a shy person, but with it now I can be a 'life of the party' kind of person. This is part of the reason why I feel this is a miracle treatment. Not only does it teat my ADD extremely well, it treats my social anxiety.

[Chumpdaddy1]

Originally Posted by yepimonfire

for me, i was very anti-social before adderall, it definitely made me more social, but not "super social" like you say, i just seem to socialize better and actually put forth an effort to talk to other people. it kinda normalized me in that respect. adderall caused me to actually give a damn about what was going on around me, rather then being lost in my own little world of thoughts.

Yes what you said is exactly how i feel on adderall. When I converse on adderall i feel like im engaged in the conversation beyond the level of just what is said.

Originally Posted by Lisa_Mac

This is the proverbial "Nail on the head". You are obviously a natural extrovert, but adhd makes it very hard to be focused on conversation, non verbal communication etc. Now that you're functioning properly your true personality is allowed to shine. How cool is that?

Lx

Lisa_Mac today i actually went out with my family to a huge tent sale. I planned to have today be a holiday since i was going to be laying on the beach all day. Also my prescription is almost out, I have a bunch of homework to do before monday, and I'm out of town until tuesday( No reinforcements on the way) Through the sale my family members would come up to me and try talking but i just found as i always feel that i could throw words back at them but i couldn't have an engaging conversation. 3 hours into the sale i ended up taking my 30mg dose around 1. I was starting to get really impatient and frustrated over little adhd nothings so i dosed. Within about 45 minutes i was having no problem talking with any one. Towards the end of the night i was talking with my cousin and i could feel the adderall wearing off as i was having a hard time following what he was saying to me. I think he must have noticed some thing because after that point the conversation shifted. The adderall doesn't make me super chatty but i do start to feel emotions in the conversation and pick up emotion. In addition i also have no problem thinking of relevant or witty response. It is pretty cool. I started the adderall because of my inattentiveness and hyperactivity. But it seems to help in an area of my life i was defiantly not expecting. Pretty awesome

Originally Posted by Cytosol

I've taken it for around 6 months now and it still gives me that social boost. I sometimes feel like I need to go find someone to talk to. I think for me since thought occurs much more naturally, I am much quicker to respond and it makes me more witty in social situations.

I have also found it allows me to express my feelings more easily without constantly worrying about what people think. This results me in being maybe not quite as overly nice as I used to be, which is definitely a good thing.

Before Adderall I was more of a shy person, but with it now I can be a 'life of the party' kind of person. This is part of the reason why I feel this is a miracle treatment. Not only does it teat my ADD extremely well, it treats my social anxiety.

Your post sums it up exactly. I feel like i can keep up now. Off adderall when talking to someone i am constantly thinking of what is going on around me, what I'm gonna say next, and what i imagine what the person i am talking to is thinking about the conversation. I always wanna talk to people but it feels like i must put in so much energy. When i am on adderall it shifts so that instead of thinking of what to say I'm picking up the nonverbal qs and then when the person is done talking i think up a response that has meaning and connection to what was said.The conversation just flows.

Thank you for the responses