Posted by Mindreseacher on September 14, 2004, at 14:45:10
In reply to Re: SLeep Problems with amphetamines, posted by Hattree on September 14, 2004, at 12:04:46
Thank you for your posts. I will explain more in detail. Now if i just took 10 days vacation from addrall last week. I started back up on tuesday. But, if i really really wanted to sleep, i could, i have sleeping meds, but i have this stay up all night working type schedule, and when im home in the am, well, for instance. I take 30mg 3x daily. The reason i take it 3 x daily is because it wearks off in 5-6 hrs if im lucky.
On a typical day, which is totally opposite from most, I wake up around 4-5 pm. I then take my first dose of adderall. My second dose , i can get to about around 10pm. Usually 5-6 hrs i dose, depending on how i feel. Now this takes me into around 5am. Now either i go to sleep , or take another dose, and because i work at night, i usually wont sleep til abou t12 pm. And ill sleep to 5-6pm. So ill take that 5am dose, and it get me through till i want to sleep around noon. BUt if i want to, i can stay up all day, but then say the next night, into the day, im reallly dragging. So it really me taking the adderall and not taking my sleep meds early.
If i can just say ok, ill stop taking adderall after my 5 am dose, well i cold take my sleeping pill, but wake up at noon 1. Whiich means, i take the dose earlier. So it works perfect at 3x daily. Now tolerance builds up fast. I have a scource for Ritalin La 30mg, and usually waint untill im out of adderall. I usually run out 1 week before my refill.
I dont abuse the adderall, i never take more than 30mg within 5-6 hrs. So , this med works about the best any medication ever did. (besides Illegal ones, which most of the time after weeks of use, you cant funcion any way)
So last time, i just stopped adderlal, for about 10 days. BUt the first 3 i had ritalin with worked fine. Then i stopped and just drank cofee and ephedrine. Still i ended up just laying i bed watching tv, doing nothing for days.
THe funny thing is that about 7 days of this went buy, i drug myself to my doctors appointment, got my refill, and by later than night after dosing, i was like 80 percent better, my tolerance seems to come back , i was energetic, motivativated. I even did my work online about 8 hrs non stop.
Now i believe if one has ADD, and there are 6 types. I qualify for Type 2 like big time. Lack of motivationi, Drug use, Lack of Joy doing things and everything is boring. LIke i though the only way to get this feeling back is either keep using opiates, or wait for some mericle drug.
Well, I am also taking some amio acids an supplements. Now im thinking, if it is smart to take a few dopamine supplements. IM not sure if they are working, because its ahrd to tell if natural meds work, esp taking powerful amphetamies, then you take L-Tyrosine, well i dont think your gonna fee it.Evenif i sleep, after a while i still dont feel right, unless i tak emy dose. I have Klonopin 1mg also whichi take, but at a small dose, just enought to take any anxiety away from the stimulant, and klonopin is i beleive less addictve than xanax or afivan, because its longer acting, without a hard downfall.
Now i can see where addictive drugs which are short acting ar emost addictive. LIKe ligting up that crack pipe ex, fo rthat 5 second rush, you are at the end of the iine. Or even sniffing oxycontin, that quick euphoria, then you need another one 3-4 hrs later. Adter even 2 day fo this my tolerance is bad.I just wonder if my othe rmeds can intereact with Addderall, but indot see how. Im taking 10mg of lexapro, suboxone 16mg and klonopin like 1mg , 2x daily.
thak you
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