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Posted by Peter on August 23, 2002, at 22:12:49
Hi Wendy:
Thanks so much for the encouragement. I'll tell you what's happened since that day (monday) that I snorted the adderall and felt so rotten. I decided to stop my normal 10mg adderall XR capsules and take 25mg immediate-release daily. I haven't snorted it since that one time, but I have been feeling that the positive effects (focus/motivation/elevated mood) are not as pronounced as at the beginning of the week and that each day the effects seem to be much shorter in duration. Today I took 5mg at noon, 10mg at 3p.m, and 10mg at 6 p.m. But by 10p.m, I felt low and took another 10mg, thus upping my total daily dose to 35mg! I'm quite concerned that I'm getting addicted and building a tolerance rapidly and I feel guilty for increasing the dose in the first place at the beginning of the week without doctor's orders. I've already emailed my pdoc, hoping he'll check his email while on vacation and tell me what to do. Maybe I'll do what you suggested and back off the zoloft, since maybe it has been exacerbating my cravings since I increased it from 75mg to 87.5mg last Saturday. Maybe I'll go down to 75mg. Oh, and BTW I was prescribed adderall initially because my pdoc suspected ADD, and also because he supports using it for mood. On the other hand, another doctor I went to for a second opinion on my diagnosis said he didn't believe I have ADD. Both of them said it's not worth my taking a diagnostic test. My BP is very mild, and is combined with some social phobia and, as my current pdoc says, probable ADD. So I'm on depakote and klonopin also. I just feel like I've messed up and I don't know how to get back on my feet. Forgive me for my venting/self-pity. Thanks.
Peter
Posted by wendy b. on August 26, 2002, at 21:36:22
In reply to Re: HELP-adderall addiction? » wendy b., posted by Peter on August 23, 2002, at 22:12:49
Hi Peter,
I'm still suspicious of the Zoloft - have you started taking any less? I'm not so sure about the adderall at 35 mg, cuz I've never taken it, but do a search on here and see what doseages people who take it have recommended. And lastly, I hope you can just tell yourself to try to stay calm until the pdoc returns... It's hard, I know, but sometimes the positive self-talk does help...
Anyway, vent away, many of us have been in the same kind of situation, especially the unfortunate position of the pdoc going away, and still needing them... ("How selfish of them to go away and abandon us like that!")
:-]
Be well,
Wendy
Posted by Peter on August 26, 2002, at 22:03:03
In reply to Re: HELP-adderall addiction? » Peter, posted by wendy b. on August 26, 2002, at 21:36:22
Hey Wendy:
I didn't further increase the zoloft to 100mg, as my pdoc told me to do before he left, but I've stayed on 87.5mg. It is pretty hard to tell if my recent episode has been due to the adderall increase or the zoloft. Also, 35mg seems to be within a common dose range for adderall; what concerns me is that I decided to increase to that dose myself.
Thanks for your support and encouragement-you're right-I'm just gonna try to stay calm and wait for the doc. The funny thing is that I sometimes feel like Bill Murray from "What About Bob!" I mean, I've even been emailing the poor guy while he's on vacation with his family! (-:
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