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Adderall
Adderall is a brand of psychoactive drug which brings temporary improvements in both mental and physical function. It increases concentration, alertness, libido and cognitive functions of the users. Adderall’s immediate release formulation is used to treat narcolepsy and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
1,848 Questions
Can a employer fire you for taking Adderall?
No, or atleast you shouldn't be.
NO, if you are legally prescribed this medication and were fired you would have recourse under discrimination laws, you may be subject to re-assignment within your workplace if their is safety issues for either yourself or others-running machinery or forklift driving for example.
Can you take 45 mg of adderall xr?
Answer: Now I'm kind of unsure as to what exactly you are asking here.... If you are asking is there such thing as a dosage that is exactly 45 mg in one pill of Adderall XR, than no(there is only 5,10,15,20,25,and 30 mg of Adderall XR) If you are asking if you can take 45mg of Adderall XR recreationally (without a prescription or to get high) then sure you could....if you want a heart attack. Starting out at 45mg especially on Adderall XR is like asking for cardiac arrest. The most I have done is 30mg, and that will make your heart pop out of your chest.((Note: I have Adderall prescribed to me ))Its the highest recommend dosage although some doctors prescribe two different dosages (for example 30mg and 5 mg, or 30mg and 10 mg.) That however is really uncommon, but who knows they give Adderall out to kids like candy. Now if your doctor has given you a prescription for 45 mg of Adderall (like 30mg, and 15mg together) then I'm pretty sure you can take it. Again, if its not prescribed to you than please do not try it. It is a pretty cheap high considering the damages it can cause through addiction and withdrawal. hope this helps, Megan. *******
What happens if you combine Strattera and Adderall?
For common drug interactions, visit: http://www.drugdigest.org/DD/Interaction/ChooseDrugs/1,4109,,00.html There, you can "plug in" different drugs and find out if there are any known interactions. You really need to ask a pharmacist to be sure. Don't gamble with drugs, drug combinations or your health. Call your local drug store. They'll be glad to assist. ~ T
How can you inject Adderall safetly?
You don't inject pills. There are insoluble binders in pills--like talc--that will clog veins and cause sickness and possibly death. The chemicals in Adderall are absorbed from the gut at nearly 100% efficiency, so there really is no need to risk hurting yourself by injecting something that was intended to be swallowed.
How can you get adderall out of your system within 24 hours?
Typical "piss cleansers" (i.e. ReadyClean) should work...albeit, short term. Don't do it if you didn't get it legally.
How long does a 30 mg Adderall capsule stay in a human urine system?
for like 30 days hence the 30 mgs trust me im a scientest
Can Adderall make ADHD symptoms worse?
That being said prolonged use of the medications could cause issues for those without ADHD, as they would be operating with higher than average levels of these neurotransmitters. Any time you are forcing your body to operate in a way that it isn't intended to, you run a risk. ADHD patients taking this medication are in a different category however. In these patients the medication normalizes these neurotransmitters.
Think about it like this. You have two people, one of which has a normal metabolism and the other has a very high metabolism. If they both go out to a restaurant, the one with the high metabolism has to eat more to be full and keep their body fueled and running optimally. The person with the normal metabolism wouldn't want to eat as much as their friend, as they would become overweight. Someone with ADHD needs to medication to regulate their neurotransmitters and keep their mind running optimally. Someone without ADHD taking this medication doesn't need this help, so the medication could cause damage to their system.
i think its possible, because excessive amounts of dopamine burn out other cell receptors, leading to cell loss, and eventual brain damage, making it even harder to concentrate and focus later in life. dopamine is needed to focus, but taking a medication to stimulate dopamine activity is not natural, and it will do more bad then good, in the long run. its this: If your house is cold, would you burn the furniture in your house, to make it warm? not that im against medication, its just that there are always other options to solving a problem.
I started taking stimulant medication since I was in 8'th grade. My senior year I started taking too much of it because I wanted to prevent the emotional down that happens when it wears off. My doctor got scared that I would start abusing it, or that I aleady was, so she has been taking me off of it slowly since then. By my third year in college I was almost completely off of adderall. My life was more awful the less I took, because I no longer knew how to deal with having ADD symptoms. I have just got a new doctor and am going back onto adderall again. I'm not sure if my ADD is worse. I don't think it is but I could be wrong. I think it's just that I'm not used to having to contain and control the problems that come with having ADD. If I hadn't taken the medication until now, I would have probably learned how to deal with my symptoms better than I am able today. Some people even say that you can train your brain to not even have symptoms, expecially during your youth. (Biofeedback might help with training your brain as well). By taking pills that took away my ADD problems, I didn't have to learn meathods of dealing, and I didn't have to train my brain. Thus I missed out on making my ADD better. But I don't think the ADD is any worse than it used to be; I just have to re-learn selfrestraint. I also don't think that you could ever train your brain completely to have no ADD problems. My boyfriend has ADD but was never given medication for it. While he can deal with his ADD better than I could right now off my pills, his symptoms by no means have disapeared. Plus I have met several adults who have never gotten treatment and are still haveing big problems. If I could do it all again I would have taken stimulants even earlier in life. It has turned my life around. Stimulants have enabled me to preform better in school. For the first time in my life I actually got A's and B's. I started taking better care of myself because they motivated me to be more productive. I don't know if I could have ever made it into college if I didn't have adderall or other stimulants. When I have the right medication, I can major in anything I want--even subjects that require a lot of work. Otherwise I would have to major in something that didn't require a lot of attention, like art, or hospitality management. One of my friends who has not received any treatment was trying a difficult major and he is now 26 and only a junior because he has had to repeat classes. He is not dumb at all; he just can't concentrate on anything. I learned from doctors that people who don't treat ADD also can have problems with depression too, which I have seen examples of in some of my friends with ADD. If you are willing to be on medication for maybe even your whole life, it would definitely improve your life. If you are not willing and you still take meds, when you come off your meds, it will be a lot harder to deal with it than it would have been. However, you would have the benefit of having a more productive life for the period that you were on meds.
I've been taking either Ritalin or Dexedrine for 15 years. My ADD isn't worse. I've had more symptoms of old age pop in, but going from age 35 to 50 would account for being more tired now and more forgetful as well. After all those years, if something dastardly was going to happen, it would have by now. I know life without stimulant medication would not be worth living.
ummmmmm it would probably be inappropriate for me to answer this question in my immediate condition considering circa 40 minutes ago i just tossed up my container of dexies and hit a home run with my skateboard and watched those orange grommits go flying into the gulch outside my apartment. If my math is correct i am currently peaking from my last dose of orangemen that i took at 12:00 (it is 2:08 PST). I have been taking the short acting dexidrine 3 times a day since a week after graduating high school. i am currently a sophomore in college. my life since high school in three hundred million ways has been three hundred million times different. if my life ended today there would be no doubt i would consider the last 15 or so months to be the most prolific era of my life. I did AMAZING things. Now this is not to say that these are some miracle drug, i also tried sooooooo much harder and dreamed sooooooo much bigger than i ever had. im not exactly sure what went wrong, it went wrong, or if something actually did go wrong. there are soo many ways to look at things, and i can't choose one. All i know is i couldn't hang anymore with my current situation and so i just chucked them. My testimony cannot be taken as anything close to a standard or ordinary case however. I did not go about getting treated in an orthodox way by any means. when i was diagnosed with ADD i didn't even know what to think. I took it pretty acceptingly, and i was pretty much the only one. None of my friends really beleived me or even believed in ADD. None of them even do now. I don't think anybody beleives in ADD, and they've got me wondering if i even believe in it. In retrospect, you probably shouldn't take much from this testimony, i probably shouldn't even have written it. Perhaps i shall come back in a few weeks and edit it once i have undergone the grave magnitude of imminent change resulting from my recent actions. I have to go to class.
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It can be harder to accept ADD once it's treated. To experience ADD on a practical daily basis in is for the most part bull. 'Cut me a break from all the bunch of stupid crap going on all at once inside making everything complicated. I'm riding a bus. I just want to do this most simple routine but within seconds of silence I'll have a s-load of crap fill into my bucket about what i'm gona do next or what I'm gona do if I can't figure out what I'm gona do next or how I'm thinking about what and everything else all bunched that,
It's hard to not to wish for an easy way
to ride as simple as the wave
Are there any side effects of taking Adderall and working out?
Yes there are side effects of taking adderal and working out. 1. The loss of weight. 2. The unwilliness to be motivated to do the same things you did when not taking the drug. *Notice* I hope that clears what the person had to say.
Lithium is a mood stabilizer usually used in the treatment of patients with bi polar disorder and Adderall is a medication used for ADHD and Narcolepsy since it is a amphetamine which is a stimulate. The anorectic and stimulatory effects of amphetamines may be inhibited by lithium carbonate meaning that the adderall will not absorb properly into your system and could cause your levels of the amphetamine (Adderall) to be to unpredictable.
These two medications together are highly ill advised due to the drug interactions between the two. The two medications together would actually cause a chemical war going on inside of your body and you could experience some pretty horrifying side effects. If you are needing to be treated with both a mood stabilizer and a stimulant I would highly recommend speaking to your doctor about possibly changing one of the medications or both. There are many different types of medications out there that have less side effects and less interactions then these two together.
What time of day should you take adderall?
when your doctor tells you to!
ok, if you got them from the street.....
if you want to sleep.. 8 am
if you don't care... why are you asking?
if you are not used to amphetamines, they can last a LONG time! also there is a marked comedown if you're not accustomed to it. There's a reason they only give this stuff to people who need it.
Is it safe to take 8 Adderall?
It would obviously depend of the dosage. Taking 6 5mg Adderall would be the same as taking 1 30mg Adderall. So, to just say "8 Adderall" can be anywhere from 40mg to 240mg. It also depends on tolerance. If you have little or no amphetamine tolerance, I would not exceed 20-30mg in 1 dose. If your amphetamine tolerance is through the roof, you could probably handle a very large amount. This is not "safe" though, being that large doses of amphetamines can cause long term cardiovascular and psychological damage.
Can 30mg of Adderall kill you?
If you do 200 mg's at once, I would not be surprised if your end up in the hospital or if your a veteran, just reallllly speedy lol. that also depends on if it's insufflated or taken orally. I've done a s.hitload of adderall and focalin, all of it snorted, but im still alive and I've done dose's much higher than 200 mg in a time span of 4-6 hours. hope that helps
Does Adderall affect your immune system?
Possibly. See http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12120898&dopt=Abstract, which is a study showing that with short-term and long-term administration of amphetamine in mice at the dosage of 1mg/kg, the immune system response was notably lowered in several areas
Can you drink if you have taken Adderall?
Answer: They can. But I wouldn't recommend it. Your liver is already struggling enough as it is with all the liquor and beer, the last thing it needs is something like amphetamines to come tearing through it. So my best advice is give your liver a fighting chance and either don't take the Adderall or stop drinking. Personally, I find drinking alot more pleasurable as to likes of Adderall. hope this helps, Megan. *******
Can long term use of Adderall cause weight gain?
I really hope your not seriously asking that, but in case you are I'll answer it.....
Adderall's active ingredients are racemic amphetamine and dextroamphetine. Amphetamines are powerful stimulants capable of greatly inducing sympathetic nervous sytem responses. The result of this is an extremely decreased appetite and high metabolism. Both of those result in weight loss. Adderall is prescribed to some people who are morbidly obese as a means of making them lose weight.
What pharmaceutical company makes Adderall?
Shire is the original maker of Adderall until their patent expired. Then TEVA and BARR stepped in, but their version is lacking critical ingredients, so the *Generic* version of Adderall is not as effective and in some cased creates more problems with the people who are on it versus the original Adderall by Shire Pharmaceuticals.
Does adderall have any sexual side effects in men?
not in normal doses usually but if you abuse it forget about having sex or even masturbating for a few hours as its practically impossible to get hard. same side effects as coke just not as pronounced
Is it ok to take Adderall and fat burners?
Answer: The Adderall alone should work fine... I'm not too sure if fat burners even work really. But like I said amphetamines will decrease your appetite significantly and if you try to eat healthy you will shed pounds, i promise, you really dont have to exercise when taking adderall, you still lose weight.
How long has Adderall been on the market?
50 years
Ritalin was first manufactured in 1944. In 1957, after making improvements to the medication, the Ciba Pharmaceutical Company began selling it by the name "Ritalin" to treat disorders including depression, chronic fatigue, narcolepsy, and Mohr's Syndrome. During clinical studies, Ritalin was found to improve concentration and helped subjects manage tasks more efficiently, thus researchers concluded that the medication was effective in treating ADHD/ADD.
Is 125 MG a high dose of synthroid?
Its tops out at 200 so yeah its pretty high im at 125 now..Tell your doctor you want a test to see if you are allergic to gluten..Sounds like you might have a asorbption issue being celatic might cause this..oh and btw it mcg not mg micro grams not mili
Will you test positive for meth by taking 30 mg of adderall?
Yes most ADHD drugs are stimulants and maybe picked up as a positive for Meth.
AS a side note many Meth users are actually undiagnosed for ADHD. They are self medicating for ADHD. These are the Meth users that work and keep a job.
Can you take Adderall 15 mg Prozac 20 mg and 25 Xanax as needed?
You should only take your prescription medications as prescribed by your physician. However, 1mg of xanax is still not that high of a dosage, so if you were to take another 0.5mg, I don't see any reasons why you would have any problems.
How can you reduce the effects of Adderall if you are being forced to take it?
Good 2:00am in the morning to you!
I think I have had three tacos today. I'm physically hungry but I don't have any desire to actually eat anything. I'm tired, however I couldn't imagine being able to sleep for at least the next hour. And finally, (the reason I wound up in this article) my jaw hurts.
To answer the question, I handle the side effect by doing my best to figure out what it is that causes them. I am not a doctor or a PHD, but I have been taking Adderall since I was young and have gone significant periods of time without taking any (5+ yrs). To give you an idea of my history, for nearly the last 2 years I have taken Adderall IR (20 mg) twice daily. Now, to add to what I mean about what causes the symptoms: I have been taking the IR long enough to know that sometimes I will have the side effect and some times I will not have them. For instance, the reason I am up right now is because I forgot to eat lunch.
My ability to explain why lack of food causes some of my side effect is limited but here, but I'll try… the liver absorbs amphetamines and if the liver does not have enough or even different types of 'juices' to absorb the amphetamine then the amphetamine will release more slowly or quickly depending. If you keep track of the food you ate (or didn't) and what days you have side effects eventually you may find certain foods will give you certain side effects: Mine is anything with grain or lots of fiber.
Another side effect, the jaw ache, I have also have off and on. I have noticed it more when under stress or when I'm tired. Another thing I would like to add (<- not ADD) is I am a smoker L I know its bad… but I'm still young. I have noticed jaw movement more so, after I smoke. If I reduce smoking when I'm tired or stressed (doesn't that kill the point, though?) then I have less severe problems with aches.
Finally, allow me to add one more point for closing:
Not but thirty minutes ago when searching to far reaches of Google for what may help reduce the jaw ache (hot tea by the way*sip*) I came across several posts on Adderall. Again, I took Adderall from the time I hit second grade. So I am blown away to find out that the public conception of Adderall and AD/HD is liken to 'meth addicts' and 'coke'. Therefore, my closing argument in for the side effects of Adderall apparently is public stupidity J there have been several articles by teen-age girls wanting to be skinny and kid's wanting to know how much they should take to make the 'trip'. Therefore, let me say Adderall can and has been abused just like any other prescription drug.
However, as an adult I find it as the most effective tool when I need to curb my overactive, creative, tangent making, vivid, and yet often useful imagination. Adderall helps me remember and keep track of plans, and keeps me 'in the moment' to give attention to make those plans (I've saved loads by not having to pay all those speeding ticket!) All said I am willing to pay the price of having to the occasional side effect, in place of all of the results Adderall gives.
The affects of adderall are different to each and every person. Personally adderall gives me a sense of well-being and attentiveness in my studies. I am a college student and even though I do not have a diagnosed form of ADD of ADHD, I do have trouble concentrating on the strenous studies that I face every day. Adderall takes the pressure off on exceptionally stress-full days. Even though the high is short lived I still feel more accomplished on the the days when I take adderall compared to the days free of the drug. I do however feel the side-affects. I have a lowered sex-drive on the days I take adderall and a few days after I have taken the drug. I also I have a terrible taste in my mouth and everything else has an alkaline taste to it. Also occassionaly after I have come down from the high I have mild stomach pains. However I have not noticed an addiction to the drug or sleep related issues by using it. So far the benefits have out weighed the cons of adderall and I will continue to take the drug provided that I do not have any long term side effects from it.
Flushing Adderall out of your system?
Answer:
Nothing.
Time is the only way to sober you up when it comes to that. Wait a good 48-72 hours.
Vitamin C or any type of acidic beverage will also weaken the effects of adderall, so drink some orange juice!
Is a dose of Adderall XR 30 mg twice a day excessive for a 52 pound child?
Read on for more information from Wiki s contributors:
- My son is 8 years old and weighs 55 pounds. He was prescribed 10 mg Adderall and it was very effective. Doctors seem to start with small doses and raise them until the desired effect is reached.
- My daughter is 9yrs old weighs 72 pounds is on 15 mg of adderall xr. we started about 1week ago she was straterra on 40 mg of it. this stuff is so much better then straterra she was get sick before and had bad stomach aches. my 7 yr is 44 pounds we started her on 36MG OF CONERTA
Just as a reference point, I am a 22 year old college student and at 165lbs and I take 20mg doses of non-extended release Adderall, which has a very strong effect on me. Though it isn't "prescribed by weight," it's still a stimulant. Yes, it will react differently in all people, so you can't go strictly by weight, but obviously if you give an 88lb twelve year old two cups of coffee, it's going to be way different than if you give a 165lb person 2 cups of coffee. There are exceptions, and of course the severity of ADD symptoms may warrant a large dose, but 20mg of narcotics is a lot! So definitely work from the smallest dose up.
- Monitor your child closely for depression, anxiety, nervousness, and social withdrawal. Adderall at those levels will probably cause all of these eventually, especially if your daughter is so young. If she is tweleve, she should be starting middle school, or has started. Middle school is hard enough without drugs that screw up her emotions and her thought process. Be careful, and remember that doctors hand that stuff out like candy. If at all possible, try to fix your daughter's life without medication. Adderall is extremely addictive, and, should your daughter choose to get off the medication, she will experience withdrawal and will have to relearn how to cope with everyday life all over again.
- I wouldn't worry too much, as long as she doesn't have an severe side effects. when i was a child i took meds from before i can remember until i was 14. i always had a pretty high tolerance for medications and i was on the highest dose that was physically possible without overdosing for someone my weight. i took more mg of Ritalin every day than my older brother... it just depends on the person
I'm not a doctor but I called Adderall about their dosage for mg. They do not go by weight. Thre is a chart they follow. My daughter is 10-years-old and weights 90 pounds. We just changed her Adderall XR from 20 mg to 25 mg, but then the doctor decided on 30 mg. I decided it should be more than 25, but less than 30 mg, so I open her pills and give her less than 30 mg. I don't give it to her on weekends, either. My other daughter takes Concerta 54 mg. and needs it all the time. Adderall XR made her depressed. Always talk with your doctor about your child's medications
- i am a 28 year old woman. 20 mgs of adderall has a huge effect on me physically and mentally. 5 mgs also has a huge effect! you need to be careful with your daughter. adderall is amphetamines, pure and simple. speed. think of how much you would feel safe taking yourself. as a child she may not be aware of the changes in her body and mind or able to express them well. just because something is sold by a pharmaceutical company and is legal doesn't necessarily mean it's the best option for dealing with an attention span problem. in fact, it's probably the worst way to deal with the problem in most cases.
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How do you guys sleep at night??? I am 22 years old and I work full time and am taking 3 night classes. I am on 10 mg not extended release and I am still awake doing school work (psychology, that hpw I cam across this) I would just like to say that 20mg of XR is way to much for a 12 year girl plus she is going through puberty and this combination could really bring on bulemia, addiction, and other bad influences. I am no doctor, but I was prescribed to 20 XR adderall at 13 It helped, but not as much as it helped me lose weight, I grew an addiction to it and became bulemic because when it wore off I would be starving so I would stuff and barf. Then I picked up a ciggrette habit because I like the way i felt when smoking on adderral and it helped my throw up. I am just placing my concern. Like i said before Im no doctor and the truth is everyone is diffrent. Please just watch for her weight change, make sure she is busy with good activity so that she is not taught bad influences like cigrettes. i am fine now and I do not smoke cigerretes, but I would have been better off without it
a survey of U.S. middle schools, grades 6-8, found that one in eight students were experimenting with some form of tobacco such as cigrettes, cigars, and chewing tobacco. -Visualizing Pschology - Carpenter, Siri and Huffman, Keri
Research on here( Wiki s): Can you smoke cigarettes while on Adderall XR
Eating Disorders affect up to 24 million Americans and 70 million individuals worldwide.
The Renfrew Center Foundation for Eating Disorders, Eating Disorders 101 Guide: A Summary of Issues, Statistics and Resources, published September 2002, revised October 2003, http://www.renfrew.org.
90 % of those who have eating disorders are women between the ages of 12 and 25.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, The Center for Mental Health Services, offices of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
its not unusual.
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I wouldn't recomend it but i haven't seen her to be sure myself, it is between the doctor and the girl on the dose of the drug and cannot be told by weight and age. But in my opinion, i wouldn't give her that much.
