Posted by fachad on April 2, 2002, at 17:13:52
In reply to Adderall Euphoria - Anyway to keep it?, posted by Stellarcrassy on April 2, 2002, at 16:34:17
This ended up coming out sounding like a Zen aphorism or something, but regarding that “Adderall euphoria” you are seeking to keep:
If you try to keep it you will surely lose it, but if you accept that it will go away, you may be able to keep deriving benefit from Adderall even after it is gone.
Euphoria is not a sustainable state. Because your nervous system will adapt to the Adderall, especially at the higher doses used to produce euphoria, you will lose the euphoria through the mechanism know as tolerance.
If you are actively seeking euphoria, you will respond by raising the dose to achieve the same effect. That may provide *temporary* euphoria, but you will end up back where you started. It's a dead end.
You will either hit the limit where your doctor will not prescribe any higher doses, and/or you will develop a drug problem and this history and label will follow you for the rest of your life and be a reason why doctors will be reluctant to ever prescribe you stimulants, benzodiazapines or narcotic pain killers ever again, even if you have a legitimate medical need for them.
On the other hand, if you find that there is a real benefit to you from Adderall, in terms of improved concentration or relief of depression or whatever, a benefit that is apart from the "flash in the pan" euphoria, and you accept that the euphoria will inevitably evaporate with time, you may be able to sustain that benefit, at the same Adderall dose, for a long time, maybe for the rest of your life.
Here’s another post I put up about why some develop tolerance to stimulants and some don’t:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20020215/msgs/94906.html
And here’s a bit about the benefits continuing after tolerance develops:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20020307/msgs/97130.html
Best wishes,
fachad
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