Posted by utopizen on September 6, 2003, at 0:23:14
In reply to adderall dose after concerta wears off?, posted by Peter on September 5, 2003, at 21:10:55
You can ask your doc to adjust your concerta dose to a higher one, split the concerta up so you take most in the AM and then a bit in the noontime, or you can try immediate release ritalin or desoxyn for use in the early evening, which should last 'til bedtime.
It's difficult, but you want to try to get the dose high enough and long enough not to drop off your mood, yet lowering enough near bedtime so that you can sleep and your sleep waves aren't too affected...
as for adderall after 4 pm or so, I'd discourage that-- the affects adderall will give you on your mood and concentration will only last so long, but there's 75% of the stuff that mostly lasts all day, yet it tends to really just give side effects-- blood pressure increase, palpations, etc., even after your good effects aren't there.
In fact, I'm switching back from Adderall IR to Desoxyn 'cause I'm so sick of having to dose before like 6 just to go to sleep by midnight. Desoxyn is out in 3-4 hours, great stuff.
And you can always have an immediate release made into a time-release by a compounding pharmacy, you don't need to wait 8 years until some company feels like it. That's silly!
I wouldn't suggest a Concerta-like release on the Adderall XR-- you wouldn't want it that way, the side effects would persist too long.
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