Posted by mattw84 on September 19, 2004, at 0:29:18
In reply to Adderall medication advice, posted by bigdaddy on September 18, 2004, at 23:29:19
30 mg per dose is quite a bit of adderall... But I won't go into that debate again...
In my personal experience, which not unlike yourself, I went through a few months of "trial and error" to find the correct dosing. I started with the XR and had a very similar experience as to what you described, so I switched to the short-acting (not to mention cheaper) version. Started at
15mg 3x daily; great in the morning and so on...Having tried numerous variations, my current dosing schedule is as follows:
** I set an alarm for 1 hour before I plan to wake up.
5:30 AM - 5mg
6:30 AM - Wake up
10:30AM - 10mg
2:00 PM - 5mg
6:00 PM - 5mgSo basically... start small (in my case start before your day actually starts) and then the bigger dose mid-day. Then a small dose to end the day and avoid the negative "rebound" effects.
I would also recommend taking the weekend off if you can, or at the least reducing your dosage significantly on weekends. That will help with the tolerance it sounds like you have developed.
Try something like:
15mg Before you get up
15mg Mid-Morning
30mg Mid-day
10mg EveningThat still is a total of 80mg a day which is pretty darn high. Good luck!
Matt
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