Posted by bissie66 on October 20, 2005, at 13:21:28
hi. i was just yesterday prescribed adderall as an augmentation to effexor (which in my opinion does nothing for me - he might take me off it). i also take lithium and lamictal for bipolar disordar (mostly i have really bad depression, and it has become resistant to everything we've tried). i was on wellbutrin but he took me off that yesterday (wasn't doing anything either). i'm really glad my doc is trying this - i had planned to ask him, and did, only to learn he was going to suggest it too.
he gave me the dosing instruction but i'm confused. i took 5 mg late afternoon yesterday, then took another 5 mg an hour later. took 10 mg this morning. 4.5 hrs later i took 15 mg. (i am not on extended release, btw). he said to keep upping the dose until i feel good, and i would know i had gone too far if i got that too-much-caffeine feeling. i feel better but not great. what is an 'average' dose? should i really keep going up? should i take 20 mg next time? how much is too much? i'm a little worried bc i def have addictive tendencies. i really want to take more but i don't trust my motives. any and all feedback would be awesome.
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