For the past 9 months I have been
suffering from severe depression. I have
tried 3 ssri's lexapro which worked a
little, prozac which made me extremely
angry and suicidal and most recently
zoloft which has had little success. I
have also gone through some tough physical
battles with a cycling accident that left
me housebound for 6 weeks. Also my grades
suffered in my last year of high school.
Now in my first year of college I was
having continuing problems concentrating
in class because I felt so depressed,
thats if I went. Recently I tried my a
unprescribed dose of adderall to basically
get "high" as I have been experimenting
with drugs. It made me feel good but not
high and I was very productive in class
that day. I went to my doctor and told
him I had problems concentrating and he
gave me adderall. Since I have been
taking it once a day 20mg and not abusing
it or anything. Its been a few weeks and
I feel great. It seems to have worked
better then any ssri. I have little side
effects I can sleep fine, slight decrease
in appetite but I still eat 3 meals a day.
I was just wondering if anyone else has
had this experience or knows anything
about it. Thanks
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DivineIntervention
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 30 Location: Remote cave in Iraq
Posted: 10-29-05 01:41am
You should find alternate means for
treating your depression. Adderall wont
always have its original effect, it takes
a while to build a tolerance to it but
when you do it is exponential in its
growth.
Just think about it, if your on adderal
right now it wont be to hard lol. You do
not want to become dependant upon a drug
to carry out any task.
Go through this forum and search for
adderall and you will have your answer .
:d
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quaya
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 9
Posted: 01-10-06 20:01pm
Just wondering....Any head injury and was
that checked out when you had the
accident?
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Jen7188
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Posts: 6 Location: alabama
Read This caca You Wanna Posted: 06-10-06 22:53pm
Yeah, i'm 17 and just graduated
highschool, but I been takin adderall (
i'm suposedly add and have it prescribed)
since before I was 14 (i still take it,
now just less of it), and the same caca
happened to me. I have like 20 plus
poems. I wish I could show them but I
don't feel like it right now. They
explain everything, and I hate saying
this, but they're mostly from the
adderall. Ok, so I quit smoking when I
was abt 15, a few months went by and I was
fine, I started takin my adderall reguarly
(daily) and *bam!* I started medical
answer smoking again... Except it
gradually became something to keep my
bored, "must be moving all day", adderall
hands occupied (plus the adderall covers
up the normal fix or buzz nicotine gives
you, so it takes way more ciggs to get the
full regular effect while on adderall or
whatever). Oh and let me tell you
something... Boys! I use to think my
relationships without adderall were a
little off beat.. No way, the longer and
the more adderall I took the weirder my
relaionships got... I wanted to shoot
myself sometimes because i'd be this crazy
person one day and the next i'd be sane
jane and then i'd have to apologize for my
pill use! I hate being like that towards
any of my friends. I think it's totally
uncalled for because they are artifical
chemical induced mood swings, not even my
natural moods! Oh ok, and another
thing... Alcohol... Yeah, I usually
donot crave alcohol (except when i'm sleep
deprived and angry!) when i'm on
adderall, but when I do drink it (while on
adderall) I can drink mine, yours, and
betsy's 12 packs in less than 1-2 hours
and still donot feel the full effects [of
the beer]... Probly dangerous...
Anyways, oh yeah ..I never thought that I
would be a cutter... No I was always this
perky cheerleader girl from alabama..
Well I know cutting is a self issue that
ppl need to get undercontrol and
counseling etc... And I have natural
depressive episodes but the adderall made
it so much worse sometimes, that I even
became suicidal... I dont really remember
cutting myself but I can see the deep
scars on my arms, legs, ankles, wrist,
hands and I just get this punched-gut
feeling. Yuck, that's all I have to say
for now good bye have a nice day ya'll
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
