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i'm wide awake
Aug. 12th, 2002 04:09 pmwell,yesterday was my first day taking adderall. i took one 5mg at 2 p.m. and the second one at 6 p.m.
i didn't feel particularly strange,except when i went out to do errands i felt spacey and sleepy...but that was the 90 degree plus heat,because i didn't feel like that indoors!
however,guess what? i hardly slept last night. at first,i thought i might be having trouble sleeping because i was just thinking a lot,but after having gone to bed at 2 a.m.(8 hours after the second adderal,and one is supposed to allow 4-6 hours before bedtime) and being still mentally perky as ever at 7 a.m., if figured it's probably the adderall. caffeine does that to me,and of course both are stimulants. i am very senstitive to many things,so what i think i'll try today is to just take one adderal when i get up. it seems like the stuff may stay in my system for more than twelve hours anyway. of course,i'm hoping it will help me feel better. i felt good yesterday but for just one day i don't know if i can attribute it to the adderal!
of course,you're supposed to take the prescribed dose,but if less does the trick for me,i dont see how that can do any harm in this case. it's not like antibiotics,which one definitely has to take the proper course of to get the benefits. the other good thing is that if i only have to take one a day,i can get two months supply at one go (and i have to drive over to the doctor's office and get a WRITTEN prescription every time i refill because it's a controlled substance (bah! i'm for legalization of all drugs for all adults) and it will costs me less.
of course,i'm jumping the gun,but that's me. i hope i sleep tonight! i think i did sleep for a couple of hours anyway,but since sleep and good energy is one of the few healthy things i have going for me,i hate to forfeit it.
i didn't feel particularly strange,except when i went out to do errands i felt spacey and sleepy...but that was the 90 degree plus heat,because i didn't feel like that indoors!
however,guess what? i hardly slept last night. at first,i thought i might be having trouble sleeping because i was just thinking a lot,but after having gone to bed at 2 a.m.(8 hours after the second adderal,and one is supposed to allow 4-6 hours before bedtime) and being still mentally perky as ever at 7 a.m., if figured it's probably the adderall. caffeine does that to me,and of course both are stimulants. i am very senstitive to many things,so what i think i'll try today is to just take one adderal when i get up. it seems like the stuff may stay in my system for more than twelve hours anyway. of course,i'm hoping it will help me feel better. i felt good yesterday but for just one day i don't know if i can attribute it to the adderal!
of course,you're supposed to take the prescribed dose,but if less does the trick for me,i dont see how that can do any harm in this case. it's not like antibiotics,which one definitely has to take the proper course of to get the benefits. the other good thing is that if i only have to take one a day,i can get two months supply at one go (and i have to drive over to the doctor's office and get a WRITTEN prescription every time i refill because it's a controlled substance (bah! i'm for legalization of all drugs for all adults) and it will costs me less.
of course,i'm jumping the gun,but that's me. i hope i sleep tonight! i think i did sleep for a couple of hours anyway,but since sleep and good energy is one of the few healthy things i have going for me,i hate to forfeit it.