Posted by benzylboy on April 5, 2004, at 3:03:35
In reply to Adderall-Ritalin-Adderall, posted by Benzylboy on February 18, 2004, at 1:21:39
Follow up:
So I tried my little plan to go on Ritalin as an attempt to reduce Adderall tolerance. I'm sure there are worse experiences in life - like being forced from the womb - but they are few and far apart.
I switched from 15mg Adderall 2x daily to 20mg Ritalin 2x daily. I did not decrease the Adderall dosage slowly either, an agonizing mistake. The first three days felt like someone had jabbed a stick through my brain, and in addition, I was speedy and moody from the Ritalin.
After a week, I felt better, but my ADD symptoms were all back; the Ritalin made me plenty speedy but no less spacey. Within another week I was back on Adderall, same dose, with no noticeable reduced tolerance.
Conclusions:
I've learned from my experiment that if Adderall tolerance is indeed a concern, substituting Ritalin is not an advisable way to approach the problem. Maybe a complete "drug holiday" is better, but I certainly never want to stop using Adderall "cold turkey" again and will step down my dose in stages next time.
Also, when the P-doc says, "That's really not a good idea, but if you really want to...," that should send up a warning flag to reconsider.
poster:benzylboy
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