[lazide]

One neurotypical I know who took 20mg of Adderall IR ended up going into a hyperfocused ‘can’t look away from the road’ 12+ hour road trip without stopping and couldn’t sleep for 3 days afterwards.

An ADHD’er I know who did the same thing, took a nap instead, and then actually started their taxes.

These are not the same thing.

[FreezerburnV]

Not doubting you but… how? Adderall leaves your system in like 4 hours. The half life is crazy short and it’s extremely noticeable when it happens. I don’t understand how someone would fail to sleep for 3 days, or even hyper focus for 12 hours, when the drug is going to be completely gone from their system and not affecting them a fraction of the time into that period. Are you sure it wasn’t something else or they didn’t take more doses or other things?

[salawat]

Dosage response curves != Individual biochemistries and neural architecture/metabolisms. Some people it'll just hit different.

[notfromhere]

Drug responses can be weird. Plus if you’ve been told this will make you manic and hyperfocused, your body will respond accordingly even if biochemically that doesn’t make a lot of sense.

[olyjohn]

Extended release. Those fucking things would keep me up for 3 days. If I take a the same dose of instant release, it'll be worn off at the end of the day and I'll sleep like a log. They say it wears off in 4 hours, but a single dose keeps working all day for me. Depends on how you metabolize it.

[shlant]

I got some 10mg Dexedrine Spansule's when I usually take normal 5mg's and I didn't sleep until 4am :(

[lazide]

That’s what they described.