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Some people report that similar medications develop a tolerance, others say that the effect they have fades into the background as your new norm.

Always take medications exactly as prescribed, talk to your prescribing physician if you suspect you are building a tolerance or the medication isn't helping you.

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i don't think the effect time will really change unless your doctor increases your dosage (at least that's from my experience, my doctor increased it once and i could tell). i was on it for 2 years and never felt it get weaker or anything like that. might be a person to person thing though. just ask your doctor about it at your next appointment and see what he/she thinks.

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I remember having to up dosages on adderall after a year or so but it made the sides terrible and i got carsick and shit

my tolerance went back to normal after I took like 2 weeks off though, so just cleanse on your school breaks or w/e

i was diagnosed with adhd when i was 6 years old, i stopped taking my pills by 6th grade when i was 12. i think i took concerta but i'm not 100% sure on that.

i'm not sure if the effect would be different if i took it now but i remember having some very uncomfortable side effects which were stomach aches and absolutely no hunger, i never enjoyed taking it, i would never take it on the weekends and during the summer. (and it totally caused me to gain weight not taking it anymore, which i fucking hate, but that's my problem not yours.) i can't answer your question completely since i certainty did not like taking the pills so i totally did not build a tolerance. however when i officially quit taking my pills in 7th grade i told my parents that i could do just as well without them, personally i feel that adhd is a joke and an excuse. maybe it helped me keep my energy down when i was younger but when i was getting more mature i understood that i didn't need the pill to focus in class i just needed to sit tight and figure out why i was in school. the pill definitely taught me how to focus and do my work in class.

honestly i think its strange that NOW you've been diagnosed with adhd and to avoid a tolerance i would suggest not taking it unless you actually need for school or learning. there is no reason to take it any more than you're actually prescribed and you should only be using it for your schooling needs and nothing else.

I thought this was asking about taking ADHD pills to improve medic skills at first glance. otherwise, yes, tolerances will happen for some patients depending on medication/frequency/dosage.

Everybody is different, but when I tried Focalin I was getting the worst headaches. I've tried everything other than Vyvanse before settling on Adderall for the best side effect:benefit ratio, but my understanding is you will develop a tolerance and need to up your dosage as time goes on. The medication will lose efficacy, but only if you allow yourself to build a tolerance.

The way my past doctors have tried to prevent this is by encouraging me to take it when I need it as opposed to just making it a daily thing where it isn't as beneficial.

I'm not sure how old you are, but if you're 16+ or even 23+ like I was when I was diagnosed, then you'll have developed ways to cope with it on your own. My advice would be to take the medication when you need to study/go to work/focus on something/get shit done in your life and skip doses when you don't need to do any of those things. Rely on the coping skills you've developed and speak to a therapist/read up on ways to manage your ADHD to not only take advantage of the boost the meds give you, but to improve the rest of your life as well.

Your medication being IR (instant) or XR/ER (extended release) may make a difference and you should be aware of the pros and cons of each as well.

Don't start/stop/change anything regarding your medication before consulting your doctor though. If you have general questions regarding the medication, your pharmacist can answer that.

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i used to do adderall when i did bad in school but never got it through a doctor.
i stopped because my anxiety got worse

messiah there is a difference between tolerance and dependence. tolerance is when the medication stops being as effective over time and dependence is when you become dependent/addicted to the drug. there is also overwhelming scientific evidence from around the world that adhd/add is real and common amoungst our population. people like you who think add is a joke/excuse are no different from the people who deny climate change. blatantly ignorant and uneducated.

With XR/ER I think it's better to keep up a regular regiment, at least from what I remember my doctor saying. It's more supposed to be the new norm than a burst. But I totally agree on the importance of managing it other ways as well, the medicine is an aid, not the whole solution. Especially if you are diagnosed at a later age (I was diagnosed at 19). Proper exercise, diet, and disclipine will go a much longer way than just the medicine. Especially the diet, if your medicine reduces your appetite like Adderall XR does.

ok yes i misinterpret tolerance towards addiction, i think that when people go back to pharmacy's or doctor's to give a increased dosage could lead to an addiction. on behalf of the "adhd is a joke" is mostly because of my personal experiences with other students and friends having add or adhd and how they can't comprehend doing school work or keeping still when we were younger, and me being diagnosed with it having a better understanding of focusing in class and not making an ass of myself or being irresponsible.

i would say i could be ignorant but not uneducated, i was put into IEP classes throughout my elementary, middle, and high school and having a lot of experience. seeing some of these kids they weren't the same as me, now of course not all of them just had adhd/add, others had other severe cases of something else. but the kids i knew that also had adhd have done some serious irresponsible things past or during high school and i find that they have failed to understand the importance of listening or to care about school "because i have adhd" and they're put into iep classes and they give less fucks about school.

idk i just hate to see how these kids have no become fuck ups in their life going to summer school each year and then taking on drugs and not caring anymore, same kids i was friends with in elementary that had similar issues as me. again this just my pov on things.

Ok I have a pretty fucking insane medical history with this stuff. Probably have been on 15+ drugs for adhd/aspergers. One of them actually nearly killed me, it made me nearly get put into a mental hospital and it turned out it gave me a chemical imbalance than if it continues I would have died.

Yeah adderrall is cool cuz u can get high but some of this shit is dangerous.

he already does that

Drug overdoses aren't funny.

vLadimir disagrees.

If/when you build up a tolerance it will take a very long time for it to build up (as opposed to adderall, which is an amphetamine) just because of the way the drug is. if you've just started taking them, you should be more worried about potential side effects than a tolerance building. however, i've noticed that on the first day of taking a new med its like a fair bit more effective than it during the following days, so don't expect it to be as awesome as the first time you took it.

also side note getting high on ritalin/focalin kinda fucking sucks i get bad stomach cramps and its a really weird high if you're trying to get high look for better options

By the way, amphetamine tolerance is pretty much permanent. And abusing stimulants (besides MDMA & coke) is not fun at all, the comedown is terrible. Since you're new, I would suggest to make sure to drink enough water, listen to your body and go to the restroom, and take breaks. Focalin basically makes you ignore your body's basic impulses for food and drink, excretion, and distraction. So it is important that you attend to your body. If you get lockjaw, I would suggest to chew some gum and to take some magnesium. You might get some nausea and stomach aches, weed helps me with that, but I would suggest to eat some food beforehand. You will not be able to sleep for a while after taking it. For some reason, cigarettes are amazing on adderall.