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swim needs to figure out the right dose
about a month ago swim was prescribed for add with adderall xr and informed to take one 20 mg capsule in the morning each day to help concentrate on school work. well swim had a little fun and over the course of the day snorted around 100 + mg and had incredible focus, energy, confidence and euphoria. the next day swim didnt do as much for it was still in his system. swims mother noticed there were pills missing and now keeps the bottle on her person. needless to say he felt horrible for the next couple of days, but it wore off once he ate a few good meals.
so besides those 2 days, for the next couple of weeks he's been taking what the doctor told him to take, one capsule in the morning. he's noticed no effect whatsoever from doing this, besides forgetting to eat and not needing to sleep, he doesnt feel any focus or energy, so he told his doctor that it hasnt been doing anything even though it was working the first couple of days (of course he didnt mention to him the 2 day binge) so he prescribed him a bottle of adderal ir 10 mg and informed to take a xr in the morning and a ir in the afternoon. swim's been doing this for about 2 weeks and still notices no difference, no energy, focus, anything.
what does swim need to do? swim is typically a lazy procrastinator, and the energy focus and motivation the adderall gave him when insulfating the capsules every few hours completely changed this and he got so much studying done, and even got A's on his tests. his grades are slipping again though and he can not get himself to study anything, does swim need to tell the doctor to up the prescription? do i need to take a break from the adderall for a couple days? swim doesnt think that 30 mg of adderall over the course of a day is going to have any effect of him, but swim could also have a tolerance built up from all the adderall he took the first couple of days. he also doesnt want to just sound like he wants adderall to abuse it, and it would sound fishy to me if a patient came back every week wanting to up the dose. swim is clueless of what to do and would really appreciate anyone's advice or suggestions. so much damn studying and homework to do and so little time. please help.
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