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Originally Posted by JeremyT
Ok im confused Now Im having people tell me once i find the right dosage i wont gain tolerance. And I have people telling me I will. Basically your saying I will keep gaining tolerance so by this time next year I will be on over 200 MG of adderall
Im confused now
JT
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No, tolerance doesn't always build up that quickly, especially when you do get to higher doses. It can take many years to get to the point you would need 200 mg! (would they even write a prescription out for that much?)
Tolerance is a possibility with any drug down the line, but they will always find other meds and ways to make the medication work, well, at least part of the time anyway.....that's just it: you can't expect the med to get rid of ADD for good or work forever correctly or completely!
Sometimes people just lower their expectations down the line.....for example, I know many people who have have built tolerance to Ambien for sleep, yet they can't sleep without it (dependancy) so they accept the fact that they may only get 4 hours of sleep when they take it, whereas when they first went on it they got full nights sleep on it.
I had a simular problem with Ativan for sleep, except that I did not accept the fact that when I was in tolerance it would only work on some nights or that I only slept 4 hours on it (it used to provide 6-7 hours of sleep).
So I decided enough is enough I got off it and after a very protracted (and horrific) post-withdrawal period my sleep finally came back naturally.
So if you take a drug that is psychoactive for years, you most likely will depend on it greatly since it is also a dependancy drug so you won't be able to just quit it and might probably accept the times, as many do, when it fails because of the times when it does kick in a bit to help your ADD.
But it's important to never increase your dose on your own if it doesn't work down the line, you should always consult the doctor.
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