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WheelsOfConfusion

Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 11133 Location: Unknown Kaddath
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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 8:18 am Post subject: |
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| Loose Change, the 9/11 Truther bunch? I think it's normal to feel violent towards them after any small length of time. |
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Usagi Miyamoto

Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 2165 Location: wish you were here
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 7:33 am Post subject: Only believe half the lies they tell about me |
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| trustedfaith wrote: | | Ok so I've been on these things for a week now. She gave me 5mg of Adderall IR to take twice a day (on the days that I have class after work and need it). |
I suspect this is just to make sure you can tolerate the medication, because it sounds like a dose appropriate for a grade-schooler. Unless you are unusually petite, you'll probably need a larger dose for optimum effect. Adults often take total doses in the 20-70mg range daily, though I think 30-40mg is typical.
There's also some choice involved in terms of longer-lasting medications. The instant release tablets ramp up within minutes, like drinking coffee, but they also have the shortest duration of effect, perhaps two or three hours. The IR tablets are usually* quite a bit less expensive, since they're available as a generic, and they are probably ideal for an evening class when you want to be focused for a couple of hours, but then you want to be able to sleep.
There are also XR capsules, which break down slowly, releasing the medication in stages for a longer-lasting effect. It's sort of like taking some fraction of the medication in instant form every couple of hours, so it lasts for six or eight hours - a whole school day or work day. The downside, if you're paying out of pocket, is that they cost lots more - like, five to ten times as much as generic IR. I believe there is also a generic XR available, but it's still expensive.
Vyvanse has to be metabolized to become effective, which makes it have the gentlest onset and also helps it last a long time, like the XR product, but without the "surge" effect the XR caps can have. It's the newest drug, so there's no generic available, and it costs about the same as non-generic Adderall XR, give or take a factor of two.
All these drugs have prices that vary more than you would expect. And the Adderall XR is priced about the same per capsule whether the dose is 20mg or 70mg, which seems odd, but does have some off-the-wall economic justification, since the caps can't be split. Since I have nice insurance, the various drugs all cost me the same amount out of pocket. If I had to pay the whole price myself, then I'd consider the economic benefits to staggering a few IR tablets, or even half tablets, over the course of the day, against the user-friendlier profiles of the extended release forms.
*Usually being the operative term, as a year ago there was a shortage of the generic that drove prices up to brand name levels, and it took a while to come down again. There were no good explanations about why. _________________ The reward for a good life is a good life. |
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Lasairfiona

Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 9607 Location: I have to be somewhere? ::runs around frantically::
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 7:53 am Post subject: |
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Shop around for your meds! Very few places will post their prices but they will run the cost for you to let you know if you call them. Costco posts their prices but they don't post Adderall (no, I don't know why). I did find that Costco carries my medication for 1/3 the price of other pharmacies a couple years back and is sometimes worth the yearly membership even if there isn't a Costco nearby. _________________ Before God created Las he pondered on all the aspects a woman might have, he considered which ones would look good super-inflated and which ones to leave alone.
After much deliberation he gave her a giant comfort zone. - Michael |
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Darqcyde

Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 9084 Location: A false vacuum abiding in ignorance.
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 7:59 am Post subject: |
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| Lasairfiona wrote: | | Shop around for your meds! Very few places will post their prices but they will run the cost for you to let you know if you call them. Costco posts their prices but they don't post Adderall (no, I don't know why). I did find that Costco carries my medication for 1/3 the price of other pharmacies a couple years back and is sometimes worth the yearly membership even if there isn't a Costco nearby. |
My guess is drug abuse issues.
From Wiki:
| Quote: | | Adderall, as an amphetamine product, is used recreationally for its euphoric and stimulant properties.[56] Prescription amphetamine is often obtained by those with a prescription and diverted and sold to those who do not have a prescription.[57] As a Schedule II drug, Adderall is considered to have a high potential for misuse and a high liability for dependence.[58][59] Amphetamine has the potential to cause withdrawal (mainly psychological) symptoms when ceasing use.[60] |
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Mr_Moustache

Joined: 01 Oct 2006 Posts: 9121 Location: The thing in itself that is Will
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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Dex is pretty tasty. Ritalin is prob my DOC price/effect wise, if mixed with alcohol. And using it for work/study is pretty effective as well. But yeah, after actually using a few of them (Modafinil still my favorite there) I am skeptic on the whole ADD/ADHD thing. I mean, giving people amphetamines to work/focus better has been going on for a while. It is only now that instead of bomber pilots, the 9-5 workforce has to be 'corrected'.
Interestingly, the NY Times [url] is doing a thing on it, focusing especially on the use of the drugs on children. If people want to read up some more.
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fritterdonut

Joined: 24 Jul 2012 Posts: 547 Location: Some shitty city somewhere
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Mr_Moustache wrote: | | Dex is pretty tasty. |
Would you be referring to Dextromethorphan, because I've heard some pretty awful stories from friends who thought they were dying/dead and had all sorts of weird stuff going on. _________________ Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country did to you |
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Dogen

Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 9278 Location: Bellingham, WA
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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They're talking about ADD/ADHD meds, so probably dexedrine. Dextromethorphan is cough medicine... _________________ "Worse comes to worst, my people come first, but my tribe lives on every country on earth. I’ll do anything to protect them from hurt, the human race is what I serve." - Baba Brinkman |
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Him

Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 3945 Location: Strange planet
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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concerta mixed (and I do mean mixed) with alcohol makes for a pretty horrible hangover. That's my 2 cent. had to smoke two blunts just to fall asleep around noon the day after. not as pleasant as it might seem. _________________ "Moderation in temper, is always a virtue; but moderation in principle, is a species of vice. " - Thomas Paine |
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Mr_Moustache

Joined: 01 Oct 2006 Posts: 9121 Location: The thing in itself that is Will
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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I have heard that, but I never notice between a regular hangover + concerta. Also, concerta last last a lot longer then IR and some pills are also monster dosages.... tbh, the 40-50 mg ones have been some of the longest and slightly unpleasant rec drugs I tried so far; here I have 10 mg IR and a half already does the job. And then to imagine that the guy I got them from was taking 90 mg a day.... *shudders*
And yeah, Adderall is about 75% dexamphetamine. DXM has little repeat value. It is not so much fun (actually can be rather terrible) as it can be interesting for some people to just get delirious; hardcore psychonauts. Most people try it once and then move on and strike it of the list. Same as salvia really. _________________ When life gives you lemons, some people make lemonade. I just eat them and make a sour face. |
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trustedfaith

Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 3361 Location: My own little world...
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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Usagi, yes, she did that because I was worried that it would make my heart race and me jittery because it's a stimulant/upper. I normally don't do well with that sort of stuff. However, this hasn't had any effect on my heart or given me any jitters. I see her Thursday to tweak the dose.
Thanks for the idea Las, never thought to shop around the local pharmacies. I wonder if any of them will be cheaper than Medco? Medco is pretty cheap. I can get three months supply of generics for twenty bucks with my insurance. My doctor has to send over my diagnosis to the insurance for approval first. When they approve it, they'll cover the med like the rest of mine. $10 copay at local pharmacies and $20 for a three month supply mailed through Medco.
As far as believing in ADD/ADHD stuff. I'm sure everyone is ADD and ADHD to a certain extent and will benefit briefly from something that affects how they concentrate. However, I do believe that there are severity levels of that.
Also, for those of you taking it for kicks -- you're the reason why I have to go through all this red tape just to be prescribed it. So thanks dicks.
P.S. Thanks Usagi for the help again. I'll let you know what she says on Thursday. _________________ My blog is back bitches!! Check it out and comment: http://www.quixoticroads.com
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Mr_Moustache

Joined: 01 Oct 2006 Posts: 9121 Location: The thing in itself that is Will
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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If it is any consolation, straight up amphetamine HCL is about 5-10 dollars a gram back in Holland , so it is not that difficult to get  _________________ When life gives you lemons, some people make lemonade. I just eat them and make a sour face. |
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Canopus

Joined: 13 Sep 2010 Posts: 623
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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| trustedfaith wrote: | Also, for those of you taking it for kicks -- you're the reason why I have to go through all this red tape just to be prescribed it. So thanks dicks.
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Hear hear! |
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Mr Gary

Joined: 30 Apr 2009 Posts: 6163 Location: Some pub in England
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 4:18 am Post subject: |
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| Mr_Moustache wrote: | If it is any consolation, straight up amphetamine HCL is about 5-10 dollars a gram back in Holland , so it is not that difficult to get  |
You back in the 'Dam late January mate? I'm asking for a, uh, friend ... _________________
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Mr_Moustache

Joined: 01 Oct 2006 Posts: 9121 Location: The thing in itself that is Will
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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I won't be But you'll have fun without me regardless, so enjoy! _________________ When life gives you lemons, some people make lemonade. I just eat them and make a sour face. |
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Snorri

Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 10704 Location: hiding the decline.
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Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 12:11 am Post subject: |
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| Mr Gary wrote: | | Mr_Moustache wrote: | If it is any consolation, straight up amphetamine HCL is about 5-10 dollars a gram back in Holland , so it is not that difficult to get  |
You back in the 'Dam late January mate? I'm asking for a, uh, friend ... |
Don't worry, you can stand on the street and shout "I wanna buy drugs!" without a problem. _________________
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