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Although I think it also has to do with me having the flu very recently and still not fully recovering along with the extreme stress of exams. I'm planning on taking a 'drug holiday' next week and then hopefully things will go back to normal. I'm going to try and not abuse it anymore because i seriously don't want to end up consuming copious amounts of adderall just to get effects that I could be getting with lower doses. Tolerance is a ###### but I'm sure I can rid myself of it. I'm counting on it.

Yes of course, I'll just go and tell my doctor and parents that I was taking more than my prescribed dose and that now I think I need MORE adderall because of this. My dad would blow a fuse, he's already against me taking adderall and is going to have a little 'chat' with my doctor and see if there are other ways. He's convinced that a little exercise every now and then will help this 'minor concentration problem.' My parents want me to do well in school and adderall can help. I just wish they would stop overreacting so much!

Hi. I am 16 years old and was just recently prescribed Adderall XR. My whole life I have experienced an inability to concentrate on regular daily tasks (homework, etc.); before starting the medication I researched the drug in and out. Although there were side effects that concerned me, I was still looking forward to this experience. I would also like to say that I have never done any really "heavy" drugs before and have only experimented with marijuana a couple of times, I also drink somewhat occasionally. I was started on 5mg XR about 3 weeks ago and that didn't do anything, then last week I got upped a dose to 10mg. Since I still wasn't getting enough satisfaction (concentration-wise), I decided to up my dose. One day I tried 15mg, then another day 20mg, then 25mg, and one day 45mg. I felt effects that were quite normal with what I had researched before (high level of concentration, dry mouth, little appetite). This week was exams and I was running a little low on the medication so I planned ahead and made sure that I had about 30 mg everyday so that I could concentrate on exams. However, 2 days ago I tried just having 15mg and I felt little to no effect, same with 20mg. My tolerance couldn't have gone up that quickly? Could it? I'm quite worried because after exams I vowed not to abuse Adderall and go back to my prescribed dose but now I don't know if I can because the lower doses seem to have almost no effect. I had my second exam today and had 30mg and could feel some of the effects but not at a very high level (as in I still have lapses in concentration). Does anybody have an answer to this or am I doomed because of my tolerance build-up?! I realize that I shouldn't have abused Adderall in the first place but I was very stressed because of exams and needed to study! Somebody please help?