Adderall with alcohol effects
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Adderall is an anphetamine, and I was told that anphetamines, when taken while drinking, can increase your alcohol tolerance, allowing a person to drink more alcohol than they normally are. Heres where the danger comes into play. The individual doesnt feel the effects of the alcohol like they normally would, so they just keep drinking and drinking..almost as if they feel immune to the effects, it can lead to alcohol poisening.
Try not to consume alcohol for atleast 5 hours after your last adderall dose. Keep your blood volume adequate by staying hydrated and nourished. Never take a "sustained release" version of adderall, no matter what the pharmaceutical companies tell you. As with any stimulant med, always keep a fast-acting benzodiazepine on hand, preferably xanax (alprazolam).
Also avoid alcohol on good sleep nights. I have noticed alcohol + sleep deprivation really deactivates the good effects of adderall. This usually makes you increase the dose b/c you feel like crap and the whole downward spiral things happens b/c you get very little sleep with increased adderall so each day you up the dose until you hit the point where adderall is not working. This problem usually lasts until you suffer for a day or two with low dose and get sleep again.
Both Xanax and Prozac carry warnings about mixing with alcohol. I found no warning for Adderall.
Far be it for me to argue with a psychiatrist, a cardilogist and a pharmacist if they said it was OK for you to consume 2 beers per night. But you still won't get the go-ahead from me. Perhaps I'm a stickler for the rules, but I'm also a stickler for safety.
You probably felt "tipsy" last night because some meds can enhance the effects of alcohol, and vice versa.
He put her on a low dosage of Straterra at first but after 2 weeks the side effects required a change in medication. He put her on a low dosage of Adderall (18mgs per day). She also takes 450 mgs of Wellbutrin a day for depression and 100 mgs of Topamax for migraines. Add to that the fact that she drinks a few glasses of wine every night and you have quite a cocktail. Since being put on Adderall her behavior has really changed.
My biggest fear now is an indefinate relationship with adderall and the long term effects of the med/building resistance to it.
I've been reading a whole lot over the weekend and hope to attmept to address my ADD more with diet and less with the drug but I will say adderall has opened my eyes to the possibilities for me.
Common Side Effects
Dry Mouth
Loss of appetite
Headache
Difficulty falling asleep (insomnia)
Nervousness including agitation, anxiety and irritability
Addiction
Less Common Side Effects
High blood pressure
Rapid pulse rate
Tolerance (constant need to raise the dose)
Feelings of suspicion and paranoia
Visual hallucinations (seeing things that are not there)
Depression
Cocaine craving
Dermatoses (infected or diseased skin)
Urinary tract infection
Infection or viral infection
Elevated ALT enzyme l
bacterial infections! So I started researching side effects to Adderall and after much digging around I finally came across a post in a woman's forum regarding a common STD which is a bacterial infection and the women were discussing Adderall. Sure enough, there were tons of ladies complaining that they have had an increase in all that is bacterial infections since taking the medicine. It seems to be linked, Bacterial Infections and Adderall.
She needs to stop taking the adderall asap.
I’ve been taking Bactrim (sulfamethoxazole-tmp DS) for about 5 days due to an infected mosquito bite. I know with sulfa- antibiotics you cannot drink alcohol because it is thought the drug inhibits the alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme causing acetaldehyde build-up. This causes what is referred to as the disulfiram reaction consisting of flushing, nausea, vomiting, light headedness and rapid heart rate (very unpleasant).
s weird too because I do have a bit of anxiety without the Adderall, but with the Adderall there is still some nervous energy there, but it feels more focused. Like the anxiety is attempting to rear its ugly head but I'm able to keep it at bay a little better. Maybe that's just a coincidence.
Also, I was concerned that my BP jumped up a few points when I started taking it and I hope that will normalize a bit as well.
This is not uncommon, I have this problem as well. The question is can you live with the extra anxiety if the adderall is really helping you? The problem with taking an upper (adderall) and a downer (ativan) together is that they will counter act against each other and neither one will be as effective in your system. You said that you were just diagnosed? Is this your first add medication? You may want to consider trying a different one if the adderall continues to give you problems.
Hey everyone,
I have been a suboxone patient for about a year and a half now. I have had no cravings at all whatsoever for opiates or anything to go back and be a user. I had my daughter during this process and was prescribed subutex, which I thought worked well too. Between the time that I had gotten pregnant and had my daughter I had feelings of no sex drive, no motivation, no ''gusto'', etc.
t believe any doctor would OK the use of alcohol (especially in excess) to someone on medication with a history of drug and alcohol abuse.
I think you have plenty to be concerned about. I think your daughter needs to be pulled up on her behavior and I think a collaborative approach would be more effective in her treatment.
The doctor is much better able to advise about the situation.
Sometimes, however, I get tics and a nervous feeling in my chest, along with slight slight chest pain. Much of this may be nervousness or plasibo anxiety, but I am not sure. I do smoke cigarettes and have coffee every day, which may also increase these side effects. I am nervous for my health, but do realize that for the most part I never get these tics or nervousness in my heart. My heart rate usually does not increase and I do not have shortness of breath.
Children who take Adderall for long periods should be carefully monitored for these Adderall side effects by having their height and weight measured regularly.
Other Adderall Side Effects
Other Adderall side effects can include significant loss of appetite, mood changes, insomnia, dry mouth, and headaches.
What is happening now?
The FDA convened an advisory panel to discuss how to evaluate Adderall safety and the safety of all ADHD medications in February 2006.
I know this is NOT the way to deal with these problems, just a quick fix that Im going to have to deal with at some point. My life feels unmanageable, Im embarrassed that my friends know Im tweaking, and I can't tell my family because I would have to tell too much. I want to talk to my doctor about tapering off this drug and reclaiming my life...I want to do it in easiest way possible/start regaining some health right away.
Thank you for the advice. On my way to the doctors office in a few minutes.
Im a 28 year old male i have had a very bad past with alcohol and pills such as pain pills and others. I have been married for 4 years been with my wife for 7 years altogether. I have finaly broken down and went to the doctor for my mental state. It started off that he said i had adhd so he put me on adderall wich help with my energy leval and it keeps me on task at work.
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