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Unfortunately, on the of the most prominent side effects of amphetamines is tolerance and habituation, then a massive crash in the other direction that can last weeks or months when you stop taking it. I generally find stimulants take more out of me than they give.


yes..one way to avoid developing tolerance is to not use it regularly....in my case I try to alternate between periods of relaxation(lots of procrastination!) and intense work periods when I use 10 mg XRs on weekdays!

Here is a very good quora thread on the long term effects http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-long-term-effects-of-Adder...

Also nearly 3.3 million Americans age 19 and younger used an ADHD drug last year, according to Medco Health Solutions Inc.I think there is enough data to conclude that there are not really any serious and irreversible long term effects.Would love to be proved wrong on this?


Adderall is a mixture of dextroamphetamine and amphetamine. It is not all that different than methamphetamine - you don't have to look very far to find that long term use of amphetamines can be very dangerous.




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