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Different drugs affect people differently. I was rendered incapable of driving safely with a moderate dose of Addreall (30mg), and still felt somewhat unsafe with a low dose of Adderall(15mg). The main effect was that I could no longer subconsciously distinguish moving objects from non-moving objects (I had to think "is that car parked or moving" rather than being able to just tell by looking). My weight is 105kg.

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Is 30mg really a moderate does? When I had a pers ription for Aderral, 20mg was enough to make me feel like I was going to die.

>Is 30mg really a moderate does?

No, it's not. It's far from unheard of to start getting hallucinations on 30mg of amphetamine.

In the 30's and 40's Benzedrine was generally prescribed in 5 or 10 milligram tablets.

Well someone should tell my Psychiatrist that as it's the dose she started me at (actually 2x 30mg, once in the morning and once in the afternoon). The side effects were quite severe so I only took that dose once.

Thats Crazy! I was started at 5 IIRC.

I think her reasons were 1) my weight and 2) It took a lot of Ritalin before I showed any theraputic response.

30mg in a single dose is fairly high. It's not so bad if you split that into two doses over the course of a day, but still kind of high for the average person.

30 is huge if you don't have a tolerance. I find 5 mg very buzzy on no tolerance.

That's pretty interesting, though like the other replies, I don't think I would call 30mg (in a single dose) moderate, but that's neither here nor there with your situation.

Like you said, drugs like this affect people differently and it all depends on the neurochemistry of the individual, which to the best of my knowledge they don't (can't?) test for when they prescribe this stuff.

I was taking 30mg / day (15mg twice a day) and was pretty functional, though I think the dose might have been too high. Later on I would drop down to 15mg / day (7.5mg twice / day) and that was the sweet spot.

If the 30mg was not MR ('modified release', essentially this will release half right away, then the other half over the next few hours; I'm not sure there is 'MR' Adderall in every country or even if it's officially called 'MR' at all), then 30mg is a very high dose, even for someone as heavy as yourself. 20mg MR or 10mg 'straight up' is 'moderate' and will be noticeable by most people.

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