working out while taking adderall

[king]

hey i recently got prescribed to adderall.  but when i work out my heart rate goes wayyy up.  makes me feel almost sick.  anyone ever do this? or have any suggestions.(besides dont take the pills).

[NoCalBbEr]

I something feel this way. If I'm training to intensitly or my body hasnt had the chance to return to normal breathing. After like  the set or two sets later. I'm dying. I'm  try to  slow my heart down and catch my breathing to normal.  I try to rest more to recover from the previous set. try to go less intense and rest more in betwen sets

listen to your body, if you real feel sick then, why not drop it down a bit... weight training and cardio. the heart can get overtrained just like any other muscle.

thats my0.02

[trulytoned]

Why not consult your doctor about this, im sure he would have a much better answer than any of us.
The heart is not something to mess around with dude.

[Bluto]

Agree with that. Check with your doctor.

[thewickedtruth]

Why would you be surprised of this side effect when you were prescribed speed.    If you truly have adhd or add and need it, then it would have a reverse effect on you and your body as a stimulant because it provides the chemical in your brain that, when missing, gives you adhd or add. If you DON'T have it and are taking it for some other reason then yeah, you'll have a racing heart til you come down off of it. I'm surprised no one thought of this before.

[king]

i dunno, i took the tests they have to test for it and they said i had it.  i dont have a racing heart the whole time, just when i try to work out, or do strenuous physical activity. i'll ask the doc about it

[thewickedtruth]

Talk to your doc. The tests themselves I've taken and it was just abunch of questions and bloodwork that was it. I'm told by a few people I trust in the ER that the blood tests are just to check if you have anything else that could possbily cause the problem instead of just not paying attention. Have him prescribe you Ritalin instead. It wont' have such an intense effect. How many milligrams are you taking? 

[king]

see i was just thinkin that too... i think it might be how much i'm taking... like i just got prescribed to this, so he said we'll have to experiment with dosages at first and get the right one.  i'm on 30 mg 12 hr time release ones right now.

[thewickedtruth]

FUCK!  30mg in one dose or a 10mg tab taken every 4 hours? There's a big difference. How long did you experience these symptoms? If you had an elevated pulse of SCARY for over an hour and weren't working out, I'd consider taking half or hell even a 10mg tab for one session to see how that works. Why he started you out higher instead of lower boggles my mind. Unless you have the attention span of a goldfish, 30mg is what you'd take if you were out of coke and looking for one hell of a buzz. 

[king]

its a 30 mg adderall XR.   its a time release capsul.  so its supposed to release 15 mg's first. then 4-6 hours later release the next 15.

[thewickedtruth]

cut that thing in half with a pill cutter or a blade.

[king]

theres a bunch of really tiny beads inside it... think it'll matter if i just split the beads up inside?

[thewickedtruth]

take one cap and open it in a small bowl or glass flat. count the beads. divide them up accordingly. now since you probably don't have a capping machine, i'd say take x-amount of beads for an alotted time.  If there are 60 beads in there, you know that each bead is .5mg.  let me know what you find.

[king]

next time i take one will be tomorrow so i'll give ur idea a try and let you know how it goes.  thanks

[youandme]

It will make you feel sick for the first few days, and you will lose your appetite. If you need it then keep taking it as prescribed, or talk to you doctors if you feel the dose needs to be changed.

[wolfgang187]

Break the tablet in half!

[Bast175]

why would a dr. prescribe 30mg initially?

[dyslexic]

You shouldnt be taking anything funky when you work out.


If you must, go to GNC and get a back of empty gel caps and break your little pills apart and put a little in the new ones.



Adderal has nothing to do with gym intensity. What else do you take? How big (fat) are you? How does Adderal work for you in your all night studies of internet icons and essays?



Maybe you can take Xanex and Adderal together and just go to the gym and get high.