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Originally Posted by Shaw  I just overdosed adderall this past weekend... I was drinking and took around 8-9 10mg adderalls spread out through the night. I didn't go to sleep until 7am the next morning. Only got maybe 2-3 hours of sleep. The rest of the day I felt like a zombie and thought I was on the verge of death. My heart rate was different, I was sore, constantly shaking and just felt out of reach from reality for the rest of the day and night. Would anyone consider that a near-death experience or is that just a typical overdose? |
Sounds like you overdosed alright. The usual restlessness, increased heart rate, and sore muscles from rhabdomyolysis (muscle cells breaking down) are an indication you took too much. The zombieness and detached feeling you had are symptoms of psychosis, which is a detachment from reality. Also a sign of overdose. People overdosing on Adderall happens quite frequently, and luckily isn't fatal for most as they don't take quite enough to kill themselves. I would do it all the time without realizing it a few years ago(I also have a prescription for Adderall for ADHD). I didn't know that I was taking too much and thought that it was just some side effects I was feeling. The thing about Adderall is that it doesn't take much past your threshold of the "optimum dosage" to give you what seem to be severe signs of overdose. But in most people it takes much more then that to actually kill you. I'm not advocating ignoring the signs of a moderate overdose as repeated overdosing overtime from amphetamines can cause heart problems, muscle loss, kidney failure, and a wealth of other issues.
Be careful and pay attention to how your body is reacting when you take them. Tolerances can rise and fall sharply with amphetamines from even 1-5 days of not taking/taking any. One day 20mg is fine, two days later you need 30, then two more and you need 40. Then you stop taking it for a few days, and take a 40, and you most likely will overdose a bit. For the record I'm not a doctor, so take what I'm saying with a grain of salt, but I have done a bit of research and gotten advice from Doctors on Adderall and other medications I am/have taken. Just some things to keep in mind I guess.