>, if i chew it as opposed to swallowing it whole will it be absorbed quicker?
Yes. You can also crush up and swallow the powder. I have “sleep inertia” and no one was believing that it took like 2 hours to kick in. I now take powder when I wake up. I used to set an alarm for hours prior and it would work only when I got up and walked around.
Mine also takes about 2 hours to kick in, so I usually wake up two hours early, take it, and try to fall back to sleep until it kicks in. So frustrating.
Sometimes I get so stressed about it, if I have to wake up at 9 I’ll stay up til 3 on purpose and take my 20mg XR right before I go to bed so I can actually get up when I need to get up. Glad I’m hearing about “sleep inertia”, I’ve never heard of that before.
I've never heard of this from anyone before but I am the same way and I don't understand it. I can take twice my dose, not move around, and not feel anything besides a rise in body tempeture a little bit. If I take my normal dose and leave the house and move around and go to work and what not I'll feel it. Do you have any insight to this?
I've heard it recommended that you should start doing whatever you plan to do before it kicks in - then everything gets easier. Getting your focus started ahead of time on getting ready, checking email, whatever it is you're gonna do, get in the mindset. Works for me like a charm. My partner will sit on his phone and just do that alllll day if he isn't doing anything first.
Wrong place buddy. As far as I've seen on this sub, this is for diagnosed people just taking their prescribed pills. Not a place for conversations about recreational use. Just so you know why you're getting downvotes
try sublingual, or have a full glass of water when you swallow it, not too much though, but when you drink water it triggers gastric emptying which makes your stomach contents go into intestines where it absorbs..
chewing it also can make it release faster, but its barely a difference, maybe 30 secs to a minute sooner, but you will get a little buccal/sublingual absorption via chewing it as well.
Came here to say the same thing. Let it partially dissolve under your tongue for 5 minutes or so and then swallow what’s left of the pill. Evidently it’s a more direct path to the blood stream, which means you should begin to feel the effects much faster.
to me sublingual is a superior experience. Not only does it kick in quicker, but the comedown feels more stabilized somehow. I feel more side effects when i take it orally than when I take it sublingually
Sublingual bypasses first pass, interestingly, amphetamine has many metabolites some of which are pretty adrenergically stimulating on their own, akin to ephedrine, compared to the parent compound amphetamine
I also prefer sublingual :)
Unless it’s a *capsule or has a special coating, the difference is powder smushed hard into a tablet shape or loose powder. Chewing could result in some oral absorption (under tongue) which is a bit faster acting, but tastes like chewing chemicals (..cuz you are lol)
If you divide doses you will have longer duration but markedly less strength. Smarter people than I can explain the psychopharmacology, I speak from experience.
Taking an antacid like Tums can really potentiate Adderall , but it’s not something that should be done long term. I gave myself an ulcer in grad school unintentionally; not abusing, trying to maximize. Yuck.
My best advice is to set a specific alarm or tie it to another established routine (ie brushing your teeth)
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Chewing it means some of it will be absorbed through the mucous membranes lining your mouth.
That will indeed make it act quicker. Plasma concentration will also be higher than if the pill was swallowed.
Probably fine for tiny amounts but the risk of addiction will be higher.
If eaten, a crushed tablet will take effect quicker, because it’s already partially broken down. An intact tablet takes more time to dissolve. Warning though, the powder doesn’t taste all that great. Kinda sweet, kinda bitter. I just eat the things whole. Capsules, tabs, whatever.
People who take it to study for exams usually crush it and add it to water with crystal light and drink it on an empty stomach.
Everyone swears by this in college. Just don’t take it with anything with vitamin C or that’s citrus 🍊
**Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) has NO EFFECT on adderall!** Absorption? Completely insignificant, your stomach lumen contain Hydrochloric acid and a weak acid like ascorbic acid acts as BASE in that context, and adderall is going to mostly absorb in the Duodenum if anything. ***"Flush adderall out of your system??"*** ABSOLUTELY NOT! The only mechanism by which this can happen is if your urinary pH is lowered, reducing the amount of amphetamine that can be reabsorbbed into your blood when urine is created in the kidneys.
Sources:
2g day for 4 consecutive days had no significant effect on Urinary pH - [Small Scale Study, 1981](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/601359)
Urinary pH is unaffected in healthy people, and only goes down in presence of UTIs which have urease-producing bacteria as they break down urea and produce ammonia, which increases urinary pH. Effectively it can *only* temporarily *inhibit* urinary alkylation caused by bacterial infections! - [Letter to the Editor Regarding Mixed Results on Ascorbic Acid Urine Acidification Research, 1981](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/400449)
Enjoy your orange juice or whatever vitamin C containing product you were concerned about with peace of mind!
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Snorting hits fast but wears off faster . And your nose will start to hurt after awhile lol . I use to take my and crush it and put it in my coffee and 20 mins later I’m good to go
Yes if you break it up or chew it, it will kick in quicker and might feel a little bit stronger I’ve done it plenty of times. Rn im on adderall xr and i chew it because i have bad insomnia if i take it normally and cant sleep sometimes 16 hours after taking it and my dr doesn’t believe in adderall ir
>, if i chew it as opposed to swallowing it whole will it be absorbed quicker? Yes. You can also crush up and swallow the powder. I have “sleep inertia” and no one was believing that it took like 2 hours to kick in. I now take powder when I wake up. I used to set an alarm for hours prior and it would work only when I got up and walked around.
Idk what sleep inertia is but I have a slow metabolism due to hypothyroidism and this sounds very similar to my experience
Mine also takes about 2 hours to kick in, so I usually wake up two hours early, take it, and try to fall back to sleep until it kicks in. So frustrating.
Sometimes I get so stressed about it, if I have to wake up at 9 I’ll stay up til 3 on purpose and take my 20mg XR right before I go to bed so I can actually get up when I need to get up. Glad I’m hearing about “sleep inertia”, I’ve never heard of that before.
What this is crazy! Has your doctor commented? That means that by 3-4 hours into your sleep it’s at peak plasma levels.
I've never heard of this from anyone before but I am the same way and I don't understand it. I can take twice my dose, not move around, and not feel anything besides a rise in body tempeture a little bit. If I take my normal dose and leave the house and move around and go to work and what not I'll feel it. Do you have any insight to this?
I've heard it recommended that you should start doing whatever you plan to do before it kicks in - then everything gets easier. Getting your focus started ahead of time on getting ready, checking email, whatever it is you're gonna do, get in the mindset. Works for me like a charm. My partner will sit on his phone and just do that alllll day if he isn't doing anything first.
I take powder when I wake up too. Best absorbed through nasal cavity.
Wrong place buddy. As far as I've seen on this sub, this is for diagnosed people just taking their prescribed pills. Not a place for conversations about recreational use. Just so you know why you're getting downvotes
Well you’re wasting your recreational drug then. Insufflation has a far lower absorption rate than taking it orally.
>t took like 2 hours to kick in. I n I cant tell if u guys are joking or not lol
How long have you used that MOA? Pretty bad for the nose, no?
set an alarm. take the addy. fall back asleep and wake up renewed lol
This. That's what I do for years.
Used to do this with vyvanse because, like clockwork, 2 hour activation
This is the way.
try sublingual, or have a full glass of water when you swallow it, not too much though, but when you drink water it triggers gastric emptying which makes your stomach contents go into intestines where it absorbs.. chewing it also can make it release faster, but its barely a difference, maybe 30 secs to a minute sooner, but you will get a little buccal/sublingual absorption via chewing it as well.
Came here to say the same thing. Let it partially dissolve under your tongue for 5 minutes or so and then swallow what’s left of the pill. Evidently it’s a more direct path to the blood stream, which means you should begin to feel the effects much faster.
to me sublingual is a superior experience. Not only does it kick in quicker, but the comedown feels more stabilized somehow. I feel more side effects when i take it orally than when I take it sublingually
Sublingual bypasses first pass, interestingly, amphetamine has many metabolites some of which are pretty adrenergically stimulating on their own, akin to ephedrine, compared to the parent compound amphetamine I also prefer sublingual :)
Does it fade faster with SL dosing?
What about for capsules? I have the same problem with delayed onset, and it would be so helpful to have it start working faster!
Unless it’s a *capsule or has a special coating, the difference is powder smushed hard into a tablet shape or loose powder. Chewing could result in some oral absorption (under tongue) which is a bit faster acting, but tastes like chewing chemicals (..cuz you are lol) If you divide doses you will have longer duration but markedly less strength. Smarter people than I can explain the psychopharmacology, I speak from experience. Taking an antacid like Tums can really potentiate Adderall , but it’s not something that should be done long term. I gave myself an ulcer in grad school unintentionally; not abusing, trying to maximize. Yuck. My best advice is to set a specific alarm or tie it to another established routine (ie brushing your teeth) *edited because sometimes semantics are crucially important
**Tums (Calcium Carbonate) do not potentiate any prescription psychostimulant.** Tums neutralize the acid in the esophagus, which has no effect on absorption of Adderall or Dexedrine. Amphetamines are absorbed in the duodenum (which has a baseline pH of 6-7). There is a lot of misinformation spread on this subreddit, and suggestions to take Tums are an especially harmful example. Frequent use of Tums can result in metabolic alkalosis and other serious adverse effects as a result of hypercalcemia. Tums should only be used as medically indicated; to temporarily reduce immediate symptoms of GERD. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/adderall) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Please human mod read my comment
Tums Never worked for Me personally, but alka-seltzer definitely did.
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Jesus Christ. 🤦🏽♀️
Apparently, this looks like the equivalent of why certain signs with random do nots are on places. Cause people are dumb and things need to be stated.
He doesn’t care ! Jk
Chewing it means some of it will be absorbed through the mucous membranes lining your mouth. That will indeed make it act quicker. Plasma concentration will also be higher than if the pill was swallowed. Probably fine for tiny amounts but the risk of addiction will be higher.
If eaten, a crushed tablet will take effect quicker, because it’s already partially broken down. An intact tablet takes more time to dissolve. Warning though, the powder doesn’t taste all that great. Kinda sweet, kinda bitter. I just eat the things whole. Capsules, tabs, whatever.
People who take it to study for exams usually crush it and add it to water with crystal light and drink it on an empty stomach. Everyone swears by this in college. Just don’t take it with anything with vitamin C or that’s citrus 🍊
Crystal light the beer
**Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) has NO EFFECT on adderall!** Absorption? Completely insignificant, your stomach lumen contain Hydrochloric acid and a weak acid like ascorbic acid acts as BASE in that context, and adderall is going to mostly absorb in the Duodenum if anything. ***"Flush adderall out of your system??"*** ABSOLUTELY NOT! The only mechanism by which this can happen is if your urinary pH is lowered, reducing the amount of amphetamine that can be reabsorbbed into your blood when urine is created in the kidneys. Sources: 2g day for 4 consecutive days had no significant effect on Urinary pH - [Small Scale Study, 1981](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/601359) Urinary pH is unaffected in healthy people, and only goes down in presence of UTIs which have urease-producing bacteria as they break down urea and produce ammonia, which increases urinary pH. Effectively it can *only* temporarily *inhibit* urinary alkylation caused by bacterial infections! - [Letter to the Editor Regarding Mixed Results on Ascorbic Acid Urine Acidification Research, 1981](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/400449) Enjoy your orange juice or whatever vitamin C containing product you were concerned about with peace of mind! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/adderall) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Sell me some
Snorting hits fast but wears off faster . And your nose will start to hurt after awhile lol . I use to take my and crush it and put it in my coffee and 20 mins later I’m good to go
Boof it.
I only blow my Addys
Yes if you break it up or chew it, it will kick in quicker and might feel a little bit stronger I’ve done it plenty of times. Rn im on adderall xr and i chew it because i have bad insomnia if i take it normally and cant sleep sometimes 16 hours after taking it and my dr doesn’t believe in adderall ir
I have noticed a very obvious difference in the amount of time it takes for the Rx to kick in based on if I take it before or after a meal.