I was wondering if someone had any suggesstions for my tolerance issue with Adderall. I was perscripted 30mg, IR 2 daily for my ADD. My tolerance grew very quickly, and my ADD symptoms returned. Talking wiith my doctor, he perscripted more. I hate to keep increasing my dosage as its addictive. Would anyone know of a way to decrease my tolerance level. Drug holidays only give me a good day or two once I'm back on. I hear of NMDA antagonists may reduce tolerance, but I haven't read of any real life success stories. Anyone have any experainces that they can share? Seems like my doc just wants to keep uping my dosage.

If the Adderall is "extended release" which I think it is, you may metabolize it faster and since it is extended, you aren't really getting it towards the end. I tend to metabolize any type of extended release too quickly and have found that I do much better w/ the medication that isn't extended release. It also allows you more control in the sense maybe you don't need to go from 2 30's but take 5 10 mg's.
My daughter has been on every type of ADHd type drug and did not tolerate the extended ones as well. I think, but I'm not positive, that Adderall is simply the marketed extended release for Ritalin. I believe many "kids" were switched so the school nurse did not have to keep "doling" out the meds on the different schedules? Maybe ask your Doc to switch to ritalin but take the same total dose that you do now throughout the day and see if that helps. Worth a try before you up dosage again.