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Can i take an extra dose of adderall for panic attack?
human
I have suffered from severe agoraphobia since I was 17. I am adhd and take adderall. I have PTSD which caused the agoraphobia to go out of remission and return , now I take 8 mg klonopin, 60 mg adderall, 600 mg seroquel. I am physically extremely healthy, my blood pressure is low, it s now 100/80. I was having severe panic to the point of things looking unreal, I was terrified to get off my bed, my brain was going a mile a minute. Out of desperation I took an extra 20 mg adderall, it worked so well I forgot my 4 mg nightly klonopin, and only needed half my dose of seroquel, I tried it the next day with same results, I m afraid to tell my psychiastrists, what do you think I should do
gpt
HiI admire you for positive outlook. Aderall is methylphenidate , psychstimulant. It works well in ADHD.Higher dose can produce more CNS stimulation and that can be reason of its beneficial effect in panicBut in a long run it wont work well and lead to many side effect in such high doses.As my opinion you should avoid such high doses.Panic attack can be treated with SSRI and it works well.So talk with your psychiatrist and cut down aderall doses gradually.Thank youGet well soon.