If you go 3 days without sleepin does your body get outa whack? like does somthing permenate or no permaet things, like brain stupidness…heh. Idk ive gone 30 hours of not being able to sleep and not being tired. and my sister says shes gone a week w/o sleeping…but that might be the drugs^^

whatever, does it??THANK OO!
dudes thanks! im not on drugs btw:)
lol but i dont want to but ive already made a huge deal bout how i was gona go 3 days straight w/o sleep. and if i dont i’ll look like an ass!! not like i am, but my fwiends will be all haha you couldnt do it! So yup…im not oober young or old so i hope no "flirting with death" will happen…man now im *more*paranoid D:

If any one has seen the Law and order Svu episode called "hothouse," the girl (jennifer) had been taking the drug provigil to stay awake for days at a time. Provigil is commonly used to treat narcolepsy, ADD, and other sleep disorders, but unfortunately it is a very strong prescription drug. My question is…. What NON-PRESCRIPTION drug can I take that would have the same effect as provigil/adderral/concerta/ritalin, etc. I have a very busy schedule and am extremely committed to my scientific studies. There just arent enough hours in a day. Please, i need your advice on meds. Please reccommend anything other thatn the caffeine pill "no doz."

I’m 18 years old and have taken both Adderall and Adderall XR (Extended Release) for the past 4 years. I first started out taking Adderall (Amphetamine Salts) and it worked fine. Until I started to become depending on Adderall. It seems/seemed to be the only thing that has given me relief from ADHD (Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity). I switched to the extended release (XR) of Adderall and had better results with the dependancy issue. I am currently taking the XR and feel over all happy with the drug, except I find it harder to get to sleep at the end of a long day regardless of how tired I may be.
I have also tried (non-stimulant) Strattera, but couldn’t focus with it either.
Concerta caused me to experience withdraws and dependancy.
Ritalin worked for a while but after taking for months eventually caused me to become annoyed and easily frustrated when I took the drug.

Does anyone know of a non-stimulant (drug) besides strattera or natural way(s) to live a normal life?
I’ve tried to go to school and work without Adderall and cannot function. I am not able to focus, stay on any task for more than 5 minutes, or stay calm.
Do you or someone you know take Adderall? If so, are you/them happy with the changes caused by Adderall?

Hi,

Three days ago, on Friday night, with my best friend, I snorted about 30 mg of Adderall within around three hours. I felt great, didn’t sleep at all, it lasted into Saturday, etc.

I’m not a heavy drug user at all - this was my second time ever using Adderall (which is rare living as a 19-year-old in Los Angeles) and I tend to resist drugs at all. Ever since then, for the past three days, I’ve felt extremely restless. I’ve done some research, and it’s as if I have permanent restless legs disorder - I have trouble sitting still, I feel jittery, etc etc.

Last night I became so frustrated I took a Klonopin and two Valium, to no avail! I felt just as restless as before. Is this still the Adderall, and does anybody know when it will go away?

I know this sounds dumb - but you can’t get ADD from recreationally using an ADD medication, can you?

Thank you, yes, I know drugs are bad, I don’t intend to ever use a stimulant again, and thank you for your answers.

Ok, so I’ve been smoking pot for over 2 years, and the past 2 days I’ve had a very odd expierence.
After smoking a gram or two, I would feel very sick, and NOTHING else. Not high, not dizzy, but just sick. Sick like I’d throw up. But heres the thing, I don’t ever throw up and I didnt. I would feel this way for almost an hour and then feel fine.
Also I noticed my pulse would raise… I’ve never had exposure to any other drugs, and I smoke pot to help my sleeping disorder.

I take modafinil regularly for my daytime sleeping disorder and recently found two ‘lost’ boxes of the stuff. the expiry day is 04/2008. as the drug is somewhat expensive I am contemplating taking these.

Anybody out there know if the Modafinil expiry dates are worth following or not?
What’s the worst that could happen if I take these expired pills?

My mom 68 years old, has depression, I think she is taking way to many drugs, they are all prescription, but I think she is addicted to them, here is a list of the drugs she has presribed that she takes daiy some 2xs a day,— DIZALPROEX, ALPRAZOLAM, LEXAPRO, TRAZODONE, ZYPREXA, AND SIMVASTATIN (choelesterol med) The 1st five listed all deal with anxiety disorder and depression and other mental health issue’s, When she is late taking a medication she gets all jumping and for want of any other way acts like a junkie, if there are any Doctors od Nurse out there does this look like to many drugs treating the same thing, what about interactions ? She also sleeps 12-14 hours a day which is way too much, She lives in Florida and is here for a visit. Please any and all info or thoughts on this will be of great help.

I’ve had trouble sleeping the past four or five years and i wanted to know if there is any way for me to fall asleep quickly without taking any type of drugs?(My parents wont get me any type of sleep medicine or take me to the doctors to see if its a sleeping disorder.)
Ive tried taking warm showers/baths not eating or drinking caffeine before seven ive listened to music to help you sleep ive tried waking up earlier in the morning and nothing has helped me.
i forgot to add these(i was reminded about them by answers i got)
I have tried drinkng warm milk and exercicing ive also tried using smells that calm the body,reading,doing a puzzle ect.

okay well i have a very busy life so i cant do yoga so don’t mention it. My parents are always putting pressure on me to get an A+ on EVERYTHING i do and ground me from the little fun i have. my natural day is wake up get dressed go to school (yes i skip breakfast) get yelled at by countless teachers for not doing my best when i am a straight A student anyways and always have been skip lunch go home take a shower do my homework eat dinner (my first and last meal…) then wait for hours until i fall asleep then in about two hours and repeat. any help?? (i have a sleeping disorder but i cannot be put on medicine)
its not lack of food im never hungry. iver tried eating but everytime i do i get sick.
(i need to learn to put all this stuff at once….) i have tried everything. music, sad songs, upbeat songs, none, tv, nothing lights no lights, blacklights. etc etc. iver seriously tried EVERYTHING. computer is my only relaxation but i get grounded too often to get on without getting scared of getting caught. (like right now) grounded for staying up too long.

Ok so I’m 24 years old and all my life I have had a hard time going to sleep, I’d stay up really late and then only be able to sleep like 4 to 5 hours at a time, not sure why this is even as a baby I never slept or so I’ve been told by my parents, but even now that I’m on the verge of my mid 20’s I know it’s not healthy and I used to think that oh it’s no big deal I don’t require a lot of sleep, however, I’ve noticed that it’s now starting to effect my work environment, I’ve taken over the counter and prescription drugs for sleeping and have been diagnosed with sleeping disorder but I feel as though it’s more serious. The drug Ambien is very power-full and I can take it and I feel tired however I am still unable to sleep, I don’t know what to do or help think it’s more then a sleeping disorder.