So the last few weeks I have been experimenting with higher doses, I went from 20 mg per 3 hour to 50 mg per 3 hour (with positive effect on my studies) but now I'm gettting afraid that I might be overdosing.
Since it's a test-week at my school (all subjects tested, kind of like the exams, if not the same) so I've been studying for a bit longer than I usually do. For every 3 hours I plan to study I take another 50 mg,
If this information is of any relevance: I weigh ~90 kg (which I beleive is roughly 200 lb), I don't drink any alcohol, I don't smoke and I do not use any other narcotics.
I am also not affected by this lack of hunger (sorry, don't know how to say it another way) like some others, I am never hungry, but unlike most I am perfectly capable of consuming food, even though it feels like I'm famished.
At the moment I'm typing this sentence it is now 2:30 am, I have ingested 50 mg at these times( starting at 8:00 am on thursday).
8:00 – concentrated, no unpleasant side effects.
11:40 – no problem studying, very talkative, no unpleasant side effects.
14:40 – didnt do homework, felt relaxed and cool, possibly because of the meds.
20:00 – studied for the entire time, no problem concentrating.
22:00 – halfway through I got a hallucination-like moment, – thought I heard chains circling around me and my vision became blurry (for about 20 seconds, didn't notice anything since), might be because I took the dose an hour too early, although the effect shouldn't stack higher than the effect a single dose gives me at the 'peak'.
2:00 – decided to take another dose as I didn't have any other side-effect since the first one, and I felt motivated to study some more.
The new dose is now working for about 40 minutes. I can't type much more (limit) so I'm going to leave it at this. If there's any info that you need then I will leave it in the edit.
"Before I explain the situation I want to assure you that I am not taking the Ritalin as 'drugs' but as a medicine (for my ADD)."
You are increasing your dose to get a 'high' feeling. You are the definition of drug abuse. YES you are abusing the drug. YES you are overdosing. YES you are at risk of serious and possibly fatal side effects.
EDIT:
Guess away, you will be wrong.
That is the same reasoning that people addicted to narcotics, cocaine, heroin etc all use. You are addicted to the drug, and do not get the same "high" you did before so you are increasing your dose. Now you require multiple "hits" throughout the day to keep functioning. That is the definition of a drug addict.
