Why would they do that?!? See, I think that is dumb. Why would you take someone's medicine away because they are tolerant? Unfortunately, tolerance is a normal effect of any medication. I understand if you are going through your script way too fast, or selling it, the concern. But tolerance??

I started taking Vicodin occasionally after I tore out my knee the first time, which was four years ago. I initially would take 5/500 tablets, but only on rare occasions when my pain was very bad. A year ago February, I had by then completely annihilated both knees, and couldn't bear weight, and have had surgery twice since and need more work, I currently am getting cortisone and synvisc injections. I take Vicodin 7.5/325, and at first it made me throw up and feel weird, but I've gotten used to it, and it doesn't bother me anymore, other than occasionally I will itch from it. I'm definitely tolerant to it, but I don't abuse it, and I'm certainly not addicted to it or dependant upon it, other than when I hurt bad. Some days, I don't need it at all, some days I may need several. But I haven't needed to increase my dose, and it isn't particularly fun. When I developed a tolerance to 20 mg Celexa, they increased me to 40 mg. This has happened with most every antidepressant I've taken. I am now on Cymbalta 60 mg. I pray it helps. I took 10 mg Ritalin twice a day for a year, and then increased to three times a day. A couple years ago, we upped it to 20 mg because the 10 mg ones were just snowing me, I assume due to tolerance. Because I actually HAVE adhd, it never really registered with me how strong of stimulants Ritalin and Adderal are. When I switched to 20 mg, I had quite a few 10 mg ones left, and I just stuck the old ones in the medicine cupboard. Unfortunately, the ones I had then were white, with a 10 on them, and looked identical to the 10 mg Lexapro my husband was put on after his brother died. Needless to say, there was a mix up, and he ended up taking 10 mg Ritalin mistakenly for about 3 days. He outweighs me considerably, but his response to 10 mg Ritalin once a day, in the morning, was much different from my experience with 20 mg three times a day. He literally acted like he was on crack. It was terrible. He was running around cleaning everything and was nuts and wouldn't eat. He didn't like it, and was relieved to discover the problem and return to Lexapro. It occurred to me that my dose is six times what he took, and I do not even consciously "feel" it. I assume this is a combination of adhd and tolerance.

I've learned to not be telling anyone about it, though. I recommend not telling hardly anyone about your adhd diagnosis, because they will either use it against you, or steal your pills! One of my friends was always stealing mine! I used to get so mad. It was pathetic. She is like that with pain meds or anything. She will steal them and eat like 10 of them or put them up her nose. I don't even hardly talk to her anymore because I'm so sick of her mess.

I hate Strattera, too. Lol. The clinic had some samples a few years ago and I wanted to try it. That lasted about a week. I was tired, dizzy, my mouth felt like a desert, and I had a constant headache. Ugh.