Is A Heart Rate Of 120 While On Adderall A Cause For Concern?

Posted on Thu, 14 Jul 2016

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Question : I'm doing school work and I need to complete by 12 and i'm at 74% so this morning I took200mg of aderall that's my prescriptionsround three I took the quick acting one which was 40 it is prescribed and at 7:00 I took 200 quick acting because I don't think I can complete it by 12 and with my HDHD I can never staton task so I don't trust myself or have confidence when I need to bust my ass off for 4 hours to get 30% done i'm not addicting toot I just need to Davy's and my resting heart rate is about 120 do I need to go to a urgent care near me and would it be okay for me to drive there i'm 16 weight 105 and i'm 5'7 my dictator believe you can start at a high dose or work down and we are working done right now

Answered by Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh (15 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Please go to ER (not urgent care clinic)

Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcomes,

With a heart rate of 120, I do think you should go in to the ER.

And I think it is best for someone else to drive you.

In the ER, they can do an EKG and hook you up to continuous heart monitoring. And they can help bring it down. I think an ER would be better than urgent care - better equipped for something like this.

I hope this helps and you are soon feeling better!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh (2 minutes later)

What if I went in the morning,

Answered by Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh (7 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Go now rather than tomorrow.

Detailed Answer:
If your heart rate is 120, it would be best to go now.

At the very minimum, call your doctor tonight (or the doctor who is on call for him or her.)

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh (6 minutes later)

And this is if i'm active or resting, is it lethal I don't feel as bad anymore I do lose breaths faster also I got up and walked once around my tiny room and then sat down and my heart rate was at 139

Answered by Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh (14 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Activity will exacerbate the rapid heart rate.

Detailed Answer:
Yes, activity, and any kind of stress will make it worse.

I am concerned not just because you are having tachycardia, but that it will likely persist for hours given the amount of long acting and immediate acting Aderall you have in your system. Did you call your doctor yet?

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar