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Adderall fears
For the past two years I've been on 30mg of Adderall XR a day and it's made a lot of positive changes in my life. For some reason I'm starting to feel bad about being dependent on this substance. It's an addictive drug and I'm paranoid that it will harm my long-term health. I know I will have to be off of it eventually, so should I try to get off of it sooner than later? My concern is that the longer I stay on it, the more my whole life will depend on it. I'm scared that when I go off it my life will completely collapse and and it will force me to reset everything, including my personality.The medicine has helped me to be more in touch with my surroundings, which has given me life-changing social confidence. Since beginning adderall, I've been at a healthy weight whereas before I was overweight and I REALLY don't want to go back to that. When I have to miss a day, I feel depressed. PLEASE tell me this is a withdrawal symptom and not my natural state. Should I try to go off of it in two years when I'm no longer a student or now? In general what should I do??
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I used to be on adderall and it does help , but if you think that its bothering you let your doctor know it not helping ,. i was on it for a while and i stopped taking it cause i thought it wouldnt help me and i told the doctor that it didnt help and i flushed them down toilet and he gotten mad then put me back on them . so i kept taking it and it did help . but let your doctor know whats going on .
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Are you going to try and cut off your foot when you are no longer a student too? I mean, you really totally depend on that foot right? God forbid you are too depend on having feet!
Seriously. If something is making your life so much more manageable and joyful, why would you get rid of it?
Why do you "know you'll have to get off it sooner or later"? Did your doctor tell you that?
Adderall certainly has risks, but it's approved for long-term use and some people do use it in that way. There is also evidence that shorter-term use of adderall may have long-term positive effects on the brains of people with ADD and ADHD.
My advice would be not to panic, and speak to your doctor. It's fantastic to find a drug that is working well for you. So long as it keeps working well, and there aren't increased risks or dependency, then why stop?
If you find you need to stop taking adderall, don't panic. Get your a good therapist and you'll be able to hold on to a lot of gains you've made. A lot of what you've learned on Adderall, will still be skills you have without it.
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You need to talk to your doctor about this. If you want to come off it and you have a side effect of depression, I'd think that just taking a depressions medication should help with that. As for the attention deficit or hyperactive part, people do learn to cope after coming off the meds if they have to. One biggie I've personally experienced that can affect attention deficit is Sugar and I don't know yet of any moms today with kids diagnosed with ADHD who have been told to cut sugar out of the kids diet first to see if it helps.
My 2nd husband has a daughter who was enrolled into a Montessori school when little and they had to sign a contract promising not to give her any sugar. If they did, the teachers would know from the behavior and would call parents to come pick up the child. Only so many warnings and the child was kicked out of the school for sugar in the diet. So what does sugar do? According to them, it was attention deficit and hyperactiveness. He says when you walk into any class in the school, any grade even K or 1st grade, the students were focused and behaving well, more like college students in maturity as far as interacting with others and adults and their grades were high. I would suggest you start watching your intake of sugar, there's the hidden sugars in things that turn into sugar later and thats not to worry about but stop drinking soda's, they are the worst, sugary desserts, learn what portion sizes of cookies are and stick to it if you must have a cookie, as it will literally be 1 or 2 only as a portion size. If you need help figuring how to cut out sugar and read labels, check with your doctor office about seeing a dietician once for help with that. If you start that now, perhaps once you come off the meds, it won't be as drastic a difference. Dr.s can only share with you what they have been taught or the latest updates and new discoveries. It's my belief that sugar hasnt been tested enough in the diet to see what other medical issues it causes besides diabetes. Only by common sense and trial and error did the school figure out student were off the chart better without sugar, but there were no official science/medical reports to back that up.
I'd still talk to your Dr about your concerns and whether depression medicines would be prescribed if you have problems once coming off Adderall.
Best wishes.
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I have adhd too. I only take it on days I have school.I was on it in high school everyday and when I got off ..it was so bad withdrawals. I had to drink an energy drink everyday in the morning. And I still felt horrible. There's nonstimulant adhd or add meds. But now that I take adderall a couple days when I need it at school. It helps me get my work done. Do what's gonna work for you though but that is my perspective. Get off sooner than later or only take it when u really need to study for a test and do homework or somethimg. Up to you. If you have anymore questions you can message me. Get off when you are out of school though definitely too. Hope it works out! And again if I didnt answer all questions u can inbox me..
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I can't envision anyone staying on a powerful medication like this for an extended period. If you were my grandson, I'd like for you to be free of adderol XR as quickly as possible. However, I realize that this isn't easy. Not only can withdrawal be unpleasant but it could also be hard, even dangerous. This is a question that you must put to your physician but I hope that you'll be motivated to get off this drug.
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