Popular Post GetUpAlready Posted October 13, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 13, 2019 When I think back to how terrible I felt when I quit adderall, it makes me want to cry. I seriously didn't think I'd make it. 8 years of daily use and I quit cold turkey. Bad decision to not taper, and it made my life impossible. I would read these forums religiously, hoping for an easy answer, a shortcut to feeling better quicker. There was no shortcut. No special supplement, no meditation app, no yoga routine. The only thing that truly helped was time. The first year was miserable. I had to leave the big city I lived in and move in with my parents for 18 months. I worked freelance gigs and put my career on hold. After month 13, things finally started getting better. Little by little I got my life back. Eventually I moved back to where I was living before. Now I have my dream job, and I'm thriving... without my crutch. And FINALLY, after 3 years I am back at the weight I was before I quit. All this is to say IT CAN BE DONE. And of all the things I have done in my life, I can honestly say kicking this has been by far the hardest. But I am SO GLAD I DID. Hopefully this can inspire someone. There is happiness and a better life on the other side. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF99 Posted October 13, 2019 Report Share Posted October 13, 2019 Needed this today. I’m 11 months in and I want to go back on Adderall. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetUpAlready Posted October 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 @BK99 you’ve already made it through the hardest part. Stick with it now and you’ll finally reap the benefits. You’ve got this! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zajche Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 Thats awsome! do you feel symtom free as in no more lingering PAWS? im 1 year free and still struggling with energy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetUpAlready Posted October 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 @Zajche I have zero paws anymore. And since I eat healthy and work out, I have more energy now than I did on adderall or before adderall. But yeah, they still lingered here and there between year one and two, but every month less and less so. AFTER year 2, PAWS has been zero. Now I feel like the whole adderall mess is an old thing... not a monumental part of my life like is was for a decade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuLamb Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 BK99, I am 52 and quit Adderall today. I read in your first post that you didn't want to be 50 and still popping amphetamines and from the sounds of it you are nearly a year closer to that goal! Don't give up on that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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