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  1. Welcome back! Thanks for sharing your cautionary tale that a relapse is only one pill away, no matter how long it has been since one has quit. Your comment about good health is spot on. In fact, that was my primary motivation for quitting and staying quit all of these years. I knew I was blessed with good health and if I would have caused a health crisis or a disability from stimulant abuse, I would have had a tough time living with myself and the decisions I made. I quit drinking alcohol about a year ago and I am still amazed at how much better I feel mentally and physically. And a note to our newer members - if you would like to see the recovery journey anyone here had undergone, just go to their profile page and you can read all the posts someone has made since they joined this forum.
  2. I suspect the back pain is due to clonopin withdrawal. I used ativan and adderall together and that back pain was intense on the days I didn't take the benzos.
  3. Even that might not be enough. Depending on how determined you are to continue your pursuit of this addiction, future steps could include finding a drug dealer to purchase pills from or turning to a harsher and stronger stimulant - like METH.
  4. "God helps them who help themselves" -a quote from somewhere in the bible. It really is up to you to take the first big step. Tell your doctor you cannot responsibly use stimulants and tell them how bad you abuse it. Every time. Do you have the balls to do that?
  5. I am on here and I am 68!  I am now 26 days OFF of stims.!   It IS worth quitting if you have ANY brain function at all, I only WISH I would have done it years ago.  I have taken stimulants for almost 30 years, and fear that my brain is PERMANENTLY damaged.  I have to quit before, but failed.

    1. quit-once

      quit-once

      Obviously, you still have some brain function or you wouldn't be quitting.  Congratulations on your decision to quit and I wish you success in your journey.  Quitting is a process, and the moment you took your last pill (cessation) is the biggest step you take in the quitting process.  Now, you have several months of unpleasant recovery ahead of you and a few years until you feel fully recovered.  I hope you can use all the resources this site has to offer to your advantage.  Good luck with your Quit.

    2. harrisonvob

      harrisonvob

      Happy to read this! Great understanding and the caliber of details provided is awesome!
      Thanks all!
  6. Welcome to the forum. Yea, it IS worth quitting, at any age, unless you plan to take it for the rest of your life. It is an unsustainable addiction. Need more motivation to quit? Just start searching this forum using terms like "long term side affects" or "physical health". Use the search box tucked inside the blue bar at the top of this page. I rarely encounter anyone older than me around here, but you have about seven years on me. The Quit gets more difficult the older you get, the longer you used and the higher your dosages. But, what is the alternative? Looking forward to an earlier and more difficult demise? If you are going through hell, keep going. Thirteen years ago, I quit cold turkey. The first three days were mostly sleep, then the fog set in and that lasted for about the next ten weeks. The fog began to lift around nine months and then after a few years I felt mostly recovered. I wish you success in your Quit!
  7. Exactly! It's all or none with this drug. Congrats for abstaining for two years. You got this!
  8. You can definitely get to a point where you won't need adderall, in fact, you are already there at 30 days clean. But getting beck to the "old me" is going back eight years of your life to the age of 18. A lot of life has happened since then, and you are now an adult, not a teenager. As far as your question about medications - I can suggest some supplements that helped me for the first few years post quitting. I took L-Tyrosine, as needed, for several years. I also took Lions Mane mushroom supplement. I took caffeine- laced energy supplements, five hour energy, vitamin B-12, and lots of sugarfree redbull. Not all at once , of course, but throughout the course of my early recovery. I found the energy pills to be useful early on, as it satisfied my habit of taking pills for energy. You may also want to have your vitamin D levels checked or just take one daily for a better mood and better appetite control. Fish oil is also very beneficial. I still take fish oil, vitamin c, vitamin d and a vitamin B complex almost daily. I still drink a red bull or cup of tea in the afternoon if I need an energy boost.
  9. This just popped up on another forum. I started out as a weekend user before it became a daily habit that grew into a nasty addiction, all within about six years. Then, another three years before I quit. My off days looked like this: residual Mondays, Tired Tuesdays, and rebound Wednesdays. By Thursday I felt normal and ready to binge all over again starting on Friday. I felt like I needed those off-days to push the reset button, for the maximum buzz level. Every weekend felt like a trip to Disneyland. I preferred not to go to work when I was high so I continued this crazy cycle for about six years, until I got my own prescription. Do yourself a favor and quit before it becomes a daily habit.
  10. I started feeling better with more sustained energy around nine months post-quit. Hang in there.
  11. Is this your long-term intention, to completely stop taking adderall? Or, are you just riding out the shortage drama and hoping your next refill will happen sooner than later? Why do you want to quit? You are at a unique place in your life ...starting college sans amphetamines. If you choose to use them again, especially to enhance your academic performance in college, quitting will be exponentially tougher. Major life changes are some of the best opportunities to kick an addiction. Things like new jobs, relationships, death of a loved one, surviving a serious illness, and starting college are all major changes that can begin new chapters in life's journey. Don't blow this rare opportunity.
  12. You are in a tough spot. Damned if you do and damned if you don't. If you play the game and get the psyche eval, you can get your script and your supply problem is solved, for the moment, and your addict brain is happy. Skip the eval and kick the habit, and the addict brain will be unsettled. Do you plan to stay on adderall for the next 20 years while you raise your kid? Then what? Your rational brain will tell you that a long term adderall addiction is unsustainable and that you will be a better parent, spouse and nurse without adderall in your veins every single day. Listen to that rational brain.
  13. It matters. You've got this!
  14. You got this! After nine months post quit, it seemed like the depression lifted and life got back to a new, drug-free normal for me. It took several years before I quit thinking about it entirely.
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