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I'm doing great. Ups and downs as always but I don't even have urges to take pills anymore which is super nice. Been noticing that I am increasingly more productive too! Getting there!!

Thanks for remembering me too. Congrats!!!!! I made it a whole year as well. Can't believe it!

Hey there. I am 9 months off ritalin. It can be just as bad as adderall. Trust me. I never liked adderall/dexedrine as i had way too many side effects. Ritalin was perfect to me. Was on it 4 years or so daily. Now Im clean. You can be too. Good luck. PM me with any questions! You can do this!

Have not been on this site in a while. Wanted to come back to say happy 7 months clean everyone!

Still hanging in there. Belated happy five months all :-)

Hey there. We quit on the same day I remember. Im still clean but I feel exactly like you do. Fatigued. Feel nothing emotionally. Just a lot of blah. Not going to lie, I think about taking a pill every day these days and I have almost given in... But I havnt. Keep remembering the reasons I stopped and how much better cardiovascularly I have felt since quitting (no longer hypertensive to say the least). Hang in there!

Dont waste your money on them. Im in a similar situation as you. Been off the stuff since November at this point. Lost track of the exact # of days. Im in my 30's also and healthy for what its worth. Have tried a whole array of suppliments and 'nootropics'. Piracetam, hup a, l-theanine , b vitamins etc. They are all a scam. None of them can actually recreate what amphetamine / stimulants are capable of / make you feel. Good ol fashioned caffeine is your best bet. I would not recommened you waste your money on these things (very expensive). If they worked so well they would be mainstream, not just marketed to niche message boards / the internet.

Nice blue moon! I hit day 90 also same day as you and didn't even realize it until today. Keep up the great work. Great community here. Blown away that I accomplished it. Work is finally starting to be easier. Recently I have been cutting back on caffeine and it is amazing how much I can accomplish still. Sky is the limit.

Hey there. I am using this site and am in the process of quitting mph. You are not alone! This site has been very helpful for me and I am close to 90 days clean (I think 81 days now? I forget the exact number). Look at my first post to see my whole story (on mobile now). Tldr was on ritalin Concerta focalin etc for over 4 years and decided to stop. For me I was never a big fan of Adderall or dex. Could easily take it or leave it. Mph was always my med of choice by farrr and it has been quite a struggle to stay off of it. Good luck!

Congrats bluemoon! As you know I am right there with you! Surreal. By far the longest I have went since I started 4 years ago

Hey there. I'm feeling ok I guess? Just like you it seems like I have had a bit of a slump. Been extra tired recently and lethargic. Especially lazy. No motivation. Still get cravings. Not as bad but still in the back of my head ... Especially when I'm lazy and want to be as productive as I used to be. Starbucks isn't cutting it anymore haha. Can't wait for day 60!

Day 53 right here. One more week.

CONGRATS!!!! It gets a lot easier after day30! heading towards 60 myself!

Good luck to all. You guys got this! Currently on day 34 and feeling great! Just keeps getting better! If I can do it after four years straight so can everyone else. It's weird... Was really fatigued for a while but slightly after day 30 everything feels like it is finally coming together.

Likewise! Happy 31 to you too. I get ten days off starting New Year's Day as well. Can't wait. Hope for more improvement and less general laziness around day 60 haha. Till then... More caffeine!

Congrats! Day 30 right here too!!! Crazy. After being on Ritalin for over four years can't believe I finally managed to do it!

Same here man. Unproductive at work. Still have cravings. Drinking a little more alcohol than I normally do at night (not crazy but a bit more than before). Just feel more lazy. As in there is stuff I want to get done (read a book for my job for example) but instead I waste my time doing something else. Hopefully this will pass in the upcoming months. I have a ten day vacation starting beginning of January so it will be nice to do this without the stresses that work provides. Keep up the good work!

4 weeks. Day 28. So close

Well hello people. I have posted sparingly on this forum. Adderall is not my med of choice, but ritalin / concerta is. Been hooked since I was 26 daily (am 30 now). I have tried many times to stop but have always relapsed. Never abuse (well, rarely) but rather just my Rxed dose which is usually between 30-50mg / day depending if im taking ritalin or concerta. Currently on my longest streak without the medication ever in four years since I began taking it regularly. Day number 24 right now. Motivating factor is my wife is pregnant! Great stuff. Want to not be hooked on pills when I have a kid. This has been a better motivator than anything thus far but it is still very hard. Think about it daily. Can't wait till day 30! The roughest part about quitting the medication for me is that it hasnt destroyed my life, caused any damage etc. Just the opposite. More productive on it. Have a great career. Helped decrease depression. I know deep down its not something I should be on long term however. My blood pressure has been SIGNIFICANTLY better since quitting (even with daily starbucks). On daily ritalin it was usually 135/95 or so. Now it is back to 120/80 ish.

Still going strong. Feeling a LOT better now than I did on the last post of mine. I still have the pills available but would not have been able to make it to day 20 without taking a vacation. I went on a two week vacation and did not bring any medication with me which really helped (especially the physical part of the wds). I am looking forward to my 1 month without them.. Which should be on this upcoming Tuesday. Good stuff! One thing I am worried about is that I have a board exam in June that I am not sure if I will be able to study for it without the Ritalin. Would require me to be on it for 3 weeks for study purposes. I will see what my mental state is in May.

Day 20 for me of quitting ritalin / concerta / focalin. This is the longest I have been off in 4 years or so and ive tried before but couldnt break the 10 day mark. I still have a ton of the stuff (eg i have not thrown my medication away) so it is very tempting. I am still a mess and have gotten little to nothing that I have wanted to do done over these past 20 days. I have dysthymia too (chronic low grade depression) so quitting this doesnt help much either. Ill try my best to stick it out to day 30. The physical cravings are long gone at this point so hopefully it will not be that bad

Some docs def understand. Some do not. I am a fourth year medical student presently. While I do not intend to go into psych (going into surgery), I can tell you that just like every profession there are good docs and bad docs. Docs who care and docs who dont care. Your best bet at finding a doctor who understands withdrawls is going to an academic medical center imho (eg one that is attached to a university)... Generally docs who practice there are more focused on treating patients properly than private practice doctors, who need to worry about managing a busy practice and thus do not get to spend as much time with patients. Just IMHO good luck. And re taking provigil as an adderall supplement... not a good idea if you are trying to quit. Both modulate dopamine and norepinephrine... in different ways for sure... but you are just substituting one addiction for another. And re taking adrafinil... What are you doing to your body? That stuff is awful on your liver. Might as well be drinking a 750ml of vodka every day (at least you will have fun that way). Get some modafinil.. its easy enough to find some online.. modalert or something similar.

Day 8 clean. Still lazy and unmotivated. Stuff is taking fifty times longer to get done. Impulsive behaviors as well. Being myself is hard because I suppose I don't really know what that means yet. Next week I have a more exciting schedule so hopefully that will get me to snap out of this rut. Will report back in a week Or so

Well I am not going to lie. I took one tablet of 5mg focalin IR a day after making this post (lasts only 3 hours or so). However since then I have been 'clean'. I believe this is day 4 now then without it? I took it to cope with some bad work related news. obviously retarded of me but I am glad that i have not gone back yet. I have been taking piracetam / aniracetam as an alternative at least currently.. It is interesting... hopefully one day I will be able to totally cut all of this stuff out of my life. Kind of feels like I am cheating using these suppliments but hey.. at least they are not releasing dopamine right? I guess the real issue with me stopping ritalin is I am not totally sure I am doing this for myself. I definitely am doing it for my wife.. and I am doing it for the fact that I do not particularly like being dependent on a pill... However, the stories that I have are not nearly as bad as some I have seen on this site. The drug never made me manic, psychotic etc. I rarely abused it (only once in a blue moon)... I just used it to get work done / go through my day. Has not had any negative effects on me either that I can really see after all of these years (just checked my bp and it was 125/90 so not terrible). Gah Im rambling. I am going to go another 7 days and report back.

So Im back. Nearly a year later. And want to try again.... I have barely taken any days off since this post unfortunately. I have a few 'easy' months ahead so figured this would be the time to really try to quit before the really hard months start in June. I do not think that I mentioned in the above posts nearly a year prior, but I am a medical student, 4th year, and just spent the entire year preparing for match, part two boards, etc. High stress stuff.... regardless that is all over. I am day 2 without methylphenidate. I have been initially substituting it with coffee / redbull and will continue for the remaining week. Been trying to keep the alcohol to a minimum too but its hard after being sober for months studying for boards / interviews / match and it being finally over. Either way. I want to try again for myself and my wife. I have so much stuff I want to do (start a medical app company... still enjoy trading.... etc) but I will try my hardest to do this without mph. Wish me luck. Will report back as the days progress. It honestly is depressing that this post a year ago where I believe I made it nearly two weeks is the longest I had gone without the drug in nearly a year... other than that maybe a day here a day there. :-(