emmy9

After a while, adderall's effects seem to change. For me, it took about a year. At first adderall made me confident and happy and I wanted to spend time with friends. I loved it because I am a naturally shy person. After a year or so, that changed. When I took adderall, I would rather be alone for most of the time, maybe this is because I became more tolerant of the drug and needed more to achieve the same effect. Regardless, I stopped getting the same confidence and desire to be around people and soon I felt like I needed adderall just to be normal. Honestly, adderall isn't worth it. Eventually you will feel that way and it is better to realize this sooner rather than later. Doctor's can up your doses and maybe you'll feel better for a while, but it's not you, it's the drug that's making you feel okay. It's what's making you feel more confident. You can be genuinely happy and confident without the drug, as well as much more stable. I highly suggest that you consider this now, while you've only been on adderall for a short period, rather than later, when your dose is higher and your body has been living off the drug for a while.

It gets better. The first day off adderall is hell, like complete and total hell. You will want to sleep and eat and lie around all day and do absolutely nothing; and you will be pissed. Any little thing will likely frustrate you. Eat, preferably healthy foods (coconut water is great for the headaches), load up on vitamins and minerals (especially zinc, iron, and magnesium), and sleep a lot. You will feel better as the days go by. Just try to be as healthy as possible, because adderall causes your body to work overtime and you are most likely very deficient in a number of vitamins and minerals. You won't feel like yourself for a while, but you didn't feel like yourself on adderall either. Within a couple weeks, you should notice a positive change, and it continues to get better. I can't tell you how critical it is that you stop taking adderall. I know it's a crutch and you feel like you need it, but you don't. Your life will be so much better without it and eventually you'll never want to take it again. I'm saying this from experience, as I've used and abused many drugs, legal and illegal, but no other substance had me hooked the way adderall did.