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Falling Apart - Stepping down off adderall, anxiety, skin picking


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Hi. I am just trying to get off of adderall for the first time since I started it 7 years ago. I am not sure that it is working for me to do this.

Some back story:

I have Complex PTSD (from childhood neglect) and a smoking case of generalized anxiety that I just started treating (just recognized as such) 4 months ago. I also compulsively pick at my skin.

When I was diagnosed w C-PTSD iPad started researching it I realized that a LOT of the childhood symptoms were common to ADHD as well, which made me start to suspect that I had been misdiagnosed w ADHD originally. My GP has agreed as as I have been responding amazingly well to Zoloft (OMG, is this how normal people feel?! Not constantly attacking myself emotionally and physically - the picking), so we recently started a step down program to see if I could get off the adderall.

I have gone from 50 mg down to 40 (big first step), down to 35 and now I am at 30 mg (each step taking 1 week). I have been finding that Day 3 of each step down seems to be the hardest - I get really irritable and ill humored in addition to being tired. The 'blackness' seems to pass after Day 3 and I feel like I have been adjusting ok otherwise. But now I am at Day 4 of 30 mg and a wreck! My anxiety has been going strong for 2 full days now - I am having to take tranquilizers again (prescribed for those occasional flare ups), I am picking my skin until I look like a freak, I am verging on tears, anxious, hyper vigilant (a primary symptom of PTSD) and feel like I am in a tailspin.

I am seriously considering bailing out on this step down program.

What I need your thoughts on is: is this just a normal part of withdrawal (at least given my history)? Could it be bc I am stepping down too fast? Do I need to just tough it out? Has anyone had experiences like mine?

I could really use some help. This is so hard. I don't want to live in this state of constant anxiety and agitation and self loathing.

Ps. I have been under the care of a great therapist as well. W are working in the self loathing, etc. I am really just here to figure out the Adderall part of the equation. Thanks!

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Just keep going and don't look back. Everyone feel's like shit getting off Adderall. You need to push threw the pain --in order to make a break through. It sucks but just suck it up, you are stronger than you think and you will be stronger on the other side and glad you did this. It's hard, I'm not gonna lie but worth it. You owe it to yourself. You deserve better. I wish I had gotten off the stuff earlier than I did. I was on it for 7 years as well. If I can do it, you can. Trust me. Now I have been clean for so long, my anxiety is so lowered. It's amazing and my depression is gone, unless I drink a lot! I feel pretty great for the most part. Still need a lot of sleep but it's good for me!

 

Hang in there and we are here for you if you need anything.

 

Sending you my love,

 

Caroline

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