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  1. Hello, I am a 25 year old mother of one. I work as a retail manager in a demanding and high paced setting. I have in the last year become very sick. I have developed a wide range of body aches and pains, headaches, weight loss, digestive problems, weakness, extreme lightheadedness and fatigue. Also, off and on low grade fever and chills/sweating. The headaches, body aches and extreme pain/tenderness in various parts of my abdomen, chest and back have made keeping up at work nearly impossible in recent months. I have seen multiple specialists and am currently working with a GI specialist on some of these issues but have addressed quitting Adderall with my MD to hopefully slow some of this unexplained weight loss (am currently underweight and losing an average of two pounds a week) and help narrow it out as a possible cause for my progressing undiagnosed illness. I am desperate for a solution to this problem as in recent weeks I have been so ill that I am considering having to leave my job. I feel so sick that I spend the majority of my free time glued to the couch moaning in pain. Other days the pain is tolerable but only if I remain relatively inactive. I am scared I will not be able to keep it together at work during this weaning process but am hopeful to maybe be one step closer to diagnosing the cause of my debilitating mystery illness. Some of the clinical manifestations include unintentional weight loss, gross hematuria (blood in the urine), bilirubin in the urine, hot/red/swollen knees (off & on), facial flushing, frequent internal infections (have been hospitalized for a kidney, uterine and intestinal infection on three separate occasions in the past few years) and upper lobe renal cyst. The pain is getting unbearable and I feel like quitting adderall can only help the situation. I take 75mg total daily and have been on Adderall for 6-7 years for adhd. I used to be on 60mg/day but have been noticing problems with concentration since the start of this unexplained illness, so my Dr upped my doasage a few months ago. HAS ANYONE SUFFERED FROM A SIMILAR UNDIAGNOSED ILLNESS WHILE ON ADDERALL? CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT TO EXPECT DURING THIS WEANING PROCESS? ..will I be able to work or should I brace myself for a few weeks of physical torture? I am choosing to quit because I know my body is not doing well for whatever reason and I have a one and a half year old baby girl to make sure I stick around as long as possible for.
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