Tarrahrahh Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 I've been off adderall for almost three weeks now. I can get through the work day just fine, but I no longer have the energy to go out with my friends. My friends think that I "fell off of the map" but really I just "got off of the addies". On Adderall, I was ALWAYS down to go get a drink after work. I was ALWAYS up and ready to go bar hopping every weekend. I would just pop an adderall and off I go! Now, I only want to go out maybe once a week (and I usually don't feel like it). Does anyone else struggle with this? Will I want to go out again or did I never really want to go out in the first place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassie Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 I struggle with my sociability too, and I'm three months off Adderall. It's almost like I don't quite have the energy yet to work and go out, and since I need my job I'm going to prioritize that one. I used to go bar hopping every weekend on the pills too. And boy, did I love to drink on Adderall! I could down beer after beer and never have the slighest hangover the next day. Off the pills I'm not a big drinker at all. Alcohol just makes me too tired without the stimulant-combo effect. I have no desire to go to bars or clubs anymore. But I also figure that I partied a hell of a lot in my 20s (I'm 31 now), so I'm not mourning that lifestyle too terribly. I've just moved on and grown up, I guess. If you were a social butterfly and/or partier before the Adderall, I'm sure you will be again. It's just a matter of time. I'm more of an introvert, so I know the Adderall brought out the hardcore partying-drinking side of me. My advice to you is to tell your drinking buddies that you just quit Adderall and that you'll be really tired for a while. If you don't want to mention Adderall specifically, just tell them you're stopping a medication and as a side effect you'll be tired and won't feel like going out for a while. This way you won't feel any pressure and they won't bug you about being a homebody for a while. Trust me, your friends will be there when you feel like going out again, especially if drinking was your primary activity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quit-once Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 For me the alcohol desire and socializing post-adderall are just the opposite from you two gals. Adderall made me reject alcohol and I essentially quit drinking during my last five years on the drug. Beer tasted awful and the hangovers were unbearable. In fact, only a couple of beers along with adderall made me feel really really bad the next day, and I got sooo spacy when drinking on adderall that I was always loosing my drinks (and everything else). I have had a much stronger desire to socialize and hang out with people after getting over the initial low-energy phase of my recovery. And while beer tastes better than it did when I was taking adderall, I never have regained my desire to have more than a beer or a drink once and a while and I really don't like getting drunk at all, even when others are partying. However, I still love to twist one up or have a bong hit now and then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crayzechick Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 I've been off adderall for almost three weeks now. I can get through the work day just fine, but I no longer have the energy to go out with my friends. My friends think that I "fell off of the map" but really I just "got off of the addies". On Adderall, I was ALWAYS down to go get a drink after work. I was ALWAYS up and ready to go bar hopping every weekend. I would just pop an adderall and off I go! Now, I only want to go out maybe once a week (and I usually don't feel like it). Does anyone else struggle with this? Will I want to go out again or did I never really want to go out in the first place? I could have written this myself. Been 3 weeks for me and I've been flaking out on my friends left and right. I just don't feel like going out. I do know that before Adderall I loved to go out, so I keep telling myself it will get better, I'll get back. When I do go out, it's because I've forced myself and I have an ok time, but leave early. I really hope it gets better. I'm sure it will, I just hope that it is SOONER rather than later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Cool4School Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Hey! I feel you on that. Honestly, I stopped going out a long time ago, at first it was so fun to sociolize while on Adderall, but the I got too paranoid to even really be with people, they made me nervous. So I stayed home,and cleaned or whatever... But once I quite addies for a while, I was normal again,yet the desire to go out didn't really return, I am always tired, so I just stay home and I picked up a habbit of drinking beer alone, at home. So sad. Good luck with your dilemma though, I hope you get thru it. I think maybe it just takes a long time, for the desire to go out and do stuff to return. xoxo Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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