duffman

Wtf.. 4 years and 9 months and still getting PAWS from Adderall? How is that possible? Edit: Not calling you a liar, just shocked that it may require 5+ yrs to recover.

I'm looking forward to future milestones, because I seem to be feeling worse at month 3 of recovery. I'm glad to hear things start turning around at 5 months. Without these forums, I would've relapsed by now after having my doctors lecture to me that the Adderall should be out of my system within 3 days, and I should be feeling better by now. I can push through my current pain knowing it will dissipate with time. Today is an off-day. Being a logic-driven individual, I would usually try to figure out why I'm having an off-day and attempt to fix it. This is where the "just take one Adderall today and continue with the detox tomorrow when you're feeling more up to it" thought process would come into play, and that's a dangerously difficult mindset to try to stave off. Now, I'm learning to just accept the fact that some days will be off-days because my brain is attempting to restore homeostasis with all my neurotransmitters. I am hoping that these off-days will become less and less frequent as time passes however.

I'm only three months into my newfound adderall sobriety, so I'm not sure if I can contribute too much. But, this is based on my experience thus far.. Without Adderall.. I am beginning to enjoy the company of others. I can enjoy my evenings. While taking Adderall, I would live it up during the day and block off my schedule later on, knowing the evening crash was on the horizon. I'm beginning to actually have a pleasant experience conversing with others rather than talking at them and listening to what they had to say only because I was voracious for information. I never realized what an intolerable prick I was while under the influence of Adderall. I would relentlessly debate people and would be standoffish if they didn't adhere to my (supposed) all-knowing wisdom. I can exercise without feeling like my heart will explode. I enjoy vigorous exercise n' all, but I don't think you're supposed to walk into the gym feeling your pulse drum through your neck without having done any form of exercise yet. That's all I can think of so far. I will return to this post in a few months to share more of these.

Hey guys, I'm currently 3 months clean from taking any form of stimulant medication after having taken a large dose of vyvanse/dexedrine/adderall for 5 years straight (no days off). What I've gathered from previous posts is the 3 month mark is a pretty shitty milestone. The three biggest problems I'm currently experiencing are: 1) Weight gain- This is to be expected. I feel like I'm putting on a fair amount of body fat despite being in a caloric deficit and exercising ~6 days a week. My goal here is to maintain my current weight, as losing weight while detoxing from a stimulant medication is a pipe-dream. 2) Sleep- I'm not sleeping well at night.. which isn't fun because I'm pretty fatigued throughout the day time. I believe it's getting better (or at the very least not getting any worse). I've taken Melatonin for the past 8 years so my body pretty dependent on that stuff by now. I'm also getting some night sweats now which may or may not be related to the withdrawal. 3) Sex drive ((- This is my least favorite. I've become uninterested in having sex and when I do try.. well.. it can be pretty dysfunctional, if you catch my drift. I understand the first two are pretty common for an Adderall withdrawal at the 3 month mark, but I see little mention of sex drive being an issue. In fact, an INCREASE in sex drive is to be expected according to this site. Can withdrawal from stimulant medications produce a decrease in sex drive? If so, when (if?) does it get better? Thanks for any help with this matter, as it's causing my relationship a great deal of stress lately.

First time poster here. I quit my vyvanse/dexedrine combo a little over 2 months ago after being on it for 5 years (a dose of 140 mg vyvanse at one point, legally prescribed..somehow, though admittedly I would take the occasional extra, so that figure could very well be 210+mg somedays). I can't say I feel much better yet.. in fact, I feel as if my mind is stuck in a tar pit throughout most the day. I am however beginning to experience real emotions and human connection again, so that's always nice. I've experienced the usual/expected effects of quitting such as anhedonia, slowed mental processing, lowered sex drive, anxiety and fatigue, but there's something I did not expect that has ended up being the worst problem: insomnia. I cannot go to sleep at night. If I do fall asleep at night, I usually wake up at 3-4am. It's like my day and nighttime wake/sleep cycles are inverted.. I feel a lot more awake at night than I do the day time. I've pretty much exhausted all techniques on sleep hygiene, such as working out in the morning, not looking at a bright computer screen after 10, taking melatonin, keeping my room dark and cool etc. but nothing has helped. Has anyone else experienced this when they kicked their stimulant medications to the curb? If so, how long did it take till you were on a reasonably normal sleep schedule? I'm currently in grad school and if anything were to cause a relapse, it would be this daytime fatigue from getting 3-4 hours of sleep.