Before this year, I often thought I would benefit from taking Adderall. I'm a retail buyer with a lot of responsibility and I put a lot of pressure on myself to make sure my job gets done and I tend to take on other responsibilities because I don't think others take their jobs as seriously as l do.
Anyways, cut to January 2016, I told my doctor my sob story and he agreed to write me a prescription of Adderall. First I was taking 15mg of immediate release, and to the current date (July 2016), I'm on 25mg XR daily.
Work has been great. I'm getting everything done. I'm getting everything done in less hours than before.
At first physical activity was awesome. I'm a cyclist and on Adderall I was able to ride longer and faster than I was before. I loved it, but now I'm noticing that I have to drink a LOT more liquids to keep from getting dehydrated, and I've been dehydrated a whole bunch lately, and it sucks.
When I wake up in the morning I don't feel energized until at least an hour after my morning dosage.
I've been on vacation for the last two weeks (I go back tomorrow), and I've done pretty much nothing. I wake up at 7:00am, take my Adderall with breakfast, but not get out of bed until at least noon. I'm a bed potatoe.
I know I'm going to feel like shit for a few days, but I think going off Adderall is what I need to do.