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And now for my two cents: Since the talk is about beliefs and principles, you could discuss your core values and principles that led you to quit adderall. Should the abuse issue be addressed? not necessarily if that would be sharing too much with total strangers. Simply quitting an addictive drug or an addiction really isn't simple at all. they don't have to know to what extent you abused it, only that you were addicted. that is pretty common with many drugs, legal and illegal, stimulants or pain killers. There will be lots of folks talking about their religion so you can downplay the glory days of your adderall abuse and focus on the addiction and recovery leading to where you are now, not so much of what a fuck up you were.

The sublingual B12 lozenges work well for me too. B12 is not absorbed very well in the gut but if you go straight from mouth to bloodstream, they make my hair stand on end! MFA - I like the idea of power naps IF you can keep them to a half hour or less. Since I have cut the carbs from my diet I don't get tired after lunch anymore. And who cares if they are socially acceptable? I have heard in Japan, they have these coffin-like cells you can rent by the hour for your power nap.

I think it is cool that your shrink lets you choose your meds. There is a lot to learn about these drugs. find a reputable web site that has info on both of those drugs and also the PDR (physicians desk reference) book is a great resource. Gather as much info as possible and make an informed decision. I dunno what to think about her attitude about adderall. You have already learned a valuable lesson about that one with your own experiences and even though you never abused it, you have realized it isn't sustainable for the long term even at low dosages. Do you have any pets? I highly recomend getting a dog. Dogs are happy animals.

If I get sleepy when driving, I will take a deep breath and hold it in until I get dizzy. then repeat....while listening to loud rock-n-roll with cool air blasting in my face.

Every year in the United States, 48 million people get sick from eating food and of those, 3,000 will die from food poisoning.

Adderallornothing, that is the BEST screen name I have ever heard! It conveys a message of absolute abstinence and obviously it has worked for you with 13 months of time off adderall. We look forward to hearing your story of how you used and quit adderall, and how you have stayed off it for over a year.

Good. I really like the option of NOT taking, using, drinking, or smoking anything any day I don't feel like it.

what KIND of brownies, InRecovery?

Sometimes I use my biggest meal of the day (even with real corrots) as an incentive carrot. To quote Pink Floyd "how can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?"

do you still smoke?

So true. I am still digging out of the adderall-induced clutter. Just one more thing that adderall quit working for me and started working against me. And the always moving thing - I could be "busy" for hours, then look back at the end of the day and find that I was just busy being busy while not getting a goddamn thing accomplished.

MFA you beat me to it! My God, there is an entire day's worth of reading from this article. The article itself is NINE pages long and the related articles and stories could keep you busy all day long! I spent 10 minutes on it, and concluded that it read just like the articles and stories posted on this web site. Conslusion: adderall is over-prescribed, easy to get, and it ruins peoples lives. Duh....

You GO, Girl! haha lollol

Well, I took both of the free tests from MFA's links. The shorter test - link #3 confirmed my ISTJ preference, but the longer test - link #2 - showed me as an INTJ. I am sticking with ISTJ. Here is what I find very interesting: Not one extrovert, yet, from those who have posted on this thread. Could that be because the E's can talk their problems through with real people or therapists and the I's do better with a virtual setting and communicate better in writing?

Can you post a link to the test, MFA? I haven't done it for a long long time.

Very good for you, Tyler. You just made two big steps that will really help you along. Day two is usually the hardest day of adderall physical withdrawl. You gotta muster all the willpower you have not to wanna take a pill. Sleep. Eat. Drink water. Kill those adderall-using thoughts before they take hold. YOU CAN DO THIS!

I just read that article and many of the comments. I don't think I saw even ONE comment from somebody who successfully weaned off adderall. Just a lot of wanna weens because they didn't want to quit cold turkey. If you want to try weaning, go ahead and try it, but what will be your self-imposed penalty if you cannot step down, or if you step back up? Do you have the willpower to enforce your own rules? If you just quit completely and suddenly, the recovery and healing process can begin a lot sooner, like NOW.

The reason "they" say it is bad for you is because you will wilt when you don't take it. But you will also wilt when you go from ten to two pills in a day, and this "stepping down" bullshit just prolongs your pain and agony. Remember, all the medical literature is created for people taking adderall at at the "prescribed dosages". You have a serious addiction to this drug and the addiction simply won't let you continue taking one or two pills a day. When somebody gets checked into a mental hospital with amphetamine-induced psychosis, do you think they continue giving the patient adderall? I wish you the best of luck with your attempts to quit.

Sorry, I was wrong. There is a poll entitled "What is your personality type" and a very good article entitled "7 personal traits adderall users have in common". Both of these are located in the articles archive. Just click on the "articles" button at the very top of this page to browse them.

How can you be "making a step in the right direction" if you have already started your day by taking an adderall? It will just be another red-dot day for you, no matter how hard you try not to take it, because it is an addiction out of control. If you "don't want to quit cold turkey" (your words) then you don't want to quit at this point in your life. Get off the fence, buck up and just fucking quit. Are you scared?

A therapist once told me to keep my expectations really low regarding a new date. I was a lot less stressed in doing so. So, instead of pondering how you could favorably impress this guy, look at it as another post-adderall adventure, like flying. Look at this date as simply an opportunity to meet somebody new and gain new perspectives from someone with totally different life experiences that your own. Look at it as a way to be entertained for just this one evening. It is chance to learn, interact and converse with somebody new. He doesnt ever need to know about your past interest in drugs or your adderall recovery, only the things that make you click now. And you don't have to worry about him being a creep if your parents set up the date in the first place, right? How was your flight? worst thing I could imagine would be sitting next to a fatso who takes up 1.5 seats or having a screaming baby on the plane. I have invented baby muzzles for the screamers, just waiting on the patent

So your mother, laundry and buying food get blown off again???

The above quote is worth repeating, Ham. You would be really really cruel to yourself to resume the adderall after being off it for four months. Just because it will be an option and you can? My advise is to make it even less of an option if you have weak resistance. Sever those ties with your prescribing doctor(s) NOW before having the option to refill. I quit smoking cigs 1.5 years ago. I still get tempted every time I go into a convenience store and see all those delicious flavors calling out to me from their disply racks. I also know that even one fucking puff will put me right back to a pack a day cig habbit within days, and that the will to quit again might not come around for another 5 or 10 years. I can't afford to do that for any reason, so I ignore the temptation. An amphetamine addiction is simply unsustainable for a lifetime, unless you want to take the amphetamine addiction to your grave. It really is that simple.

I took it about 25 years ago and back then I was an ISTJ. Personality type does change with time and I am curious what I would be now. Have you read the book Type Talk? It was written by some of those who first applied this test. Also, there is a really good article written by Mike in the articles section of this web site that discuses these different personality type traits in relation to adderall addiction.

Freespirit, you got this. The list of really wierd health problems from adderall abuse is a long one. Most of the problems are not listed as "official" side effects because they only consider "prescribed" dosages when making that list. My best friend got MRSA in a sensitive and critical area of his body. Took the antibiotics and cured it; continued taking adderall and it came back a second time. Still didn't quit adderall, until he went into psychosis and that scared him straight. Sometimes it takes a really bad health event to prompt change. I believe that you believe adderall caused your Lupus and I agree 100%. Fuck, I don't even know what Lupus is but it can't be good. I wish you the best of luck and success with quitting.