ALA

How are you doing @in sterquiliniis invenitur? I'm struggling at the 2 week mark.

You are a brilliant writer. Get rid of your pills. Seriously, get rid of your pills. You are only making life a billion times harder by demanding your entire willpower during a time when you have none. Once you do that you can move forward. You got this!

Ahh, that makes me so happy to hear! And I completely hear you that eliminating alcohol helps the recovery process. I am, however, taking small doses of THC/CBD edibles to help with the anxiety and that has been helping tremendously. I just want to get to your point and not look back, even when my biggest trigger hits: a new job! Thanks for replying.

Thought I would respond to this thread since I am a mom of two young kids and work full time in academia. My struggles resonate with yours, @Momoffadderall. I'm on day 6 of abstaining and am obviously struggling but know that connecting with people makes all of this slightly less miserable.

Hey @Newbie1234, I share a similar experience with being prescribed Adderall for a chronic condition, and I'm only one week in from not taking it, but when I read your post, it made me reflect back to my days preparing for my wedding (1st wedding; marriage didn't last). I was deep into my abuse of adderall and prioritized all the wrong reasons for not wanting to get off of it during this time I continued abusing after my wedding, which honestly was a major driving force to ending my marriage just after 1 year. Despite this I continued abusing Adderall in my next chapters in life, and it took a cancer diagnosis this summer to finally call it quits. Anyways, I'm sharing this part of my story because I want to give you props for prioritizing the person you want to be before getting married and not letting this awful drug ruin the big moments. I really hope your wedding day was a beautiful one!

I know it's been, gosh almost 3 years?, since this thread was active. I just wanted to check in as I'm new to the site and only a week in in my sobriety with adhd meds. How are you @NurseAddy?

Thank you for the props, Krae! I keep focusing on how much better I'm sleeping already (and don't have to take melatonin) and I actually enjoy eating food again.

It's been 5 days for me and reading this thread has really helped my decision to quit for good.

Any updates? I've been in that same "quit/relapse" cycle and am now on day 5 of no ADHD meds (I've been on Adderall/Ritalin/Concerta) for over a decade. The only time(s) I went off for almost a year was when I was pregnant with my two kids. I always went back on my meds after pregnancy for work-related excuses. I despise stimulants and what they do to my body but know how easy it is to refill my prescription...I just really don't want to.