Scared

well i had always had a difficult time focusing on school work until i got to my senior year of high school. i did very well my senior year. i then started going to college and did well until about half way through then dropped out in 2008. i was then diagnosed withh ADD in 2009 and was put on adderall. it worked out great for a while but then i started haveing anxiety and i just didnt feel like my self. i was pushing my body entirely too hard. i did abuse a few times if i had a very long paper to write. i quit in december of 2012. i started to having racing thoughts and ended up going to ER and was diagnosed with depression. im not entirely sure if this is from the adderall or if its from me sitting around for the past few months. i have started to exercise again and when i do i feel better but still have no energy. my confidence is also shattered. i just hope that my energy, confidence and zest for life comes back .

Well I'm afraid of losing my writing skills. I wails like to go back to school at some point. I'm in my mid twenties I was diagnosed with ADD when I was Twenty one. i do still live with parents. i want to quit because I do not like the way it makes me feel. It was helpful at first but now I don't really feel the effects of it and I don't want to have to keep uping my dosage. I did have some issues with mild to moderate depression before hand.

these are all great responses! gives me hope. i really want to get off adderall after being on it for two and a half years. i have a question though is it true that you lose all the skills you had while on adderal?

i have been on adderal xr 30mg for 2and a half years. iv been off of it for about 3 months. i was diagnosed with depression a few weeks ago. i was starting to feel better but then i took a capsule the other day now im starting to feel the anxiety i had before the depression. any help would be appriciated. also is it true i will lose all the skills i gained while on adderal?