Posted by War-Face on October 9, 2007, at 18:46:22
In reply to Re: Adderall/Catecholamines/Metanephrines, posted by d0pamine on October 9, 2007, at 18:04:44
I know what you mean about aging on Adderall. I feel a little bit the same. In fact, our situations seem a little similar overall. My problem seems to be chronic depression where the main feature is a total lack of energy.
The idea of going without medication is a great one, but I'm not sure it's realistic if I want to function, have a job, etc. Since college, I've always used some stimulant to function. First it was ephedra and caffeine, then it was Wellbutrin SR, then it was 7 to 8 cups of coffee a day, and then finally Ritalin 20 mgs a day for a year. I too went through chest pains constantly on it. The doctor would tell me it was simply increased anxiety from the med, but who knows. Then I tried Adderall 10 mgs a day and it seemed at first to come with fewer side effects, for example, I still don't experience chest pains on it.
I tried to get off of it over the summer by using supplements (tyrosine, fish oil, etc.) and was pretty unsuccessful at my job and had lingering depression and lack of motivation the whole time. So I started back on it after 2 months off. I've been back on for a few weeks now but wish I would've toughed it out longer off of it, especially after reading threads like this one. The problem is I just don't know how to work anymore without something from my above-mentioned list of stimulants. Yet, from that list, I definitely feel Adderall is the worst, the hardest - certainly the hardest to quit.
The biggest problem for me is off of the Adderall, I don't feel that ability to motivate myself anymore, to get psyched up. Is that from the fried adrenal glands? I wonder if they ever recover? I feel like I had to start taking it again just for work, to replace the motivational ability that I no longer have naturally.
Again, all of this is at 10 mgs. I was wondering how much you were taking?
poster:War-Face
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