My doctor said I had add back in september so he gave me a low dose of adderoll. Before all this (I posted something about this earlier) I had a paper route for 5 years and I was suffering from a horrible sleep debt. A little after I started adderoll I quit my paper route. my "add symptoms" went away, but I thought for certain my sleep debt was causing them so recently I asked the doctor if I could stop taking my medication. I did that about a week ago and now I seem to be suffering from either add or some sort of (psychological?) withdrawl from amphetamines. my questions are: should I go back on the medication? while I was on them, was my happier state of mind due to a high I experienced while being doped up on amphetamines? and if I am to go back on the adderoll, will it cause me any big health problems? any help is greatly appreciated, this matter has been a real pain for me.
I can't remember too much of how I was before I had my paper route, I think because the lack of sleep affected my memory. I do know that I have been off for nearly 2 weeks now and I still can't think through music well (I can't seem to play guitar well cause I can't quite focus on it) and I can't read well because I can't focus on what I am reading, and when I was on adderoll I red 1-2 books a week. these 2 problems are the biggest ones I have and they have me real worried
It can take MONTHS for your brain to heal from the adderall. You are saying "nearly two weeks" like you think to weeks is a lot, well its not.
What you should be doing is finding old report cards and talking to your parents so you can find out if you did infact have these symptoms before you started the paper route and before the adderall.
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It sounds like you were doing better all around while taking the medication, except for the lack of sleep, right? Instead of quitting the medicine, why not take the medicine, and at the same time try taking a natural supplement (like melatonin or something like that) in the evenings so that you can get a decent night's sleep (ask your doctor first though!).
My dad is on a diuretic to remove excess fluid from/around his heart. But the dieuretic causes him horrible leg cramps because it leaches potassium from his body. But the solution wasn't to stop the diuretic... that could probably kill him... the solution was to take supplemental potassium to eliminate the side effect. And it works. Sometimes you have to tweek your medicines until you get all the benefits without the side effects.
One other suggestion... what about trying a different kind of medicine? Maybe you could find one that works but is less stimulating? Isn't that Strattera (spelling?) suppose to be non-stimulating? Or less of a stimulent? Don't quote me on that, but I thought I had heard that. Something to check out anyway. Good luck!!!
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