please help-- adderall amphetamine addiction withdraw

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sorry i dont know if i am replying the right way,

I have been on lexapro since i was in intensive care, he had me at 20mg. I was so depressed even then and I see him weekly for about an hour.

He then told me that he thought the lexapro was not doing anything and that he wanted me to stop it and start buspar, 15 mg 3x daily, I asked my pharmacist about buspar and that dose she said that was high and that she would start out slowly because it could make me tired at first so i took her advice. I tried to stop the lexapro but stopping it made me almost sick physically dizzy tired yuk. so he said to take one 10mg.

I dont know if the buspars doing anything maybe.

but I know he is not big on medicine at all

I have been on so many ad zoloft effexsor paxil celexa serzone I know there has been more.

before adderall i had a problem with being depressed but not like this.

i know what your saying about exercise but Lord is it hard to get motivated i dont understand it once I start i am fine

years ago i used to run every day in the field at the end of the street and boy did i love it, i know this may sound weird but it was like a runners high, well it also gave me lymes disease and two co infections that the tick had babesia and bartonella nasty stuff.

anyway my husband bought me a top of the line treadmill incline everything well it has been probably 2 or 3 years and i have maybe been on 5 or six times.

then last year around feb or march in our town they opened a exercise place called curves he joined me up for a year I have not been there once I really need to go down and talk to the owner.

life can stink If it was not for my family and God I dont know if I would still be here it is so hard I wish there was a support group for people who go through this i know people have said na but i feel so weird it is not like i knocked down granny to get drugs.

I was given a prescription that i picked up from a medical doctor that i trusted so much for that.

thank you all you have been helpful. laurie

[upatnite58]

sorry..i meant an AD, as far as a manic phase...

[upatnite58]

i understand..may i ask you? how long since you took the adderall?...

[John 3:16]

Hi Laurie,

I am recovering from a pain med addiction and I can totally relate to the feeling of lethargy, no motivation, the "blahs", etc!

I have recently started taking B-12 shots and they are really helping me- gives me energy and I just feel all around better after I get a shot. You may want to ask this new doctor if he would be willing to write you a script for that. My psych says I can have a shot every 3-4 weeks. About week 3 after my shot, I start feeling tired and a little down again. I am also on the anti-depressant, Lexapro.

Glad you have trusted us with your problems and concerns- this is a great group of people and you will find alot of support and encouragement here.

Keep us posted and God bless,
Michelle

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Originally Posted by upatnite58

i understand..may i ask you? how long since you took the adderall?...

Hi upatnite,

I have been off adderall since about the middle of october, when I checked into intensive care that is when I surrendered my adderall.

horrible to say but I miss it sometimes, I guess I was on it for almost 5 years I feel like at times what do I do with the person who is left without it.


Also I think it is hard for people to understand, I think they think when I came home from the hospital ok it was out of my system so I should be all better now, boy do I wish I mean I am in alot of ways but it is day to day sometimes hour by hour it is like when I wake up I dont know how the day will be how will I feel today I hate it.

does anyone go to na meetings are there any kind of support meetings anywhere that are directed to people who have been on prescribed drugs.

thanks laurie