Anyone switched previously successful medication routine up? Struggling immensely out of nowhere it seems

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Have been prescribed 20 mg of Adderall daily since high school and has always done the trick where I can do my job, albeit with more strain than I should require.

However, lately the normal routine is just not working...at all...I’m falling into all of my stock symptoms (severe procrastination, forgetting simple details, acting more compulsively). Trying to stick to lists and sleep routines, but am just failing miserably. This is a promotion year so I’m thinking there might be some additional underlying anxiety, but thinking I should seek a MD (a real one lol) to see what other options are out there.

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You should definitely go see your doctor. Could be increased anxiety as you said. Could be other changes in your routine adding up (in the negative). Or could be a completely different underlying cause altogether. Worth checking out no matter what the case.

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I cycle off of my medicine on the weekends to avoid building up a tolerance. If that’s an option for you, I highly suggest trying it. (I take 20mg adderall daily.)

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Adderall IR no longer working for me the way it used to, so tried the new Mydayis. It was great except lasted way too long (16 hr extended release), the focus was better/different tho. Trying a different one starting this week tho

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Same story. Trying Adenyz which is similar but 12 hours. Now nothing works at all so I’m at a dead end here

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