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Haven't been on ADD meds so I know this isn't really answering you, but is there a way for you to slowly dwindle your dosage? Or is it all or nothing? I'm finally pregnant after over a year of trying so I hope you have good luck 🙏🏼
At the doses you were at P3 that is dangerous 100%. You have fought it and are taking back your life. At my dose, I have been on it for 6 years and my brain was great before hand and yes when I go off I feel like I can't sit down and do my job but I have ADD and how I coped in college was to procrastinate and I'm sure I would thrive on the adrenaline if I got off of it too. I believe it is more of a psychological aspect and recognizing that you don't need it to do a good job is key to getting you mind away from it. Stimulants control appetite and the chemistry/science behind it can be found in a lot of studies. Personally, I use the description of it fogs our brains to forget about food and when the fog clears your mind feels like it's woken up and has been starved for months. Like I said the side effects for me are for that 4-7 day period.
P3, wow, I am so sorry to hear that and thank you for sharing. Is it ok if I ask a few follow-up questions? Were you addicted or was your body dependent? When you say the highest dose, how much was that? Was it only Vyvanse or also Adderall? How are you managing your ADD now? So sorry that you had to go through that.
70 mg vyvanse, 60 mg adderall was my actual prescribed dosage. I was actually taking 140-210 of the vyvanse and 120+ of the addie every day. I was completely dependent on it - on days I ran out I was practically comatose and couldn't get out of bed. My ADD is still bad, and I've tried concerta and some other non-stim mess, but they don't help. It's definitely impacted my performance at work which sucks. I take breaks every 30 minutes and that helps, but it's tough, especially with this job. I hope the road is better for you, girl 💜!
I completely cleared my calendar- declined all team events, stopped working out, etc. I did nothing except work, shower, and sleep and do it all over again for the first two months. On several days I had to nap in random places during my lunch break because I couldn't make it through the day. Sometimes I would even go back to my hotel and nap during an hour slot I blocked on my calendar. I worked on the weekends to make up for it.
P3, wow, yes, that is such a serious dosage! I can't believe your doctor! Yeah, right now, I am 100% dependent, but they keep telling me that that is not the same as addicted and that dependent means that my body has adjusted to the medicine, which is the point. Does this not make sense to anyone else? I hope that I am not addicted, but seriously fear what my life will be like if I ever go off, which I most likely will if we want to have a kid. Good luck OP!
To add on, for those of you that have been able to quit, how was your weight impacted? I've heard horror stories of people quitting and gaining tons of weight and am terrified of that..
I totally think it did long term damage. I can never truly focus on anything anymore, and I don't have the energy I did before I ever started taking it. As far as weight, yeah, I put on like 45 lbs. I lost about 30 and have kept it off.
How old are y'all btw?
29
27
Shit, I've been on it for 8 years. Wow, maybe it allows time to fly too haha
I agree with you P2 about getting off, having kids, and transitioning to something different. My husband is so caught up in our power couple identity that I don't think that he would go for it, sadly
D1 do you guys want kids, and is he a consultant too?
He's in law. We want them, but he wants one more than I do. I'd even be ok with adopting, but he wants one first. Yeah, I mentioned that I was interested in going back to school to be a counselor and he was not into it at all and he is normally super supportive of my career goals. I feel like he is more attracted to me whenever I am more professionally successful. It is legit hard for him if I have a career rut. :/ Whenever my dose is off and I am super ADD (I'll forget to clean or will be messy), he gets so frustrated.
Thanks, OP! Yes and yes, especially when he is in his high anxiety perfectionist mode. We've worked hard to create systems to try to mitigate issues.
I hear you. I hope he realizes how demanding our job can be, and how much of a boys club it is. I'm sure if he saw you at work he'd be amazed. But also makes it harder to go off the meds 😣!
Agreed on both fronts. I think he sometimes can't comprehend what a boys club it actually is. He is so proud of me, but sometimes it would be nice to not feel an extra level of pressure on my career. He told me that he needs to be inspired by my career. My therapist did not like that one. He is also anti me being a stay at home mom or ever fully leaving the workforce under any reasons no matter how young any potential baby is. What's your husband like? Haha
Well it's actually somewhat opposite - our careers are pretty on par right now, but at the rate I'm going I'm going to outpace him quite a bit, which makes me feel resentful, and I hate that I feel this way! He's doing good, but he always talks about wanting to get to the next level (at his company, you don't start making the big bucks until you hit the sales/producer level...~7-10 more years for him). I just question it sometimes because he works a normal 8-6 and never seems stressed out, while I'm putting in 12 hour days sometimes (but not by choice). The thing is, I don't want to end up being the breadwinner for the majority of our marriage, and I'm scared that's what's happening. Sort of an opposite situation so it is helpful to hear your situation too.
I would love to take a couple of years off when we have kids. I think he's fine with that... But it wouldn't make sense to give up the higher income.. That's the problem!
Thanks for sharing, OP. So, get this. He is in his final year of law school and signed an offer letter for a firm that has a starting salary of $180k. He is now doing a gov't internship in his final year (in his defense, this position has been his dream job since he was 18). He is now talking about leaving the firm after one year to go back to the gov't bc he loves it so much and he told me that the starting salary would be $68k. ($!$!?!$!&@)
Oh wow, that is surprising to hear given that he places so much weight on your career / earning power. Do you think he's hoping you will continue to earn more so he can take the a position? I seen where he's coming from if it's his dream job, but the difference between $180 and $67k is HUGE. I'm surprised gov't attorneys don't make more.