Just a short piece of advice.

I was prescribed Vyvanse, and thought it was a miracle. Over time we switched to Dexedrine and my dose was raised to the max allowed due to tolerance. I took it daily without a break for 3 years.

I won’t get into how it changed me (mania) and nearly destroyed my health and sanity, but the hardest part was when a psych hospital made me go off cold turkey because they said I’d developed a tolerance and the amphetamines were wreaking havoc on my brain.

14 months later and I’m about 60-65% recovered.

Yup. That’s how fucking long it takes.

They told me 2-3 years to be back to my pre-stimulant brain. I didn’t believe them. That’s crazy I thought.

Then I lived it.

For the first 12 months I couldn’t derive pleasure from anything. I couldn’t work. Everything was a struggle.

Now I’m semi functional; but still suffer from severe amotivational syndrome, have almost no sex drive, emotionally flat, etc.

Everyone says it comes back…. Often closer to the second year, but man…. If I had any clue I would have run so far from that first prescription.

Truly life altering.

This is the next opioid epidemic. Mark my words.

If you’d have asked me while I was on them I would have sung their praises about curing my ADHD. Everyone on them does. Because they get you high. Even that small rx dose floods your brain with dopamine. You think it’s a miracle.

What a trip. Wish me well on the way back and if I can save anyone else from this hell, I’ll be happy.