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History: - In August 2020 I started taking Vyvanse for ADHD. - By November I was at the max dose - Switched to Dexedrine in spring 2021 and was very quickly on 60 mg - By fall/winter of 2021 I was given a 30 mg Adderall booster - For the next 12-16 months I took 90 mg daily - I was also using insane amounts of nicotine and caffeine
I've been clean for 9 months. I also have been tapering off of nicotine for a few months and just 20 days ago went off patches completely.
While I’ve improved, it’s been painfully slow. I’m anhedonic, lethargic, unmotivated, cognitively very slow, unfocused, etc.
I am miserably unproductive and doing even the most basic of things seems like climbing a mountain.
I’ve tried every supplement known to man, with no results. Tried Wellbutrin, but had to cut back from 300 mg because it was ruining my sleep.
At my rehab center they said it could take 2-3 years to reach baseline. My neuropsychiatrist said my dopamine receptors are burnt out and it can take a long time for them to recover.
I know there is probably no easy answer, but do you have any advice?
Most of the advice I get from family and even doctors is to “try harder,” and believe me, I do, but when dopamine is this impaired it makes things that should be easy so difficult and I feel like my energy is always low.
Thank you!
That’s what I think. I’ve been told that 9 months is anywhere from 1/3 - 1/2 the time it takes to return to baseline. 😭
Yeah, I’ve heard many people say the first year is brutal and you don’t really recover until years 1-2. I believe it.
A doctor that let me set my own doses. I felt good at 15, why not 30? 60? 90?
In retrospect I was borderline manic from the beginning and was not making rational decisions.
By the time I was on 60 mg I was out of my mind. Thought I could become a day trader with zero experience and burnt through everything I had, went into debt, etc.
I may contact a malpractice attorney.
Oh yeah, I totally agree. I just remember that before stimulants I was very bright, could write a ten page essay overnight like it was nothing, and was generally very motivated.
It’s all gone, for now.
How long did it take you to really feel like you were back? Or are you still recovering with each month?
It’s painfully slow, but imagine how good we’ll feel at 18 months!
Does life suck most days? Yes. But 9-11 months is getting there.
Amphetamine were because the doctor prescribed it.
It made me manic and I did everything in excess
What did you use and for how long?
My friend say I should sue my old doctor. I just feel bad because I don’t think he meant to hurt me.
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The problem with these drugs is tolerance: paradoxical decompensation.
Look up a paper called The Dopamine Dilemma. Basically found out that long term stimulant use is unsustainable.