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!