adderall | ADHD Information

i am so depressed and so scared i hate the withdrawal symptoms from a low dose adderall i have been taking for a month then i quit taking it for a week which was stupid but i felt sick one night and thought it was the medicine. so now im taking a half of the medicine this week and today i didn't take one because the doctor told me to taper off by taking 1 one day and none the next  but i still have been feeling this tiredness.. weird feeling.. its like my body isn't functioning right.. i feel like im going to drift away sometimes and i get dizzy and i have no appotite sometimes and my stomach stars to hurt. its like i am scared to wake up everymorning because i dont want to feel this weird tiredness of my body feeling that i cannot explain. i just want to get back to normal like i was.. is there hope? what can i do ?It should be gone in a week or two at the most. I take a high dose daily and when I recently took a few days off, I was tired and lethargic for three days. By the fourth I was fine.

Why are you stopping Adderall? What was your diagnosis?

MaxDad

don't worry cat it goes away in one to two weeks.  When I take my regular med holiday every two months I feel not bad the first three days.  Then I get cranky as if I've stopped coffee.  Then a day later I get grumpier and sluggish.  Things seem foggy again and not pleasant.  That's why it's recommended to stop the meds after being on them a while to test if the ADHD is still there.  How can you see the before and after if not by testing it?!?

Once you resume it comes back much clearer and focused.  Just keep in mind that you now have proof of your ADHD very easily seen.  On meds you are focused and happy - no meds and foggy and grumpy.

It's going to be ok!

If you were feeling normal before you started the Adderall, why did you start in the first place? I'm not sure why you're stopping it, either... (?) but i am tapering myself off the adderall..  and this is the second week of feeling bad though the last week i didn't have adderall. so would it take another week to get back to normal?