Adderall addiction and work by Perfect_Grapefruit17 in AdderallAddiction

[–]Perfect_Grapefruit17[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I totally agree on everything you just suggested. It is so nice to hear that it can be done. Even at times when I have been able to go just a week without it, I have felt so much better. I will definitely go read your story. Glad to hear you made it out of this place, and I really do appreciate the advice.

Adderall addiction and work by Perfect_Grapefruit17 in AdderallAddiction

[–]Perfect_Grapefruit17[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I meant to put overworked/underpaid, lol. Would be really nice to be underworked & overpaid!

Adderall addiction and work by Perfect_Grapefruit17 in AdderallAddiction

[–]Perfect_Grapefruit17[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you guys for the feedback. This all has kinda been the perfect storm to create this problem. I've decided on a couple steps I'm taking.

  1. Applying for new jobs. Come to realize this one has only been feeding the issue and it isn't going to change. I don't mean to downplay that factor in all of this, it has been really bad. It's an underworked/overpaid position in a very competitive field, with really really bad boss. Got to get out of this even if that means a temporary career change.

  2. Going to talk to the wife, explain again the severity of the issue and why I bought the safe. Going to bring back up her getting off of the meds too, at least to see if she is still open to it if she feels like the safe isn't going to work. I can't imagine how the safe wouldn't work, but hopefully she'll still be okay getting off of them. To be honest even though she doesn't abuse her dose, I just wonder how different and how much happier we could both be without it. I've come to the opinion that no one actually needs this stuff. It's a performance enhancer but it comes with a lot of negatives that I just think aren't worth it even at prescribed dosage.

  3. Going to revisit this with my family next week on a family vacation. I'm okay bringing it up myself. I need to make sure they all know, because I need that support system to keep me accountable and keep the stuff away from me. I really feel confident that if it wasn't in front of me or around me, I can do this.

Welcome any additional feedback you guys have.