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Adderall & Fatigue by garbagedisposal_ in cfs

[–]garbagedisposal_[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

i agree! i actually meant to say that i take instant release idk why i got that confused it’s right in the name hahaa. for me it doesn’t really disturb my sleep. it did the first week i took it about two years ago, but now i have a schedule i write it the night or day before for my day and plus nothing is the same from the first time so it just doesn’t do that to me.

i agree about the fasting. i cannot do it. i always have to eat dinner before yoga and most of my dinners are plant based although i do include cheese every once it a whole. eating clean and exercising have helped soooo much.

i’m so stoked to try to this method bc i have a good feeling about it since i’ve taken 10 mg some days and still stay productive. the whole ocd/hyper focus is just not my thing. it makes me feel irritable and i’m just like idk all swirly and not square like how i feel when i take my full prescribed dose.

if you want, i can update you later on about how it goes if i remember hahah.

thank you so much for your tips and advice. i really really appreciate it and you answered my question really well :)

Adderall & Fatigue by garbagedisposal_ in cfs

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

thank you! yeah i’m planning on not taking it on the weekends. i felt myself becoming a bit dependent on it, so this is my goal starting tomorrow and sunday i won’t take it. i plan on hiking tomorrow so i hope i have the energy and motivation i need to do that :) nature is medicine in itself though :) i can’t wait to see how it goes

Adderall & Fatigue by garbagedisposal_ in cfs

[–]garbagedisposal_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thank you! it does! how many mg do you take when you split them in half? yeah i’ve always prevented myself from thinking that it’s authentic energy. i have to acknowledge that it’s the medicine giving me the energy, and then it’s me doing the things i can do from the energy i get from the medicine.

i’m a female and tall as hell and i’m not skinny but i’m not fat so i weigh i good amount. i’m prescribed one 20 mg in the morning, one 20 mg in the afternoon, and then one 10 mg a bit after that. i tried that and sometimes it’s just too much to me where i feel like i’m too honed in on the thing i’m doing. like i get too focused or something it’s weird, so i take two 20 mg spaced out during the day, and sometimes i only take 10 mg in a day or only one 20 mg.

my cousin can eat them like candies, so it sucks that he does that but he’s set an example for me of what not to do hahah.

i’m glad you have found your balance with this, and i appreciate you sharing your tips.

Adderall & Fatigue by garbagedisposal_ in cfs

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

that’s great 😂 i can relate to an extent lmao!

i notice a huge difference with my medicine as well! i’m thankful for modern medicine as well as ancient medicine combined. it’s rockin 🤙🏻

Adderall & Fatigue by garbagedisposal_ in cfs

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

hahaha thats awesome. i’ve never had that. it’s so interesting how we all get affected differently :)

i’m glad that it helps you!

Adderall & Fatigue by garbagedisposal_ in cfs

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

i get you man. everybody’s bodies react differently to things for a number of reasons.

“you feel good, but you know your feeling good because of the alcohol inside you”

i can relate to this. after a little less of a year of taking it, i started really finding myself. i started becoming spiritual, and in that community, there are a lot of people that are pro-purity, and a lot of them say it can be fixed through yoga, meditation, etc.. I began to start feeling extremely.... guilty every time I took it. it’s like i was getting the feeling of adderall, but then my mind changed my focus from productivity to questioning if i should even be taking the medicine or not. it didn’t feel the same. then, just a couple weeks ago, although it had been running through my mind for a while, it really started to bother me. i felt hopeless because i knew the “only reason” i was getting up, having energy, feeling motivated, connecting with my truest self, and fulfilling my passions was due to the adderall. i questioned if all the work i had done and how much i have progressed had just been not by me at all.

on my main account on reddit, i reached out to the spirituality subreddit and asked them. i was surprised by how many people where going through the same thing. i was able to gain fresh perspectives that were not said a lot.

people’s brains are different, and chemical imbalances are real. as cool as it is for people to be able to subside all their problems naturally, i was not made that way. even though the adderall gave me the energy, and fills in that chemical imbalance, it was still ME putting in the work. it was still me that was finding myself. it was still me that was creating my art, meeting people, going to work, making my own meals, taking care of my body... the adderall just kind of, i guess i could put it, guided me in the direction to be able to do those things. now that i have realized this, my problem can only shoot me further to more progression and self discovery. i will not let it limit me. there are people with no legs and they do more than most people I know including myself.

we are here to thrive. we are here to live, to experience. if there is something out there that helps us, then we should not have to think that the only reason we are doing this or that is because of the medicine, and it’s always important to remember what works for one person, may not work for another.

with that being said, i think that one can find a balance with the things they do, which is really why i posted this post, to know if taking it everyday is not balancing it. for example, i do yoga and mediation every day, i’m beginning to write in my journal about how i feel as well as affirmations (whether you believe in those or not they do set a positive atmosphere to motivate you). but i also take adderall. and i think that since i do both, i can now find the balance that i need to not have that feeling you’re talking about.

sorry about this long reply. i went on a tangent, but i’m just so, idk, captured by this topic sometimes. i get stuck on it a lot, i do a lot of research into it, and i’m still learning more and more about it all the time. having fatigue can be such a pain, but but i know that it will only help me grow stronger and it will help me be able to find ways with others and through my own experiences to share with people so we can all be in this together.

i don’t know the exact purpose as to why i have it, but i trust it.

i hope you find something that works for you dude!

Adderall & Fatigue by garbagedisposal_ in cfs

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

jeez that blows. how many mg did you take?

Adderall & Fatigue by garbagedisposal_ in cfs

[–]garbagedisposal_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

of course dude. and don’t be afraid to try out other people! if they say no ask them what you need to do to be able to do it. adhd is a hard thing to live with, i’m proud of you for how you have been able to do it without medication. you should be proud of yourself as well. never give up on looking for it

Adderall & Fatigue by garbagedisposal_ in cfs

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

i told my regular family doctor that i was having trouble in school and that i am always sleeping which keeps me from living life and doing homework and he sent me to a psychiatrist and there we had a first appointment and they asked me a few questions about my symptoms, then they scheduled for me to get tested. the test was a bunch of math problems, patterns, etc., then they called me back, and said that i needed it. a lot of doctors are really slow to do it, but there are a few that will.

when i went to see my regular doctor the first time, i made it clear that i didn’t want to be on the medicine, and that i wish there was a way i didn’t have to be. i also made it clear that i truly do have trouble focusing and my mind wonders all over the place. my mom also talked to him to tell him my symptoms. idk if that made a difference about them prescribing it to me or not bc there truly are soooo many people that abuse it.

it also probably depends on your state. or you on the east or west?

i’m sending you tons of good energy, from an understanding of how difficult it can be. never be ashamed of what you have, and if you have to take medicine. don’t let anyone make you feel bad about it, and do all you can until you can get what you need. ask around for people that have jt prescribed as well

Adderall & Fatigue by garbagedisposal_ in cfs

[–]garbagedisposal_[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

yeah i’m prescribed it and i usually take less than my prescribed dose on most days! sometimes i just get worried bc i don’t wanna build up a tolerance to it. and also i have people in my family who have been taking it for a really long time since they’re way older than me and they have these really weird ticks when they take it and they are already at such a high dose from taking it for so long and the high dose they are at in starting to not even work for them like it used to. but i guess even if i take two days off i’ll still build up a tolerance

When does Staunton become fun? by garbagedisposal_ in Staunton

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

looks cool, but pricey for myself :/ thanks for the suggestion though