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I can't comment on the OPs experience but I was on adderall for a few years of my childhood until my parents took me off of it because I was too angry and viole

by hpoe 6y ago

I can't comment on the OPs experience but I was on adderall for a few years of my childhood until my parents took me off of it because I was too angry and violent as they said. I got back on it a few years back after realizing that normal people didn't seem to struggle with problems I just took to be my own lack of willpower. I occasionally take breaks, sometimes weekends or weeks. I've noticed when I get off of it, it is basically the same as when I had depressive episodes. I start to feel completely lethargic, don't care about anything, I want to sleep and I consume all food within a 10 mile radius. I've notice the same thought patterns coming off of adderall as I do when I am depressed. I don't care about anything, I don't want to exercise because who cares, eat a box of donuts, sure it feels good now, and who cares about later. When on adderall I can be shorter with people and get angrier quicker; however I am also less likely to act out because I have better control of my angry impulses and am able to recognize it for what it is. I also don't deal well with distraction on adderall because I want to just go go go and focus on one thing. Take that for what it is worth.

for_i_in_range 6y ago
Thanks. Very much appreciate it. I’m 34. Was diagnosed with ADHD in 1st grade. Have been on it since and have done very well in life. Much of it, I give credit to medication. Though it hasn’t been the cure-all. I’ve had many peaks and valleys in life. Medication doesn’t prevent that. I’d attribute my positive results due to inner work, personal-development (hundreds of books), countless podcasts (Tim Ferriss, Naval Ravikant, Farnam St), and Mindfulness/meditation, and intense periods of obsessive hard work, and deep work processing and learning from missteps. Medication has been a helping hand in this. Yet, I come across those who espouse getting off everything. I’ve found myself curious to stop for a week as an experiment, but haven’t mustered up the courage because of the comedown fears. That said, the only right answer is to run an experiment. But stopping momentum, I’ve found, is a challenging and courageous hurdle. Plan on doing it soon.
- hndude 6y ago
  > I’d attribute my positive results due to inner work, personal-development (hundreds of books), countless podcasts (Tim Ferriss, Naval Ravikant, Farnam St), and Mindfulness/meditation, and intense periods of obsessive hard work, and deep work processing and learning from missteps. Any chance you could expand on some of this self-work? I'm a big fan of self improvement books, and I certainly struggle with attentiveness. Any insight would be much appreciated.

by hpoe 6y ago

for_i_in_range 6y ago

Thanks. Very much appreciate it. I’m 34. Was diagnosed with ADHD in 1st grade. Have been on it since and have done very well in life. Much of it, I give credit to medication. Though it hasn’t been the cure-all. I’ve had many peaks and valleys in life. Medication doesn’t prevent that. I’d attribute my positive results due to inner work, personal-development (hundreds of books), countless podcasts (Tim Ferriss, Naval Ravikant, Farnam St), and Mindfulness/meditation, and intense periods of obsessive hard work, and deep work processing and learning from missteps. Medication has been a helping hand in this. Yet, I come across those who espouse getting off everything. I’ve found myself curious to stop for a week as an experiment, but haven’t mustered up the courage because of the comedown fears. That said, the only right answer is to run an experiment. But stopping momentum, I’ve found, is a challenging and courageous hurdle. Plan on doing it soon.

hndude 6y ago
> I’d attribute my positive results due to inner work, personal-development (hundreds of books), countless podcasts (Tim Ferriss, Naval Ravikant, Farnam St), and Mindfulness/meditation, and intense periods of obsessive hard work, and deep work processing and learning from missteps. Any chance you could expand on some of this self-work? I'm a big fan of self improvement books, and I certainly struggle with attentiveness. Any insight would be much appreciated.