How did you just stop taking it?  i feel like I can't get through the day with out it and over the years ive gradually take more and more.  i take 40 mg every day.  I want to stop and don't know how.

Please give me advise I hate it. 

I am now 13 months off the Adderall.  I was on it for 6 years.  I now have a thyroid issue I wholeheartedly believe is because of the Adderall.  It is not natural for you to be on an amphetamine.  When I went off it, it was like I had something in the back of my mind telling me that I somehow needed the Adderall and that I really required it to feel normal.  That is part of the withdrawal and your mind is not completely rational during this withdrawal process. 

YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU WITHDRAWAL OTHERWISE IT WILL BE VERY TAXING ON YOUR BODY (AND FOR ME, MY THYROID).  It is not good to have dramatic swings in your dosages, it's not good to make a change in the dosage of over 10 mg from one day to the next.  ONly bump it up or down by 10 mgs daily.

You need to grab a pen and paper and make a plan.  Fail to plan, plan to fail in this case I promise you.  You need to write out a calendar and what you will do is add up all the dosage in mg for the entire week.  So, right now you are using let's say 40 mg a day for 7 days and that would be 280 mg for the week.  You need to make sure that no matter what you do, you NEVER increase the dosage.  Then, in each of the days make a plan for how many mg you are going to take.  If you work or have school on certain days then you may need more than over the weekend if you can afford to have a little slack in your routine.  The next week write out a plan and reduce it by as much as you can handle.  It is helpful to write out the entire schedule and know when the end point is.  It is good to have a goal in mind and a date in mind.  Feel free to deviate and change things as necessary, but ALWAYS make sure you NEVER increase the dosage.  It's ok to keep it the same for an extra week or something, but never increase and backtrack on your success.  Message me if you need more help.  Good Luck and you can do this!  If you are having trouble now, I assure you it will only get worse and harder to get off the adderall at a later date after your body becomes used to the drug.

Thank you so much for taking the time to write me back.  What did you do when you felt weak and thought you had to take more just to get through the day? did you tell yourself something encouraging?  What exactly is happening to your thyroid? There is something happening to my body and I know its because of the adderal as well its scary and I know if I don't stop it could be extremely bad.  It started with I would get serve pain in my chest then times when I can't breath at all. I know it has to do with taking so much adderal and my heart working as much as it has. Recently, my left foot has a strong constant tingle in it when I touch it it feels like its asleep.  You would think that would be enough to stop taking the adderal and I hope you understand and I don't sound crazy.  I hate adderal and wish I would of never started taking it I can't believe this is something doctors actually perscribe.  I'm going to try what you said. it will give me comfort to know that I get the amount I'm suppose to get and I'll make a goal to cut down as much as I can but if I don't it will be okay as long as i don't take more than I'm aloud in a week time? Does that sound like a plan? You are the first person I've talked to and youve really given me some hope to try and get through this. Thank you so much you have no idea.

If not there already, you will get to a point where your life is falling apart and you will just get fed up with the Adderall and want to make a change.  What helped me was thinking about life after Adderall.  Also, the saying "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger".   You need to have a support system, but you also need a lot of FOCUS, eyes on the prize so to speak.  I have thyroiditis.  Do a search on thyroiditis and Adderall.  It is NOT natural for your body to be on an amphetamine, no matter what anyone else says that is what I believe.  I also felt a weirdness in my foot.  I do not think your extremeties get proper circulation while on Adderall.  Yes, that sounds like a plan.  You are in the driver's seat.  You need an incredible amount of focus to get through this.  It's easier to get off Adderall than to stay off Adderall, and you'll soon find that out.  I was on my knees with this thing but I have come out of it and Adderall is just something in the past for me.  It is a good feeling.  Good luck.  Reach out with these and other message boards if you need help/support.  Go with your gut.  Do not let anyone else hamper your success with getting off Adderall.  You may feel like you are falling apart during this process, but it is what needs to happen in order for you to reclaim your life.

hey, Memphis Magdalene here. Just wanted to give an update, a few months after my original post, i decided to cut my adderall intake by half. So instead of 30mg twice a day, I now take 15mg twice a day. My mental symptoms are pretty much gone, no more paranoia or crippling anxiety, no depression (but that could be because I got on Wellbutrin), I quit smoking (again could be the Wellbutrin- but I think everyone knows adderall makes you crave cigarettes), and I haven't had any panic or anxiety attacks. I still get anxiety sometimes, but no more than an average human. As for the physical symptoms, I don't have chronic painful urination (except when I get a bladder infection), no more sudden heart pains. Probably the best side effect to go was the irritibility. I'm only irritable maybe once or twice a month, verses every day. The best part of all, is that my weight is actually down. I was SO worried about weight gain. I still am. I'm still worried that I won't have any energy or motivation and will gain weight if I go off of it completely. I know it's probably the devil telling me that I need this stuff. I don't have any plans to quit completely, but it is expensive. If I could have energy, motivation and weight loss without it, I'd do it in a heart beat. Maybe it's time to explore other options for energy. Like my diet, maybe I need to start juicing or something.

How did you deal, energy, motivation and weight wise? Were those issues for you?