Out of Adderall for 6 days, symtoms?

[gldbnd40m]

Well simple answer yes Drastic mood swings or shifts in behavior

and my psychiatris says its literally being off of adderall, and i hope no one feels that but it all of a sudden hit me out of nowhere i was feeling fine then wham it hit me

[FindingTheAnswers]

Hi. Luckily I’ve never been without Adderall. But also I’ll cut back in order to save some in case I can’t get my Rx refilled. So I’ve never really been without it. That being said, when it does wear off, old haunts from decades ago with come back. It’s like a small spark in the back of my mind that continues to get bigger until I realize it’s time for my next dose. Does it help me with concentration and improve my ability to focus? Yes. But for me it’s become an anti-depressant and anti-anxiety Rx. Unfortunately it’s not perfect, but the quality of my life is much better with it-I wish I’d been diagnosed long before I was. ADHD also explains a lot of my families craziness behavior and also it’s dysfunction. I don’t know if we go through withdrawal if we aren’t about to take it for several days or not. My mind will go back to running 100 mph within hours without Rx. Not sure and would not like to find out. Would probably cause me to ‘Crash’ back into worse depression and anxiety. Hope you’re able to get your Rx soon. Hang in there.

[Moonshine777 in reply to FindingTheAnswers]

i am not a doctor but my belief is that the anxiety and depression come from the ADD. I am very aware of my body and mind. And pay attention to whats meds do, and do my own research, and read other research.

[Blue_186281_red]

a combination of free time before a new job and MD saying "you're on a high dose of adderall and I won't Rx much more cuz you're small" (it's only 50% of max and I have been routinely increasing dose so the prospect of starting new job w no room to go up was unexpected and scary) caused me to take a 1 week drug vacation recently. Mostly I was surprisingly tired. My my ADD did not instantly go to 100% but I would have had severe difficulty with focusing if I had needed to; during that time I had hyperfocus tasks that were lower priority, or just fun and those things helped distract from the distressing impact of my unmedicated cognitive deficits . My adderall resistance happily went from 30 mg XL to 25 mg xl for 2 weeks - I probably should have initially cut it down to 20 mg but did not have that dose on hand.

When I started adderall about 1 year ago my resistance went up rapidly at first. At the time I was off meds for 26 years and thought I was developing early-onset dementia or had mild ASD. Adderall instantly made life tolerable\semi-functional & I have been terrified of maxing out my dose. I have done everything I can to skip doses & I got a 5mg PRN which I can use at the middle of work day, or for social functions of the weekend in liu of a full XL dose. If I forget the PRN it's usually because I don't need it anyway, and this strategy also leaves me netting a collection of extra meds which saved my butt during the current supply shortage. hydration is also super important.