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Quit Adderall / Vyvanse after 5+ years of consistent use. Taking Qs.
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Date: August 15th, 2025 3:07 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration It's been about 1.5 months. I've been meaning to make a more detailed thread about it. Instead of drafting a long tome on the experience, I elect, instead, to do a "taking Qs" thread and provide my breakdown piecemeal.
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Date: August 15th, 2025 3:09 PM Author: Odious Plaza how did u get rx
describe your apotheosis over the years, body high etc does it actyually make u smarter |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 4:56 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration "how did u get rx" First got one in UG from a super-shady doctor. After that it was always easy AF. Just find a random psych on insurance company's website, go in, say I used to take it but stopped, and get the script. Didn't start having prescriptions or taking it regularly until my 30s though. In hindsight, I largely "needed" it to make up for my multi-day hangovers that used to generally last through Wednesday back before I had kids and used to party.
"describe your apotheosis over the years, body high etc" I only took 40mg of Vyvance (equivalent to ~15 mg of adderall) + occasional 5mg Adderall "booster." Never had a body high or anything. Never took more than that. Would either take weekends fully off, one day of the weekend off, or significantly lower dose on weekends. Never took full daily dose 7 days per week.
"does it actyually make u smarter" No. It just makes boring shit exciting. I would sort of look into getting into work in the morning with a moderate addy high and getting shit done. Caused me to waste plenty of time -- eg. spend 2 hours on something I should have spend 30 minutes on. On balance, though, it did make me more productive. |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:02 PM Author: Odious Plaza Just find a random psych on insurance company's website? qrd? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188496) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:06 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration Quality, Reliability, Durability? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188503) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:07 PM Author: Odious Plaza You just find a dude on a site, become his patient, and ramble about coming off it, dont they check ur history? Also it means quick rundown |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:11 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration Yeah. Is this not how everyone does it? Seems like the obvious way to me -- and I'm not even sure of any other way. Worked the total of maybe 4-5 times I did it between UG and when I got my latest doc a few years ago. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188517) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 4:02 PM Author: motley ape dopamine what's it like being a retard? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188373) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 4:57 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration Can't speak on being just a retard, but I can say that being gay and retarded is 180. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188487) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:13 PM Author: hairless sexy selfie international law enforcement agency (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188520) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 4:59 PM Author: Swashbuckling Tanning Salon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188491) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:04 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration "why did you decide to stop?" Mostly because it became extremely hard to get because of shortages. I got my last prescription in March or some shit and was never able to fill it. If I dedicated 5 hours a day to it and called the doc a hundred times to move the script between pharmacies, maybe I could have gotten it filled. I had stock built up, so I had enough for a while. I never ran out, but when I had a week long vacation at the start of July I stopped taking it. No significant withdrawls and when I started work back up a week later, I barely noticed a difference compared to when I was on it.
(I think this might be because, as a result of the Vyvanse shortage, the pills I had been taking were underpowered AF.)
"have you noticed permanent changes?" No. I was fine the first week I was off, and going back to work ~10 days after stopping was totally fine. (Keep in mind, I was taking much less than a lot of other people who take it -- just the equivilant to 15mg of Adderal / day with 1-2 day breaks every week.
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:05 PM Author: Hairraiser Famous Landscape Painting Is it harder to get things done without it? Do you feel smarter or dumber now?
I used to take it for school but stopped because the come downs made me extremely depressed.
Without it I'm aimless. With it I get stuck on unimportant tasks. Overall better without it. |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:10 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration "Is it harder to get things done without it?" Yeah. Odly enough, the busier I am the less the meds mattered. When am really busy with urgent shit, I am going to get it done no matter what. The hard part is when there's nothing big/urgent on my plate -- but there are a million small things or small parts of long term projects to do. Now that I'm mature, I'm ontop of everything though.
"Do you feel smarter or dumber now?" Same. Just less "in the zone" for lots of boring shit.
"Overall better without it." Agreed. For me this is especially because I now have MUCH MUCH more energy in the evenings and on the weekends. On Amphetamines, I would be tired AS FUCk when I got off work. Now I have decent energy for a few hours afterwards.
Same for the weekends because I wouldnt take it (or would take much less). I basically spent the weekends the past 5 years being tired/lethargic as fuck, but just using willpower to power through. |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:17 PM Author: Hairraiser Famous Landscape Painting I feel better not on it. I avoid doing boring shit. My goal is to productive enough others can do my busiwork. #dreamz (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188531) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:18 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration Same. Overall feel MUCH better on it. I miss the "rush" when it kicked in every morning.
But by maybe 2pm I was back to baseline, and by ~5pm I was significantly worse off as compared to not being on it at all. |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:36 PM Author: Hairraiser Famous Landscape Painting The crashes are awful and made me suicidal and anhedonic (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188606) |
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Date: August 18th, 2025 8:32 AM Author: curious jew This is totally me. I need pressure/deadlines to get things done. If it's just a million boring little tasks, I find ways to procrastinate/avoid/do something more interesting. Anyway happy to hear you quit that habit as it's probably better for you long term to not have the mental crutch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49193965) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:07 PM Author: carmine coiffed abode kitty How much worse are your teeth now vs before using (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188505) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:15 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration Same. I've never had a cavity. Still have my wisdom teeth.
Never really took enough to have any dry mouth or anything like that. Plus Vyvanse is better than Adderall in that regard. |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:09 PM Author: Floppy coffee pot hell have you ever taken Concerta/Ritalin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188511) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:13 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration Only Ritalin, recreationally. Ritalin is actually CR recreationally. The "high" is not great, but it's great as a relatively fast-acting stim. Something inbewteen cocaine and adderall in terms of half-life. Take it purely for a ~2 hour energy boost that wont fuck up your sleep too much. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188524) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:20 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration Quick note on my seemingly nonexistant "withdraws" and easy transition off.
I take a SHIT LOAD of Nicotine, which I speculate helped.
I also upped my Caffiene intake bigly when I got off. Probably also helped a little.
I also always consistently excercise every day, eat healthy AF, sleep well, etc. |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:21 PM Author: Zippy claret associate home Generic or brand name vyvanse? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188541) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:22 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration Started off Generic, but when the shortages started a year or two ago I switched to name brand.
Never noticed a difference. |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:22 PM Author: Mischievous Startling Messiness Partner any caffeine consumption now? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188545) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:23 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration Yeah.
~1000mg of Caffiene per day.
Plus around 150mg of Nicotine. |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:25 PM Author: Floppy coffee pot hell income and net worth? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188559) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:28 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration Income: ~400k (Inhouse wagecuck poormo) NW: ~3MM Age: Late 30s. |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:35 PM Author: electric principal's office jewess so your receptors or so blown out from the amphetamine use you now need high doses of two legal stimulants to replace the habit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188602) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 6:14 PM Author: Mischievous Startling Messiness Partner A certain “chill” 10 cups of coffee and 15 pouches of zyn /day habit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188686) |
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Date: August 16th, 2025 11:32 AM Author: hairless sexy selfie international law enforcement agency (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49189948) |
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Date: August 18th, 2025 8:32 AM Author: curious jew (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49193967) |
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Date: August 19th, 2025 12:18 AM Author: Razzle green step-uncle's house (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49196056) |
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Date: August 19th, 2025 12:19 AM Author: hairless sexy selfie international law enforcement agency (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49196059) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 8:55 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration Before quitting the Vyvanse / addy, I was doing the same amount of Nicotine and about 500mg of caffeine. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188997) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:44 PM Author: Mischievous Startling Messiness Partner Wow Lmao. That’s a lot of caffeine and nicotine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188611) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 8:56 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration I don't notice any downsides.
I do plan on cutting my caffeine back down next time I'm off of work for a week or so.
We'll probably cut nicotine down by about half as well.
Going to give it a few more months though at least. |
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Date: August 16th, 2025 10:22 AM Author: Magenta lay Lmao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49189790) |
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Date: August 18th, 2025 8:33 AM Author: curious jew wow! that's a lot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49193968) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:26 PM Author: Lascivious national pocket flask Apply for SSDI now because the process takes a long time.
Your brain is fucked and you will never be employable again. |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:29 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration See above. I stopped cold turkey at the start of a week long vacation -- had no problems coming off -- and was perfectly fine and productive when I started work back up ~9 days later. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188579) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:45 PM Author: Lascivious national pocket flask I hadn’t seen how little you were taking when I poasted.
Heavy users who stop are basically lobotomized. Know several such cases, very sad shit. |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:26 PM Author: Bonkers Set can you send me your leftovers? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188570) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 5:30 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration No. I have something like ten 40 mg Vyvanse, and something like fifty 5mg adderalls. I plan on using them recreationally for things like bachelor parties, etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188586) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 6:52 PM Author: Cordovan fat ankles fortuitous meteor How are you earning 400k in house as a late 30 year old. I call flame. I know lots of 40 somethings making like $350 with bonus max. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188771) |
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Date: August 16th, 2025 5:16 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration I graduated law school at 24, did 1 year of biglaw and have been in house ever since. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49190696) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 7:31 PM Author: at-the-ready school cafeteria chad Nice. I would binge adderall hard as fuck during exams with modafinil caffeine, aspirin, dip, etc. to the point of complete delirium and cram a whole class into 24-48 hours. Probably unhealthy. Don’t take it at all now.
One weird thing I noticed when I stopped addy was that I didn’t crave dip at all anymore. Like I just stopped thinking about it at all. One day i just i realized I hadn’t put a dip in like a week. |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 7:50 PM Author: Disgusting histrionic indian lodge stock car What's your dose? I know certain doses are hard to get, but it's bizarre to me that a shortage is why you're quitting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188898) |
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Date: August 16th, 2025 5:17 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration 40mg vyvanse.
I'm sure I could have put in effort having prescription change and talking to dr's offices and calling pharmacys and all that b*******. When I know I shouldn't be taking this time in the first place, for health reasons, better just to use it as an ex to stop |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 8:45 PM Author: Umber Razzmatazz Marketing Idea Stage I quit too because I love drinking on stims but it was a bad combination for me that led to weight gain and probably wasn't good for the heart (I'd take a vyvanse in the morning and then IR addy at night). Thankfully only did it for a few months. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49188984) |
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Date: August 15th, 2025 9:01 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration No one asked about weight gain.
Zero awaken so far.
Appetite hasn't really increased either.
That said, I expect yane 1:00 or 2 lb over the course of a year.
I have an extremely strict diet that I didn't change at all. The so anyway game would come from lower heart rate etc.
If I put on more than one or two lb of fat, I'll just add in a little more cardio and that will go away.
I've never had a problem staying very lean through pure willpower and not being weak lazy faggot.
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Date: August 15th, 2025 10:14 PM Author: Umber Razzmatazz Marketing Idea Stage I gained weight on stims. Also couldn't keep to my workout regiment on them. My heart rate would go kooky if I did cardio on vyvanse. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49189155) |
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Date: August 16th, 2025 10:21 AM Author: Magenta lay Had any withdrawals? I found it super easy to quit. Also was a long term user/abuser. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49189784) |
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Date: August 16th, 2025 10:23 AM Author: Red alcoholic goal in life Thank you for your story. Without the side effects it would be a miracle drug and I still miss it from time to time. I started dealing with the after work fatigue by taking another which fucked my sleep for years and caused me to quit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49189795) |
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Date: August 16th, 2025 5:18 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration If I ever get back on it, I will likely replace my 5 mg Adderall booster with a Ritalin booster. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49190700) |
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Date: August 16th, 2025 11:12 AM Author: unholy useless stage place of business (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49189897) |
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Date: August 18th, 2025 8:37 AM Author: Cracking hyperactive theater stage The hardest part about quitting for me was realizing I had basically been wasting a significant fraction of my life crashing. Nights weren't bad but most weekends off I was more or less a zombie for years on end. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49193977) |
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Date: August 19th, 2025 12:19 AM Author: Razzle green step-uncle's house Describe crashes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49196060) |
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Date: August 19th, 2025 7:26 AM Author: Cracking hyperactive theater stage Extremely tired, probably 50% of weekends ended up with a migraine. Although it's hard to say how much of that was adderall vs caffeine -- theres something about addy+caffeine that makes it basically irresistible to combine them. When I quit addy my craving for caffeine also dropped off a cliff although it took me months to really adjust to going cold turkey on both. It also got progressively quite a bit harder to sleep well over the years which certainly contributed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49196323) |
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Date: August 18th, 2025 6:28 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration A few more misc. notes: (1) Sex Drive: No noticeable change (2) Erections: No noticeable change (3) Autism: I was hoping getting off it would make me at least a little less autistic. Sadly, no change in autism. Still extremely autistic. (4) Sleep (as measured by Aura ring): I sleep about 30-40 minutes more. I naturally wake up ~30 minutes later, fall asleep about 5 minutes faster, and gain another ~5 minutes in waking up less in the middle of the night. (5) Sleep (subjective): Other than naturally waking up 30 minutes later, I would not have noticed anything in #4 if I didn't sleep track. |
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Date: August 18th, 2025 8:11 PM Author: curious jew (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49195481) |
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Date: August 18th, 2025 8:59 PM Author: at-the-ready school cafeteria chad Interesting. I’ve had some very different responses on these.
1&2- adderall made me insanely horny but I’ve had at least 2 nights where i literally could not get an erection at all with very hot girls. One of these was the hottest girl i was absolutely head over heels for and could not make it work. Huge disappointment and never got that opportunity with her again
3 - personality was an absolute robot on addy. I’m still pretty autistic and can be shy in certain situations but way easier to socialize now. Part of this I think is I was immune to booze on addy
4&5 - probably pretty similar. Obviously you can stay up for days on end but when I crashed it felt like great sleep |
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Date: August 19th, 2025 7:29 AM Author: Cracking hyperactive theater stage The booze thing is what surprised me the most (not necessarily the biggest change, just the most unexpected one). I almost never drank for 10 straight years except the odd wedding and after half a year off adderall it was suddenly fun again. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49196329) |
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Date: August 19th, 2025 10:21 AM Author: at-the-ready school cafeteria chad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49196744) |
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Date: August 18th, 2025 9:02 PM Author: Harsh Church Background Story Does anyone else microdose? I take 2.5 mg ir 3x/week. Even that small amount at 8am will affect my sleep so I don't like to take it 2 days in a row. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49195605) |
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Date: August 26th, 2025 8:04 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration I spoke too soon in this thread.
The past week or so, I've found it VERY difficult to get anything done at work.
Energy levels are fine, but every small task takes a mountain of willpower. This wasnt the case when I was only a 10 days off. I think the Adderall did some longer-term rewiring of my brain that is only now wearing off. |
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Date: August 28th, 2025 7:33 PM Author: painfully honest outnumbered internal respiration Good news.
Turns out I was just a little bit sick, which was draining my energy / willpower.
Back in good shape being productive without amphetamines. |
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Date: February 11th, 2026 11:55 PM Thinking about getting a script but a little concerned about the side effects (heart issues). Have you had any of those? 39 and having issues handling small tasks at work. Everything just takes a ton of will power. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49664978) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 12:16 AM Author: faggy vibes (🧐) At 39 you should be more concerned with it fucking up your sleep than anything else (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49664994) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 12:38 AM Author: roasted cauliflower I take 2.5mg ir twice a week because any more than that fucks my sleep (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49665011) |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 12:45 AM Did you have any sleep issues before? Or sensitivity to stimulants like caffeine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49665015) |
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Date: February 16th, 2026 10:36 AM Was just prescribed 30mg of vyvanse. Is that a high starter dose? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5762780&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49673771) |