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Stimulants How much and how often can I take Dexedrine while avoiding withdrawal?

druguser5

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I have ADHD, I am legally prescribed stimulants and I am honest with my doctors. I have been using instant release Dexedrine on and off for a few years, usually either 10 mg or 15 mg per day. When I use 10 mg per day, I have definite withdrawal if I take a day off. Starting about 24 hours after my last Dexedrine dose, I am very tired, unmotivated, and I feel frustrated and listless. I have been known to sleep 16 hours in a single day during Dexedrine withdrawal. The withdrawal tapers off over 3 or 5 days, roughly.

I stopped using Dexedrine 12 days ago, but I want to try using it occasionally now, not every day. I mentioned this idea to my doctor a few months ago and he said he simply has no experience using stimulants in this way.

I want to be able to use Dexedrine when I really need it, and then not use it most days without incurring any withdrawal. I would appreciate any guidance on how much I can use, and how often, without feeling withdrawal the day after.

Based on wild speculation, I think a good starting point might be 2 days per week on non-consecutive days. Should I cap single-day use at 10 mg or 15 mg? Do you think I should scale back to 1 day per week? Do you think I can get away with 3 days per week without withdrawal?

Any thoughts or experience would be much appreciated, thank you.
 
There is no real withdrawal from stimulants. Not in the sense of actual physical dependency as with opiates, benzos, and alcohol. But rebound effects like insomnia and anxiety can happen after prolonged use. And that only happens with stimulants if you've been using them every day for a while. A couple times a weeks, etc, isn't going to cause any real change.
 
Whether you call it withdrawal or rebound, I do feel excessively tired for 3 to 5 days after I stop Dexedrine cold turkey. It's not too bad, I manage to drag myself to work anyway. The problem is, when I take 10 mg a day every day, I really can't take a day off and comfortably continue my routine. I am just too tired.

10 mg per day every single day is clearly too much for me, if I want a day off. Should I try 2 or 3 days a week? Should I cap myself at 10 mg per day? These are my questions. If I can be happy and productive on 20 mg per week of Dexedrine, that seems preferable to using 70 mg per week (i.e. every single day use).

I may just have to experiment, and I plan to experiment, but I am curious if people on the internet might already have experience using stimulants more often than never but less often than every day.
 
Whether you call it withdrawal or rebound, I do feel excessively tired for 3 to 5 days after I stop Dexedrine cold turkey. It's not too bad, I manage to drag myself to work anyway. The problem is, when I take 10 mg a day every day, I really can't take a day off and comfortably continue my routine. I am just too tired.

10 mg per day every single day is clearly too much for me, if I want a day off. Should I try 2 or 3 days a week? Should I cap myself at 10 mg per day? These are my questions. If I can be happy and productive on 20 mg per week of Dexedrine, that seems preferable to using 70 mg per week (i.e. every single day use).

I may just have to experiment, and I plan to experiment, but I am curious if people on the internet might already have experience using stimulants more often than never but less often than every day.

If you can cut it down to 2-3 days a week you will be fine. I IV'ed coke everyday for 2 years and didn't have a problem stopping physically.. mentally was a whole nother ball game but, I'm used to real withdrawals from opiates so, stopping a stimulant really is a joke to me personally (not to put down anybody else's experiences, just speaking for me personally). However like I said, the mental addiction component is absolutely brutal.
 
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