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Mental Health prescription use vs abuse

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So I take 30mg ir adderall as needed and the same thing with xanax 2mg. Now I get 30 of each one a month and I want to get off adderall but I feel like I will become lazy because I can't remember what its like without it.

Now I am prescribed 1 a day and I never takes more than the prescribed amount of either one, however I feel like I "need" the adderall to function and not be lazy. The xanax helps me go to sleep if the adderall keeps me up, but I do enjoy the feeling of it to be honest

I will admit I went to my doctor with no other intention but to get adderall and xanax and after a few visits my demands were met.

As of yesterday I went cold turkey from cigarettes adderall and weed, and I am tapering off xanax with .5mg just to make things a bit easier

Basically anyone with experiences relating to my situation can chip in. I've read a few threads and people say after a couple days off adderall they don't feel like they're lazy, and even though I feel adderall helps I doesn't want to be dependent on it. Comprendé?

EDIT: I might add that I am a college student and the workload is the reason I started adderall to keep up
 
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Well no my visit was early last month so I will be seeing him in a week or 2. And I made the decision just a couple days ago
 
I've experienced heavy xanax withdrawal a year ago. I also forgot to mention that this is my first month on 2mg xanax and I don't take it daily only if I can't sleep from adderall which is rarely with an IR. I know my body and experiences well enough to know that I am doing no self harm. I am feeling no withdrawls and like I said I had experience to know if I have a problem.

My main concern/question is about the adderall which I have been on for 4 months and I know I am not abusing any of my meds. I just want to hear anyone out who dealt with adderall and getting off of it. Even though it helps I feel like its the media which puts the label on all drugs are bad, making me rethink do I want to continue with this which is bad for my heart, and could lead to dependency issues in the future
 
You don't say why you were prescribed Adderall in the first place ?

It seems unlikely you would suffer much in the way of withdrawal from stopping, other than a little fatigue which should pass in a few weeks.

But it may be that whatever issue you had that the Adderall was prescribed to combat, will return, this is really something to discuss with the doctor that prescribed the meds in the first place.
 
I was prescribed for ADD but at 18 that is relatively late knowing friends who got diagnosed as a young child
 
I know ADD is well known for misdiagnosis and the treatment via medication is the subject of much debate, in the UK you would have very little chance of being prescribed such a medication.

If you genuinely feel you suffer from issues of attention and focus but don't want to take medication there is a wealth of information online for self help on this, a quick search gave me this site the front page seems to be very positive about non medicated strategies to help you cope

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/adhd_add_adult_strategies.htm

I'm not endorsing this particular site, you really need to seek information that suits you and resonates with your symptoms, but my advice FWIW would be to get some positive strategies in place before you drop the meds.

My experience with amphetamines in general is that the first week or so will bring fatigue, but from there on in this symptom will subside. If you have been reliant on Xanax to induce sleep along side Adderall for day time wakefulness you should expect it to take some time for your natural sleep pattern to return, no one could say how long this could take.
 
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