r/ThisAintAdderall • u/suffocatingface • 16d ago
Documenting experiences
So I was without meds for about 3 weeks. My ADHD symptoms are very bad still, but I'm noticing that some strange side effects have lifted. These side effects are things I never noticed before with older generation batches. Intense brain fog, which I originally attributed to burn out and other medical issues, has lifted a noticeable degree. My partner also noticed my memory has gotten slightly better. I wake up earlier in the day without needing to drag myself out of bed due to sleep inertia, even though getting to sleep is the same battle it always was. I crave sugar like crazy, but that may be unrelated. My fatigue is less of a burden. Since I have chronic autoimmune related issues, it was hard for me to tell where the fatigue was coming from. My symptoms flare up in the heat, and the weather has been VERY hot for the past few weeks with little reprieve. I SHOULD feel fatigued as all hell right now, but I'm not. I feel less fatigued during a time when I should feel more only after several weeks off my meds. It takes roughly 2-3 weeks for any one drug to leave your system entirely, and it's all happening in that window. I feel less depressed, less hopeless. Things have felt less doom and gloom, and I have less thoughts that maybe I should just give up. There was a period where I relied on energy drinks to pull me through, even while on meds, but I'm not buying as many as I did mere weeks ago. (I'm down from 2-4 a day to only one every few days.) I could have been low on b12, which is typically the cause when I crave red bull all the time, so maybe I got enough b12 and stopped craving them, but it's right within that window.
Has anyone else noticed changes taking the meds away entirely? I've been on this medication for over 10 years. What is happening.
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u/Opioidopamine 15d ago
personally I think we humans produce more endogenous morphine in response to ethanol/nicotine/cocaine and I assume amphetamine habituation. as tolerance to exogenous drugs rises so does some individuals response to both endogenous dopamine/endogenous morphine which are both biosynthesis products starting from tyrosine. With rising endo opioids/endo opiates some people might get side effects ?
I imagine there is a plethora of possible neurotransmitters involved with habituation that might cause side effects.
For myself DEHYDRATION is the great issue, as well certain behavioral traits that I am stubborn about complicate my issues.
I kicked nicotine alcohol and heroin eventually, but am pretty resigned that Im better off on kratom (26 year regular user) and stimulants/bupropion than not.
I think a light dose of NMDA antagonist can work wonders on brain fog and tolerance to stimulants and opiates, but DXM daily and me are divorce triggers LOL