Posted by University on May 15, 2004, at 23:40:12
Hi all,
I went from 40mg Ritalin/day for a year and stopped (no taper) to go on Adderall 40mg/day. My pdoc and the pharmacist didn't seem to think I needed to worry about any withdrawl from Ritalin.
However, the Adderall seems to have NO effect on me (been on it for three days now). Also, I began smoking again (had quit for 2 months). I didn't see the connection (duh) until my boyfriend said "what a coincidence."
Anyway, maybe I'm self-medicating with the smoking to compensate for the dopamine deficiency? I felt that I just had to smoke. Could this withdrawal be dangerous? I have an appt. w pdoc on Monday, and he's going to write a script for Focalin, which I'm sure will be good since Ritalin worked well (I became too tolerant, though).
My main concern is that stopping the R cold turkey could F me up some how--even if it's only five days without it? And could my resumption of smoking really be connected? I felt as if I couldn't get any work done at work unless I could smoke...
TIA,
UNI :)PS, my other "withdrawal" symptoms are pretty much what you'd expect: fatigue, malaise, sleepiness, and inability to motivate.
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