Posted by fachad on December 8, 2010, at 19:45:45
In reply to Adderall- quitting cold turkey- HELP!, posted by AgentScully on December 7, 2010, at 23:23:53
I don't think you will have as much trouble as you think. Stimulants, unlike opiates, don't have horrific physical withdrawal symptoms.
I've missed, forgotten, or just deliberately skipped my Dexadrine dose (50 mg/day for 10 years) and hardly noticed anything but lethargy, apathy, and a tinge of melancholy.
It's not like opiates where you have body aches, runny nose, diarrhea, and feel miserable.
Stimulants, taken orally, in medically approved doses are not really physically addictive.
Now if you tried to quit Paxil (or any SSRI, AP, or AD) cold turkey, you'd be in for a miserable hellish nightmare (brain zaps, body aches, flu like symptoms) that might last for months or even years.
But oral CNS stimulants...not that big of a deal.
It pisses me off that pdocs don't tell people how addictive SSRIs are; and how they are reluctant to RX stimulants.
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