HOW I STOPPED TAKING ADDERALL, how to deal with amphetamine withdrawal

Please pray for me. This is my 5th day off of adderall for 10 years.

Flushed my last two 20s instant release 9 years ago. Quit my job of 13 years and spent a month on the couch . Thank God my wife stood by me after seven years of amphetamine abuse. Keep your head up bro. Things do get better

I'm on day 5 of cold turkey quitting adderall. I'm in tears listening to this. It is so hard, blessings to all who are on this journey with me. Stay strong, you can do this

It took me about a year to get back to myself and I've never felt better. You can do it

I NEVER comment on KRplus videos, but I've watched this video everyday since quitting adderall and it's honestly the reason I stay clean and keep fighting these suicidal thoughts. I used to cry to my therapist and friends about how I just want someone, anyone, to feel how I'm feeling, and after my first time watching this video it finally felt like someone understood. Every word you said resonated with me. I'm forever grateful. I can't thank you enough for this.

You are a God send. I have been feeling so alone with the fear of withdrawal. 8 years of Addys. I am losing all my passion for everything. I’m so tired. Thank you! So much!!!!

Proud of you and appreciate you sharing this

I cannot thank you enough for making and posting this video! YOU SIR are a BADASS, SOOO BRAVE, STRONG, & AMAZING for being so vulnerable, open, & honest about this addiction! I am currently trying to come off of Adderall after about 6 years of stimulant abuse (Vyvanse & Adderall, some Ritalin.). Thank you man! Seriously!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Thank you for sharing..so motivational. I could relate on so many levels..I truly didn’t realize how much this pill was a false idea of a life for over 14 years. It’s now the calm after the storm and having a support system going through this is so beneficial. Sending positive energy to you and everyone going through this journey.

God bless this man

Bro your the man hope ur still doing good. That struggle and what u went through was a gift if it had anything to do with as real as ur being in this video

Good on you brother. I accidentally kicked adderall last week under circumstances similar to yours. Your video is helping me. Illuminating the path; validating my experience. Thank you.

Bro, I needed to see this, I'm quitting for my kids right now going through the withdrawal, I'll never do it again. Much love to you sir!

Really proud of you dude. Your story is a blessing to so many. Keep aiming up and may the wind be at your back.

Bless you for creating this video and vulnerably sharing your experience. It’s SO hard. I was debating getting another prescription and this video helped deter me, so thank you for that. I am on day 6, and this is my 5th time quitting.

I have no words but Thank you man

I am commenting on this video again. I saw it on day 34 of sobriety and now on day 157. I know what works for me may not work for all but this video got me through a difficult time. Keep up the fight everyone!

Thank you for this. It was the most helpful one I've watched

Honest, experience based testimony. Beautiful brother!

The struggle is real bro!!

Fantastic journey bro. I feel so much of the same mentality on usage and personal reactions to what is going on in your journey. Just treat myself good, therapy, eat good, excercise 🙏 thank you for your post ✊️

Thank you for this man

Watched your first video on why you went off.... all I can say is thank you so much for an un-biased, anecdotal breakdown of what this drug has caused in your life. Making serious considerations after hearing first-hand from someone roughly in the same shoes as me. Much love, brother. WE GOT THIS!

Extremely helpful! You rock

Thank you. Decided to make the change. Your story was helpful

Thank you for the video. Good for you for overcoming Adderall and I hope you are able to fulfill, even surpass your potential in life. G-d bless.

Thank you for sharing 💛

Thanks for sharing. Excellent video.

Youre awesome and thank you for sharing your story. I feel I'm on the right path with walking, painting and spending time with my pets. Discipline and meditation is an excellent idea ! I'm at the 3 week mark 🤞🏻🙏🏻

Great video. Extremely helpful. I am lookig to stop taking them myself. I've been on stimulants since the second grade on and off. The bit about not being able to take credit for the things accomplished while on the Adderall really resonates with me brother. Thank you for sharing.

i'm 19 and i trying to get my life back together, searched on youtube 'cope with adderall withdrawal' and found your video. i can strongly relate to you and your video helped me a lot.
thanks and love (from germany)

Thank you so much for this ♥️

Well done god bless you, thank you for Inspiring others 🙏🙏🙏

Thanks so much for sharing!

inspiring. just know your video really truly helped me today xx

Thank you friend this helped me a lot.

Thank u for the video and wish u the best 🙏

I stopped taking Adderall five months ago and it was the best choice I have made in my life. Yes, Adderall could be fun and make you feel like you are on the top of the world but remember, what goes up, must come down. Stay strong. Qq

I'm watching this after I decided to stop taking Ritalin after 4 years of abuse, messaged my therapist. If this works, I'll be forever grateful for you choosing to post this.

Thanks What I needed to hear appreciate the humble & Genuine Honesty & info shared👍

Omg thank you for sharing. I just stopped cold turkey about a month ago. I feel all kinds different things, some good and some bad, but manageable, I guess. I can’t wait to feel better and not think about it everyday.🙏👍

Thank you for this video

Thank you so much for sharing this. I hope to reach a point in my life at some point soon where I feel capable of sharing my story and providing guidance as well. Love, respect, admiration and blessings from a fellow former adderallic (still blindly and excessively self-medicating, stumbling, searching,)

Thank you for this. “Maybe I wasn’t effective and I was just crazy, but I liked it” that’s the trap I always fall into. Thinking it helps me when it actually doesn’t at all; it’s just anxiety and crazy repetitive shit

I'm glad you got through it.

Thank you for sharing Helpful information for sure. Look forward to your book?

Dude. Thank you. Just hearing a voice that has gone through what Im going through right now is helping to clean up the biomechanical mess that has become my brain. Ive on been on adderall for a little over a year, (my dr thought it would help my already existing depression and anxiety). I didnt think this was going to be so hard, because i get cocky- but if I didnt have a daughter, theres a good chance I would have ended my life yesterday. My Dr was SO quick to prescribe me adderall, and it makes me angry. YOU were withdrawing after 16 years, and made it to the other side an incredibly strong and insightful human. That gives me hope. I love this, thank you. 😍

Thank u. You're awesome. Super genuine

I understand everything you said. Thank u so much. God bless you ❤️

Hey, I'm so happy I found your channel! This is something I've been trying to learn about for a long time now, it's hard to find a deep honest first-person perspective on this! I searched on youtube " how to quit amphetamines" and your video popped up first, idk how much you know about youtube but put that quote in your tags on this video and that will give you some more well-deserved traffic 😏

This helps so much

man i've been battling with a dangerous adderall abuse habit / binge thing for the last few years.
I got emotional a few times during this video - 6:00 i think this is the phase i've found this past week :{}
i've have started to get into riding bikes and like basically it was a very conscious thing i did in an attempt to regain my life.
I appreciate people like you for making videos like this.

Thanks for being straight up man. This story hit home. I’m looking at 2 bottles of this crap. Every side affect you said is right. But I’m never going back. Thanks again 🤘🇺🇸

Thanks for sharing. Someone I love is going though quitting right now. It has been extremely rough. God bless

dude, thanks for sharing this...really

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

I’m on day 36 without Vyvanse and it is grueling. I quit drinking and smoking for over a year, no problem but I’ve never felt closer to a relapse than I do now. I give you so much credit.

bro... im glad i watched this, you exactly said everything i wanted to hear from someone... and im just at that phase of struggling to quit... i hope if i
can speak to you in details somewhere....thanks a lot man... God Bless you

Thank you!

Great video... thank u

Thank you for sharing that it's just what I needed to hear. I've been an aircraft mechanic for 10 years and Was prescribed adderall the whole time . I've tried quitting many times throughout the years But that Was Impossible . I was told Friday I am red flag at the pharmacy and will never be able to get a prescription filled again. I didn't even ask why . It was exactly what I needed and I knew it was the best thing for me. Just took my last one about an hour ago as I drive my family to Kansas City to start a new job. I was already motivated to get this done and your video just boosted that to a whole nother level . Thank you

Am glad you said how long you were on it so far because I cannot find anyone who has been on it as long as me or mentioned how long they were on it or the milligrams

Got the honor of meeting this man in the gym today. Still off adderall and still spreading wisdom!!

Thank you so much.

Started taking Adderall a year ago cuz my bros had extra supply. Before that I used it once or twice a week and everything was fine. When I used it I was super productive and that was it. Once I had more access I started using everyday all the time.
A year later now I realize how much of a negative impact it’s had on me. My sense of creativity is washed out. So many things that made me content in life before just do nothing for me anymore. I used to exercise all the time. Now I never do
Probably about two months of me having days where my brain is just completely and utterly not working and feeling like I have CTE or something has made me realize I must stop this shit before I go down an even deeper hole that will effect me for the rest of my life.

Thank you so much 🙏 I'm on day 3 of my second attempt to quit vyvanse and you give me hope

Things get better.

GOD BLESS YOU

Thats very true- that doing stuff is more difficult without amphetamine but the completion of things is just so much more rewarding! This really helps me, I have saved this video (I'm nearly at 21 days off) and this will help me as have to go back to grad school in about a month and I'm terrified if I can make it without amphetamine. Thank you so much

Thank you.

Lol this is so nice. On the internet there are some scary resources for people. "Oh you can suddenly stop taking meds, you don't need to taper stimulants, oh no you can't become dependent if taken as prescribed, and you should not experience withdrawal unless you were not taking them properly/ abusing your meds." Lol. You're content is so relatable, I have not seen anyone else that has had the same experience as me. I was looking on tiktok and found a bunch of ppl who stopped then decided they needed the drugs and went back. OR ppl who stopped then making their videos 2 weeks later about their journey when how can they feel normal after only 2 weeks??? It's just so nice to see someone else who has experienced something very similar, thankyou for sharing your story (:

Very interesting perspective. I'm 35 and just figuring out my ADHD and how it has formed me. Adderall has been a godsend to me, however I can DEFINITELY feel it needs to be in small doses. I feel like normally all my life it was very hard to find that rewarding feeling after completing a task like you said, but with Adderall it feels like I really did it and did it well.

"...I had to bury part of myself."
Damn, man. I'm watching this video to cut back on my Adderall consumption. I can't imagine quitting. Although, that statement really cut deep. I've tried to stop taking amphetamine before. My life was hell, polarized between sleeping, and managing my own behavior. Power to you, man.

Thankyou

now the sounds gonna sound good *SLAP*

Your lived experience is better than any doctors advice I've seen on KRplus! I was off it for 10 years until starting again 6 months ago. I hate how I feel on Adderall but I want to be off of it so bad but not looking forward to the withdrawal.

ive been on 10 mg of vyvanse for almost 3 months and I still haven't made the leap to full on off besides a couple days here and there. I am so nervous to do it and worried it'll affect my school performance. if I ever do it ill be the happiest person alive.
you are very brave for sharing. hows your book coming along? there suchhh lack of info online on this

running every day during opiate withdraw, was a godsend...it was just like taking a pain pill, but all natural.......good bless the runner's high.

Well done on quitting, man. I related to a lot of what you said and have had to deal with trying to quit. It's been fucking with my head because I do want to quit but can't get over that initial hump of apathy, fatigue, emptiness etc. Not having energy and motivation is probably the worst because i can't focus and am not productive-can't complete assignments or even attend lectures. I can't afford to miss out on more work and fuck up. Whenever i've tried to quit, its been "cold turkey" resulting in dibilitating withdrawal. I know you mentioned it but, do you have any advice or tips for tapering off over a long enough time so that i can feel at least relatively "alive" each day to complete responsibilities and tasks. Thank you for the video and welcoming questions.

im beginning the journey of quitting... i must do it...

Having ADHD feels like a curse I cannot escape. I hate Adderall and hate the fact I can't do ANYTHING right. My brain is foggy all the time and I just don't know what to do anymore. I'm trying to ween off of it and its only been a few months since I started taking it and its already so hard.

Good video, I want to quit Adderall, as soon I don't take those awefull pills I feel like I'm gonna jump out of my skin, I get too hyper. I'm doing like 20 shores at the time. I hate taking Adderalls.

Off adderall for a month. After 10 years of using it to treat my ADD, I am still in withdrawal mode. It is tolerable rn, mostly, but I dislike random bouts of anxiety. Not depressed anymore, but still struggling with being intentional. Sending prayers to all who are trying to get off these chemicals for good.

I’m struggling with withdrawals at the moment, im taking dexamphetamine as I’m in Australia. But I was on the largest doesage a day 10 x 5mg of instant release. Your advice has helped me as I feel like my psychiatrist can’t even help, they just make it worse by offering other stuff. I hate dex, but I love who I am when I’m working. I’m giving it up though as it isn’t worth my pain. Can I email you a question ? I need some advice.

Hello, I just recently started taking adderall, I think im starting to become addicted. Thank you for this video, I’m gonna try to stop. It’s just hard now because I got in trouble at school. They put me in a “alternative school” (been in for 3 months now) everyday I sit at a computer or 8 hours. I started taking adderall 2 weeks ago and it just makes it so much less miserable. Without the adderall I fall asleep and don’t get my work done or I’m too slow. Resulting in bad grades. I don’t know what to do. This drug helps me so much.

2nd day off adderall… please pray for me I feel like shit

Right @ 6:25 is where you nailed it for me. Getting off of this shit is gunna be hard. IK that. But like you said it’s more rewarding then being on Adderall. GET MESSAGE !!!

Very honest account - thank you for sharing. You are making a significant difference to lives you'll never meet.
I haven't stopped taking Dexamphetamine. I tried several times and felt exactly how you described. Fatigue was the most debilitating effect. Sleeping just 5-6 hours a day on Dex I'd go 12-15 hrs broken sleep when I stopped. I feel't totally useless, ugly and dumb... .. . and that was just the first couple of days. I have been on Dex for over 15 years and the thought of stopping seems a barely sensible option to my Dex addicted brain.
Best wishes to those trying.

20 years taking Adderall and 4 days without, my script will be available in about 7 days, it's my hope and prayer that I don't give in to the addiction and get it refilled, because I'm tired of the roller coaster racing through my life ! Amen !

Im coming off it now and I can't seem to get out of bed and I just feel all and all shit I'm hoping I get better soon but when u feel this way u can't see it, I've also got a lot going on it life Witch is why I started to take take addirall but it made me crazy in a way but anyways that's my story, thanks man

Never thought I would leave a comment on anything but been trying to quit off and on for a year or so and after watching this and reading comments going to try again as for 15 years I have used this and slowly increased the amount all to try to make it through the day and all I want is to get off this and not be so dependent on it after reading comments just glad to see there is a way out and I can feel normal again so any more suggestions or comments would help as this will be cold turkey so just that much harder

Great video I'm on my third day off OFF

Thats a straight up add hat

3:45 WOW my psychiatrist literally asks me what I want and I get it. She’s never questioned my dosages or anything and I believe money is the main factor so WOW! It took me years to get down to one pill of Xanax and now I’m 4 days off of adderall which I don’t know how long this will take to get off it. I feel the depression, but I’m trying to not take any medications which is hard.

I’m going through right I choose to stop because I can’t afford it ,I can’t wake up in the morning the anxiety is awful I feel hopeless basic things to do is so hard to do” please anyone have any trips or supplements please let me know

Also, for what it's worth, I've recently had some, (approximately 30 - 40% decrease in severity of symptoms with use of the peptide Tesofensine....not cheap, and I was trying to reap proprted satiey benefits....but it actually unintentionally helped with some ADHD symptoms.
I've not seen anyone else report my findings though. Interesting to note that it was originally intended to be made into a drug that helped either Parkinson's or Alzheimer's patients. I can't remember exactly which, but basically was acting on achieving this via mostly dopamine pathways, touching a little on Seratonin,....but no cholinergic or norepinephrine pathways to my knowledge... and in accordance to how I feel on it, this makes perfect sense.

I have taken it on and off a few times over the years and I never had any problem stopping. It’s harder for me to quit caffeine to be honest. I don’t know why. I feel like it should be hard for me to quit but it never was

Hey thanks so much for the insight. How did you deal with crashing? My problem (after 4 years of quitting) is that I'm having a great "sober" normal energy kind of day and then almost right after lunch I start losing energy. It's really scary because many times I can't tell if I'm falling asleep or not and end up scaring people.

I often feel like I need this. I try and imagine who I would be if I had never started taking Adderall and I feel like they would be a complete stranger from who I am today. I also try and imagine how I could function or do anything with my life if I ever decided to go off of adderall. I also feel like there is a war inside of my body where one side of me is trying to pull me away from the adderall and the other side of me pulls me towards it. I don't think I have a strong enough support group to go through this. I fear I would lose everyone I care about. But I also fear that I will never know who I really am. I've been taking adderall since early high school. Now I am 20 and living on my own. I have so many dreams and goals. What if those goals go away when I stop taking it?

Well said. Been on and off with it for many years. Relapse is too easy going off cold
Turkey but ill say the exercise thing is what ive lacked. Goin to stop being so lazy. But L-tyrosine, green tea, lions mane mushroom and ashwaghanda work wonders. Magnesium too.