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Originally Posted by allme
Interesting...and I see the point you are making. However, I only intend to do this to get the ball rolling...once in therapy and once some progress has been made, I will slowly reduce substance intake. Hopefully, in an ideal world, the transition will be seamless  Yeah right? My plan is to slowly come off it...slowly letting ME come through, slowly learning new tools and beliefs and at the same time try to apply them to the sobering up me. Don't know if that makes sense  |
This makes complete sense to me. I'm on Adderall (similar to Ritilin) and I'm weaning myself off it pretty much as you describe.
Without my Adderall I used to be spacey and backed off from the world, as well as more anxious, surprisingly enough. These days I take it when I'm feeling too overwhelmed or when I feel I have a lot I need to get done. I also find that I do experience anxiety as a side effect, as opposed to my own brand of anxiety when I take it if I don't need it. I think I'll have my doc lower my dose next time I see her.
I completely understand your reasoning for wanting to stay on this drug/supplement. I would never have been able to handle starting therapy and all the other things that were going on in my life at the time without my Adderall. I say go for it. You are the expert on you after all.
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