I take Adderall 20 mg twice per day. I think I have developed a tolerance and my pdoc was reluctant to raise my dosage and suggested I take a "drug holiday" from Adderall. He didn't say how long to stay off of it.

Well, I took his advice and this "holiday" is terrible so far! I'm on day four of the holiday and all I want to do is sleep and eat. I don't think I'm depressed, but I feel very "blah" and unmotivated. Lethargic.

Can anyone relate to this experience or describe their drug holidays from their ADHD med? I'm going to stick it out until next month, but this stinks. I'm disabled so I'm not working ... so there isn't an issue there. I don't feel like a call to my pdoc is warranted. But this certainly doesn't feel like a vacation lol

I'm on the thin side - almost underweight BMI-wise and have bipolar 1. I'm guessing he doesn't want to raise my dosage due to potential weight loss or mania.

Will a drug holiday reduce my tolerance? Is feeling lousy like this normal?