Considering Adderall

I took 10 mg. of Adderall one day last week and I felt GREAT.
It was left over from 1.5 years ago. I stopped taking the Adderall because I was determined to get to the "root cause" of my all my health issues and resolve them once and for all. HA HA!!

Anyway, I felt so good and normal, I am now tempted to go back to a doctor and just ask for 20 mg. of Adderall daily and take 10 in morning and 10 mg. in the afternoon. I had no brain fog, I felt happy, like I WANTED to do something.

My history: I'm 62, retired, no mortgage, with a moderate income stream. I have $400 a month to spend on medical care and supplements. All I want is to remain functional till I die. There's no good reason for me to seek expensive specialists and treatments and use thousands of dollars of my retirement.

Good advice Traveler. I would also add that while it will help in the short term, tolerance develops quickly, and if you are treating or going through this for a long time, adderall will not be as effective in short order...either forcing you to keep upping the dose, or just not getting any benefit. If you are someone with ADD or ADHD, the benefit it somewhat different, but even if you are, it likely wont help with the cognitive issues at all.

I agree with Traveler. Not trying to gang up on you, I am just concerned for you.

Adderal helped me for a very short while but then I would get so tired shortly after taking it. It became so unpredictable whether it would help or make things worse fast.

Use of it cause me to nod off behind the wheel when I thought I could take a pill instead of taking a pause.

If you saw the road I fell asleep on, you would say I am lucky to be typing to you today.

Rather than increase the dose I realized the futility, danger, and how I was compounding it. I stopped taking it as I saw where that was heading.

I prefer Kratom for clear thinking, pain relief, and energy but tolerance can also build with this too. Its a better choice for myself but less than optimal, still.

I completely understand the desire and need to stay productive and to have the will and fortitude to do so rather than just be taking up space.

I want to heal so I dont need to rely on any substance, so I am addressing the root causes. I hope you find a way to do the same with a focus on the long term.

Purrrsiankitty said...
OMG 80 years old with an active infection! What a nightmare!!!

Someone should start a weird Lyme related dream thread. Wow where is my brain?

Guess I'll hit submit now😊

I'm only 15 years away.

Yes and they could be a miserable way to spend those years.

I just read Traveler's Lyme story - VERY inspiring to me.

Somewhere, (on this board?), I read yesterday that if you are herxing, then you SHOULD INCREASE whatever it is you're taking to get through it?

DO YOU ALL AGREE WITH THAT??
I think what is happening to me right now is I am herxing on cryptolepsis. I'm only taking 3-5 drops in the morning and then in the afternoon, but I am think the nausea and dizziness are MUST BE herxing due to he cryptolepsis.

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Klagh said...
I just read Traveler's Lyme story - VERY inspiring to me.

Somewhere, (on this board?), I read yesterday that if you are herxing, then you SHOULD INCREASE whatever it is you're taking to get through it?

DO YOU ALL AGREE WITH THAT??
I think what is happening to me right now is I am herxing on cryptolepsis. I'm only taking 3-5 drops in the morning and then in the afternoon, but I am think the nausea and dizziness are MUST BE herxing due to he cryptolepsis.

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NO. The herxing does mean it's working - as in killing off the bacteria....but you do not want to increase your dose and potentially increase your herx!
Herxing can be more than uncomfortable - they can send people to the ER department....can be very serious.
Your body is flooded with toxins - which can affect every organ - your heart, kidneys, liver...etc.

What you want to do is increase your detoxing to alleviate it...and sometimes even LOWERING the dose of the antibiotic or herb....etc. is necessary.

Just wanted to chime in here and agree with Girlie. Please do NOT increase the dose of the treatment protocol when you are herxing! As she said, you should increase your detoxing - and if the herxing continues that's when you start lowering your doses of the treatment protocol - no matter what you are using.

Herxing is what is known as a cytokine storm - the stronger the herxing, the worse off the body is, and the more drastic measures that have to be taken to survive it. Most of us here do what we can to keep herxing just as low as we can. No need to add anything else to this mess!

It could be or a result of poor detoxing. Not necessarily how your doing it but perhaps a gene mutation that hinders your bodys ability to expel toxins.

Also, possibility it may mean an older infection that has had plenty of time to settle in deep.

We are in the same boat, our similarities are almost identical. Just keep doing the best you can. Have tests run if you can for MTHFR gene mutation. There are ways to treat that will help.

TX for replies!! I AM using ALL the recommended detox methods.
With that knowledge, I feel certain it's a HEAVY lifelong accumulation of toxins.