I’ve struggled a lot with trying to take drug holidays. When I do them, I end up lying in bed all day and become depressed and/or extremely tired.

What are things that you do to make it easier?

For those that don’t know: A ‘drug holiday’ is essentially a day that you don’t take your ADHD medication so that your body has time to decrease tolerance and make the medication more effective.

  • countrypunk@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I take concerta which although a stimulant is also an SNRI, so a lot of drugs in this class are also anti depressants. Even with amphetamines one of the most common withdrawal side effects is depression.

    • pleasestopasking@reddthat.comEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      I’ve never taken concerta but I have taken a different SNRI and I’d start to feel like utter shit by the afternoon if I forgot to take it in the morning. I would be way more worried about skipping an SNRI than a stimulant, personally.

      I don’t do drug holidays. I know a lot of people do, but I just can’t function. It makes sense that when you don’t take the medicine that helps you function, it’s really hard to function.

    • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      An SNRI should be taken every day (at the same time) or you’re going to feel weird. It’s not like the amphetamine meds.

      Edit: actually that’s Methylphenidate (Ritalin) which “acts primarily as a norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitor (NDRI).”