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.

  • Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.orgEnglish
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    1 month ago

    define “adhd meds”.

    Not taking a stimulant shouldn’t cause anxiety or depression, but going cold turkey for antidepressants might after a short while and just not taking those is nothing i’d recommend in any case.

    • countrypunk@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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      1 month 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.