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You do need to lay off the coffee for a bit though. At first I stopped altogether, then went back to some decaf, now I'm back to drinking some regular, but always careful about how much.

Also, decongestant medication, though Adder-all is a mild decongestant so I don't use separate decongestants very often.

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Oh, absolutely. Learn how your body behaves on the stimulants, and I found I really didn't need (or want) nearly as much caffeine as before. I used to consume enough I would have really nasty withdrawals, and now I don't (consume as much nor get withdrawal symptoms).

Likewise. I'm completely off caffeine now (though do occasionally have a coke on bad days) and I feel a lot better. It frustrates me how hard it is (at least in the US) to get medication.

Getting ADHD medication in the US is the single most ADHD-unfriendly activity in existence. Frequent appointments with multiple entities, all-too-frequent interruptions to these appointments (with and without mitigations), incredibly strict windows of time for refills, the #*&$ insurance system...

And then there's the inevitable "you run out of meds and have to navigate all these hurdles without being medicated" gauntlet that makes you cry in frustration.

If I didn't have a non-ADHD spouse, I doubt I'd be able to maintain it.

Yes, 100%. The idea that you have to plan vacations around refill windows since they won't let you get more than 2 days before is utterly ridiculous. And at the same time they make it difficult to impossible to get your medications, they (the medical industry) will (with a straight face) tell you "don't go cold turkey off your medications"

Well, there was Cerebral, but their CEO blew the situation up for everyone and now we can't have nice things.

I also switched to decaf! It's nice not feeling tied to caffeine so much :)

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