I am fully capable of recognising situations where the meds help and where they hinder.
I am fully capable of recognising situations
where the meds help and where they hinder.
I take mine selectively as well, to an extent. But in practice I am limited by the fact that there's a certain physical dependency - if I'm accustomed to N mg daily, I can't take less than about 50% of that dose without feeling some withdrawal symptoms such as brainfog and physical lethargy.
(For whatever it's worth: I don't have much trouble cycling off completely. I can go from 100% to 0% in a few days if I taper the dosage.)
Withdrawal is certainly not unheard-of. https://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/adderall-withdrawal
Based on anecdotal experience I kind of want to say mild withdrawal is the norm but that might well be selection bias at work: people are more likely to talk about withdrawal than they are to talk about the lack of withdrawal.
In my personal experience, just to put things in perspective: I would describe my adderall withdrawal as approximately half as bad as caffeine withdrawal. I don't have any other forms of withdrawal with which to compare it.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/methylphenidate...
Oh, I certainly wasn't intending to give the impression I doubted that they did. (But I also wouldn't want people to have exaggerated fears about withdrawal - it's hard to know which is more need of correction)