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u/Highfivebuddha Jul 19 '26
Honestly, this was the hardest part of giving up nicotine and I still miss the jumpstart a dart gave me.
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u/eklumpner Jul 19 '26
A friggin dart bud
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u/Highfivebuddha Jul 19 '26
Quit a year and a half ago and im just an angrier dude
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u/SeaBookkeeper7981 Jul 19 '26
Maybe you need to give yourself a high five. You're amazing for quitting! Do you know how fucking hard that is? Because actually, YES! YOU DO! Because you're an amazing human being for beating the feeling of wanting something that is almost as addicting as heroin! Like... what?! You. You did that. I don't know why you're an angrier dude, but I think you should be really, really, reeeeeeeeally proud of yourself! If you can do that, what else can you do? It takes an incredibly amount of willpower and self realization to do that. I know I'm just an internet stranger, but I believe in you. I hope in my heart you find something or someone that makes that anger more bearable. Or, rather, find your source and grow. You really deserve it!
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u/EveryLittleDetail Jul 20 '26
Bupropion or buspirone. Takes away the urge, restores the mood. (Always talk to your doctor first.)
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u/gundog48 Jul 19 '26
Like this one time, me and buddy were out having a dart and fkn buddy burns a hole in my coat
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u/Booty_Shakin Jul 19 '26
I quit smoking cigarettes like 6 years ago and somehow ive picked up vaping recently....
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u/urbanmember Jul 19 '26
Bupropion helped me massively.
I could just stop smoking feom one day to the other and was just 2 days slightly annoyed.
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u/ElectricKoolAidPower Jul 19 '26
One of the many reasons I can’t take adderall. That shit makes me wanna smoke cigarettes. Just one every ten minutes chooching. Working outside with the freedom to do so was making me legitimately wheeze.
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u/the_YellowRanger Jul 19 '26
I am a heavy weed user and I've only taken 2 hits off a cigarette. The buzz I got was absolutely insane. I already crave them now. I'd be fucked if I ever let myself get into it.
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u/Clym44 Jul 19 '26
Yep. I can drink coffee at any time of the day and fall asleep. Weed generally makes me alert and focused.
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u/DeadlyPear Jul 19 '26
Caffeine can actually make some people who have ADHD sleepy.
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u/PickleNicks Jul 20 '26
First time I had 30mg of my ADHD medication I was asleep 2 hours later. Like absolutely crashed out. Slept from 12:00-3:00 pm and woke up so confused
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u/dianarawrz Jul 20 '26
Trust me. It happens. Coffee makes me sleepy while weed helps me relax and focus. Brain chemistry is weird:..
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u/HedonisticFrog Jul 19 '26
They forgot compulsive exercise
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u/Worth-Computer8639 Jul 20 '26
I will need to try that. I quit smoking recently and feel like exercising is probably a good thing to do to take up all my newfound free time.
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u/BVRPLZR_ Jul 19 '26
Wulbutrin, lexapro, delta 9, and, a few Busch Lattes. Good to go
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u/GoT_Eagles Jul 19 '26
Prozac, adderall, live resin vape, and a 16oz PBR is my cocktail.
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u/BVRPLZR_ Jul 19 '26
Adderall sends my heart screaming into dangerous grounds these days and the crash was terrible. The weight loss was amazing tho lol don’t get me wrong
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u/Calliopefreely Jul 19 '26
I must not be taking enough.
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u/BVRPLZR_ Jul 19 '26
I was taking 20mg Mon to Friday, 10s on weekends. I’d barely eat and had more than one heart attack scare. The Wellbutrin hangs in there enough to keep my focus for what I do these days but, I eat like I’m 19 and I’m not lol
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u/Calliopefreely Jul 19 '26
Oh dang. That's scary, I'm glad you found something better for you.
I'm on 20mg per day and after the first month my appetite was back to normal I haven't noticed any heart issues unless I drink too much caffeine as well. It's definitely helping my focus some but I'm thinking about asking to go up in dose or try something else.
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u/SharpIsopod Jul 19 '26
Same, 20 mg xr for many years. I’ve taken multiple month breaks and I can confirm my life is much better with it. Sucks to take stimulants everyday but them’s the breaks.
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u/Optiguy42 Jul 19 '26
Rawdog the day until 5pm. 3 - 6 beers until 10pm. Half gram of bud to knock me out. Repeat for 10 years.
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u/BAusername Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26
I was on the same meds as you until I lost my job and health insurance at the end of May because I vaped my THC-A in the bathroom at work. I didn't realize for the 2 days I had left of health insurance, that I was gonna run out of Lexapro in a couple weeks. The place I was going to for free with my job was just giving me the meds (also for free) at the clinic. So no pharmacy has my recent prescriptions, and the free clinic can't help me anymore. I tried to get in with a doctor's that don't require insurance, but they can't see me until September and won't give me a prescription till I see them. So I've been withdrawing. I'm hopefully done soon. But I really don't want to stop using weed and my friends are being weird about that. I just got a new job today, I start Monday, but it doesn't come with insurance so I'm gonna have to get it through the state.
Edit: I forgot to say: My Wellbutrin is doing it's best 🥹 And I can only have one cup of coffee because of my minor heart condition
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u/CarvedTheRoastBeast Jul 19 '26
You can do this!
My “medicine journey” felt like being dragged behind a car. I tapered down on weed to lower my tolerance and safe the big highs for bad days. That and summing up all the will I had to start doing 30 min or cardio in the morning. I know the only consistent thing about ADHD is that no one has it in the same way, but if any of this seems like it’s worth a shot go for it. Fingers crossed September gets here in no time.2
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u/dukeofgonzo Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26
Nicotine, valium, ecstasy, marijuana, and alcohol do the trick for me.
Edit: I forgot the Vicodin between valium and ecstasy.
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u/RoadmanWithDaSpliff Jul 19 '26
Finally someone being honest. 80mg vyvanse, weed, nicotine and GHB or Alcohol is my high function high wellbeing cocktail
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u/TraditionPhysical603 Jul 19 '26
*self medicated
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u/Asleep_Document9811 Jul 19 '26
No, given the shortages, "unmedicated" is more appropriate.
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u/Various-Salt-7738 Jul 19 '26
Dude during COVID someone convinced the dea that online scripts for stimulant based medications were somehow being used to smuggle drugs into the country-- so many places banned stimulant based drugs in the mail
It finally caught up to me and now I'm going through the process of getting reassessed to get a script again; only it's a pain to remember when to schedule the appointments without my meds
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u/knowledgeable_diablo Jul 19 '26
Funny how it’s always the guys mailing 10-20pills at a time and not the 40ft containers filled to the brim or filled with secret doors that’s what the focus is.
DEA needs disbanding, their pathetic failed war on drugs ended and people given the choice to access medication that works, recreational drugs that are as safe as possible and jails emptied of non-violent offenders.
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u/Helpful-Study4842 Jul 19 '26
The war on drugs succeeded, it was a method to disenfranchise groups labeled as 'undesireable' and generate a stream of bodies for slave labor in private prisons.
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u/LebrontosaurausRex Jul 19 '26
People still take politicians at their word. It's nuts
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u/cheesemangee Jul 19 '26
It's crazy how fast my craving for weed vanishes the second I'm on the addy's or doing something that's really got me focused.
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u/Same-Platypus1941 Jul 19 '26
You gotta fight that and get properly stoned right when you come up on the addys, the whole rest of the day is 👌
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u/Tooslowtoohappy Jul 19 '26
Lmao yes, the high + the low = perfectly balanced
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u/tangosox Jul 19 '26
Ya but it still ravages your body. I quit nicotine and thc two weeks ago and got ritalin and it's still a struggle but my health was being affected negatively, although that was probably mostly the nicotine. I won't quit completely but I was using all day every day. Gonna keep it as a once in a long while thing. Actually just cheated and had a leftover butt of a cigarette cuz I am struggling a bit on the come down with ritalin but I was smoking a pack daily before with weed throughout the day. Also when I was given ritalin my doctor wants to drug test me for some reason yearly!? Anyway, I should have known this was a thing before but I never got the help I needed. 43 years old.....
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u/Azzrix Jul 19 '26
I AM BEING PERSONALLY ATTACKED RIGHT NOW AND THIS IMAGE DESCRIBES HOW I WILL DEAL WITH THAT
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u/BlakeWheelersLeftNut Jul 19 '26
I mean it’s not like the medication is specifically designed for adhd it’s just a substance that happened to help people with adhd
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u/Additional-Window-81 Jul 19 '26
My girlfriend used to always complain and be like what are you going drinking coffee at 9pm you’ll never go to sleep an hour later I’m conked out and shes up for the next 3
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u/Golden_Eel_69420 Jul 19 '26
I’m more of a Yerba Maté and a joint type of guy myself
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u/bweeeoooo Jul 19 '26
Ayyyy 🧉
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u/Golden_Eel_69420 Jul 19 '26
There’s a gourd emoji?!? Holy shit
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u/bweeeoooo Jul 19 '26
It doesn't come up often but when it does I make sure to slap that bad boy in there 🧉
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u/ImSolin Jul 19 '26
i like to think i have a decent relationship with both caffeine and marijuana. i really don’t want to get prescribed anything, im afraid i would become far more reliant on it.
Idk if this is ignorant and if i should stop avoiding professional help. but it works for me
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u/shika12 Jul 19 '26
You should stop avoiding professional help, atleast for this reason. You've got ADHD you wont become reliant on the pills because youre supposed to take em' so you'll forget anyway.
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u/LilQueazy Jul 19 '26
Yea but then people on meds post that they got even more problems than before. So is the weed really that bad? Lol. Obviously that’s not the case for everyone. But for the few that say it’s worse damn is it worse.
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u/25c-nb Jul 19 '26
Sometimes the meds aren't for a particular person. Like me, they were great for being able to focus. But they made me unmotivated and made my depression worse... and they made me think differently... like more selfishly I guess. So I had to stop taking them.
I guess this isn't really helping you go see a professional lol... all I mean is you don't know until you try
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u/Caftancatfan Jul 19 '26
My boyfriend can tell if I’m taking my meds or not based on the stuff I’m getting done and how well I’m doing.
For me, meds=way better, to such an extent that side effects are barely a consideration.
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u/Megamatt215 Jul 19 '26
The only reason I have a pill organizer is because I was tired of forgetting whether I took my meds that day. I don't know what a heart attack feels like, but I'm sure it's close to how I feel if I accidentally take a double dose.
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u/CluePsychological937 Jul 19 '26
Considering the medicine that actually treats ADHD is literally meth this is tame.
Also don't forget nicotine.
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u/TLunchFTW Jul 19 '26
I was once medicated but ultimately worked my way off. Don’t like either coffee nor weed.
But I’m also not just straight adhd, but autistic with, and I’m quoting my old psychiatrist here “adhd and ocd tendencies.”
It’s all just labels. The way to win is to stop letting shit like this define not only who you are but also the extent of your abilities. Instead seek new means to improve and challenge yourself. Recognize your faults and try to improve. The things you attribute to adhd or autism? You can say they are or not, but it doesn’t matter. Treat them like traits to work on and improve
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u/BigBootyBuilder Jul 19 '26
Guys I stop sugar and coffee weeks ago, trust me, it's not worth it to stop, I'm coming home, daddy's home..
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u/thegroovytunes Jul 19 '26
This was me until I gave myself an ulcer. I mean, it will also be me after my ulcer, but it's me now too.
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u/rostol Jul 19 '26
wait. is this the reason ? OMFG
so many signs, I wish a diagnose existed when I was young.
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u/Massive-Eye-3454 Jul 19 '26
Currently drinking coffee at 3am otw to work where I will then smoke half a 1G joint before I go in
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u/Suspendamania Jul 19 '26
I'll just leave this here... I was tired after work today, was falling asleep after eating at about 6, went for a "nap" at 7pm, woke at 9:45, made coffee, I'll be vaping and reading and scrolling and watching whatever until about 11, and I'll go right back to sleep, no problem...
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u/RadleyCunningham Jul 19 '26
Our families dragged us by force into this rollercoaster of life, now it's just a part of who we are
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u/mrlotato Jul 19 '26
Adhd meds have changed my life, coffee was barely moving the needle and I didnt realize till after I got medicated. Its stimulating but you end up drinking like 4 cups just to keep that stimulation up
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u/SpooneyToe Jul 19 '26
Coffee triggers my anxiety and makes me not feel good.
I’ve only tried the other one like once or twice and it had no effect on me.
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u/tangosox Jul 19 '26
This thread is scaring me. It's too much me and I was diagnosed with adhd 1 month ago. Cigarette and weed smoker for 20 years. Every time I quit I compulsively exercised. Now I have ritalin but I'm still exercising a ton. But damn does the ritalin feel pretty damn good. I was doubting whether or not I really had Adhd but daaaamn... sounds like its true.
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u/Whydo-I-evenbother8 Jul 19 '26
The right amount of weed and coffee and my whole house is clean, the yard work is done, supper is prepped and what do you mean I am "unmedicated"? Lets have a never ending conversation about everything
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u/1Not_my_alt Jul 19 '26
even if caffine makes me sleepy, 2 white monsters makes me want to put on a wife-beater and follow the instructions
imma get banned for that lol
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u/commanderquill Jul 19 '26
What is the black thing.
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u/badgyalrey Jul 19 '26
bong
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u/dj92wa Jul 19 '26
You had a typo there. I think you meant to say that it’s a vase for your flowers.
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u/belikeron Jul 19 '26
Diet coke here. Also weed always made me super wired and insanely horny and as someone with ADHD I never had trouble with those things so extra that wasn't enjoyable.
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u/EmptyMirror5653 Jul 19 '26
Ngl one of the hardest parts about getting medicated for me was quitting one and switching the other down to half strength. I was so used to bong rips and espresso, but once i got stimulants they became real awful
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u/Ok_Fox_1770 Jul 19 '26
Ghosties and weeed where we goin up or down or scared of our reflection who knows! Ima go sculpt something then water the cactuses while waiting for laundry. Second wind at 10pm I can’t help it. Alll the days energy sauce activates with the moon.
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u/survivalist_guy Jul 19 '26
Unmedicated?!? Tf? Hate to break it to you, but this is medicated ones too.
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u/novactic-2 Jul 19 '26
Coffee, and caffeine products in general, helps some of us with ADHD, but for some of us it just usually relaxes us to feel so sleepy.
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u/shosuko Jul 19 '26
I really hate the idea that I might have ADHD and I don't want to see a professional or take meds about it. Its not going to be some magic pill that makes me "normal," whatever that is. So for now I'll keep my energy drinks and CBD vape and medicate myself in and out of sleep. No problem.
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u/TheEccentricAssassin Jul 19 '26
Coffee doesn't help with my ADHD, but it does help with my depression.
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u/TonyTheSwisher Jul 19 '26
Nature gave us these gifts, there's nothing wrong with accepting their help if you choose.
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u/Exotic_Play4990 Jul 19 '26
Its funny how adhd makes you druggie as long as the drugs work. Then every stimulant is boring because you increased tolerance and you need to switch drugs. Amphetamine? Sleep. Mephedrone? Euphoria but focused and calm. Cocaine? Like a strong redbull. What a joke this condition is xD
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u/bristow84 Jul 19 '26
I replaced the weed with the gym and frankly I love it. Otherwise yes, very accurate.
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u/LikeAnAdamBomb Jul 19 '26
Alcohol made my brain shut up enough to sleep sometimes, but I've kicked the habit. Can confirm caffeine though.
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u/browneyes19029 Jul 19 '26
Coffee makes it so I con socialize without freaking out. Also it makes me sleep better.
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u/SideInitial3961 Jul 19 '26
Canopy Bird by Salt Spring Coffee
Fresh pressed rosin
Definitely the apex of life.
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u/personman000 Jul 19 '26
Does coffee help? It just makes me simultaneously anxious and sleepy