Adderall addiction

[AML]

I recently discovered that my 49 year old wife has been taking my sons adderall for a year.  She has been taking 20mg. per day.  She also takes celexa for depression.  I am concerned that she is addicted and will have withdrawal problems.  I have hidden the adderall from her and she no longer has it available.  She relizes that she has a problem and has commited to quit.  What are the withdrawal symptoms, how soon after she has quit to they show, how long to they last and how can I help.

Thanks,
AML

[oh please already]

well heres my babble  your right I was the one who took extra not the doctor but doctors should be informed on side effects and limitations of medication.If were a anti depressant we were talking about the doctor who of been sympthtic to the signs of withdrawl and supported it.I also question why so many people on this board think there addicts when they have REAL medical conditions that require pain control for qualty of life.Why are people made to feel guilty when its a chemical fact that tolerance will devolop even if taken as precribed.I understand people like mrmichael who so strongly defend oxycotin,in his case he has cerebl palsy and i wouldnt wish that on a dog,he found something that gives him life back and its not fair that he has to worry that it will be discontuined because of people like who abuse it.And then there are people like me also having real pain issues,I have stills,, aform of Reumotoid arthrisis that is harding all my conective tissue,blood vessals,skin,lungs etc,it hurts somedays worse theni ever thought possable and some days not,Why am i wrong in telling my doctor i cant tolerate the oxy,that i want to see what its like without it,its been four years and im in a good remission so its a good time,so why should i suffer,how humane is it ,what lesson am i begin taught? When the stills was full blow I SHOULD OF HAD 200mg if thats what i needed,i shouldnt of had to sneak no one should .Narcotics are a good drug,giving good pain control with limited and treatable side effects,threre are people who will always take every thing to the limit but how many on this forum know that they can take one drug without that need to self medicate ans then theres that one you just cant control,shouldnt you be able to be honest with your doctor and not judged?I truly belive that most addicts like us would not be if when we had pain it was adressed,then we wouldnt of thougght to self medicate,we would of healed and moved on,no one should suffer and noone has the right to judge what is real to themselfs,I would never punish my 4 yr old for having a nightmare,its real to her and i dont think anyone should be punsihed for getting caught in one either There is nothing wrong with needing help.,Doctors have the oblgation when they treat a person not to judge,whould they taunght a 400 ld diabetic?not to their face ,it   would be thought ill off to make fun or torment them,everyone fucks up somehow,would you punsih the person who lost his leg because he was speeding by making him hop or crawl,of course not. ,if you did youd be an ass.sSO why are addicts who are asking for help out of a pit that a lot of time they didnt dig alone,I  can understand if their not trying to help themselfs,or worse hurting others but why torment someone who is looking for a hand up,not a hand out?

[angst]

I tell all my physicians and dentist that I am a recovering addict on methadone.  I do not get the benefit of as much medication for pain following a surgery.  I have to tough out the headaches.  That is how I got hooked in the first place.  I had a happy neurologist who prescribed 6 bottles of stadol ns a week for me.  Thanks Doc!  I have an internist who takes care of my asthma.  He keeps me in xanax for now.  No one else will touch me.  Especially in Mississippi.  I have to go to alabama for methadone and to see the internist.  The ER is a good place to go in withdrawl for a few benzo's or something to help through the worst of it.  At least here, the hospitals are not so large.  I do not agree with the way the doctors discriminate against me because i'm a recoving addict on methadone.  But not everyone is enlightened.  They are afraid of the licensure boards.  I hope you are feeling better.

[OxyDout]

The fact is yes, they are the ones responsible for monitoring drugs, which is what they try and do, however, its you that is abusing his prescription, therefor, he is not at fault........ I'm in the same situation, however, I never admitted to my doc that I was an addict.........

GWH

[angst]

Sometime life suprises me, although it is tenuous for me.  While washing the dishes, looking out the window at the bayou and porch, I saw a butterfly.  Not just any butterfly, and I am not hallucinating, it's wingspan as large as my hand.  It is blue, gray, white and orange.  It is so huge.  It does not act like a hummingbird moth.  I live in the Southeast USA on the Gulf of Mexico.  This is unusual.  I know most of the indigenous plants and animals, because I've been here all my life.  We have all kinds of huge colorful spiders, but this is something new and beautiful.  I had gone out and in once, without noticing it.  I hope it is well.  Gotta go.  I have more energy and nerves right now.  My mind is screaming more adrenalin, more adrenalin.  I know it will eventually wear itself out of this, but I have little control.  Hope  you get to feeling better.  Imodium was listed in that recipe, I hope, at least when you go out.  Angst

[oh please already]

try calcium and st john wort for sleep_ yearsterday when i went to pick up the recipe i got them and they did give me a few hours sleep last night I got the calicum because all of those infomercials that ive seen for cCALSORB- all those people kept giving testermony on is vurtues so what could it hurt=do check about the st john wort for any drug intractions,I remember reading about some but I cant recall what they were well back to the john for me   see ya all later

[angst]

I wonder if magnesium taken sublingual would help take the edge off my anxiety while tapering off the xanax.  I have to say that all anxiety wears my energy down to nil.  Try explaining that to a straight ex-husband and 11 year-old daughter.  They want a clean house and meals.  i just want to sleep through this somehow.  I can sleep during the day, but at night sleep evades me like the plague.  I read mysteries and watch true crime series.  That does not sound very relaxing.  Sometimes I try to draw, but I am too hyped up to much productive work.  i've got to get out of the house, but I'm terrified at the thought of leaving my haven.  I usually take trazadone at night, but I've been out for a few days.  Tuesday, I'll go to the doc.  I'm a nurse myself, and I get frustrated at their ignorance at times.  Really, it is his wife.  She is trying to detox me, and she does not know what she is doing.  I'll try to fix it Tuesday.  I'm also trying to change my career.  Hope to find a new job soon.
Thanks for the recipe.   Angst