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

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thank you  I wish you peace

[mrmichael67]

The point I was trying to make on that one thread you are referring to is that the person who kicked the oxy but was still on the vicodin had basically replaced one for the other.  Other than that, I haven't picked out people's faults.  I don't know if you go over to the other forum or not, but if you were to check it out, you would see the type of advice I give people.  Obviously, the comment on the other thread was taken the wrong way.  For that, I am sorry.  As I have stated, that was not my intention.  Other than that, I think a lot of what you wrote in your last post is way out in left field.  Like I said, go check out the other forum at http://pub37.ezboard.com/bthenewaddictionmedicineforum and you will see who I am.  I have never mocked anyone or knocked them for anything.  Lord knows I have many issues identical to the ones that people here have.  And, I have never claimed otherwise or tried to make it seem so through the way I write.  I am sure I could go back to the last post and take more from it to comment on, but what is the use?  And, if you were offended in any way, I am sorry.  I certainly have nothing against you.  On that note I will say adios to this forum.  I know where my home is.  By the way, the b in the link is not a typo.

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ok now.   There is no denying that michael is correct in the facts he quotes,but one thing i have learned in my life is that there are people who get it=and people who dont,even if you spell it out(sad i think)I think that right now I need to spend my energy on postive things that matter and so if I remember I think that the thread was about helping someone who doesnt think they have a problem,aml wants to know,and as many people who were trying to help,took the time to point out,there is no point to tellin a person who doent want help ,that they have a problem, a person needs some sort of self insight to admit to themselfs the truth.I just wont to say that because a person is not ready to get help,that does not mean that you should allow that person to bring you down,we are only responable for ourselfs.I should of stood up to my doctor,I Knew i was getting over my head but it was hard to stand up to someone who was A PROFESSIAL,I should of insisted but I didnt,and I think that he had a responsablity to listen,which he didnt.But you dont sell out people,at least I dont .PROFESSINal are not always right,they may have all the facts stright,but they dont see the big picture.

[mrmichael67]

I don't understand what you mean by a tough guy board.  I didn't draw first blood here.  If you don't disagree with anything I said, than what is your point?  I haven't said anything that would make me a 'tough guy'.  My second post in this thread was meant to be taken the way I wrote it.  Kip, if you have a problem with me, I don't know why.  I haven't done anything to you or anyone else here.  Although I am not new here, I generally choose not to post here for this very reason.  Just seems like there is always someone with a chip on his or her shoulder, and it's not me.  And, I am speaking about the vast minority here.  I stand behind my record of helping others, and if someone has a problem with me then it is exactly that, their problem.  But, when it comes to people bashing oxycontin, I do tend to get a little un-nerved.  And, I do have a problem with people blaming others for the very pills that they, themselves ingested.  I am prescribed oxy for cp and do abuse them from time to time.  I feel I am no better than anyone else here.  But, I do take responsibility for my own actions.  Like I said, I haven't done anything to anyone here.  And, I took the first shot.  Actually, I have taken three from two different people.

[hippy]

I know thing' s can get tough when your in the process of kicking on your own. You sound like your on the right track.
Im 16 day's clean  just using the recipe.
As far as people giving advice , there is an old saying
DONT GIVE ADVICE UNLESS ASKED' OR THE NEWCOMER WILL LOSE ANY RESPECT THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD FOR YOu.
The recipe is doing wonders for me., I was taking 15 perc's a day.  If you have any question's I would direct them tward,s some of the people on this site who seem to have a lot of experence and kindness. some one like spipper and his wife
irish rose. they seem to have the answers to most of the question,s ive seen on this fourm.
I think we all know most of the problem's regarding abusing
pill,s it's the solution's we need.
Putting people down is just un called for. We do enough of that to ourselve's.

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i aplogise to everyone for begin nasty,your right i shoulnt take my probems out on others BUT..I have notice in michaels posts how he is always so quick to put shall we say ,other peoples accompishments in perspective-hes quick to point out to the person who is now taking 3-4 vicodin that it is the same narcotic tolerance as oxy,so she really failed,now it is true what he says but i think damm good for you ,if u couldnt control one,u had the strenght to know it,address it and control it.you win,good for you.Who am I to point out your faults.I find it intresting to read what michael writes ,but I do question he's own self awareness,he says oxy is a wonder drug,true,he says that he wishes that he had gotten it so he would not have the tolerance he now has,and this is where i get confused-hasent he pointed out many times that all narcotic share the same tolerance(allowing for the conversion factor of course,ex 10 ms inject=75mg im=30 mg oxycoDONE by mouth=2mg daludid iv,i could go on but i made my point)so i want to know how having to take more percocet for pain control increased his tolerance,counting out the issues of tylenol,why was is ok for him to self medicate,because his doc was uninformed?why does his real pain (and most people on this forum seem to have real medical issues)justifyself treatment and others not.hes quick to point out that other people should take account of what there doing,but he doesnt,wheather he had oxy or perc he would have to take the same amount to get relief,but its his doctors fault becase he didnt presribe the right dose,not that he put more pills in his mouth.why didnt HE speak up if it is so easy?I appaud all the people on this forum who are stong enough to admit a promblem they made.I wish a few of them WOULD take something so they didnt suffer so,but i think that its people like mrmichael who make them feel guilty,that its wrong,that there weak,There are at least 3 people on this forum who had surgery this week and there all suffering because someone made them feel like they had no selfcontrol,so my question to mr michael is where was your control when you were getting yours?    again i am sorry for getting nasty.