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

[Creamie]

I don't mean to post where I shouldn't, but please ,anyone I posted in the next question, the one on coke, I just jumped in on that thread. I don't want it lost...If anyone could respond... Creamie

[Deason]

I hope your were able to get some sleep last night.  Things can seem so much worse in the middle of the night.  Today is a new day.  I would like to address a few things you wrote about.  First, it sounds like your doctor acted very irresponsibly and he knows it.  Please try and find a new doctor as soon as possible (especially because you stated you have real medical problems). There are many good ones out there.   Secondly, I highly doubt this doctor will be calling CPS considering his actions in this matter.  He would be drawing attention to a situation I'm sure he would rather forget.  Now it is time to look forward.  You are doing the right thing NOW and that is all that matters.  Get clean with the support of everyone here and then if any of the other "stuff" (doc hopping) comes back to haunt you, you will be in good shape to handle it.  Please stay in touch.

[oh please already]

no **** sherlock,what is your point?I know I have a problem,I told the doctor so,he increase to16 perc a day and after a while said the tylenol was too much.Storys good so far.then he gave me oxycotin 40mg 3 times a day,it was like i told him I cant stop thinking about these pill so he said heres more so dont worry,be happyand i was UNTIL my life started to fall apart and when i went back and said i didnt want to do this anymore,im getting withdral when i run out,and he says if your getting withdrawl your an addict and i dont treat addicts getting nasty now..ok I sayWait,I am getting withdral from a med U started me on,medical fact people build tolerance to narcotics..Why did you start me on this if u dont know how to stop me ?So then he says If u cant quit alone then your an addict .(He's panicing now I guess,He must be thinking the same thing,watches cnn,He knows that this is a high profile drug right now and here I am making a stink that he gave it to me,could it be that he might be responable and even liable for making me an addict?(I saw the gears running in his head)NOW MIND YOU I DID NOT GO IN FOR ANY DRUGS REFILLS,all i brought was my list of vitamins and aminos to make sure that I woulnt have a drug reaction,I DIDNT EVEN WANT XANAX,i had.I just wanted to let him know that i was going to go into withdrawl,so if anything happened,he could help me.He was my doctor. my friend.    Im very glad that your having no problem with your drug intake,   but why are you here?  I know that before i became a addict,I would of never of hung out T*H*E*M*,  no! not a drug addict!!! .But look here you are.!!WHY??  well its 430 in the morning and ive used up all my anger .everyone have a good day

[mrmichael67]

I feel sorry for your situation, but I wanted to address one issue you had.  In regards to the 40 mg oxy three times a day compared to 70 mg of percocet.  Do you realize how much tylenol is in those percocets?  Each drug has oxycodone in it, period. Oxycontin coming in such potent doses is what creates the problem with tolerance.  And, taking it beyond prescribed doses also creates problems.  I am no better than anyone else, but that is true.  I would be willing to fight for oxycontin till the day I die.  If taken as per labeling, oxycontin is a safe and valuable drug in the pain management arsenal of weapons.  That's what I don't understand about the thinking of oxycontin being so addictive.  It is the way people are taking it that makes it that way.  Sure, you have a bunch of 80's and are crushing them and snorting them, you will have a problem quick.  If you were taking percocet, the same results will happen, just a whole lot slower.  I am not defending your doc as he seems to be a real winner, but him prescribing oxycontin was completely called for.  Actually, I wish I had been prescribed oxycontin back when I really needed it.  I might not have had to get used to taking a whole bunch of percs just to make the pain less severe.  If I were treated properly when I should have been, I might not have the tolerance I enjoy today.  There is nothing evil about oxycontin, when used properly!

[oh please already]

sorry i keep rambling but i need a favor,this boardbut if i do stop postin has become my lifeline,i depend on it and read it many time a day just to pass 10 min without putting a pill in my mouth, and i am having a LOT of trouble holding on right now,I am scaring myself if you can understand that so please dont put in writing what i fear so much,I know wht might happen,but putting in writing might make it too real to deal with right now and if i see that what my worse fears are might be what other people see too,i dont think i would be able to cope with that ,.. just yet,im not stupid i already know but i also know that any more pressure will snap the tightrope i am walking.I vented in the last 2 postings and it has helped me calm down but i am still too frightened not to look at the world from behind my fingers like when u watch a scary movie,u know what might be coming but u cant bear to see the whole scene at once

[oh please already]

and so that shows an addict is addict,I am not going to let this s--t of a human begin cause me to fail.I am going to start the recipe anyway,screw it If i die at lleast my daugher will know that i died TRYING,not because i gave up.and so the moral of this story is NEVER TRUST ANYONE,exspecialy someone who takes money for u,A "Doctor will sell u out,1st by giving u something that will kill you when THEY dont have all the facts(I never understood how taking 3 40mg tablets of oxy would be better 4 me then 70 mg of percocet but i trusted him,and put the pill in my own mouth and yes,i was looking for a better high,he just made it much easyer when he knew i had a promblem)and then will sell you out again when the **** hits the fan with the FDA(if there wasent all this hype on t.v.with congress invoved I know that this man would of let me Quietly continue to kill myself,one because it was easy money,he got paid 160 dollors to  write 15 words  on a paper,,but now hesafraid of begin accountable,that some one whould see that he doesnt know what tha f--k hes doing,and is a dangerous man. SO my advice it to remember these facts.I forgot who started this thread but whoever did ask yourself this,If your wife was taking from your childs rx,then the script whould run short causing her to call for refills early,this is also a tightly controled drug,and yet your doctor wrote for extra,if it came down to him explaining to the DEA why he wasnt closely montoring a CHILDS meds,didnt question if the child was getting the right dose,didnt keep tight records that he required to by LAW who do u think he will sell out Himself? or your Family?I am sorry that I am rambling on but t kept me from going insane.Do u think he will really call CPS?and what could they do?Its been weeks since ive gotten "extra scipts"Other then this i am a great mom,my daughter has everything,is healty,happy and just got a clean bill of health at her 4 yr old check up.The only thing anyone who doent know this sceret will see is that shes not up to date with all her shots,i refuse to give her the chicken pox shot,its untested in children and i refused to put any extra drugs in her body she doesnt need... but there are secrets they could find if they went looking..other then that i just dont know and i thougt i couldnt sleep before,do u think that god is testing me?or maybe she would be better off... a few weeks ago i was pushing that thought around in my mind and maybe im begin punshed now for thinking it.without her i will die.Im so worried im too late,maybe trying is not enough  who ever said it was right its the secerts that will kill you