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> too many yo-yo accessibility issues

Are you talking about issues accessing medication? If so, I completely agree. The system is rather difficult and unforgiving to navigate -- that alone makes deters many from even attempting to get treatment, and I do not blame them one bit.

I take IR instead of XR, and I am about to be in a similar boat as you.

How bad is the process of going cold-turkey? How long does the Hell that I am in for last? I have serious concerns for keeping my current job without access to medication, but part of me wants to know if I am just being overly anxious and hyperbolic, or if I am actually am screwed.



"How bad is the process of going cold-turkey?"

I think it varies wildly from person to person. When I've quit stimulants in the past it was really just a week or two before I was close to what felt like my baseline. The hardest part for me was the daytime sleepiness.


The shortage put me without it 3 weeks. The first few days I had the headaches and heady feeling.

Then slight depression at confronting how much harder things were to do a few more days.

Back to normal in 7-10 days.




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