I’ve struggled a lot with trying to take drug holidays. When I do them, I end up lying in bed all day and become depressed and/or extremely tired.
What are things that you do to make it easier?
For those that don’t know: A ‘drug holiday’ is essentially a day that you don’t take your ADHD medication so that your body has time to decrease tolerance and make the medication more effective.
is that actually necessary? i used to take ritalin everyday and i don’t remember being advised to take breaks by any of my psychiatrists
also, in my experience, ritalin was basically an on/off switch. i was fine when i took it, but whenever i had to stop taking it for any reason (e.g. a two-week-long ritalin shortage in the pharmacies around me) i felt just like before (i.e. like shit)
but ymmv as always