Secondly, I take Adderall so I can get up and function. I have been on it for a year, mostly on, but sometimes I go off of it for a week or so. It's an 'amphetamine salt', or stimulant. If you don't have ADD ( I don't) , it basically makes you feel like you've drank a lot of coffee. It gives me a desire to get stuff done and ability to focus and stay with a task. I love it and it has been a total lifesaver. Without it, I'm in bed most the time, and mentally trying to drag myself around working on trying to conjure up the ability to care enough to do minor tasks. I hate life without it, because my mind goes crazy thinking about all the things I want to do, but emotionally and physically, I just don't care if my house is on fire. I get extremely frustrated with being unable to accomplish even small things, and feel worthless, which leads to depression and a fatalistic feeling that there is no good ending to anything.
I am cutting off my second dose of Adderall as of today. I'll see if I can stick with that. I would like to get off of it altogether. I am afraid if I keep taking it during my treatment, I'll never know if I'm actually feeling better or not, because it's like a wonderful magic pill for the hours it's working. I am also afraid if I just quit, I'll have some major emotional, physical and mental withdrawls and I don't want to confuse those symptoms with the Lyme Cure treatment symtpoms.... We'll see how this goes.