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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.

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[–] bunitor@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 4 days ago

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