
440- Substance Use Disorder and ADHD: Safe, Effective Treatment Options
ADHD Experts Podcast
Is It OK to Come Off Stimulants?
Some people with ADHD have low arousal. It's hard for them to get going. They're cognition to get woken up to initiate and the medicines help. So you're sluggish. That doesn't make me nervous. I've treated a number of people. None of them have gone on to have an addiction because of that. But for people like that who say, but it's hard for me to come off the stimulus,. What I say to them is take half doses or quarter doses on the days you're not using them. Just take a low dose and that usually will help your arousal. And if you're worried about that, just cut the dose back in half for a few days
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