Big Tiny Steps

OK, so it’s been almost an hour since I took my morning Adderall, and I feel “buzzy” and energized.

At this point, there is no doubt that my body is getting markedly less of The Poison than normal. Yes, I still have a ways to go, but new are entering the realm of a definite unmistakable reduction, working our way to the halfway point.

The Option of Partial Retreat

Now that I am down by two increments of 2.5mg, in the event of withdrawals that are a bit much for me, I have the option and “headroom”, if necessary, to go back up by a single 2.5mg increment and start working my way back down again.

However, at this time, my guess is that I will not need to go back up, and that I will, in fact, by modiying my weaning schedule to remove the pre-planned periods of moving up in dosage, and instead, making the increases in dosage an “as needed” step.

Celebrating Myself

I am also taking this opportunity to do something which is quite foreign to me.

That is, I have decided to celebrate myself for making it to this point.

In the past, I may have decided that the celebration is only deserved once I arrive at my final goal.

But that’s so 2024…

Today, I am going to celebrate that I have arrived at week 2 without any significant issues that would tempt me to “abort mission”.

So way to go, me!

And if you’re on the same path, or even if you’re not, please remember to take a good, hard look at your own Participation Trophy, and appreciate how far you’ve come, even if it’s simply taking enough interest in your own personal development to get to the point of reading this blog(!).