Big Tiny Steps

(At 25% of full dosage, and 28 days after starting the Bright Mind natural Adderall alternative)

Woo hoo! See, I told y’all. Going down to 25% was not a question of if, because I am so resolved to freeing myself from Adderall, and I REALLY needed that extra day and am committed to allowing this process some elasticity.

So here I am, down to just one of the four 20mg tablets I was taking before. And yes, I am tired. But there’s something else to explore.

(OK, in a rhyming mood this morning, prepare to possibly cringe).

Maybe this “Freedom Exhaustion” isn’t an Adderall withdrawal symptom – or at least not ONLY a withdrawal symptom.

Perhaps, and actually, more likely, is, “Freedom Exhaustion” is just a normal healthy human reaction to only getting 5 f**cking hours or less of sleep each night.

So normal for me was getting this kick in the pants each morning courtesy of those 4 little tablets. So now, I’ll be forced to discpline myself to go to bed earlier and up my nightly hours of sleep, which will be another boost to my overall health and well-being.

Expanding this Website?

Over the course of the past month and half or so of launching this little blog, I’ve come to realize that this is a lot of fun, and for me, a website is like a garden that you can tend do and plant seeds and reap fruits.

(Again, in a bit of poetic mode, let the cringiness ensue!).

And since there are some other habits aside from taking Adderall that are limiting my experience of life, and since this website is proving pretty damn helpful to me in getting to where I’ve gotten in my Adderall journey, perhaps I should rename the website to encompass any and all of those “addictions” or circumstances I’d like to overcome such as:

• Eating sweets
• Taking Lamortrigine (the 2nd of the two mental psyche meds I have been taking, Adderall of course being the 1st one)
• Being in debt
• Staying uo too late
• People-pleasing

….and the list goes on, I am sure. But right now, eating sweets is a pretty big challenge, but Lamotrigine may need to be next, as freedom from reliance on pharmaceuticals is going to be huge, especially as the world becomes less stable and who knows what will happen to the supply of these drugs worldwide.

Right now, I am thinking of the new name of the website to be Bright Size Living, but I would definitely be brainstorming and ChatGPT’ing other ideas.

So that’s it for now, will continue my recharging of batteries today with at least one nap, at least that’s the plan. But 25% is a big milestone, so patting myself on the back this morning, and ready for whatever is thrown at me on this next step up the ladder towards ultimate freedom!