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Continue reading →: Day 37 -Postponing Today’s Planned Reduction
(At ~37.5% of full dosage, and 27 days after starting the Bright Mind natural Adderall alternative) That’s right. Today was the day I had planned to hit the 25% milestone. But alas, my discipline got sucked up by my life-long addiction to staying up late. So despite me knowing that…
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Continue reading →: Day 36 -The Spiritual Beat-Down of Current Events
(At ~37.5% of full dosage, and 26 days after starting the Bright Mind natural Adderall alternative) Yesterday, what started as a very positive morning (as you can see in yesteday’s update, titled How Good Can I Take It…), quickly morphed into a mental and emotional shit show. Nothing changed in…
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Continue reading →: Day 35 – How Good Can I Take It?
(At ~37.5% of full dosage, and 25 days after starting the Bright Mind natural Adderall alternative) Another good day, despite some shit hitting the fan. There was some good financial news, and plus, I am starting to notice this upwards trajectory of a feeling of love in my home, where…
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Continue reading →: Day 34 – The Beauty of Allowing Myself to Be “Lazy”
(At ~37.5% of full dosage, and 24 days after starting the Bright Mind natural Adderall alternative) Woo hoo! Today I got to take my Bright Mind! Again, the addict mind I discussed in yesterday’s post in effect. I also noticed this thinking when cutting my 5mg tablet in half, thinking…
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Continue reading →: Day 33 – Freedom from the “Addict Mind”
(At ~37.5% of full dosage, and 24 days after starting the Bright Mind natural Adderall alternative, but skipping today to prevent building a tolerance to it) Yesteday my mood wasn’t as steady as the day before, but still some happy moments, so triumphs, so good stuff. In terms of my…
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Continue reading →: Day 32 – Finding New “Batteries”
(At ~37.5% of full dosage, and 22 days after starting the Bright Mind natural Adderall alternative) Yesterday was a bit of a “sick day”, with one of my kiddos seriously under the weather, and myself exhausted after just 3 hours of sleep. I took a nap later in the afternoon,…
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Continue reading →: Day 31 – 3 Hours of Sleep But Feeling Good
(At ~37.5% of full dosage, and 21 days after starting the Bright Mind natural Adderall alternative) So my kiddo woke up at 5am and I wasn’t able to get him back to sleep. He is awake now, but miraculously keeping himself busy and letting me enjoy my morning quiet time,…
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Continue reading →: Day 30 – Sleepy But Reducing Dosage Anyhow
(At ~37.5% of full dosage, and 20 days after starting the Bright Mind natural Adderall alternative) OK, so even though I went to bed last last night and woke up early this morning, before my alarm clock went off, like more than an hour and a half before it went…
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Continue reading →: Day 29 – Delaying Dosage Drop by One Day
(At ~50% of full dosage, and 19 days after starting the Bright Mind natural Adderall alternative) I woke up this moring feeling more exhausted than usual, which is interesting because yesterday I found myself with more energy than I’ve had in some time. It was the first day in the…
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Continue reading →: Day 28 – Nervous But Ready for Final Day at 50% Dosage
(At ~50% of full dosage, and 18 days after starting the Bright Mind natural Adderall alternative) So yep, that’s the plan for tomorrow. I will drop for 2 tablets to 1.5. This represents a turning point and a milestone. It feels like a next step in the path towards making…