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Continue reading →: Day 40 – Exhausted And Emotionally “Hung Over”
(At 25% of full dosage, and 30 days after starting the Bright Mind natural Adderall alternative, but skipping the Bright Mind today so as to not build a tolerance and dependency) No Bright Mind this morning, which may or may not be a factor in how exhasted I am. I…
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Continue reading →: Day 39 – Surrendering to Life on Life’s Terms
(At 25% of full dosage, and 29 days after starting the Bright Mind natural Adderall alternative) The Update…. So yesterday, I got some bad financial news. As has been my pattern, I felt hopeless, sad, fearful, and angry. And thanks to all of those podcasts and books I’ve devoured over…
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Continue reading →: Day 38 -Down to 25% and an A-Ha Moment
(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…
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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,…