Personal Narrative: Out Of Adderall

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“I knew it was getting bad when everyone would tell me that I needed to tone it down, they would be like, ‘hey man, it’s getting out of hand.’ It was like the medication would take over my body and mind and I felt energized, I felt good. But, when you are going through that much Adderall, you know, you would run out of it. At this point, I have been going so many days while being on it. I would just be OUT, out of Adderall. And then, I would be out of it, mentally and physically. You begin to walk around like a walking zombie and I would feel so irritable. I would eventually crash and become extremely fatigued. I would feel so lethargic and depressed. I was either way high or really low during this time of my life. I was going through

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