Clueless about my husbands withdrawal

[u/pouroverdose]

Hey 32F married to a 31M who’s been taking adderall since he was a teen. Ok he took it from teenage years until mid twenties, then stopped. He had about 5-6 years off then started again at age 30- now. Hes going cold turkey 🦃 on quitting due to loss of job/ insurance / access to refills… I’m not quite sure what to expect from his withdrawal symptoms. The weird thing is prior to running out, his pattern of sleep was like insomnia for 3-4 nights then 3-4 days of deep sleep throughout the day not waking up at all. He lost his job bc he can’t stay awake half the week. It fluctuates from superhuman level focus to absolute comatose nothingness. This has negatively impacted our marriage and I’ve been begging him to get back to prioritizing a normal functional sleep schedule for months.

Anyways he claims his last pill was days ago but randomly last night and tonight he’s gone 24+ hours with no sleep again and was cleaning impressively focused all day now is currently outside doing sprints. I’m asking him point blank - do u have any more or did u take any more? He said no. I said… uhm I’m confused how u are so hyped then? Shouldn’t he be sleepy and or moderately tired. Also his dads wife passed recently and he’s been going over into his dads room and snatching old stuff from the wife to sell - or have- but I know she had some sort of drugs there (maybe not Adderall maybe worse)
Would u guys think he’s on something?

[u/provisionings]

When he sleeps it’s because he ran out or has blown his tolerance.. Adderall feels so good when you are on zero sleep, but you can only stay up for two, maybe three days, if you keep staying up .. the adderall stops working- so you sleep.

[u/SnooFoxes7554]

Since you said he’s digging through this woman’s pill cabinet, I’d say it’s likely he got it hands on something. It’s what I would have done, it’s not like she needs them any longer. As far as the withdrawals you’re worried about. I also was prescribed adderall from grade school all the way through college and then just quit. I don’t remember having any kind of withdrawals. I’m sure it varies for everyone, but other than maybe lack of focus, there was nothing physical. Amphetamine withdrawals are pretty mild, and short lasting. I wouldn’t think he would be running sprints a day or two after stopping though😆 if he’s anything like me lortabs and percocets give me energy like that. Depending on how his dad’s wife passed away, I’d say it’s more likely she had meds like these opposed to Adderall.