Question about adderall for ADD and just coming off opiates

[hopefully tryin]

Hey everyone,
Some of you may have read my previous thread down a bit call How I hit my true Bottom
Anyways, When I went to the psych Dr over a week ago for my initial suboxone eval he mentioned at the end of the appt that he would like to check me for ADD due to my sporadic talking and thinking,etc in the eval for the subs! and asked if I had ever been diagnosed with ADD in the past. I said no, so he gave me a website to look up and do some research and test and things on and report back this week. Well I went in for my appt and told him that the subs aren't really helping so much and I just don't care to much for them as my cravings are mainly emotion based and physically I feel better than ever and the emotional cravings are something I need to learn to figure out on my own without meds to mask my own emotions and pain and he agrees but gave me a fill for another week for a "just in case" type thing to take as needed. I still have about 3-4 doses of my old script! So I have not even filled the new one. Anyways, this recent appt he focused on the ADD that he thinks I have and after several test and discussion he honestly thinks I truly have ADD and has me convinced as well. I tend to somewhat believe him only from my past and how I have run my life in chaos for years. My question is this, He prescribed me Adderall and told me how and what to do to take it, etc. I took my first dose Tuesday and since I am clean and without subs even in me, I took the adderrall and within about an hour and a half I was like "wow, I actually feel 'normal'" Even my mom noticed a huge difference. I did not feel up or like I was on speed or anything, I just felt this serene sense of peace and at ease. I also managed to get quite a bit done that afternoon. So today I continued with the normal dose as prescribed and again I feel this great sense of normalcy and almost calmness. I am scared though because I know that these drugs are also HIGHLY addictive and abused by many people and I do not want to fall into another pit of fire again with another drug!! Does anyone have any insite or experience in this department? I really think many addicts have some form of ADD or another but not everyone needs meds to function. I however, am a typically very unorganized, cluttered, can't clean well, lacking and very innatentive person. I always thought that was just how I worked! My mom used to say to me "How can you find anything in this clutter?" and my response was " I know where everything is because it's my organized clutter LOL" Any input on this type of thing would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks sooo much You guys are all so amazing
I have also been told that if you do not have add or adhd and you take something like adderall then you will get a speedy feeling and get that hyped up thing, however mine is the exact opposite as mentioned above

[ByHisBlood2]

Hopefully,

I took aderall for while because a dr. said I had ADD. I stopped taking it cause I didn't like the rung out feeling it gave me but he strattera which is a non-amphtamine, and it worked just as well. Check it out!!

[bvaljalo]

I *really* think NOW is NOT THE TIME to make such diagnoses, or to go onto another mind-altering drug. Get OFF DOPE FIRST, stay off of it, stay CLEAN for awhile, and then re-assess the situation.

Even then, I personally think starting OUT your adhd treatment on adderall is a poor option. Ritalin is a more logical starting point than adderall. Adderall is nothing but a mix of good old-fashioned 'get you high' AMPHETAMINES. Ritalin is dangerous too, but ... not as much so.

I must re-iterate again what a bad idea I think this is ... at this particular point in time especially. I strongly recommend getting yourself back to NORMAL before you make such an important decision.

The chances of you ending up wishing you'd decided to live with your adhd symptoms as opposed to picking up an adderall habit are ... shall we say ... pretty good ...

By the way, as an aside ... since you started taking it, what's the longest you've gone without taking any buprenorphine (subs) at this point?

I ask cause I wonder whether you are aware of the fact that it has a 72-hour half-life, and are aware of what that means, exactly?

[hopefully tryin]

Bvaljalo- yes I am aware of what a 72 hr half life means. I am actually a medical professional believe it or not, I guess that is how I figured out how to get all those damn opiates. But I am not sure of the difference detween Ritalin and Adderall, I always thought Ritalin was what all the college kids used to stay up all night to finish homework, etc
Anyways, I think you are all right and this was my speculation as well which is why I wanted to post it up here. I have been about 2 days without the subs and a craving comes every now and then but it goes almost as quickly as it comes usually as long as I keep busy and distract my thoughts. I am 2 weeks clean from opiates as of today minus subs. It is a baby step but it is atleast one in the right direction. So do you think that the normalcy feeling is from the subs wearing off or something else? It did strike me as odd as to why the psych would want to put me on something like an upper for ADD when he knows and was treating me for opiate addiction. It's not like he is doing it for the $$ because he knows I am going back home which is 3hrs away in about a week and a half.