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Hey guys. I’m a 28 yo female. Psychologist. Around age 18 when I started uni I started escalating the dexamphetamine dose - to keep up with everything despite having a chronic illness POTS and to push myself beyond my limits and try to reach the 'perfectionistic' bar I was setting… which I can now see was stupid but that’s hindsight for you. I achieved a lot and became valedictorian and did well in my work… things were going well but I was using too much Dex. Last year I became very unwell in June due to a virus that literally caused my brainstem to inflame and left my autonomic nervous system screwed… this illness basically led me to stop the stimulants cold turkey because I was just not even in the state to think about their use when I was so ill…and I got off them for 10-
/11 months, as I slowly recovered a painfully slow recovery from this horrendous long-COVID like illness. Anyway as I started to get better around 12 months… better enough to the point where I realized that my fixation on the remaining symptoms was not helping me mentally and I found it just emotionally impossible to get through just one day… so I found myself thinking I wonder if the dex would at least help distract me and to do some work on my laptop while I continue to recover… so now I’m back taking them but so quickly o started taking more and more to stay distracted and occupied…. as I felt I couldn't cope without it ....I find find myself taking 9+ 5mg dexamphetamine tablets daily and am so unsure how to navigate healing from this whilst still being able to work and function.... I told my my psychiatrist and he has recommended either an inpatient admission for a rapid detox but I’d have to wait 2 months after upgrading my private health for this, or he said to do a slow taper where my partner controls the meds and I reduce by just one tablet each week. Anyone got any advice or guidance. Feel so lost and ashamed …

Does anyone experience a queasiness gut /stomach sensation? Like nausea but not normal gut nausea as it doesn’t respond to anti nausea meds. It feels like heavy bloated and just really off. Makes it hard to speak and cope. Haven’t been able to find anything that helps. It just fluctuates… and also, has slowly improved with time (over a year now) but still horrible enough at times to impair me to the point where I’m wondering if going through this is all worth it still.

If anyone can recommend anything … I have tried literally everything . Neurologist just says to wait and that these symptoms will also go with time like my others have slowly over the most recent 14 months…

Thank you so much.

Hi all. I am a 27 yo female . I’ve had POTS since 12 + inflammatory bowel disease (microscopic colitis). Back in June 2025 my bowels were really inflamed and I had a nasty influenza B … it caused the most horrific traumatic and disabling set of symptoms (ANS dysfunction)… that I am still slowly recovering from. My POTS symptoms have stayed the same all throughout, and these new dysautonomia symptoms are essentially improving bit by bit each month. It’s been a year now, and I am truly so much better than when this all started. I have fully gotten rid of many symptoms, with remaining symptoms including this (see picture) flushing to my ears and face every afternoon and night (just feels hot and hurts really bad, my right eye still twitching, having this sense of an off /queasy stomach but sometimes it’s more neutral now and I can eat normally again too, only sometimes getting the adrenaline dumps in the morning now as opposed to for 11 months having this horrible adrenaline sensation waking me every single morning , it felt almost like extreme nervousness flushing through my stomach and making my brain race and loop as soon as I was slightly awake and I could never get back to sleep despite having no “psychological” reaction it was like a purely physiological adrenaline response, also I am still getting some random goosebumps /chills episodes throughout the day.
My neurologist who has been with me on this whole journey says it’s clearly improving ..and it is … I am so much better but it’s just very slow so it’s very hard to be grateful when each day feels like no improvement and still suffering symptoms that really hurt or prevent me from functioning eg going back to work… until you look back across the months . I just want my life back and to not suffer these symptoms anymore. I fear it might stop improving … but my doc says that’s very very unlikely given the trajectory. She said it’s clearly just a time thing for my brainstem to heal and ANS to calm down… She thinks it might be worth trying a stellate ganglion block - anyone experienced improvement from this ? She says it may or may not help given the mixed findings, but thinks it’s worth a try.
Thank you so much for any input xx

I’m really struggling and I don’t know who else to ask.

I’ve been dealing with a prolonged post-viral dysautonomia/autonomic nervous system dysfunction for almost a year now - it was the most awful traumatic experience ever - I had constant symptoms making it feel near impossible to live and just exist in my body. My neurologist is optimistic that I’ll recover fully and says the expected prognosis is that this is temporary and will continue to improve with time, and it has, but it’s just very slow… month by month I improve.

The problem is that emotionally, I feel like I’ve hit a wall. During the worst (first 9-10) months of the illness, I did not take any Dexamphetamine at all and was just focused on surviving. I was so unwell with near constant symptoms that I just wasn’t even thinking about anything other than getting through the next minute of suffering.

As my symptoms slowly started improving, I fell straight back into an old pattern (using Dex to cope with living with POTS and trying to keep up with ‘typical’ healthy people in studies and work life etc). And I started using dex to cope better emotionally lift my mood and distract better. Now I’m taking way more than prescribed. I’m not even counting anymore. I just keep reaching for another one, then another one and doing work on my laptop to keep my mind feeling like I’m doing something useful again

I feel a lot of shame about this.

The Dex is honestly the only thing that helps me feel okay enough to get through the day without the doom of not knowing how long it will be until I fully recover and can work again etc (which is such a large part of my identity and meaning in life). Dex distracts me from my autonomic symptoms, lifts my mood, makes time pass faster, and allows me to engage more in life rather than sitting there obsessing over how awful my body feels and being trapped in not knowing how long is left to suffer through.

I’ve tried multiple antidepressants and none of them have really done anything for me.

My doctor has said that if Dex helps me get through this temporary illness period, then using the 6 tablets I’m prescribed each day is okay.

But I can’t seem to stick to that limit.

Part of me also wonders if that’s bad advice from my doctor, despite her being clearly very intelligent, ethical and honest… or maybe I’m being way too hard on myself? She says it’s ok to take 6 to get through this and get back to some work… and she knows I have a tendency to overthink things so she was very reassuring. I asked my GP too and he said it’s fine…and that once I’m recovered we can work out the plan to wean

Another huge fear I have is: could taking too much Dex somehow prolong or worsen my dysautonomia recovery?

I know stimulants can increase heart rate, affect sleep, suppress appetite and put the body under more stress. At the same time, without it, I feel emotionally flat, low, overwhelmed, stuck, no motivation, and completely fixated on my symptoms/ the reality that I’m still not back to normal yet and we don’t know when that will be.

I don’t think I’m taking it to get “high” as much as I’m taking it to escape how hard this year has been and to make the hours pass easier while I wait for my nervous system to recover.

It also makes me feel like I can speak and be social again despite the symptoms and my job is largely speaking (psychologist) so I am also kind of using it as my safety blanket to convince myself that I’ll be able to get back to work soon as long as I have dex to help me.

Has anyone else found themselves relying on Dex or other stimulants to cope with something … like prolonged illness?

How did you break the cycle without feeling like you were taking away the one thing helping you survive each day?

Appreciate any honest help or advice . thank you so much

I’m really struggling and I don’t know who else to ask.

I’ve been dealing with a prolonged post-viral dysautonomia/autonomic nervous system dysfunction for almost a year now - it was the most awful traumatic experience ever - I had constant symptoms making it feel near impossible to live and just exist in my body. My neurologist is optimistic that I’ll recover fully and says the expected prognosis is that this is temporary and will continue to improve with time, and it has, but it’s just very slow… month by month I improve.

The problem is that emotionally, I feel like I’ve hit a wall. During the worst (first 9-10) months of the illness, I did not take any Dexamphetamine at all and was just focused on surviving. I was so unwell with near constant symptoms that I just wasn’t even thinking about anything other than getting through the next minute of suffering.

As my symptoms slowly started improving, I fell straight back into an old pattern (using Dex to do more despite having POTS). And I started using dex to cope better emotionally lift my mood and distract better. Now I’m taking way more than prescribed. I’m not even counting anymore. I just keep reaching for another one, then another one and doing work on my laptop to keep my mind feeling like I’m doing something useful again

I feel a lot of shame about this.

The Dex is honestly the only thing that helps me feel okay enough to get through the day without the doom of not knowing how long it will be until I fully recover and can work again etc (which is such a large part of my identity and meaning in life). Dex distracts me from my autonomic symptoms, lifts my mood, makes time pass faster, and allows me to engage more in life rather than sitting there obsessing over how awful my body feels and being trapped in not knowing how long is left to suffer through.

I’ve tried multiple antidepressants and none of them have really done anything for me.

My doctor has said that if Dex helps me get through this temporary illness period, then using the 6 tablets I’m prescribed each day is okay.

But I can’t seem to stick to that limit.

Part of me also wonders if that’s bad advice from my doctor, despite her being clearly very intelligent, ethical and honest… or maybe I’m being way too hard on myself? She says it’s ok to take 6 to get through this and get back to some work… and she knows I have a tendency to overthink things so she was very reassuring. I asked my GP too and he said it’s fine…and that once I’m recovered we can work out the plan to wean

Another huge fear I have is: could taking too much Dex somehow prolong or worsen my dysautonomia recovery?

I know stimulants can increase heart rate, affect sleep, suppress appetite and put the body under more stress. At the same time, without it, I feel emotionally flat, low, overwhelmed, stuck, no motivation, and completely fixated on my symptoms/ the reality that I’m still not back to normal yet and we don’t know when that will be.

I don’t think I’m taking it to get “high” as much as I’m taking it to escape how hard this year has been and to make the hours pass easier while I wait for my nervous system to recover.

It also makes me feel like I can speak and be social again despite the symptoms and my job is largely speaking (psychologist) so I am also kind of using it as my safety blanket to convince myself that I’ll be able to get back to work soon as long as I have dex to help me.

Has anyone else found themselves relying on Dex or other stimulants to cope with something … like prolonged illness?

How did you break the cycle without feeling like you were taking away the one thing helping you survive each day?

Appreciate any honest help or advice . thank you so much

I’m really struggling and I don’t know who else to ask.

I’ve been dealing with a prolonged post-viral dysautonomia/autonomic nervous system dysfunction for almost a year now - it was the most awful traumatic experience ever - I had constant symptoms making it feel near impossible to live and just exist in my body. My neurologist is optimistic that I’ll recover fully and says the expected prognosis is that this is temporary and will continue to improve with time, and it has definitely gotten SO much better, but it’s just very slow… month by month I improve.

The problem is that emotionally, I feel like I’ve hit a wall. During the worst (first 9-10) months of the illness, I did not take any Dexamphetamine at all and was just focused on surviving. I was so unwell with near constant symptoms that I just wasn’t even thinking about anything other than getting through the next minute of suffering.

As my symptoms slowly started improving, I fell straight back into an old pattern. And I started using dex to cope better emotionally lift my mood and distract better. Now I’m taking way more than prescribed. I’m not even counting anymore. I just keep reaching for another one, then another one and doing work on my laptop to keep my mind feeling like I’m doing something useful again

I feel a lot of shame about this.

The Dex is honestly the only thing that helps me feel okay enough to get through the day without the doom of not knowing how long it will be until I fully recover and can work again etc (which is such a large part of my identity and meaning in life). Dex distracts me from my autonomic symptoms, lifts my mood, makes time pass faster, and allows me to engage more in life rather than sitting there obsessing over how awful my body feels and being trapped in not knowing how long is left to suffer through.

I’ve tried multiple antidepressants and none of them have really done anything for me.

My doctor has said that if Dex helps me get through this temporary illness period, then using the 6 tablets I’m prescribed each day is okay.

But I can’t seem to stick to that limit.

Part of me also wonders if that’s bad advice from my doctor, despite her being clearly very intelligent, ethical and honest… or maybe I’m being way too hard on myself? She says it’s ok to take 6 to get through this and get back to some work… and she knows I have a tendency to overthink things so she was very reassuring. I asked my GP too and he said it’s fine…and that once I’m recovered we can work out the plan to wean

Another huge fear I have is: could taking too much Dex somehow prolong or worsen my dysautonomia recovery?

I know stimulants can increase heart rate, affect sleep, suppress appetite and put the body under more stress. At the same time, without it, I feel emotionally flat, low, overwhelmed, stuck, no motivation, and completely fixated on my symptoms/ the reality that I’m still not back to normal yet and we don’t know when that will be.

I don’t think I’m taking it to get “high” as much as I’m taking it to escape how hard this year has been and to make the hours pass easier while I wait for my nervous system to recover.

It also makes me feel like I can speak and be social again despite the symptoms and my job is largely speaking (psychologist) so I am also kind of using it as my safety blanket to convince myself that I’ll be able to get back to work soon as long as I have dex to help me.

Has anyone else found themselves relying on Dex or other stimulants to cope with something … like prolonged illness?

How did you break the cycle without feeling like you were taking away the one thing helping you survive each day?

Appreciate any honest help or advice . thank you so much

Hi all,

I’m a 27 yo female.

I’ve developed a really unhealthy relationship with dexamphetamine and I’m honestly scared about where I’m at.

I was put on it at 15 for fatigue caused by POTS (chronic autonomic nervous system dysfunction condition). It helped massively to be upright for longer and less fatigued so rapidly, but over time I became more and more reliant on it to function, perform, push through stress/fatigue, and keep up with studies, life, then work. I’ve always had obsessive perfectionism and tied my self-worth to achievement, so I just kept pushing harder and harder, ignoring sleep, stress, burnout, and my body. To perform.

I became very successful in my career young, but now I look back and feel like I destroyed myself trying to prove I wasn’t weak or limited by the POTS illness which struck me at 12 years old and took away my real passion - competitive swimming.

Without dex, I feel flat, emotionally shut down, withdrawn, low, and honestly like hiding from the world. I lose interest in people and barely want to talk, even to my partner. No motivation, no spark, no joy. But when I take dex, I suddenly feel social, capable, motivated, engaged, and like “myself” again.

What makes this harder is I got severely sick after a flu virus last year on top of chronic inflammatory bowel disease and years of stress/pushing. My neurologist believes it was the virus and maybe the autoimmune bowel activity (microscopic colitis) that triggered a major post-viral autonomic nervous system dysfunction. I’ve spent nearly a year in horrible fight-or-flight symptoms and have only slowly started recovering from 20+ traumatic daily symptoms over the past 11 months. I cried hysterically every day during this.. and almost every day felt depressed, low, trapped, fixated on being trapped in symptoms that tormented me. My doc said all along i will recover...and Month by month I am. Still not normal but getting closer.

Now that I’m functional enough to do more again, I’ve found myself straight back to relying on dex to feel productive, social, and mentally okay. It also helps me cope with the remaining physical symptoms because otherwise I obsess over them constantly all day.

My doctors say this isn’t all caused by dex and that taking it as prescribed is okay, but I can’t stop worrying I’ve fried my brain or nervous system somehow.

Has anyone recovered from long-term stimulant dependence/reliance and gotten their personality, motivation, emotions, and natural joy back? How long did it take? What actually helped?

I stopped dex once before in late 2024 and after a couple of weeks I felt calmer and happier than I had in years, which gives me hope. But this time feels different because my nervous system is still recovering from everything else too so I jumped back to it to not feel so depressed and useless.

Would really appreciate honest experiences or advice. Thanks so so much.

Hi all,

I’m a 27 yo female.

I’ve developed a really unhealthy relationship with dexamphetamine and I’m honestly scared about where I’m at.

I was put on it at 15 for fatigue caused by POTS (chronic autonomic nervous system dysfunction condition). It helped massively to be upright for longer and less fatigued so rapidly, but over time I became more and more reliant on it to function, perform, push through stress/fatigue, and keep up with studies, life, then work. I’ve always had obsessive perfectionism and tied my self-worth to achievement, so I just kept pushing harder and harder, ignoring sleep, stress, burnout, and my body. To perform.

I became very successful in my career young, but now I look back and feel like I destroyed myself trying to prove I wasn’t weak or limited by the POTS illness which struck me at 12 years old and took away my real passion - competitive swimming.

Without dex, I feel flat, emotionally shut down, withdrawn, low, and honestly like hiding from the world. I lose interest in people and barely want to talk, even to my partner. No motivation, no spark, no joy. But when I take dex, I suddenly feel social, capable, motivated, engaged, and like “myself” again.

What makes this harder is I got severely sick after a flu virus last year on top of chronic inflammatory bowel disease and years of stress/pushing. My neurologist believes it was the virus and maybe the autoimmune bowel activity (microscopic colitis) that triggered a major post-viral autonomic nervous system dysfunction. I’ve spent nearly a year in horrible fight-or-flight symptoms and have only slowly started recovering from 20+ traumatic daily symptoms over the past 11 months. I cried hysterically every day during this.. and almost every day felt depressed, low, trapped, fixated on being trapped in symptoms that tormented me. My doc said all along i will recover...and Month by month I am. Still not normal but getting closer.

Now that I’m functional enough to do more again, I’ve found myself straight back to relying on dex to feel productive, social, and mentally okay. It also helps me cope with the remaining physical symptoms because otherwise I obsess over them constantly all day.

My doctors say this isn’t all caused by dex and that taking it as prescribed is okay, but I can’t stop worrying I’ve fried my brain or nervous system somehow.

Has anyone recovered from long-term stimulant dependence/reliance and gotten their personality, motivation, emotions, and natural joy back? How long did it take? What actually helped?

I stopped dex once before in late 2024 and after a couple of weeks I felt calmer and happier than I had in years, which gives me hope. But this time feels different because my nervous system is still recovering from everything else too so I jumped back to it to not feel so depressed and useless.

Would really appreciate honest experiences or advice. Thanks so so much.

Hi all,

I’ve developed a really unhealthy relationship with dexamphetamine and I’m honestly scared about where I’m at.

I was put on it at 15 for fatigue caused by POTS (chronic autonomic nervous system dysfunction condition). It helped massively to be upright for longer and less fatigued so rapidly, but over time I became more and more reliant on it to function, perform, push through stress/fatigue, and keep up with studies, life, then work. I’ve always had obsessive perfectionism and tied my self-worth to achievement, so I just kept pushing harder and harder, ignoring sleep, stress, burnout, and my body. To perform.

I became very successful in my career young, but now I look back and feel like I destroyed myself trying to prove I wasn’t weak or limited by the POTS illness which struck me at 12 years old and took away my real passion - competitive swimming.

Without dex, I feel flat, emotionally shut down, withdrawn, low, and honestly like hiding from the world. I lose interest in people and barely want to talk, even to my partner. No motivation, no spark, no joy. But when I take dex, I suddenly feel social, capable, motivated, engaged, and like “myself” again.

What makes this harder is I got severely sick after a flu virus last year on top of chronic inflammatory bowel disease and years of stress/pushing. My neurologist believes it was the virus and maybe the autoimmune bowel activity (microscopic colitis) that triggered a major post-viral autonomic nervous system dysfunction. I’ve spent nearly a year in horrible fight-or-flight symptoms and have only slowly started recovering from 20+ traumatic daily symptoms over the past 11 months. I cried hysterically every day during this.. and almost every day felt depressed, low, trapped, fixated on being trapped in symptoms that tormented me. My doc said all along i will recover...and Month by month I am. Still not normal but getting closer.

Now that I’m functional enough to do more again, I’ve found myself straight back to relying on dex to feel productive, social, and mentally okay. It also helps me cope with the remaining physical symptoms because otherwise I obsess over them constantly all day.

My doctors say this isn’t all caused by dex and that taking it as prescribed is okay, but I can’t stop worrying I’ve fried my brain or nervous system somehow.

Has anyone recovered from long-term stimulant dependence/reliance and gotten their personality, motivation, emotions, and natural joy back? How long did it take? What actually helped?

I stopped dex once before in late 2024 and after a couple of weeks I felt calmer and happier than I had in years, which gives me hope. But this time feels different because my nervous system is still recovering from everything else too so I jumped back to it to not feel so depressed and useless.

Would really appreciate honest experiences or advice. Thanks so so much.

Hi all,

I’ve developed a really unhealthy relationship with dexamphetamine and I’m honestly scared about where I’m at.

I was put on it at 15 for fatigue caused by POTS (chronic autonomic nervous system dysfunction condition). It helped massively to be upright for longer and less fatigued so rapidly, but over time I became more and more reliant on it to function, perform, push through stress/fatigue, and keep up with studies, life, then work. I’ve always had obsessive perfectionism and tied my self-worth to achievement, so I just kept pushing harder and harder, ignoring sleep, stress, burnout, and my body. To perform.

I became very successful in my career young, but now I look back and feel like I destroyed myself trying to prove I wasn’t weak or limited by the POTS illness which struck me at 12 years old and took away my real passion - competitive swimming.

Without dex, I feel flat, emotionally shut down, withdrawn, low, and honestly like hiding from the world. I lose interest in people and barely want to talk, even to my partner. No motivation, no spark, no joy. But when I take dex, I suddenly feel social, capable, motivated, engaged, and like “myself” again.

What makes this harder is I got severely sick after a flu virus last year on top of chronic inflammatory bowel disease and years of stress/pushing. My neurologist believes it was the virus and maybe the autoimmune bowel activity (microscopic colitis) that triggered a major post-viral autonomic nervous system dysfunction. I’ve spent nearly a year in horrible fight-or-flight symptoms and have only slowly started recovering from 20+ traumatic daily symptoms over the past 11 months. I cried hysterically every day during this.. and almost every day felt depressed, low, trapped, fixated on being trapped in symptoms that tormented me. My doc said all along i will recover...and Month by month I am. Still not normal but getting closer.

Now that I’m functional enough to do more again, I’ve found myself straight back to relying on dex to feel productive, social, and mentally okay. It also helps me cope with the remaining physical symptoms because otherwise I obsess over them constantly all day.

My doctors say this isn’t all caused by dex and that taking it as prescribed is okay, but I can’t stop worrying I’ve fried my brain or nervous system somehow.

Has anyone recovered from long-term stimulant dependence/reliance and gotten their personality, motivation, emotions, and natural joy back? How long did it take? What actually helped?

I stopped dex once before in late 2024 and after a couple of weeks I felt calmer and happier than I had in years, which gives me hope. But this time feels different because my nervous system is still recovering from everything else too so I jumped back to it to not feel so depressed and useless.

Would really appreciate honest experiences or advice. Thanks so so much.

Does anyone have POTS and IBD that started around the same time or consecutively? I have untreated/treatment refractory microscopic colitis for 15 years..... and have never tried the next level up treatment - an immunosupressant. My GI doc is suggesting it .... but im wondering if its worth trying and maybe will it help my POTS too? Could POTS in some cases be autoimmune? I wonder if the gut inflammation could have triggered my POTS? My gut issues developed first (sudden chronic diarrhea) at 12 years of age. I am now 27. Or are they just occuring in coincidence? Thoughts anyone?

Does anyone have POTS and IBD that started around the same time or consecutively? I have untreated/treatment refractory microscopic colitis for 15 years..... and have never tried the next level up treatment - an immunosupressant. My GI doc is suggesting it .... but im wondering if its worth trying and maybe will it help my POTS too? Could POTS in some cases be autoimmune? I wonder if the gut inflammation could have triggered my POTS? My gut issues developed first (sudden chronic diarrhea) at 12 years of age. I am now 27. Or are they just occuring in coincidence?

Can high doses of dexamphetamine (30mg+ ) cause dysautonomia that goes on for 11+ months ?

I have POTS already and am prescribed dexamphetamine for fatigue and last year I developed dysautonomia symptoms different from pots , and I’m still slowly recovering. It’s been hell. Wondering if it’s safe to go back on dex or if it could have caused it ?

When I was dx with POTS 15 years ago the clinical pharmacological doctor I saw put me on a number of meds to try to help control symptoms/ improve my functioning. This included a beta blocker , midodrine (which was ceased as it didn’t help) and dexamphetamine (used off label to help with fatigue and blood flow). Years later we added ivabradine to the mix.

11 months ago i was working very hard in my job as a psychologist and generally was quite run down but still coping by using more dexamphetamine than usual and therefore not eating enough due to appetite suppressant effects. I also have chronic microscopic colitis (diarrhea) untreated. At some point in early June I started having more migraines that were different to ones I’d ever had before (which I assumed were just linked to PMDD that had developed a few years earlier), and then felt this pressure in my head sensation, my ears were hot flushing randomly and in response to heat, my right eye was twitching heaps and my stomach started burning, gurgling heaps and I felt nauseous …. I went to hospital (and only thing that came back was faecal calprotectin elevated at 325, <50 is normal range)… and at the hospital I caught flu b , so days later on top of all of this I was bedridden with flu…. Then after I recovered from flu everything got worse and I started getting these insane adrenaline dumps , I started getting formed stool again temporarily for the first time in 15 years despite the colitis still being untreated…. couldn’t eat for months due to constant nausea so lived off sustagen , had hypnic jerks every night over and over when falling asleep, hot flushes to face and ears , prickling electric shock feelings through my face, crying spells and intense emotional swings for no reason …. & so much more… my neurologist says they are adrenergic dysautonomia symptoms and it’s a “post viral illness” separate from my usual POTS… they are slowly reducing /disappearing month by month. No medications my neurologist tried helped. Just seems to be time. I am wondering how long this might go on? And also, if it were just a post viral state why did i have some of these new symptoms before the virus …. Do you think the actual initial catalyst could have been stress or Dexamphetamine overuse or even my gut inflammation? Once I am recovered enough to work I want to go back on the dex as usual but don’t want it to make things worse if it was a cause … Hope someone might have some insights or logic to share here