Nobody ever warned me about going on drug vacations and its really messed me up
So, about 2 weeks ago I went in for surgery. For various obvious reasons I didn't take methylphenidate the day of (I doubt they'd have been able to scrape me off the roof and actually get me in to operate with how nervous I was). The whole time prior to this, I told about five separate medical professionals that I would not be taking meds the day of, or after as I recover.
So I get out of surgery, all goes well. Spent about 6 days recovering, finally felt a little functional and start up my meds again. I didn't sleep for a full 48 hours. It was pure agony. I had been on this dose for the last 6 straight years. I was so surprised, I thought I had gotten a spiked pill or something. So a few days later, when I felt properly better, I tried again. And it's been a complete nightmare. I've had insanely compulsive behavior, essentially no sleep, I've been just freaking out for the last few days, hoping each day I'd get back to how it had been for so long.
Turns out, this is an extremely bad idea for methylphenidate. And nobody ever, ever told me. I used to take weekends off, every now and then I'd miss a day due to bad luck, but I had absolutely no idea that this was possible, and worse, that it's easily preventable if I had known it was a possibility.
My brain is still swimming with meds, is there anything people recommend doing when stuff like this happens? I got a temporary prescription for half doses for the next 4 days, and I'm desperately hoping I can just force my way through this and get back to my life where I'm functioning again.