Comment by nobodyandproud

I take phentermine (another legal amphetamine; partial doses), and this doesn’t surprise me at all.

The bipolar-level manic highs and depression/lows are very real.

The feelings of suicide and hopelessness creep up; I have enough personal awareness and grit to ignore it but it feels awful.

To avoid that creep-up, the best thing I found is to have “break” days at least once or twice a week. That is, no pills.

I doubt your daughter or others with ADHD have that luxury though.