Adderall and breastfeeding???

Hi so I was put back in my ADHD medicine, and I also breastfeed. The doctor told me it’s not recommended but there’s not enough evidence that states it’s harmful to breastfeed and take adderall. I did a LOT of research on google. And most different websites states that basically a very low amount goes through the breastmilk but does not affect or hurt the baby at all and developmentally. What are your thoughts? My goal in my heart was to EBF but I absolutely need my medications. I can’t take non stimulants they make me feel weird in the head and suicidal. Stimulants is what always worked for me. Should I save my morning pumps to set aside and only feed baby those morning pumps after taking my my medicine for mornings only just in case it does a small affect on my baby such as alertness? I know this all sounds bad don’t get me wrong I want the best for my baby but I refuse to give up breastfeeding. She may be my last baby. And with my 16 month old I had to stop at 3 months because I was in a stressful situation with a lot going on and he was feeling it so I had to formula feed and I’m crying even thinking about quitting because I don’t want to quit but my ADHD was getting pretty bad and with 2 under 2 I definitely need it to keep me straightened out. Does anyone have any advice or any expierence taking such medications and breastfeeding??? Please no negative comments please

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What if you mix the milk, dilute it? Mix your morning pump with like 2 other pumps and it should be really diluted, to the point where it should hardly be detectable right?

Yea maybe mixing your pumps or even mixing it with formula?

I have continued taking my adderall with all 3 of my pregnancies and was monitored by a maternal fetal medicine doctor and everything was fine with my babies I have a 7yo, 18m & 3m 💗 take care of yourself.

Not as much passes through breast milk as most people might think!

I'm so sad that you posted this incognito.... people are too judge mental to things they don't even know anything about. INCLUDING OBGYN'S.

I know I don’t want people coming after me it is prescribed to me it’s not like I’m some kind of pill head. I’m on social security for my mental health issues and I just don’t want to end my breastfeeeding journey she may be my last baby. And god knows what kind of people are on this app they could try to start things with my personal life over a question on medications and breastfeeding

did you breastfeed while continuing your adderall? Did it mess with your supply ?

I did with my first, unfortunately with my second and third my milk never came in. I breastfed my first while taking it for 6 months. I wasn't consistent with it.... I had severe PPD and PPA with my first, so basically yes I did and it didn't mess with my supply, I let it get to that point of not producing enough milk.

I feel you girl. I've been judged by it all 3 pregnancies I've had besides my MFM doctor of course, even my OB was against it. People are shitty. & just because we have an adderall prescription doesn't mean we're pill heads or looking for pills. Trust me girl I know alllll about it. Haha

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I'm open to anything else to start teaching him to read and write. He's 3!

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Been together more than 10 years, but it's been a while since he even seemed remotely interested in me getting on my knees, or vice versa so to speak. I think it was once last year. Must be something I am doing wrong 🤔. Generally everything else in that department is great and we have two young kids with no extra support, so it's quite surprising we can't keep our hands off each other but may need to try new things. It's basically 2 positions each time with some foreplay.

I think Motherhood has made me more bitter than I realized…

This is such a ramble but I don’t know where else to put it all.

I’m four months in and I don’t really have hobbies right now. I don’t do anything for myself except maybe doomscrolling or listening to a podcast while I breastfeed my baby. I used to craft and have game nights with friends. Activities that usually are at least 2 hour stretches. Now if I have an hour free my mind immediately goes to baby, or doing something in the house for baby.

And I thought I didn’t mind. Like I knew postpartum could be very mentally consuming. But I think it’s altering how I view people around me and it’s prodding at my relationship with my husband.

He spends most of his time making food for us, looking after our dogs, playing with the baby, ect. But he still has time for his hobby. Spends maybe an hour a night on it. Even adapted to using a bot for shopping for his hobby after a certain incident where we had to have a heart to heart after he left me home alone with the baby for hours during a busy workday (I work from home) to shop for his hobby.

And yet there’s like this little green eyed monster in me that rages every time I know he’s running off to start up the bot. Even though I’m the reason he does it this way.

We took a family trip last weekend to see his best friend and their kids and let them meet the baby. He brought the laptop. He’s always brought a laptop on trips and it’s never been a problem to me before. But one night we both woke up while the baby was still asleep, and he wandered out of the room. I tried to fall back asleep but couldn’t. So I went to the kitchen to try having something warm to drink to settle me. And he was there at the table running the bot from his laptop. I flipped out at him. But there really wasn’t reason to. It’s not like I needed help with the baby and he was ignoring me. He wasn’t avoiding our friends. He was just awake and unable to sleep and found something to do with his time. Yet my snap reaction was “why the hell would you do this on a family trip?”

I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s the less complete sleep from baby’s middle of the night feed? My brain being just consumed by baby? Maybe I’m not as over that shopping incident as I thought? But I’m just so annoyed at his hobby right now. The green eyed monster thinks “you could be using that time differently” but realistically to do what exactly??? Stare at our baby in the dark???

I spent probably an hour apologizing to him after I snapped. And he’s of course hurt and frustrated because I said some very mean things in the moment.

I don’t want to be this jealous, angry person. But I also don’t know how to find time for myself in this right now outside of basic hygiene. It’s like I’ve forgotten how to be myself, even if just for an hour.

Maybe I need a therapist.

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TIA 🙂