Celebrity Sobriety

Shawn Johnson ‘Refuses Pain Meds’ After Past Adderall Addiction: ‘It Just Scares Me’

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Dec. 26, 2023 – “I never want to feel out of control like that again,” the former Olympic gymnast said of past addiction. The 31-year-old told her followers that her third c-section was “the hardest but smoothest” experience as she dealt with a lot of scar tissue and soreness afterward. However, despite the discomfort, Johnson said she didn’t want any medications that might bring up old habits from her past Adderall use.

“Feeling great now though. I also refuse all pain meds haha (they make me SO sick and frankly after being addicted to adderall it just scares me so I don’t even mess with it,” she wrote before explaining her history with Adderall.

“Long story short, during my comeback in 2010 I was prescribed adderall to ‘curb my appetite and give me more energy’ by a not good doctor,” Johnson shared. 

“Fast forward 7 years of being heavily addicted to it and having it control me, when I finally freed myself of it I swore anything even remotely addictive I’d stay away from,” she continued. “It affected every part of my life and changed who I was. I never want to feel out of control like that again.

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