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Yes, but also some fucking healthcare so I can get medication for ADD is necessary. I felt like a horrible human being for twenty five years for having a terrible work ethic. And then I went on meds and suddenly I'm productive and motivated. Made me realize I'm not a shitstain on the drawers of humanity, just someone who needs help regulating brain chemistry and is capable of great things when I get that help.
That gives me great empathy when people are crying about laziness. I suppose some folks are lazy, but I wonder how many of them wouldn't be if they could get help.
I'm actually off meds right now for various reasons (job change and related insurance fuckery) and I can't wait to be able to resume them because I'm a tenth of the person I can and want to be.
Ya when I'm not on my meds I can't even function like an adult and it fucking sucks.
Okay, as another person with adhd- THIS. but also maybe I shouldn't have to regulate my brain chemistry. What if we could just fucking be allowed to exist unproductively, what if we didn't have to take pharmaceutical grade meth to function normally? Why is that pressure there? Considered reasonable? Why is this acceptable? Gods it's unfair, and it makes me want to watch the world burn tbqh
I also have adhd and while I get where you are coming from and your experience may be different from mine but if I'm not on my meds I can't even keep up with my hobbies or have fun doing them. I love macro photography and I'm pretty good at it but if I'm not on my meds I just can't do it.
Yeah no dig at that, obviously these things should be available and destigmatized and while it's great these meds work for you- I was put on high-dose concerta against my consent as a teenager and suffered terrible side effects so I just wanted to explain my bias and offer these additional thoughts on this; it's not for everyone and it especially shouldn't be so quickly pushed as a solution when schoolchildren are disengaged or underperfoming. Moreover, consent is fucking important. I stayed up until 5am almost every night of 10th grade that shit was not normal or healthy.
On 100% your experience and feelings on it are valid and real. I personally think if kids are underpreforming in school then they should just make school better and more engaging.
Yeah. This was my realization about a year ago. Which prompted me to finally get tested. Apparently I am a pretty severe case too. I think she was very curious about a lot of aspects of my life and how they functioned. The answer was not good. Haven’t even attempted to date in 7 years a cause I can’t even function
Yeah same, and the whole song and dance with a shrink to get amph is just so disrespectful after everything