some people aren't there for a conversation, but are just waiting for the right moment to say the thing they want to say to get the brain chemicals they reward themselves with once they say it.
this post was submitted on 19 May 2025
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High five for you and everybody else here. It's like one of the 12 Rules for Life, assume that the other person knows things that you don't. Remembering that rule tames the racing thoughts and helps me to listen effectively for a few moments. It holds relationships together.
get the brain chemicals they reward themselves
Damn. They should probably see a doctor about that and not take drugs.
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Here's an alternate scenario
Noice! Art will save us from entropy.
it looks like nixos in a trash
Just read the docs...
Ok, I made myself laugh.
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Wonder if that person maybe has some kind of a problem that makes it difficult for them to concentrate and focus their attention when someone is talking to them or something and they just totally missed the detail about the medicine being prescribed. Maybe they need to see a doctor about it.
"Have you tried [holistic bullshit]? It worked great for my [barely an acquaintance] who had [unrelated issues]!"
God that is the absolute worst.
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Never tell people you take adderall. They'll ask you for adderall to get high.
Or launch into a tirade about how it's fake and doesn't do anything and be reeeeally fucking insistent on it
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What part of prescribed adderall do u not understand?
Also, it should be pretty obvious they've got adhd if they're not going batshit coocoo after taking it, they're fucking amphetamines.
I took speed once with a friend and he was completely off the rails, I didn't feel anything. Is that a bad sign?
Could be, yes. People with ADHD respond to stimulants differently to how NTs do, it usually has a more calming/relaxing or focusing effect.
Scientifically, I think (based on all the huberman ep's I've listened to) it's cuz it makes up for our lack of dopamine receptors helping us perform tasks, and our minds act like a NT's, and since an NT's dopamine levels are normal it sends them into overdrive and makes them hella overstimulated.
Dats why when NT's take addy recreationally it makes them go mental, cuz it's basically a controlled version of speed. I don't do blow but I know certain man with ADHD who have and they tell me it knocks them out, like a sleeping pill.
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well at least this person suggests a doctor, some will reference a YouTube video where an influencer talks about gut supplements that will completely cure any mental health issues, cancer, diabetes and coronary heart diseases linked to genetic factors
"You know, if you're struggling with hearing comprehension that much, you should probably see a doctor and not talk bs."
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"Yes, here's the name of my doctor on the side of the bottle. Feel free to call her and give her your wisdom."
Prescribed is the key word here. How fucking stupid do you have to be to miss it? Person is probably a royal hater in all things.
How fucking stupid do you have to be to miss it?
D.A.R.E. and similar anti-drug propaganda of the 80s, plus the more naive naturalist movements of the 70s-00s, really pounded in the idea that any kind of medication is bad for you.
Curiously, however, you don't see people chasing around the CEO of the company for taking heart pills.
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See a doctor
Done.
Don't take drugs.
But... the doctor said...
Why are you listening to doctors?
But... you said...
This is why the correct response to, "May I ask what that is?" is "No."
Tell HR. Fuck 'em. No tolerance for ableism.
HR is the office cop.
NEVER talk to American cops.
My HR and I have a wordless dirty look relationship.
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Calm your shit dude. Don't go to HR over something this small.
Just punch his dad in the cock.
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In my experience, fucking HR is worse than the gossip boxes.
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I've had someone tell me with a straight face that I'm "basically taking meth".
This is the same kind of person that says "American cheese slices are one molecule away from being plastic!"
I like to pour them a glass of peroxide and tell them to drink it. It's basically water. Literally just a molecule away from being water bro. Drink it bro, cmon! It's just a molecule!
Even if meth was chemically identical to ADHD meds, the argument still wouldn't hold. Anything that lessens people's symptoms without creating even more problems can be a medication.
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I mean, you technically sort of are taking meth in a way, but that's because you need it since you react differently to it.
I mean, there's nothing wrong with someone with severe physical trauma being given fentanyl for example.
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“Well, Richard. You mind if I call you Richard? Well, Dick. Sometimes the doctor prescribes this for me.”
"Maybe you should mind your own fucking business."
I mean.. at least they're not trying to sell you supplements, essential oils, or other shit.
Also why I never tell people I associate with about what I have or what I take. I leave it at "I have a condition" and then change the subject, like I'm a sad Victorian ophan trying to stay positive even as I am consumed by the knowledge that soon the plague will take me. (:
"No you may not"
/thread
The worst is trying to explain at how necessary the medication is. Having to explain that I cannot work without it
Feels a bit like projection to assume prescription drugs are obtained and taken without a prescription. If my pills are in a properly labeled bottle, I sure as shit didn't buy them off Terry on the corner.
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I really can’t take my medication as it kills my appetite and it’s shit at the best of times. Really don’t know what to do
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