Petition for them to call them “medications” instead of drugs😐 It was prescribed to me by a doctor ffs.
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Anonymous25w
adhd medications act like a drug but only to neurotypical people, it helps neurodivergent people feel and perform somewhat more “normal”
but they don’t want to really acknowledge that :/
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Anonymous25w
That caption begins with “People with ADHD who take drugs…” so looks like the headline is just the beginning…..😏
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Anonymous25w
me, prescribed meth for my adhd, 🙂🙂🙂
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Anonymous25w
HIGHLY doubt this
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Anonymous#125w
Yeah…I trust medical professionals to use the word drug without stigma but I feel like in a headline the distinction would be important. These aren’t street drugs, they’re meds that save lives.
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AnonymousOP25w
Literally. Like fuck personally I’m not even on a stimulant for Christ sake.
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Anonymous#125w
This is such a cultural thing, too. When I told my dad that my fully qualified, licensed, and almost frustratingly by-the-book psychiatrist prescribed me adderall, he acted like I was buying meth off a street corner
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AnonymousOP25w
A lot of my friends say the opposite that they ruin their personality, appetite, etc. I wouldn’t know bc I raw dog it like a g
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Anonymous#325w
Unfortunately people who abuse the meds are the ones who pop into people’s minds first, which will always make these meds 1) look more optional than they really are for people struggling with adhd, and 2) harder to get/perpetually in shortage.
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Anonymous#1125w
I think the article speaks exclusively wrt people who actually need the med/are diagnosed. Like I can see how medicating people who need to be medicated/truly gave adhd will reduce their risk of car accidents, at the very least
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Anonymous#1125w
There are lots of people who don’t get medicated who self medicate with illegal drugs. Been happening with weed for years. Coke too