I love fuuturama, and might even agree with op’s point. But this is very far from a meme.

I don’t understand what I just read, but I get the feeling that’s a good thing.

I’m not in the US and not on adderall (I’m on ritalin LA), but friends in multiple European countries also have issues with supply of adhd meds. I’ve been mostly managing okay in France, but for a few months there I was getting Swedish bottles of ritalin, and the pharmacists gave me a little print out of the medication leaflet translated from Swedish into French.

I think that campaigning and investigating the shortages and what is being done is a pretty good cause. Is your issue that by focussing on name brand adderall they’re making generics look bad? (I hadn’t heard of the reddit community before)

My personal experience is that the quality of generics can be pretty problematic. Lots of the big generic companies are based in India, and are not subject to the same checks and monitoring that the FDA would do for a US based manufacturer. This means that there’s the chance that your generic drugs won’t actually be as effective, not because the namebrand molocule is somehow better, but just that the quality control is more reliable. On the other hand, I’ve found Xaggitin (a generic copy of Concerta produced in the UK) to be much more effective for me that namebrand Concerta.

There was a book out recently that was a whistleblower’s account of the issue. “Bottle Of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom” By Katherine Eban, if your interested (you can find some reviews of the book that cover the important parts).

I think it’s just exhaustion, but I laughed so hard at this that my partner had to come through from the other room to see what was wrong.

Personally, as someone with adhd I find “planned every detail” a bit of a stretch."

“focused on random specific details but not really worked it into a coherent, useful plan” is more accurate for me.

Yeah, I don’t. Even in holiday I want to be able to go look at stuff and read books, not just lie in bed scrolling my phone and feeling mad at myself. But what has been helpful is getting different dosages (a benefit of the terrible ritalin supply is I sometimes got my 40mg as 4x10mg). That way I can take less on days when I’ve not got a lot on, and just want to relax. But taking nothing is not a good day.

I guess I’m just an idiot. Sorry for wasting your time. Don’t be mad, I’ll be good next time.

https://lemmy.today/post/25826594

Appears in the same community for me, 28 posts down (sorted by new). Maybe they’re from different instances and my reader composites the into one? I don’t really understand how lemmy federation works for stuff like that.

Wasn’t this posted 4 days ago in the same community? It’s a great strip (the first in a while where I’ve actually laughed aloud), but that’s quite a short interval.

And they have actually removed some of them. The ê in forêt indicates it used to be spelled forest but that was so long ago that they’re willing to admit it’s not necessary. Unlike the k in knife, what would we do without that!

I am OK now, but when I moved to France adhd meds were only prescribed for children. Coming from the UK and having been prescribed medication that changed my life, I was not willing to stop taking it. So I had to smuggle it to France. Fortunately, they’ve changed the rules, but I will not let me health be dictated by out of date rules.

I don’t have links, but in the UK a lot of the official healthcare recommendations are available from NICE (the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence). When I wanted to come off my anxiety meds (they were doing nothing because my issues were undiagnosed adhd, not anxiety) but didn’t have access to a doctor, I looked up the guidelines and followed the exact withdrawl program and everything went fine.

Making your one pills is much more challenging and risky (as you know) but I 100% sympathise. To not get the health care you need, because you live in a country without up to date treatments for your issue is not fair.

Nah it’s not. You think that, but you’re wrong actually. Don’t bother checking, it’ll just make you feel even stupider.

I don’t really either. Mickey mouse is now PD, and I assume the other guy (no idea who he is) is too? And daffy duck, someone else and James bond will also become PD soon. Mickey with gloves is still copyrighted, so he can’t wear the gloves.

They’re both useful, a cricle’s circumference as τr is lovely but πr2 is certainly more elegant for area. The real pity is that they didn’t use the symbols the other way round - if τ = 3.1… and π =6.2… you have a natural π =τ+τ which makes sense (visually, conventionally mathematically it’s nonsense!)

Huh, this made realise I don’t think I’ve ever dreamed about punching something. And I’ve had many decades of quite vivid and varied dreams.

I’m glad I looked that up. Pi is wrong. I’m a convert.

Interesting! How do you tie it the right way?

When I was getting settled on my dose the doctor told me to keep upping the dose until things got worse rather than better. And there was defintely a point (54mg xaggatin, a slow release concerta type) where it was too much, I didnt want to relax I just wanted to get shit done. I’m sure it could have been efficient but it didn’t feel like me, and felt kinda stressy. So I’ve been on the dose below that (36mg) for a couple of years.

The amazing novelty wears off, and i can go back to my old avoidance routines, especially if I’m tired or sick, or anxious about something. But when my mood is good, and I’m taking care of myself, I can be efficient and focus on stuff well, while before that wad almost impossible unless I had a last minute deadline to panic me into focus.

The way I think about it is the drugs don’t make it easy for me to focus, they just make it possible. So now I can do all those things people said before about breaking tasks down, and setting manageable goals and stuff to make tasks achievable. It’s not easy, but it isn’t easy for most people. It’s just no longer impossible. But it takes a lot relearning, trying out things that wouldn’t have worked before and it doesn’t always work. But it’s so much better than before.

Thanks! It’s defintely more stuff like long term stuff, helping me schedule stuff or make appointments, reminding me to stop avoiding opening my mail, etc. And there’s lots of stuff I help then with, their blindspots and weaknesses.

That’s what I think makes a good relationship - being with someone with complementary skills, who you trust, who wants the best for you, and who it’s a pleasure to help not just because you love them, but because what they find impossible is easy for you (and vice versa).