07-19-2024, 04:36 AM
https://www.resetera.com/threads/fuck-amphetamines-are-great.931551/
T002 Tyrant wrote:*For certain people, please see a healthcare professional.
So I finally got prescribed Lisdexamfetamine for my ADHD. And I have to say I'm more focused throughout the work day, and I'm no longer talking a phone break every 5 minutes at work or while watching TV. In fact the first day of taking them my wife noticed that I cleaned the entire bathroom without taking a phone break once.
Now for those not well versed in ADHD, it is, in layman's terms a dopamine deficiency. Dopamine is good for brain health in general, but it's great for sleep health, and memory especially. And because of the lack of dopamine in an ADHD brain it causes the person to try and stimulate dopamine by any means necessary. Including embracing a phone addiction and doom scrolling etc.
The simple solution is to essentially "coke up" a person with a very specific, tested and professionally dosed amphetamine. This helps the brain release dopamine you neurotypicals take for granted. Such a dose to a neurotypical person would leave them high and over euphoric, thus why they're sought after on the black market.
Anyway most of you will probably know that already, but I know some don't realise, so I thought I'd provide an explanation.
The downside is this drug has a 12 hour half life and the main effects only last 6-12 hours. I'm probably going to have to adjust mine as my symptoms creep back around 3:30pm, and ideally I'd like them to at least last until 5:30pm when I'm officially off work, so I may need a dosage adjustment.
In case anyone with ADHD has a heart condition, suffers from seizures or bipolar. There's a non amphetamine based ADHD medication, however it takes roughly a month or so for the drug to build up in your system enough to be effective.
Anyway I'm celebrating because the NHS is fucked right now, it took me three years to be diagnosed as an adult, and now the waiting list has shot up to seven in some places. I've had my entire life with undiagnosed, Inattentive ADHD.
I'm so glad I self diagnosed later in life because it pushed me to get an official diagnosis, and feel justified doing so, especially when it helped me understand why I was how I was. Don't tell anyone to tell you that self diagnosis is invalid. You know your mind and body more than anyone!
So fuck yeah, hooray for amphetamines! (under certain circumstances lol).
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