S in Lisp type shit : adhd

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 60 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (9 children)

Pfft you think that's bad, what about having to remember to contact your doctor for refills?

Every fucking month.

Now I've got a kid who is on stimulants too. Bad enough I gotta remember to call my doc, now I have to remember to call his, too.

And worse, I'm on Vyvanse 40mg and he's on Adderall ER 10mg. These are both blue-and-white capsules. I freak out every time I give him meds that I'm accidentally giving him mine.

He has one left. I need to call his doctor. But instead I'm thinking of making a meme about it.

But if either (or god forbid, both) of us go unmedicated, we set each other completely off. We are so alike it's uncanny, and I have no idea how to deal with myself from the outside. I was handled with verbal abuse so I learned to internalize everything. That's something I try very, very hard to not pass down.

Update: I called the doctor, they are submitting a refill. Thanks op for reminding me, kinda.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 25 points 6 days ago

ADHD: When you use social media as a scheduler

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago (2 children)

And gosh forbid they are "out", cause you can only check 3 days before you run out. Nothing like being treated like a criminal because of a medical condition.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 6 days ago

Nothing like being treated like a criminal because of a medical condition.

I swear to god. This is the part that makes me really angry. Sorry I can't help my invisible medical condition.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 8 points 6 days ago

Oh I know. Especially with Vyvanse. It's better now but between the generic shortage and then the precursor "shortage", it was bumpy.

[–] weariedfae@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

God damnit I need to message my doctor. I've been trying to remember for like a week.

Edit: thank you for the reminder, now maybe I won't run out of meds. Maybe.

[–] marzhall@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If it helps: I asked my pharmacy and they now send me a text asking if I would like to refill the prescription explicitly shortly before it's out, so the scheduling is (mostly) no longer my problem. Might be worth seeing if they can do that for you. Good luck!

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 days ago

That's what my pharmacy does. They're a locally-owned joint, too, which is really nice.

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[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 6 days ago (2 children)

And some of them i hear you have to take in the morning, but very specifically after eating breakfast. Like we're some miracle being that eats every meal

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago

It would be my kind of humor, if half the effect was actually just getting folks to regularly eat breakfast.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 days ago

I use a pretty decent app, MyTherapy, that has gentle reminders after the first one. I use it like snooze. I take my meds exactly around the scheduled time

[–] python@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

At least my Adhd Doctor believes me when I tell him that I'm forgetting to take the pills all the time. My previous Gynecologist insisted that the birth control pill is perfect for me and that "Remembering to take it every day isn't that hard ☺️". I did a month of that shit (forgot a good fourth of the pills) and switched doctors to one who was willing to immediately put in a bc implant :')

[–] irotsoma@piefed.blahaj.zone 25 points 6 days ago

I'd say change that to treatment rather than cure.

And add the fact that it's nearly impossible to get regularly due to what is now obviously intentional shortages and the strict controls combined with PBMs restricting the ability to shop around for places with it in stock. So you can't set up a regular reminder to take it or even actually take it regularly even with a reminder.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's no sickness, there's no cure. You mean treatment.

[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (3 children)

So mental illness is not a sickness? English isn't my first language, but that doesn't sound right. Is sickness meant to mean things that pass?

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Mod is too sensible. I used forbidden word as an example for a curseword, to pledge for more consideration, not to defame anyone.

And maybe replace the word with a removed instead of deleting the whole thing?

[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

You're trying to reason with the unreasonable. You'd have a better shot at milking a bull.

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 21 points 6 days ago

"cure" my ass

[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 6 days ago (2 children)

"Cure" yes, famously cures require you to pay for upkeep of them every day for the rest of your life. Like a subscription to being normal that you're required to pay in order to hold down a job. On top of the other subscriptions you have to pay to live and work.

Oh and it deadens your emotions, messes up your sex drive, makes you emotionally volatile as it wears off everyday, and makes you an insomniac.

"Cured!"

[–] s1ndr0m3@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

You are not cured if you have to regularly take medicine. The pills are a treatment.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

We are not sick, we have mind that evolved for purposes that are a lot less useful in the present. Meds allow us to tone down our tendencies, to be able to cope better in current societies.

If your meds are zombifying you, dosage or medication are not right. Ideally I'd shoot for baseline plus a small amount of ADD

[–] And009@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 5 days ago

I'd be lost without medication. With it, my productivity = 3 people. Without = paperweight.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They didn't say zombifying. All the side effects they listed can still occur when you have found the effective dosage.

Also, "sick" when it comes to mental health is pretty much always measured against the cultural norm. That is why nuerodivergent is a better word. Cause it is divergent from the current norm. Even if that norm isn't actually the average.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Neurodivergent is also a word I dislike. Neurodivergent literally means that your brain has strayed.

No, I'm not divergent. I have a certain type of traits.

This is intertwined with "Neurotypical" . There is no such thing. I have a professional relationship with one of Europe's foremost Psychiatrists. Talking about this, he told me that the concept of the "normal", i.e. well adjusted, reasonable, even-keel person may be applicable to maybe 20% of the population. Everyone else has some form of mental issue, often undiagnosed.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Cultural norm is the term I used. That means perceived norm by a given culture. That is what we are divergent from. It is at least accurate in what it communicates. Most every other term is like sick. It specifically implies bad. Nuerodivergent is at least nuetral.

[–] vaderaj@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

After breakfast*

[–] currycourier@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I got a pillbox with an alarm on it which yells at me until I take my meds. Works pretty well!

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Yes. This is the way. Never trust your own willpower when you can use a (hopefully simple) device to put yourself into a routine!

I saw another post recently about advice for living with ADHD and a lot of people said “habit formation is impossible.” I didn’t have time to reply at the time and subsequently forgot about it until now. My number one hack for getting around the habit formation problem is setting reminders on my phone! I use them for everything and it always feels satisfying to complete a task and check off the box to finish the reminder!

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago

That sounds more like a treatment than a cure.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago

Ah shit, I forgot to take my medication.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I’ve had ADHD my whole life and have become pretty good at raw-dogging it. Never been on meds for it.
My brother has it too. When we were younger he got medication. I didn’t - because he was more “HD” and I was more “AD,” - so his symptoms were evident whereas mine weren’t- he was a loudmouth idiot and I was an introverted daydreamer. Parents just thought I was “lazy.”

Now I’m middle-aged, have a son who has ADHD, and he’s medicated. I’m still not. At this point, what’s even the point?

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 6 points 6 days ago

What's the point ?

How about improving your life, like a lot.

I was diagnosed with Bipolar 2 in my early 50's.

When I got the medication dialed in, I was like "Fuck! People live like this their whole lives!?"

It was like I had been living inside a tumble dryer, and now I was looking in from the outside.

I recently had ADD added to the mix. We are still working on the meds and dosage, but having experienced the life changing power of a dialed in med, I'm beyond expectant and hopeful.

[–] nezrock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

Just my two cents. I was diagnosed at 9, and on medication for a few years (some kind of patch on my arm). I then was off meds from like 13 to 27. I got back on meds last year, and it has been life-changing, quite literally.

Sure, I was "functional" without them. I could hold down a job, have good relationships, remember to exercise, whatever.

But everything is so, so much easier with medication than without. I'm on a low dose of Adderall and fluoxetine (for gad), nothing crazy. Social interaction is much better than before, and I'm much happier, and massively more productive.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 3 points 6 days ago

Well, that reminded me for today.

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