I head up a small community for fans of a niche indie brand. The founder is doing an event in Japan with an exclusive item for people who attend! I was so excited and was looking into booking a plane ticket to go!
However… turns out that Japan has a law that absolutely forbids stimulant medication in the country. And, no, I don’t really want to upend my regimen of 8 years and risk going on a new medication for the trip.
I’m really shattered, as I wanted to attend this cool event and meet up with other enthusiasts. It really hurts to be barred from an opportunity like this.
I hate ADHD. I really do.
A casual community for people with ADHD
Values:
Acceptance, Openness, Understanding, Equality, Reciprocity.
Rules:
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- No racism, homophobia, sexism, ableism, or ageism.
- Respectful venting, including dealing with oppressive neurotypical culture, is okay.
- Discussing other neurological problems like autism, anxiety, ptsd, and brain injury are allowed.
- Discussions regarding medication are allowed as long as you are describing your own situation and not telling others what to do (only qualified medical practitioners can prescribe medication).
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- Questions on confusing situations.
- Seeking and sharing support.
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Nobody can change me only God can judge me.
I’d never let my head or its bandages decide where I can go or not. Live fast. Die whenever.
This isn’t a recreational drug where we need to take “T breaks” in order to have a stronger high when we start it again. It’s a prescription drug that has a prescribed daily dosage. Going off it has serious consequences. I skipped a week once years ago when I was at my family cottage and forgot my meds. By the end of that week I was so deeply depressed and lethargic I had no motivation to do anything. So yeah, the dependency is real, but the withdrawal symptoms are no joke either.
No one said anything about a stronger high. And what you said proves that amphetamines are a dangerous drug, prescription or not
Which is why you take it under the care and guidance of a professional, and not listen to some random moron on the internet!
“T break” (short for tolerance break) is a term used by people who take recreational drugs to describe abstaining for some time in order to lessen tolerance and get a stronger high from a lower dosage afterward.
I’ve lurked for a while, but I made an account just so I could comment on what a brain-dead take this is. Referring to ADHD meds prescribed by a licensed physician as “stimmies” perpetuates the idea that ADHD is nothing more than a “lazy person” illness, and that our medication is merely a crutch or an “addiction”.
Furthermore, people don’t “choose meds over other pleasures in life”. Meds are the reason we can achieve and enjoy pleasures in life. Needing medication is not fucking “dependency” akin to a drug addict. Jeez, I guess you must have a real problem with diabetics always neededing their next hit of insulin too, am I right?
Unreal. You’re doing way more harm than good and I suggest you check yourself before doing even more damage.
You, thank you.
This is unhinged, why are you trying to give advice if you’re so uninformed?