There are definitely conditions and reasons to do drug holidays with medications. They are recommended, I know this.

For sure, with everything, it’s different for everyone. And everyone’s needs need to be catered.

Oh bipolar meds aren’t the same as adhd stims, totally different, you’re absolutely right.

We do take med holidays for other conditions.

Taking a holiday from stimulant adhd meds allows our body to come down to “normal” chemical levels again so that when we really need to take it, the effect from the meds is better.

Im not your doctor but maybe non-stim might work better? Or every other day dose timing with extended release formulas. There are ways to get the meds you need and live normally. No need to feel like some crazy animal for weeks on end.

They’ve really come a long way. The one near me has gaming rooms for computers now. Free DVD rental, there’s a tea lounge, etc.

Constantly reinventing themselves.

Amen to that

I think the trick is knowing that all of us are in it together and even the most ‘regular/typical’ of us have our demons.

Love and kindness, even a little bit to each individual, goes a long way to helping everyone.

At least it was quick.

Yeah, totally on purpose. This was a long time ago and mental health wasn’t taken as seriously as it is now. Today it would have been called PTSD and he would have gotten help had he been born 20 years later.

You know poison control hotlines? EMTs on the scene had to call them for advise. So if the local poison control center doesn’t know the answer right away, they have to call the next higher one which is like for the eastern half of the USA. They didn’t know either and had to call up to the one which was in charge of the whole country.

Poison control toxicologists move fast. They know alot and have alot of resources on hand in case they dont. I guess this was one of the first times they had ever heard of ingestion of chemicals from a fire extinguisher in the country.

By the time it got up to national level, which was only a few minutes, the guy was gone. Autopsy basically showed the dudes lung was stone. Everything down to alevoli was filled completely.

Damn right there are better ways. Must have been scary as hell for everyone.

On a serious note (tada), there was a suicide in my town with a fire extinguisher. Guy turned his lungs to stone instantly inhaling the contents.

But jazz is great.