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A casual community for people with ADHD

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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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submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Literally have no idea what I think about them other than that it seems like a hopeless exercise. Its kinda worrying, like the meds can make you hyperfocus on things and make you paranoid but who knows, they could be right?

Altho it is a great bandwagon for the name brand dominating med companies to jump on, very easy to turn people away from generic meds that must have some baseline of quality assurance and clinical efficacy?

Uggh, just don't know. Wish everyone could take the brand name cheaply like its easily possible to in many places outside the US. Dex cost me like 1.50 a pill before insurance and like less than 30 after total. Its almost 1500 in the states. Insane

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (7 children)

People should just start sharing and making their own IMO. Open source that shit because the gov has failed. I'm surprised more Luigis are not happening yet. No one can stop a motivated lone wolf attack

[–] Uranium_Green 15 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Making their own ADHD meds? (If my understanding of your comment is right)

Cause I mean it's not hard but incredibly illegal, as Adderall is just amphetamine salts in a slightly different ratio than what you'd get by synthesizing it yourself.

It's not exactly closed source

Now, vyvanse would be quite a bit harder to clandestinely produce but not impossible, just as illegal though.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

Yeah I’m not sure we’re at the point where we recommend people start making meth.

And I’m saying that as someone who abuses ECA stacks when I can’t get a script filled.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

My neighbor spent around 3 hours calling around to track down a source today. The wasted time and money that represents is the only crime I see. Don't go talking about it or selling it, but whatever a person does in their kitchen for their own needs is none of my business. The wasted time is theft and therefore criminal actions against common people with no recourse. There are likely millions of victims of this crime.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That is insane. I can't believe it. My pharmacy has to freaking keep on top of me cuz i never have any idea when refills are or calling them in time before they call me and throwing drugs at me haha.

Its all symptomatic of gross mismanagement, their drug control apparatus is nuts, k,

police should not be controlling a nation's drug supply and manufacture and scheduling it, that is for the legislature and medical governing bodies.
insurance companies should not have any say where you "can" fill a prescription
there's zero reason a country as wealthy and pharma-dominated as Us should ever have active ingredient shortages or whatever the fuck they blame it on now that magically affects the generics less than brand name
should be able to mail order or have delivery. All of that is superior to whatever it is that is the reality. What a waste of everyones time and resources to have these medication shortages and monthly stampede/pilgrimmages

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

i wonder how one could DIY the retard/extended-release mechanism 🤔

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