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Post by beebeepka »

coolspot wrote: post #407
beebeepka wrote: post #386

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Glad it works for you but I don't think taking "party drugs" on a daily basis is a good long-term idea

1) therapeutic dosage is much less than recreational dosage 2) Drugs work differently on ADHD brains than on “normal” brains.

No amount of dogpiling will convince me taking amphetamines on a daily basis is good for you, ADHD or not.

The mind is not the only thing being affected here. This shit is horrible for the body. Aren't there herbs that can help? Do doctors even care?

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Post by beebeepka »

ck425 wrote: post #421
beebeepka wrote: post #386

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Glad it works for you but I don't think taking "party drugs" on a daily basis is a good long-term idea

That's an unfair and incredibly dangerous description of ADHD medications. First off there are multiple types of ADHD drugs. I presume you are referring to stimulant drugs which are the most commonly prescribed for ADHD, but there are many non-stimulant drugs available for ADHD particular in the USA. Second stimulants are only party drugs if you abuse them. At prescribed doses they're very safe long term, so long as…

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Post by FrankyHollywood »

thomastjeffery wrote: post #271

Sounds like OP isn't necessarily an addict: they have ADHD. Half the article was them complaining about poor working memory, and the rest about getting stimulation/dopamine from unhealthy sources. Everyone has "a little ADHD". We all occasionally , forget things, hyperfocus on things we are excited about, etc. ADHD is the disorder of having those struggles so often it's debilitating. It stems from having an underdeve…

I do think one should not bring it all to adhd being a physiological deficiency of the brain.

For me personally it is also about being above average smart. I'm intensely bored by a lot of people and activities. I lose interest, can't remember a lot, get irritated easily.

After many years I have some good friends, work which suits me, I know how to leasure well, basically I know how to amuse and challenge myself and don't experience lots of the adhs symptoms anymore.

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Post by projektfu »

jamal-kumar wrote: post #197
projektfu wrote: post #43

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My issue with AA is that people can seek attention by relapsing. Going cold turkey and never drinking again is the simple solution and it doesn't require all the drama.

>alcoholics are just doing it for attention What an incredibly garbage take. Not genetics, having alcoholic family, none of that? You just distill it to that?

I actually did not write that, thank you. A "garbage take" is, for example, when you put words into someone's mouth and use that for outrage.

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Post by confidantlake »

_gabe_ wrote: post #328
confidantlake wrote: post #220

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Any citation on the vast majority of people who have overcome convictions have done it with religion? I don't think court ordered AA really counts.

This seems pretty interesting https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6759672/ . I didn't read the full paper, but based off the introduction it seems to be a study of how religion helps people overcome addition.

The study was done by someone from the Institute for Studies of Religion. I am not convinced.

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Post by malux85 »

supernihil wrote: post #160

I dont like the idea of replacing the time spend compulsively procrastinating with "learning a new language, getting a pet, going to the gym" is the right way. I see the root cause (for me atleast (used to read HN and blogs for 4 hours everyday)) is that i cant stand being with myself. During the last two months ive been trying to not panic when i'm idle. And not take out my phone or read the nearest material i can l…

I see this a lot and I’m curious - why can’t you stand being with yourself?

You touch on it a little when you say you begin to panic when you’re idle - what is the source of that panic? Is it FOMO? Is it un-processed traumatic memories? Is it unhinged neuroticism and overthinking? Is it something else? What is the source of that panic?

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Post by cassepipe »

projektfu wrote: post #67
cassepipe wrote: post #59

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Interesting take. Is it from experience or an ego boost by comparing yourself to those who have relapsed ?

Can you ask more politely or are you dissing me intentionally?

It is a rather controversial statement. I have more consideration for a controversial statement from somebody who knows what he is talking about (and provide arguments/anecdote) than from someone making a moral judgment. It was rather a challenge to your statement with a conditional diss to force you two elaborate.

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Post by tonguez »

sizzle wrote: post #492
alex_suzuki wrote: post #430

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I would strongly argue against having kids as a solution for any of life‘s problems. Kids are an incredibly demanding venture and can exacerbate existing problems. Speaking from experience here.

I mean from a purely evolutionary perspective, the point of life is to pass on your genes to your offspring, so having kids would be winning at this game we call life…

so life’s greatest winner is genghis khan

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Post by weakfish »

beebeepka wrote: post #501
coolspot wrote: post #407

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1) therapeutic dosage is much less than recreational dosage 2) Drugs work differently on ADHD brains than on “normal” brains.

No amount of dogpiling will convince me taking amphetamines on a daily basis is good for you, ADHD or not. The mind is not the only thing being affected here. This shit is horrible for the body. Aren't there herbs that can help? Do doctors even care?

Well, good thing you don’t need to be convinced for other people to get help. Sheesh.

My partners life was literally changed by taking medication. Do you think that’s a bad thing?

I strongly doubt that ‘herbs’ are more effective than decades of scientific research. I presume that you’re hearing amphetamines and thinking of the extremes; as the parent said, the medical doses are far lower than that of recreational users.

Drinking coffee is a stimulant, and yet in moderation it’s not harmful to the used. Do you feel similarly about any sort of caffenation?

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Post by Tao332 »

maerF0x0 wrote: post #469
alex_suzuki wrote: post #430

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I would strongly argue against having kids as a solution for any of life‘s problems. Kids are an incredibly demanding venture and can exacerbate existing problems. Speaking from experience here.

> for any of life‘s problems I understand it was hyperbole, but I would suggest one possible application of having and throwing everything you've got at raising children[1] to help with aimlessness/meaninglessness/purposelessness. Particularly when they're your own the common experience is your instinct/genome takes over and you'll find great imperative to do things you couldn't do for yourself. I learned about this…

> For any bit of resentment about how the world has treated you, pouring yourself into someone else can at least give the solace that for them they will not suffer as much as you have

Personally, I'm shocked at how just having kids has healed a lot of my held resentment. I used to look back at moments in my life that I wished had gone differently. Now I see that if you gave me a time machine and the chance to go back and change how I responded, I can't do it because I'd be erasing my kids.

I wouldn't even be able to stop the covid pandemic, selfish as that may be.

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