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I've tried a lot of substances to help me better focus and I'm sure drugs are not the single solution and I'm still tunning my approach. Some substance/combina
by raducu 8y ago
I've tried a lot of substances to help me better focus and I'm sure drugs are not the single solution and I'm still tunning my approach.
Some substance/combinations have had a dramatic effect on my ability to focus, unfortunately they are not perfect/and or I'm unable to find some.
I'm not using drugs to "work harder", it's just that I'm unable to work for weeks at a time without chemical help (I'm chewing some nicotine gum as I'm typing).
I think that being "medically against it" is doing a tremendous amount of harm to millions of people throuout the world (in my country you can't bediagnosed with ADHD as an adult for example), just as being to lax about it.
- toomanybeersies 8y agoUsing ritalin or dexy because it is prescribed for ADHD is fine, just as it's fine to take antibiotics or antidepressants if they've been prescribed for you to be able to function normally. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about people who use methamphetamine to work longer shifts, or modafinil to get that mental edge over their colleagues so they can get that promotion and a pay rise. I believe that (with the exception of prescribed drugs) you should never take drugs because you feel you need to. You should only ever take drugs because you want to. Dropping a cap of MDMA or drinking a bottle of wine because you've had a shit week is a sure fire way to develop a habit, I know this from experience.
- nradov 8y agoThat seems like a rather arbitrary distinction considering that diagnosing mental disorders still involves many false positives and false negatives.