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Lots of people are here saying ADHD meds helped them a lot. I have also seen people say ADHD meds led them to a psychotic breakdown. I have also seen people say

by feoren 4y ago

Lots of people are here saying ADHD meds helped them a lot. I have also seen people say ADHD meds led them to a psychotic breakdown. I have also seen people say that ADHD meds helped for a few months and then became their "baseline" again, and they were stuck taking them for the rest of their lives with no benefit. It seems like such a huge gamble to even start. Even if I did decide ADHD meds would help me, good fucking luck trying to get them! It would mean spending thousands of dollars talking to different psychologists, most of whom would do absolutely nothing for me. I'm not anti-psychology as a discipline, but the way it's practiced in the U.S. is shameful. 30-minute phone sessions where they barely remember who you are since the last time they talked to you; you tell them about your life and they go "wow, that sounds really hard" ad nauseum until the call is over, and pretend like that has done a goddamn thing to help you. I'd have better luck talking to fucking ChatGPT than a psychologist. They never do a goddamn thing. That's the general attitude of every healthcare professional I've ever seen in my life. If it's not a standard procedure like a vaccination, then it's "what the fuck do you expect me to do about it?" The U.S. medical system is completely fucked, especially for chronic issues, and especially for mental issues. So all you people saying ADHD meds helped you, either you don't live in the U.S., you bought them illegally, you are rich enough to have "a guy" for it, or you got extremely fucking lucky.

kayodelycaon 4y ago
Let's unpack this a bit. - Psychologists do not prescribe medication. - No psychiatrist has asked me to unpack my life and feelings. They don't have time for that. They treat symptoms and had off the therapy to someone else. - Primary care doctors in the US can and do prescribe ADHD medication. (It helps if you have some history with them before you ask.) - While ADHD medication can trigger psychosis, it's rare. The marijuana people self-medicate with has a much higher risk of psychosis. Undiagnosed bipolar or schizophrenia increases the risk. - First-line ADHD medications the safest and easiest psych medication available. It works quickly and can be stopped just as quickly. They aren't addictive short-term. - ADHD meds aren't known to be addictive long-term. Ritalin has been in use for just about 70 years. If it was extremely addictive or did serious long-term damage (beyond the obvious stress on the circulatory system), we'd know. - A lot of the initial effects of stimulants fade as you build tolerance, but they still provide increased ability to focus over baseline. They are an effective long-term treatment.

by feoren 4y ago

kayodelycaon 4y ago

Let's unpack this a bit. - Psychologists do not prescribe medication. - No psychiatrist has asked me to unpack my life and feelings. They don't have time for that. They treat symptoms and had off the therapy to someone else. - Primary care doctors in the US can and do prescribe ADHD medication. (It helps if you have some history with them before you ask.) - While ADHD medication can trigger psychosis, it's rare. The marijuana people self-medicate with has a much higher risk of psychosis. Undiagnosed bipolar or schizophrenia increases the risk. - First-line ADHD medications the safest and easiest psych medication available. It works quickly and can be stopped just as quickly. They aren't addictive short-term. - ADHD meds aren't known to be addictive long-term. Ritalin has been in use for just about 70 years. If it was extremely addictive or did serious long-term damage (beyond the obvious stress on the circulatory system), we'd know. - A lot of the initial effects of stimulants fade as you build tolerance, but they still provide increased ability to focus over baseline. They are an effective long-term treatment.