School children fly off the rails amid Adderall shortage: Parents across the country say their children's grades are falling and becoming more violent

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[–]jet199 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Tiktok has convinced me I have ADHD even though I know logically it's just part of normal human variation which has been medicalised.

[–]Musky 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I have the bona fides to get an Adderall script. I don't because it's expensive, not just the drugs but the monthly doctors visits for a controlled substance, and last time I was treated like a junkie rather than a patient with pharmacists even refusing to fill my Klonopin/Adderall combo. Not sure how it is the UK, I mean obviously it's "free," but if it's not hard to get, speed can be handy. Sex is really fun on it, it makes you really productive, and it sure beats a cup of coffee to wake up, but it's also pretty damn addictive.

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

See the fact they give you stimulants as a cure sort of proves it's a problem of people being underachievers rather than having a special mental issue. If normal people take stimulants they can work all night, lose weight and generally get their shit done. With ADHD people it just brings them up to normal levels of activity because otherwise they are a bit behind in those areas. It's like giving performance enhancing drugs to a fat kid and noting they can now run at average speed in their class.

[–]Musky 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't think ADHD is a special mental problem, psychology is a joke profession and their whole take on "mental illness" is crude at best, outright harmful at worst. I'm not even sure if the fact amphetamines calm some people is a signifier of anything besides an individual response to the drug.

It's just a useful drug, and if you fit the ADHD criteria you can get a script.