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N.B. This is a serious topic. Please stop spreading propaganda about acetaminophen being addictive or causing autism. Please read the study. The point of the study is not about acetaminophen. It is about social pain can hurt as much as physiological pain. Only people with trait of high level of forgiveness responded to acetaminophen. Acetaminophen will not work for you if you not a kind. forgiving person. No need to worry about acetaminophen if you have a weak trait. Kindness can be learned by not trolling

Social pain (psychache), such as ostracisation/rejection/bullying, can hurt as much as physical pain. Forgiveness and acetaminophen have interactive effects on experiences of social pain. Telling victims to just "let it go" is just like withholding pain medicines from patients recovering from surgery.

We need to tell the victims that psychological wounds are like physical wounds. They will heal but the healing processes can be long and painful. Psychological pain may come back in waves, and the scars may remain just like physical scars. If the psychological pain is unbearable, don't hesitant to seek mental health. "It's okay not to be okay." Don't be persuaded to think "it is all in the head." Psychological wounds are as real as physical wounds. Good luck.

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[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 57 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

This is pretty funny given the recent political assertions that Tylenol causes autism, because rejection sensitive dysphoria is a symptom of autism/adhd

Edit: that N.B. is pretentious as fuck. Don't take an incredibly tiny study with very little scientific traction as fact. Presenting it as fact demonstrates how little the OP understands about research

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 30 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Wait

I'm abnormally sensitive about rejection because of my AuADHD?

What the flipping fuck. Fuck this shit. What drugs just turn off my brain so I can just be a blob of flesh until I die of old age since they don't like how often I complain about existence being so goddamn difficult.

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Sheesh, tell me about it, just about every quirk of my personality turns out to be an ADHD symptom in the end.

[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I hear you, I'm ND too. Reading about things like RSD being common in people like us has at least helped me be easier on myself.

Existence is goddamn difficult and I wish I had an answer, because turning my brain off sounds wonderful. Alcohol can do that, but it comes with some awful consequences. I've also abused quetiapine, but eventually that fucked me up too. Weed does not play nice with my brain

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Man quetiapine just made me panic and feel like I couldn't breathe. Actually there are a shit ton of "sedating" medications that do that to me thinking about it.

Except of course benzos, but thanks to those being cross tolerant with z drugs, they really gotta pump those in me to work at all.

I've had a little success with clonodine.

I remember abilify completely shut off my ability to think. Still had emotions, just no reasoning.

People talk about Dating being this thing that's easy to do. Yeah. Maybe if you had any choice over what was and wasn't difficult.

Im thinking about walking into therapy tomorrow and just asking "do I have to work if I'm just gonna be miserable anyway?"

[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm on clonidine for ADHD. I can actually stop myself from speaking out of turn now, so maybe it has been a little sedating xD

Dating is kind of a nightmare. I know people say anyone can find a partner, but that doesn't take into account things like sensory issues or hard boundaries around other things that keep us sane. I told myself a few years ago that I didn't want to date while I'm university, but honestly it's been so nice not forcing myself to fit into other people's boxes that I might just stay single even after I earn my doctorate

I'm also with you on refusing to participate in a misery machine for a living. I hope you can hash out some kind of misery escape plan with your therapist tomorrow

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I'm on a max dosage of clonidine for HBP. I didn't know it had other effects. It does explain a bit. Thanks for the info.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What the flipping fuck. Fuck this shit. What drugs just turn off my brain so I can just be a blob of flesh until I die of old age since they don't like how often I complain about existence being so goddamn difficult.

Marijuana.

[–] Angelevo@feddit.nl 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Different people react differently to molecules. In some people (I think higher prevalency in people with Autism/AD(H)D) the THC is more likely to cause psychosis.

These things are not "one size fits all", at all.

[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Edit: When I made this comment the person above was being unfairly down voted. What they said has scientific merit and the reader can easily verify.

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What drugs just turn off my brain so I can just be a blob of flesh

Alcohol.

[–] Angelevo@feddit.nl 8 points 1 week ago

No, that would be one of the worst options. There are far better ones. Not going to advise those either though -- substance dependency is not a pleasant thing for anyone.

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[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the cause of my autism is also the cure, i see

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

ugh it was until i turned 27 and started getting hungover from singular beers >:(

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Increased hangover even with less alcohol kicked in for me in my early 30s, but mine was likely due to interaction with prescribed medications I'm still on. Either way, my organs thank me.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

yeah I'm only half mad because i have other health issues i need to be working on, i don't need to be adding a carcinogen into the mix

plus, all the homebrew and cocktail hipsters are also getting old, so the NA beverage industry is gaining momentum

Seedlip and Pearson's spirits, Asahi Zero and Athletic beer, Lyre's cocktails, and BOLLE and French Bloom wines are some of my craft NA faves

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Any chance ya gluten intolerant? That's how mine started

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't think so given the hilarious quantity of gluten I eat intentionally in the form of seitan. Fuck I really hope not. Eco-friendly cheap protein does not have an abundance of varieties 💀

I should probably do another elimination diet for a month or so to check at some point. Been a few years

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

That was what I thought too 🙃 then my health problems went away after I stopped lol

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well there's your problem, you're not having enough beers.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

since nonalcoholic beers have gotten much better in quality and variety, i have been enjoying some lately at least

[–] FoolishObserver@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

So, not only sticks and stones; now words can hurt you!

[–] CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes, it is the essence. Words can hurt. That's what we have been telling people.

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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You get deep enough into any emotion and it will start overlapping physical neurotransmitter pathways.

Just ask anyone thats done research into schizoid personality disorder.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

"The part of the computer that does one thing is connected to the part of the computer that does another thing 🤯"

Except our brains can change their wiring.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago

It seems like a weird idea at first, but people self-medicate with all sorts of substances to ease their mental pain. Thinking of it that way, it makes sense that a pain reliever like acetaminophen might help.

[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

This appears to be a tiny undergrad study on something neat. I think y'all are reading too much into this. Also, there appears to be no link between acetaminophen and autism but that has absolutely nothing to do with this study.

[–] underscores@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

I have feel like that pretty often when sad, it does genuinely hurt

So it makes sense to me

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

There is also research that shows that acetaminophen is not a particularly effective pain reliever, or at least, that it is only an effective pain reliever for a subset of the population.

So I don't know how much this would prove.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

its much weaker than the non-selective cox inhibitors, naproxen, ibuprofin or even aspirin. in managing fever and pain. its only useful in mild pain that isnt chronic and not severe pain.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago

It works for me it also gives me a little bit of a buzz. I usually take ibuprofen though unless it's something bad in which case I take one of each.

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[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Old doctor joke: Patient: "Hey Doc, it hurts when I do this." Doc: "Quit doing that!" Same holds true of social pain. Trust yourself, stay true to yourself, avoid the pain sources, and 'find the others'.

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

More easily said than done, for some of us.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Life is about recognizing and solving problems.

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[–] MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

So not that much unlike alcohol then

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I hit something a little different for my depressed attitudes and it works as good as a prescribed medication. Alpha GPC

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Great now autism is going to spread from parent to children

[–] CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Propaganda can be spread like wild fire

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