The lighter side of ADHD
A red button. Image says: 'Would you press the button?' [results of pressing the button:] there exists a pill that makes your disability a LOT less debilitating BUT it's near-impossible to get because the non-disabled enjoy taking the pill for fun and the government doesn't want them to.
Bastards heard someone who needed it to function normally describe it as feeling like they are gaining superpowers and now think it's the drug from Limitless.
...ignoring that going from disabled to average would feel like gaining superpowers.
For me it's, "... But you hate the way the medicine makes you feel so you refuse to take it despite knowing it would make many aspects of your life more manageable."
Common problem with a lot of meds, including antidepressants and antipsychotics. I knew someone who didn't want to take their meds because it made them fat, and that was to counteract delusions and paranoia from schizophrenia. It's been decades, so I think the meds are better but the point is, yeah, lots of people have to pick and even if the side effects are less bad, you're actively having to choose to cause that to yourself.
Totally. And for me, I'm able to (at least appear to) be an upstanding, productive member of society without ADHD meds, so I can get away with not taking them.
Delusions, presumably.
Haha thanks, fixed. Autocorrect + sleepy morning.
What's recreational about it?
"Oh boy! I feel amazing! I can get out of bed in the night without falling over my floordrobe!"
Yeah, sure... Super fun.
floordrobe
TIL. This sounds amazing, ty.
For people with ADHD, some ADHD medication has a calming & focusing effect, that same medication has an energizing and euphoric for some (not all) neurotypical people, while also increasing their focus at the same time.
You and I have a huge deficit of Dopamine, so when we take them, it gets us to an average level of it. When an NT takes them, they end up with a surplus of Dopamine, which is really euphoria-inducing.
Neurotypical people: Can't wait to party!
flicker: The laundry ain't gonna do itself and I'm not allowed to do it without drugs soooo...
I knew there was a reason that gif drew my attention.
It's a mind-control device!
It's a prescription drug like any other, if u take it while diagnosed it'll js make you normal, but if you take it recreationally it'll act like a drug with all the side-effects.
If you take morphine for example, when in a fuckton of pain, it'll get rid of your pain, but if you take it recreationally it'll work like any other recreational drug does. It's obviously very simplified ik, and I could've worded it better but it gets my point across.
because the non-disabled enjoy taking the pill for fun
How terrible!!!! But what specific horrible drug is this? so many fun illegal ones.
It's Adderall.