and more correlations between diagnosed and choice of drug?
I have never known anyone with ADHD that self medicated with meth, the only ones I know have a prescription which is the opposite of aelf medication.
Amphetamine is speed, it’s not the same as meth and is prescribed alot for ADHD(or other similar chemicals). Meth actually can be prescribed for ADHD but isnt usually. Lots of undiagnosed people with ADHD self medicate with all kinds of stimulants, amphetamine, dexamphetamine, methylphenidate… Idk why you think they wouldn’t, these pills are widely available and for people without a prescription they offer the relief they need so badly so of course they’re gonna self medicate with them. I’ve known people who self medicated with caffeine pills or energy drinks if they didn’t have an alternative. I’d bet a lot of people who end up addicted to meth started out because it helped their neurodivergence.
Yeah. From what I see, they generally self-medicate with energy drinks.
Coffee is my jam.
i skip both pot and caffeine and go straight for poutine
Food gives you dopamine so just eat constantly, what could go wrong?
Merde!
Found the Canadian!
Fuck yeah, could go a poutine bender right now
I don’t know what works for OCD, but I guarantee they take the same dose every day at the exact same time.
I self medicated with pot. Speed didn’t do anything.
okay
While probably not self-medication, SSRI’s are one the most successful drug treatments for OCD, I believe. I know this doesn’t really answer your question.
Hi, I have attention-deprived homosexual disaster disorder, and I medicate with extreme amounts of caffeine.
I also have found caffeine solves most of my problems.
Can’t a guy get fucked up without it being “self medication”?
Technically, any chemically induced change of state of mind that doesn’t require a third party to supervise, can be considered self medication.
Morning coffee? Self medication. Going for a jog to feel better? Self medication. Getting blackout drunk on your own? Self medication. Midnight wank when you can’t sleep? Self medication.
You know what’s NOT self medication? Taking shrooms or LSD or any other hallucinogenics with a trip sitter.
I disagree that having a tripsitter present makes it not self-medication. If the substance isn’t being prescribed or administered by the third party, and they aren’t medical professionals then it’s still self-administered even if there’s a third party there. So then it becomes a question of intent. Why are they taking it? If it’s because it helps or treats some aspect of themselves that they are unhappy with then it’s medication. I’m genuinely curious why you’d think hallucinogens wouldn’t fit into that category, or if it’s just the presence of a trip sitter that you think negates the medicinal aspect.
Edit* does your morning coffee stop being medicinal if you share the pot with others? Does your jog if someone jogs beside you? A trip sitter is just a precaution and most people who have done psychedelics often, particularly people who self medicate with them, probably have also done them without trip sitters at some point.
Not OCD, but it’s caffeine and weed for me.
My OCD diagnosed hubby self-medicates with sugar and/or naps. Weed does nothing for him. And he can’t have caffeine due to a congenital heart defect.
TIL: I’m a overly sensitive empath
No, Harry, yer an alcoholic
Light switches, door latches (j/k)
Whatever it is, did you really remember to take it?
Crack cocaine…
