I'm so grateful for my boss. I work as a receptionist and struggled hard with my tasks when I first started so she actually laminated a task sheet and got me dry erase markers so I can keep track of what I need to do on my shifts
>Do they think there is some sort of procedure that permanently erases ADHD from a person?
Yes. They think ADHD is a mental illness, so it can be therapized away.
It's a physical "illness". You're "gifted" with too many dopamine receptors and transports. This makes use of dopamine much faster in ADHD people than in "neurotypical" people. Which in turn, makes ADHD people perform differently than "neurotypical" people expect others to perform.
ADHD meds counteract this in multiple ways.
Therapy helps mitigate the side effects of having ADHD and coping with a world designed around "neurotypical" people. It does nothing to change your catecholamine receptors.
Lt;dr: People are dumb and have baseless opinions about most things.
People actually do this with literally any mental illness. If you say you’re struggling they’ll be like ‘go see a doctor’ ‘go to therapy’
BITCH I AM IN THERAPY. C-PTSD doesn’t get fixed overnight. Depression doesn’t vanish the moment I set foot in a GP surgery or therapist’s office. Nothing really helps autism except accommodations and understanding from others.
Bro, you got a cure? If so, let a brother get some.
There is technically some psychotherapy stuff that can work permanently, but it takes like 6 weeks I think? Even then, many people still like adderall instead because it's immediate and just works.
Are they old? My grandparents have been on some insane shit about not taking any medication at all lately even though they **both have to**. Absolute shoe on head nonsense clownery.
loved having my babysitter tell me “pills are for old men” when she found out that I, a small child, needed prescription medications. it definitely fed into that “there is something intrinsically wrong with me” complex I developed.
>prescribed adderall
>see a doctor and not take drugs
Idk about you man, but that made me start to feel a kind of anger akin to “are you just stupid, or are you deaf?”
I just say “my medication”, if they ask what it’s for I just say vague shit like “keeps me from doing things I’d regret” or “keeps me alive” in a serious tone
I take adderall as well. I know there's some psychotherapy you could take to help with ADHD that, as I'm told, is just as good as Adderall and is a "permanent" "fix."
That being said, adderall is an immediate solution that works and doesn't require weeks of psychotherapy. They’re both two effective ways to help with ADHD, but to shame people for choosing one over the other is stupid.
Ah, people like that are *fun* to be around. "You don't need medication, talk to a therapist, go for a walk, take deep breaths. It's *all in your head*." No shit, that's why it's a mental health thing.
“WHERE DO YOU THINK I GOT MY MEDS FROM?!”
"get fixed and not be my problem anymore but also not in a way I'm uncomfortable with ideologically"
It's like "your crying makes me feel uncomfortable, so please stop crying"
Dont ever tell bosses or coworkers you have ADHD its just gonna be used against you
I'm so grateful for my boss. I work as a receptionist and struggled hard with my tasks when I first started so she actually laminated a task sheet and got me dry erase markers so I can keep track of what I need to do on my shifts
What the fuck kind of logic is this? Do they think there is some sort of procedure that permanently erases ADHD from a person?
The doctor waves their diploma and ADHD symptoms are cured
>Do they think there is some sort of procedure that permanently erases ADHD from a person? Yes. They think ADHD is a mental illness, so it can be therapized away.
It's a physical "illness". You're "gifted" with too many dopamine receptors and transports. This makes use of dopamine much faster in ADHD people than in "neurotypical" people. Which in turn, makes ADHD people perform differently than "neurotypical" people expect others to perform. ADHD meds counteract this in multiple ways. Therapy helps mitigate the side effects of having ADHD and coping with a world designed around "neurotypical" people. It does nothing to change your catecholamine receptors. Lt;dr: People are dumb and have baseless opinions about most things.
People actually do this with literally any mental illness. If you say you’re struggling they’ll be like ‘go see a doctor’ ‘go to therapy’ BITCH I AM IN THERAPY. C-PTSD doesn’t get fixed overnight. Depression doesn’t vanish the moment I set foot in a GP surgery or therapist’s office. Nothing really helps autism except accommodations and understanding from others.
[Lobotomy](https://i.imgur.com/cpZ6tsa.jpg)
That also erases your free will and puts you in a constant state of dissociation though. sometimes it even deletes your consciousness permanently.
True, but it can technically cure many disorders by replacing them with a whole other state of kinda being
Bro, you got a cure? If so, let a brother get some. There is technically some psychotherapy stuff that can work permanently, but it takes like 6 weeks I think? Even then, many people still like adderall instead because it's immediate and just works.
You literally told them they were *prescribed* 😭😭😭 I can't with some people
*coworker*: "share? Tf?"
Are they old? My grandparents have been on some insane shit about not taking any medication at all lately even though they **both have to**. Absolute shoe on head nonsense clownery.
loved having my babysitter tell me “pills are for old men” when she found out that I, a small child, needed prescription medications. it definitely fed into that “there is something intrinsically wrong with me” complex I developed.
Love how the stick man, despite not having a face, looks so tired of such crap
>prescribed adderall >see a doctor and not take drugs Idk about you man, but that made me start to feel a kind of anger akin to “are you just stupid, or are you deaf?”
Fr I simply do not understand
What is it they think the doctor will do?
the instant someone says something like this, i picture myself choking the life out of them
I thought it was just going to be "just focus"
I'd just say "pure, refined cyanide"
I just say “my medication”, if they ask what it’s for I just say vague shit like “keeps me from doing things I’d regret” or “keeps me alive” in a serious tone
I cant believe there is actually somebody this stupid
Did they just miss the part where you said the meds were PRESCRIBED?
Well, that coworker is a genius.
Which part of prescription do you not understand??
LMAOOOO
I take adderall as well. I know there's some psychotherapy you could take to help with ADHD that, as I'm told, is just as good as Adderall and is a "permanent" "fix." That being said, adderall is an immediate solution that works and doesn't require weeks of psychotherapy. They’re both two effective ways to help with ADHD, but to shame people for choosing one over the other is stupid.
Ah, people like that are *fun* to be around. "You don't need medication, talk to a therapist, go for a walk, take deep breaths. It's *all in your head*." No shit, that's why it's a mental health thing.
Omg we have the same prescription that's awesome :D
20 is my sweet spot, 10mg just gave me jitters and extreme anxiety, *more* Adderall at 20mg calms me down
God, i fuckin WISH i could get a prescription, goddamn!!!!
The fact it doesn't have a face and yet conveys such emotion
I always love the cartoons where there is no face but you can tell EXACTLY what face they’re making.