I am almost 40 and was recently diagnosed with adhd. I started taking Ritalin earlier this week and I have to say that I have been able to accomplish so much in my work that I was dragging my feet on before.

I work freelance, so I can just put off tasks until they are needed.

I told my brother about it today and found out that both he and his fiancee are also on psych meds. This applies to my wife’s immediate family as well.

As I said, the meds work for me and things have improved a lot, but why is society setup in such a way that such a large number of people need to be medicated to be part of it?

Anyway maybe this is more of a rant, but I also wonder what percent of people in your family are on some kind of psych meds.

  • theloneyank@slrpnk.net
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    17 hours ago

    I used to be on medical crack. Then I stopped. Then I started again. Then I stopped…It gives you a false sense of accomplishment. It didn’t fix my problems but just like the honey badger … capitalism don’t care.