I'm not diagnosed anything but my gf is convinced I'm ADD. I've done some reading about it and concede that I could be but at 36, what the fuck am I gonna do about it?
I have an "as needed" Ritalin prescription that I use rarely, but is extremely helpful.
ADHD seems like a weird disease to me. It's not as popular over here. Do you all get diagnosed by psychiatrists? The symptoms sound like my brother or I could have it. It has always seemed like a #FirstWorldProblem as the genetic markers are a conglomerate on top of environmental factors.
Maybe it's also socio-economic and cultural. The American medical attitude seems to be fine with using prescription drugs at the drop of a hat for any problem, combined with pharmaceutical advertising, drugs sell far more easily.
Is it still possible for non medically certified people "diagnose" it.?
Yes, you need to be diagnosed by medically certified psychiatrists to get treatment. Adderrol is not an over the counter medication. ADD kinda blurs the line between the neurological and the psychological. The big trait it shares is that it's a matter of degree of symptoms which can't be objectively measured. There are clear cases of it (I was a pretty textbook case of someone who needed help with both), and then there's cases where you have to make a bit of a judgement call. The big difference is that there are ways for us to test for ADD in ways we can't for something like bipolar. We can measure attention span and cognitive speed by recording certain aspects of them doing assigned tasks and comparing them to averages. I had to go through three rounds of testing in 7th grade to get special education accommodations, and I think my psychiatrist then used that documentation to get me medication, but I'm not certain on account of me being 12 at the time.
Its definitely real but there does seem to be maybe some over-diagnosing going on. I can't attest to how widespread but I have heard stories about teachers telling parents that their kid probably has ADD or ADHD with the kids ending up going in and getting a diagnosis and prescription from a not-so-great doctor when really the problem is their a kid and most schools are boring as shit. Of course over-diagnosing just makes some people think its not a real disease in the first place, which can hurt people who actually have it.
Got into a little bit of talk with some other people on reddit familiar with rural australia, and it was a bit depressing. Mostly just "Yeah, everywhere is dying a slow death of Meth, substance abuse, unemployment and zero opportunities, we can't do anything about it, and nobody else in the country gives a fuck."
Got into a little bit of talk with some other people on reddit familiar with rural australia, and it was a bit depressing. Mostly just "Yeah, everywhere is dying a slow death of Meth, substance abuse, unemployment and zero opportunities, we can't do anything about it, and nobody else in the country gives a fuck."
Just in general or specific states and communities?
Got into a little bit of talk with some other people on reddit familiar with rural australia, and it was a bit depressing. Mostly just "Yeah, everywhere is dying a slow death of Meth, substance abuse, unemployment and zero opportunities, we can't do anything about it, and nobody else in the country gives a fuck."
Just in general or specific states and communities?
Sort of both. I was speaking mostly about specific communities, but we had people chime in from Humpty Doo, Townsville, Maryborough and Harvey Bay(That's me!), unspecified town in the NT, Gympie, unspecified "Regional QLD", and one guy who just really hated the Gold Coast.
But from what I know about the situation, problems with meth, lack of work, lack of opportunities, and so on are all pretty common in Rural Australia.
A lot of the rural US has that too, as I understand it, probably Canada too. We're only really first-world if you live close to a city.
I've spent a lot of summer vacations out in the Adirondacks (mountains in northern New York, almost entirely rural). They're basically fucked aside from the places that can pull in some tourism money.
When I was down in Alabama, we wound up on some weird back roads on our way to an abandoned gas station. One of the games we would play is guessing which abandoned shacks were abandoned and which were just really poor.
When I was down in Alabama, we wound up on some weird back roads on our way to an abandoned gas station. One of the games we would play is guessing which abandoned shacks were abandoned and which were just really poor.
Detroit needs that game. Like, "poor, foreclosed on, a crackhouse, or reclaimed by bears?"
As I'm getting nearer to 1000 Twitter followers, each new-follower notification is more exciting than the last. Which makes it extra annoying when I get a lot of new followers overnight, and they are all fake accounts. And I always block fake or spam accounts, to keep the people following me as a group of real people.
Got into a little bit of talk with some other people on reddit familiar with rural australia, and it was a bit depressing. Mostly just "Yeah, everywhere is dying a slow death of Meth, substance abuse, unemployment and zero opportunities, we can't do anything about it, and nobody else in the country gives a fuck."
Just in general or specific states and communities?
Sort of both. I was speaking mostly about specific communities, but we had people chime in from Humpty Doo, Townsville, Maryborough and Harvey Bay(That's me!), unspecified town in the NT, Gympie, unspecified "Regional QLD", and one guy who just really hated the Gold Coast.
But from what I know about the situation, problems with meth, lack of work, lack of opportunities, and so on are all pretty common in Rural Australia.
Interesting, I've lived rurally in Australia (1500+ km away from any major cities) in WA however there is some money present in the mining and tourist towns and people moving in for the money. Others were living on farms and stations where your drive to town is about an hour and your neighbour lives 30 minutes away. In these spaces alcohol was a thing but seemed controlled because you couldn't afford to get smashed for multiple days and not look out for dealing with paddock management.
I have friends who have worked in NT and have similar perspectives to what you've described but not as widespread. I guess you can cook meth in the outback just like in New Mexico.
So I did not realise how fucking bat shit insane r/EDC is. A guy posted a picture saying he was 'unarmed' ie did not have a gun. Mention that he still has a knife and mace, proceed to get a fuck ton of messages saying that a knife is not a weapon and that anything can be a weapon even a book.
Edit; oh good fuck its a rabbit warren of stupid. God dam it.
I mean most people that carry a knife don't carry it explicitly as a weapon. I carry multiple knives sometimes and its not for stabbin, Its just a hobby. Obviously they can be used that way but its not the intention nor do I recommend it unless you're like in the process of being beaten to death or something. But if he had mace he's still not exactly unarmed.
As far as "anything is a weapon" what those people tend to forget is in the right hands. Sure, a martial artist can beat the shit out of someone with a newspaper but that doesn't mean you can.
I wouldn't consider a swiss army knife a weapon, really. You're probably better off fighting with your bare hands than a dinky little pocket knife. Mace however exists solely to be a weapon.
EDIT: I should point out that I have no idea what his knife was actually like, and it may totally be a weapon.
Pulled something when I was homebrewing on Tuesday. My neck and right shoulder blade are pretty sore and ache whenever I do any kind of specific movement. And that includes if I roll or pick myself up out of bed. I'm seeing the doctor tomorrow. I'm worried if this has led to any other kinds of problem, as I've felt kind of feverish and my right leg feels weaker than normal. (That feeling like it is about cramp up) Drinking a lot of water and taking medicine, but I feel pretty shit. Missed some early movie screenings from this nonsense.
Everything about Kim Davis, the political side-show, the gross lack of legal knowledge demonstrated by her supporters, are all fails.
I skimmed one thing saying she was actually upholding the law because DOMA was clearly still a thing because the Supreme Court doesn't have the power to make legislation so clearly they have no power over any piece of legislation. I shit you not.
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It's not as popular over here.
Do you all get diagnosed by psychiatrists?
The symptoms sound like my brother or I could have it.
It has always seemed like a #FirstWorldProblem as the genetic markers are a conglomerate on top of environmental factors.
Maybe it's also socio-economic and cultural. The American medical attitude seems to be fine with using prescription drugs at the drop of a hat for any problem, combined with pharmaceutical advertising, drugs sell far more easily.
Is it still possible for non medically certified people "diagnose" it.?
But from what I know about the situation, problems with meth, lack of work, lack of opportunities, and so on are all pretty common in Rural Australia.
I've spent a lot of summer vacations out in the Adirondacks (mountains in northern New York, almost entirely rural). They're basically fucked aside from the places that can pull in some tourism money.
Others were living on farms and stations where your drive to town is about an hour and your neighbour lives 30 minutes away. In these spaces alcohol was a thing but seemed controlled because you couldn't afford to get smashed for multiple days and not look out for dealing with paddock management.
I have friends who have worked in NT and have similar perspectives to what you've described but not as widespread.
I guess you can cook meth in the outback just like in New Mexico.
Edit; oh good fuck its a rabbit warren of stupid. God dam it.
As far as "anything is a weapon" what those people tend to forget is in the right hands. Sure, a martial artist can beat the shit out of someone with a newspaper but that doesn't mean you can.
EDIT: I should point out that I have no idea what his knife was actually like, and it may totally be a weapon.
I'm sure that will end entirely the way she hops.