Hey. Let me tell you a little secret, if you take meds and they don't do anything, but when you stop taking them you suddenly feel bad and go into withdrawal; that's not a sign that the meds were actually working, that's a sign that you weren't prescribed medicine. You were prescribed an addiction. The medical industry LOVES prescribing addictions.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

My dude, I have gotten to know the folk on Lemmy and we are smart enough here to seek competent, professional medical care for addiction if we have it. More than that, we trust our doctors and pharmacists who know our cases to tell us the important information about our medications better than some Rando on the internet who doesn't even know what those medications are.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago

While that's sometimes the case, with ADHD meds it's more often the case that the meds help you function better in many subtle but meaningful ways that you tend not to notice until you're less functional again.

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

You sound like a scientologist.

[–] Sazruk@lemmy.wtf 5 points 1 day ago

There’s a distinction to be made here. If I stop drinking coffee for a few days I tend to get a withdrawal headache, but that doesn’t mean I’m addicted, it means my body has developed a dependence.

Addiction is a biopsychosocial disease while dependence or tolerance is physiological. Dependence can lead to addiction, but that’s why there’s annoying restrictions on prescribing stimulants. And you have to wean shit like that off, you can’t just stop it stone cold turkey.

It is fun to shit on big pharma and medicine and they sure as shit won’t sell us cures, but stimulants work really well despite the trade offs. Same with pain medications, it’s only an addiction if you let it get to that point.