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Wake up at 6 and go to the bathroom: can't sleep again
Wake up at 8, go to the bathroom and then take my amphetamines to start working soon: sleep in until 11.
really?
i mean... there was a study recently released about adderall (featured in the NYTimes, everywhere really) that shows they dont do a fuckin thing after the first while (cant remember how long, but less than 2 years).
the study also showed that people dont actually get better at staying focused on something, but they enjoy things more which makes them more likely to try to do the thing. there is another term for that phenomenon: "being high".
but bro if youre taking an upper and falling asleep your brain has made adjustments to expect the constant presence of this stuff and be in equilibrium while theyre in the system.
of course, if you stop abruptly you'll be in hell for a few months
im sure you know all this and im not trying to come off like im giving you a lecture.. i just worry when i hear someone say they do a drug every single day, first thing
It takes a few hours for the meds to take effect, it makes no difference shortly after taking them.
What happens here is simply psichological: it's easier for me to fall asleep when I don't expect to be able to.
By the way, the study you mentioned had several issues, but one very important issue in specific touches the point you made: the study only had controlled groups for 14 months. After that they continued doing check ups on people but the data was pointless because they didn't know what the patientes were taking. The claim that the meds stopped working after a while was made by the NYTimes article only and it's based on not understanding this point.
Tbh I recommend assuming that anything you read in that NYTimes is probably wrong - the study behind it was ok-ish but the conclusions that the NYTimes made based on it are all over the place. And "surprisingly" the article also 100% agrees with several false talking points about ADHD that the church of scientology has been making since the 80s.
Happened just today
At 4am
WHERE ARE YOUR CAMERAS
In the bathroom ;)
My wife every single night. Poor thing can't wait until morning.
Jokes on you I wake up at 4am for my job. Problem solved.
Oh me too! I usually need to go at like 2:30
Oh me too! I usually need to go at like 2:30
It doesn't bother them that you're showing up more than 90 minutes late?
Don't be ridiculous, I didn't mean that. I go in 10.5 hours early.
Get a nightlight in the bathroom.
Or just do it in the dark, your toilet is always in the same place...
While I would never miss the toilet, I just might miss the toilet bowl.
Just sit down to pee like a gentleperson.
clearly a bedpan is the logical solution.
pee bottle people: "what kind of weakness is this?"
You must not have cats to do this.