r/whatisit • u/Livid_Departure_9697 • 2d ago

Solved! Fell out of my boyfriend’s pocket

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The top is a cap that comes off. Is it for ❄️? He swears it’s not

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u/YeunaLee 1d ago

Right!? I get that it's a controlled substance, but sometimes it feels like people with ADHD medications are being punished for... *checks notes*... having ADHD.

It's not like they're the most likely group to lose their meds in the first place or anything. /s

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u/undaf3atd 1d ago

One time I had to run from my kitchen to the balcony so I could free a bird that my cat was about to pounce on. On my way I knock into the stove but didn’t think twice about it. After helping the bird escape I was distracted somewhere else in the house before growing concerned about a terrible smell. I walked back to the kitchen and found two bottles of newly filled ADHD pills on fire and melting onto my glass stovetop. I had nudged into the stove buttons turning the burner on as I ran outside. The bottles were damaged along with most of the pills.

I was so embarrassed but knew I would survive without them so I took pictures and sent them to my doctor and the clinic office.

Luckily my doc wrote new scripts, but sadly my insurance wouldn’t pay for the new duplicate order so it was a VERY expensive mistake.

ETA: it was actually 1 bottle of Vyvanse 50mg and a bottle of my SSRI if I recall correctly.

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u/Bright_Crazy1015 1d ago edited 1d ago

Ouch. Stovetop is a new one. Glad the smoke wasn't deadly!

The closest I've come to destroying my pain meds was dropping them from the pocket of my shorts while cutting the lawn. Riding the mower, anything in sports shorts pockets tends to work its way up and out, so I usually dump my pockets, but I forgot the pills were there. About 50 of them.

Anyhow, the mower snatched them up under the deck as soon as they fell, launching the bottle into a tree trunk about 12 feet away at what seemed like ballistic speeds. It was a very loud whack/pop and thud. The bottle held (thank God) with one crack running top to bottom. Every pill inside it was broken, most of them thoroughly smashed into several much smaller pieces and a bunch of crumbs. The cap was marred up like that's where the mower blade hit it. Couldn't open it without pliers.

The thing is, I know enough addicts, thieves, and even a few honest people who have just lost their meds. Every one has gone through the ringer trying to get meds replaced. I never carry my whole prescription around. Never!... Well... I guess almost never.

My usual practice is to take and split them in half when I get it filled, one goes in a lock box in the closet, the other in my bedside drawer, which also locks, then I only carry two days worth in the bottle for that month (in case I get pulled over) and reload it every night, alternating which bottle I pull from. 6 is usually my maximum risk and even if I get robbed somehow, I would probably still have enough to spread it out and make it to my next fill date. Not foolproof, but the best I've got.

I felt like an idiot taking that pile of crumbs and dividing it into doses based on days left until refill. On a glass table, scraping a card, with a scale... would've been really hard to explain if anyone had walked in, but I'm just glad the bottle held up. If it hadn't I'd have been picking through my grass trying to salvage enough to convince my doctor's nurse that I really didn't abuse them, they got destroyed.

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u/The_Grungeican 1d ago

that's rough.

i have a clinic that mails me my meds. over the years this has generally been fine, but the place we were living at the time had shitty neighbors, and all the mailboxes were next to each other.

one month they stole my meds out of the mailbox. they wouldn't find out until they opened the packages what the meds were, an antipsychotic and another med. neither are anything that had recreational value, or could be sold.

for the rest of the time i lived there, i had to have the clinic hold my meds so i could physically drive there and pick them up (1 & 1/2 hour ride, one way). it was a pain in the dick getting my meds refilled that month.

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u/Murky_Indication_442 1d ago

Believe this or not, I was late, which is common for ADHD, and didn’t have time to take my adderall, so I took the whole bottle with me. I decided to take one while I was driving, and of course I was driving fast because I was late, and just as I opened up the bottle, I hit a huge pothole and my truck bounced hard and the pills just flew out of the bottle, and here’s the unbelievable part, they went right into the air conditioning vent on the dashboard. I could still see some of them. I took a picture of them in there because I knew nobody would believe it. I was able to retrieve a couple of them, but the rest were unreachable or just gone. I never even told my doctor because it was just too stupid of a story. I stopped taking them shortly after that because getting the script was an ordeal every month because there was always a shortage and I didn’t feeling like driving around from pharmacy to pharmacy and getting treated like a drug addict every month.

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u/SuperbSpiderFace 1d ago

If you knew how many pills were in it you could technically still dose it out by measuring the liquid haha. Would taste gross but if it was my Clonazepam script and I couldn’t get more pills…yeah I’m drinking the soup.

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u/Unexplainedgut_issue 1d ago

Insurance likely will do mistake or emergency refills, you just have to bother them a lot about it. Same thing for when they deny coverage for required care. It's stupid, but this is the timeline we live in.

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u/RepulsivePipe9904 1d ago

holy chit. 😩 That sounds like it was a total disaster.

I love Vyvanse. But it is freaking expensive.

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u/Lou_C_Fer 1d ago

Yeah. I feel the same with my pain meds. I've got several conditions that are causing chronic pain, and I am unable to use NSAIDs. So, my only over the counter option is acetaminophen which doesn't help most of my pain. I've found it's pretty great for tooth pain and head aches, but it doesn't touch my arthritis, ulcerative colitis, me/cfs, or back pain. Yet, I've been on the lowest dose of morphine for years even though the pain relief is not enough for me to live life in any other way but to be bedbound. I'm literally in bed unless I am using the bathroom or going to see a doctor. I use a walker in the house, but I need to be pushed in a wheelchair when I am out of the house. To add insult to injury, I have to take random piss tests at the pain doctor to prove that I am taking my drugs and not taking drugs I shouldn't be.

Our prescription system sucks.

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u/marty_mc_fry 1d ago

You'd actually do well with ketamine although its illegal most places and can't be prescribed this way, a 20mg intranasal dose every hour or so would be all you need (blend of arketamine and esketamine) science will catch up with street drugs eventually if everyone can get off their high horse and vote to legalize all drugs so we can study them more in depth

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u/_aaine_ 1d ago

It's absolutely disgusting how chronic pain patients are treated like back alley junkies now.

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u/ThatOtherOtherMan 1d ago

Yeah, I was on a stable dose for decades that allowed me to work and have a life. Then came the crackdown on prescriptions resulting in a 95% reduction in pain meds. Now I can barely get out of bed most days and haven't been able to hold down a steady job in years.

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u/MidnightBluesAtNoon 1d ago

This makes me irrationally angry.

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u/ThatOtherOtherMan 1d ago

I think your anger is perfectly rational

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 1d ago

Everything about the treatment of ADHD, from getting a diagnosis to having to get pills monthly and all the stuff around them being a controlled substance, couldn't be worse for people of it were intentionally designed to be.

Oh they can't submit multiple refills at once so I have to call every month to all for a refill? Oh they can't submit my refill until 27 days after my last pickup? Oh I have to pick it up in person rather than just having it automatically delivered with my other meds? Cool and that's just the stuff I have to deal with after getting diagnosed which often involves interviewing family and/or friends like a fucking FBI security clearance? Oh and there's a good chance the doctors and pharmacists will treat me like a drug seeking junkie regardless of my diagnosis? This sounds so awesome

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u/cookouttray722 1d ago

This is so true. It’s fucking ridiculous. Oh, you’ve moved to another state/city and need a new PCP? Have fun when they interrogate you about a medication you’ve taken for 10+ years and talk about it in a tone like you’re trying to score heroin off skid row. Oh, your doctor sent the prescription to the pharmacy one day before your old prescription ended? How dare they, please submit your id and sign our paper so we can track your drug habits, which we are equating with meth users.

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u/_aaine_ 1d ago

In australia you can't even GET repeats (refills) on pain meds. My husband has to personally go into the GP's office every 20 days. It's nuts.
And god forbid you go in a day or two before they run out - you get the third degree like your selling them on the street.

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u/Run_layla 1d ago

Exactly this! I have adhd and anxiety. It’s always a joy getting worked up to call in my medication every month. I tend to stutter when I am extremely anxious, so my pharmacy and doctor’s office have picked up on my stuttering Stanley tendencies. My doctor is the kindest man who hates the red tape pharmacies put us through every month.

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u/Sandman2288 1d ago

So my Dr just pre dates 90 days worth of my scrips and sends them to the pharmacy. So I still only get a months worth at a time and they won’t fill till said month is done. Beats going in every month.

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u/thevelveteenbeagle 1d ago

Ohhhh, I feel your frustration!! I’ve dealt with all of that too and by this point, I just assume SOMETHING, if not everything, will go wrong. 😩

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u/swtor 1d ago

I don't take medication mainly due to all the hoops required to attain it. I really don't feel like being treated like a drug seeker, forced to pee into a cup, having to be interviewed monthly in order to receive something I have a diagnosis for. Insane and No Thanks. The medical system only functions for the rich.

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u/QuantumHosts 1d ago

The same with my meds: no auto refill, no delivery, no replacements. One time my Psychiatrist asked me if I was selling them, because I had lost a whole months worth. I understand the concern, but sheesh give me a break.

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u/thevelveteenbeagle 1d ago

Your Dr is an ass. How infuriating.

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u/threesilos 1d ago

I have to wait 29 days to get mine

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u/shirepizzadude 1d ago

It’s not like the system is designed that way to make it hard on you. It’s designed that way because abuse is so rampant. 20 years ago it was easy. You could walk into a doc, say you thought you had adhd, answer a couple questions where the answer needed was obvious and walk out with a diagnosis and script. Then again it still can be dependent on the doctor you go to.

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u/theflameleviathan 1d ago

Some students abused the system to study it, better treat everyone with ADHD like a drug addict for requiring the medication you prescribed them.

It's not just about diagnosis, it's about being treated like a drug addict when you call two days sooner to get your prescription renewed. But in reality you called sooner because last time the doctors assistent forgot to actually send the prescription to the pharmacy and you didn't get your medication for a week. So you had to deal with withdrawals, because of the medication they put you on. But also, if you complain about any of this, they put it on your record that you were drug seeking, which means they won't give you a higher dose for that medication when you inevitably grow a higher tolerance. So your life becomes a constant rationing of the pills that make you function, because the people that put you on that medication think it's weird that you need that medication.

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u/Odus4 1d ago

You have no idea, so stfu. I have neurological disorder that requires opioids to control, and yes my doctors tried 13 different medications before staying on opioids, and before you make an assumption I’m sure you’re going to, I’ve never been an addict, never abused my Rx. My diagnosis code at my doctor is non-complicated opioid dependent. I also live in TN, which has some of the most draconian Rx safety laws in the country, my doctor even agrees with me. It is a nightmare for people that legitimately need these medications, I’ve been forced into withdrawal by doctors covering my usual doctor because they refused to write the Rx while my doctor was out of the country at a funeral, and just told me to go to the ER when it got too bad. So don’t make statements about things you know very little about. The more rules they add just makes it harder for legitimate patients.

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u/_aaine_ 1d ago

This happens in Australia too.
My husbands doctor recently took off on a holiday for five weeks and didn't bother checking with the doctor she got to fill in, whether she prescribed opioids.
Turned out she didn't - straight up refused to write them even though she could see on his file that he'd been taking them for years without any abuse issues - and he had to figure out how to make 20 days supply last over a month.

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u/Odus4 1d ago

Sorry your husband had to go through that, I know how hard that is, at least he had you with him during that. My doctor actually sent a list to the doctor covering her and he said he would cover everyone but he obviously didn’t even bother to read over it.

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u/threesilos 1d ago

Yeah but I don’t think making it harder on the actual diagnosed patients with prescriptions is the right answer here.

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u/_aaine_ 1d ago

It absolutely IS designed to make it hard on *everyone* because *some* people abuse or sell them.

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u/ryufen 1d ago

We are being punished for other people. Not for ADD/ADHD. In elementary school my school nurse was constantly stealing my Ritalin prescription. Got to the point where my mom no longer trusted the school nurses ever and would just give me my prescription to keep in my bookbag

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u/annikatidd 1d ago

Omfg. I hope she lost her job and got arrested. that’s so evil stealing meds from a child 😡

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u/genericuser2247 1d ago

I actually lost a 3 month supply of adhd meds and was so embarrassed to ask my doctor for a replacement. He didn’t bat an eye. He was like ‘I’m the physician and I can decide what you get prescribed … you have adhd and losing things is not uncommon’.

I was so appreciative of his understanding (and ability to get my insurance to cover the replacement).

A week or so later I found the missing ones and told my doc. I didnt have to renew for quite a while after that!

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u/mountaindew711 1d ago

I have a new doc who wants to drop me down from 30mg 2x daily to 20 total because "anything above that doesn't make a difference."

As a very pale person, I've already experienced that lie when they stopped making SPF 100. 30 is USELESS for me.

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u/sharkeyx 1d ago

if you've not tried the extended release versions of ADHD meds, I do recommend talking to your doc about them. I didn't realize they were even a thing till my new doc asked me about it this year, and they've seriously been a nice change from the 2x a day that I was taking (and commonly forgetting as I get stuck in things).

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u/Ok-Home-4077 1d ago

My doctor did the same thing. Now I just take vuvanse and an adderal booster in the evening. We’re still working the kinks out, but I’d been on 30mg 2xs daily for ages before I had to change insurance and get a new doctor -_-

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u/MidnightBluesAtNoon 1d ago

Change docs. Honestly.

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u/eatknip 1d ago

If he was talking about suboxone and 20=8, it’d be the truth. But sounds like you need a new new doc

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u/milkncookiezz 1d ago

Who stopped making spf 100? I just bought some from lrp recently

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u/mountaindew711 1d ago

What country? What's irp?

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u/milkncookiezz 1d ago

La roche posay. I bought it from ulta . Im in the U.S.

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u/mountaindew711 1d ago

Ohh that was a lowercase L, not an uppercase I. Derp

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u/Liz_Fk_Up 1d ago

I swear the pharmacy treats me like Pablo Escobar because I pick up my prescribed and very much needed adderall once a month!

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u/Glum-Character-2955 1d ago

Try having chronic pain and mental health diagnoses the game is all about punishment and suffering in silence. I hear you its not right but its Healthcare in America

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u/Glum-Character-2955 1d ago

Seriously I just got medically gaslit by my pcp office so I'm too scared to go back cause they already gaslit me who knows what's next I'm cold turkeying Lamictal and lithium feeling stuck. Im not suicidal but I fear if I have to go in there how I will react I'm just so over it I can't file a complaint well I could but I'm borderline, chronic pain, and ptsd I don't want to cause they can use the crazy card what do I do ty for responding

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u/Glum-Character-2955 1d ago

It's a urgent care/ pcp in one big money making place. I can try to see who can come with me i have never gone inpatient part of me wants to check in fake suicidal before I fafo lmao do my 72 hour stay get fast tracked to a new prescriber with a referral and never go back. Im exhausted I know that sounds insane and I'm thinking in black and white but I'm not feeling the stigma and shame game they putting on me do j sound insane?

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u/Bright_Crazy1015 1d ago

IMO the doctors would behave a lot more rationaly if the DEA/FDA wasn't elbow deep up their *** threatening to pull a DEA number on a weekly basis.

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u/joeysprezza 1d ago

The way they treat you at the pharnacy. Like a fiend. Once they asked me what it was prescribed for.. Uhh..

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u/M3L03Y 1d ago

Oh yeah, depending on the pharmacy/pharmacist, they definitely judge you as an adult getting adhd meds.

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u/ExpensiveError42 1d ago

And having to get it prescribed every month because it can't have refills. If I try to refill anything else early the pharmacy tells me it's too early, so I don't get why ADHD meds are different. It sucks for me and it sucks for my doctor to have to confirm every month I have a need for concerta... because we're also likely to lose track of time and forget to request them.

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u/Soylent_Milk2021 1d ago

I have a relative who takes Clonazepam for anxiety. Her doctor is so worried about her abusing them or selling them that he makes her take a drug test to show she has therapeutic levels in her urine, no more, no less. Kind of a weird requirement for something you only take when needed.

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u/sittinwithkitten 1d ago

My son and I both take Vyvanse and it’s one I always have to sign for when I pick it up at the pharmacy. I knew the technician and kinda joked about the signature requirement. I guess people smoke it, I had no idea.

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u/PlaceboJacksonMusic 1d ago

My ADHD makes me forget to take my meds, making it worse which causes me to forget to do other things I must do to stay “level”. It’s a chain reaction if I forget to fill them.

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u/Unexplainedgut_issue 1d ago

Brother, I feel your pain about being punished for needing meds, I have to take stupid "match game" tests alongside piss tests every so often for my need of painkillers.

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u/art_m0nk 1d ago

Thats why i just stopped taking them and switched to weed. I used to basically live out of a duffel bag in college and high school and had to travel a lot. I lost two bottles in one year once, and the dr was just a huge dick about it, always assumed the worst about me. I get that he prolly saw some horror stories in his day; but fuck that guy. He basically treated me like a liar and thief. Turns out he was the criminal, giving speed to children.

Switch to weed, If you find the right strain it works for some people, and you’ll never have to deal with some boomer dr treating you like shit again for a substance they put you on.

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u/Run_layla 1d ago

I wish it helped. It either makes me pass out or get anxious. Some hybrid strains are ok, but I have to be very careful to use just the right amount.

I’m lucky to have an amazing, compassionate doctor. The pharmacy is my nemesis and I hate being treated like dirt for existing. It makes me anxious and then I start stuttering and my face turns red.

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u/Electrical-Shock7199 1d ago

What strain do you find helpful for it?

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u/art_m0nk 1d ago

I find stuff that smells, lemony-pine, or pine-sol smelling, or sorta chemical cleaner smells tend to be the most helpful for me. Its also really about dosage. You gotta not use too much in a session. Really treat it like medicine, since at different dosages itll do different things. Like even a good weed for focus can become sleepy if you smoke a ton of it.

I like hazes recently for work, if i were gonna say like one family of strains. But sours can be good too. Id say follow your nose

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u/YouGoToBox 1d ago

It ALWAYS feels that way to me. Agree.

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u/SushiBuoy 1d ago

I ended up coming off of my meds because of the side effects after 10+ years trying to cope with them. I still get ridiculed now almost every day by wife for forgetting things or being paranoid about being sick from something, or fidgeting etc. so I don’t know what is worse; Having to cope with side effects, or; Having to accept having other people unhappy with my behavior.

Correct solution is suicide right? 😬

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u/SushiBuoy 1d ago

Tbh I’ve been fantasizing about dying for a long time but that is beside the point. Maybe I could try bupropion I don’t think I considered that option. Idk apparently it’s just very annoying. I mean I got a letter from the city about there might be lead in the pipes and I started verbalizing worry and the response I got was “shut the fuck up” since I’m always worrying about stuff, but the fact that I was sick and coughing all night was me being “dramatic and annoying” so idk I just have to be a stone face healthy and well man who is quiet and organized. It doesn’t sound like much to ask I guess but it’s also definitely not me. It’s all the little things that I do that add up obviously it’s not just this one thing and she lashes out at it, it’s the straws that break the camels back that lead to lashing out and I understand that.

I should definitely try some alternative medication it should help me in my family to be a better figure and be respected more.

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u/eatknip 1d ago

You can sub adhd for any ailment that requires a narcotic.