- cross-posted to:
- medicine@mander.xyz
- cross-posted to:
- medicine@mander.xyz
A biotech company says it put dopamine-making cells into people’s brains::The experiment to treat Parkinson’s is a critical early test of stem cells’ potential to tackle serious disease.
Yea. I have ADHD. Gimme dem dopamine cells. I’m tired of people talking shit because I take a prescribed stimulant.
People say negative things about that? That’s crazy, people are judgmental about stupid shit.
Dude, I’ve gotten rejected from jobs because of it. Yes it’s illegal, no it’s often not worth suing if the government decides not to take the case
Don’t tell them next time.
You will come up positive on a pre employment drug test though correct?
Depends on the drug. Not all of them do.
I’ve literally had pharmacists “tut tut” me about being prescribed them, called an addict, questioned if I really need them, had them called legal meth. Like removed, if my brain could get addicted to this shit, I wouldn’t forget to take them!
Ugh, yeh I hate judgemental pharmacists. I take a couple of controlled substances, but I’ve found a pharmacy nearby where they are super nice and happy to have my business. Now my whole family goes there for all our pharmacy needs, even if the shitty chain discount place might be a little cheaper.
I have adhd and you know what’s worse than taking stims every day? Not taking them! I sooo wish we had another solution
Isn’t most of the world already addicted to caffeine?
Caffeine and Alcohol are a bit weird, since they don’t have the stigma that other drugs do.
If you say “Oh, I need a litre of coffee to function in the mornings”, people would just laugh and agree, whereas if you said that you had to take your stimulant medication/dextroamphetamine to function/took the caffeine in pill form, people might judge you for it.
You see it a bit with social media, where people say that ADHD is merely an excuse for laziness, and that medication does more harm than it helps, but will happily excuse people needing a coffee to start up in the morning.