people with ADHD self-medicate with amphetamine, overly sensitive empaths self-medicate with alcohol, what does people with OCD self-medicate with?

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• TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  i skip both pot and caffeine and go straight for poutine

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  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Found the Canadian!

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  • Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Fuck yeah, could go a poutine bender right now

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  • fonix232@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Merde!

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  • the_artic_one@programming.dev ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Food gives you dopamine so just eat constantly, what could go wrong?

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• AmidFuror@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I don't know what works for OCD, but I guarantee they take the same dose every day at the exact same time.

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• MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I self medicated with pot. Speed didn’t do anything.

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  • bluemoon@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    okay

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• DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I have never known anyone with ADHD that self medicated with meth, the only ones I know have a prescription which is the opposite of aelf medication.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “amphetamine” is an entire class of drugs, that includes Adderall.

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  • emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Amphetamine is speed, it’s not the same as meth and is prescribed alot for ADHD(or other similar chemicals). Meth actually can be prescribed for ADHD but isnt usually. Lots of undiagnosed people with ADHD self medicate with all kinds of stimulants, amphetamine, dexamphetamine, methylphenidate… Idk why you think they wouldn’t, these pills are widely available and for people without a prescription they offer the relief they need so badly so of course they’re gonna self medicate with them. I’ve known people who self medicated with caffeine pills or energy drinks if they didn’t have an alternative. I’d bet a lot of people who end up addicted to meth started out because it helped their neurodivergence.

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  • HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yeah. From what I see, they generally self-medicate with energy drinks.

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    • DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Coffee is my jam.

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• tanisnikana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Hi, I have attention-deprived homosexual disaster disorder, and I medicate with extreme amounts of caffeine.

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  • ski11erboi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I also have found caffeine solves most of my problems.

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• Mohamed@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  While probably not self-medication, SSRI’s are one the most successful drug treatments for OCD, I believe. I know this doesn’t really answer your question.

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• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Not OCD, but it’s caffeine and weed for me.

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• KittenBiscuits@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  My OCD diagnosed hubby self-medicates with sugar and/or naps. Weed does nothing for him. And he can’t have caffeine due to a congenital heart defect.

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• moonshadow@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Can’t a guy get fucked up without it being “self medication”?

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  • fonix232@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Technically, any chemically induced change of state of mind that doesn't require a third party to supervise, can be considered self medication.

    Morning coffee? Self medication. Going for a jog to feel better? Self medication. Getting blackout drunk on your own? Self medication. Midnight wank when you can't sleep? Self medication.

    You know what's NOT self medication? Taking shrooms or LSD or any other hallucinogenics with a trip sitter.

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    • emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I disagree that having a tripsitter present makes it not self-medication. If the substance isn’t being prescribed or administered by the third party, and they aren’t medical professionals then it’s still self-administered even if there’s a third party there. So then it becomes a question of intent. Why are they taking it? If it’s because it helps or treats some aspect of themselves that they are unhappy with then it’s medication. I’m genuinely curious why you’d think hallucinogens wouldn’t fit into that category, or if it’s just the presence of a trip sitter that you think negates the medicinal aspect.

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• thesohoriots@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Whatever it is, did you really remember to take it?

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• etchinghillside@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  TIL: I’m a overly sensitive empath

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  • fonix232@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    No, Harry, yer an alcoholic

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• Venator@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Light switches, door latches (j/k)

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