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I am unable to visit Japan. (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I head up a small community for fans of a niche indie brand. The founder is doing an event in Japan with an exclusive item for people who attend! I was so excited and was looking into booking a plane ticket to go!

However.. turns out that Japan has a law that absolutely forbids stimulant medication in the country. And, no, I don't really want to upend my regimen of 8 years and risk going on a new medication for the trip.

I'm really shattered, as I wanted to attend this cool event and meet up with other enthusiasts. It really hurts to be barred from an opportunity like this.

I hate ADHD. I really do.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Brodie, this is your sign to take a small t-break. Not medical advice, just watching your 6.

Your meds are there to help you live the life you want and shouldn’t make you choose them over the other pleasures in life. Are you taking breaks on weekends?

Remember that at the end of the day they’re stimmies, and dependency is very real for us ADHD peeps.

Choose life papa.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This isn't a recreational drug where we need to take "T breaks" in order to have a stronger high when we start it again. It's a prescription drug that has a prescribed daily dosage. Going off it has serious consequences. I skipped a week once years ago when I was at my family cottage and forgot my meds. By the end of that week I was so deeply depressed and lethargic I had no motivation to do anything. So yeah, the dependency is real, but the withdrawal symptoms are no joke either.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No one said anything about a stronger high. And what you said proves that amphetamines are a dangerous drug, prescription or not

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

No one said anything about a stronger high

"T break" (short for tolerance break) is a term used by people who take recreational drugs to describe abstaining for some time in order to lessen tolerance and get a stronger high from a lower dosage afterward.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Which is why you take it under the care and guidance of a professional, and not listen to some random moron on the internet!

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