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sword lesbian this, sword lesbian that, will anyone spare a thought for bow and arrow lesbians in these melee fighting times
me (a lesbian) pulls out my bow, notches an arrow, winks at my lady love and says “the only thing straight about me is my shooting” before skewering the sheriff of nottingham
people at work: wow, you are always in such a good mood, how do you do that?
me, an actually cranky, apathetic, trainwreck human: it’s called manners, susan.
“do not mistake composure for ease”
Average from a million frames of Last Week Tonight
John Oliver trying to communicate through my dreams to warn me about the oncoming apocalypse.
the ‘$1000 to go to Hawaii’ bride, the ‘I bought a $99 polygraph on amazon’ lady, or the ‘why was $200 so huge’ birthday girl
a lot of people seem to be confused and think the hawaii bride and the polygraph lady are the same but they’re actually 2 separate people so here’s all 3 in one go
the “$1500 to go to hawaii” bride
Ms Polygraph Test
$200 birthday
bask in the unfiltered nonsense of it all
since someone mentioned this and I had forgotten, a last minute entry fighter: “Squire Sebastian” lady
New to the arena, Kristie and her surprise wedding
Y'all really gonna pass up childless millennial Disney Mom?
Can you believe Clifford the big red dog and Biscuit are Jewish? Icons.
Why are all these dogs Jewish?
Because I said so
You guys are forgeting Jake!
people who live in snowy places are SO bitchy about it like miss nature makes herself gorgeous for you and you’re like wah its cold? wah its dark? wah its so inconvenient? fuck OFF you live inside a beautiful liddle scene from a fairy tale. look me in the eye and tell me you’d rather just have mud you pussy
somebody from southern california that doesn’t experience seasons wrote this
californians are bitter b/c they don’t have weather
who else just wants to fuck off and living in animal crossing. my neighbor is a bird. i sold three pieces of fruit and bought a sofa with the profit. caught butterflies for two straight hours. my debt exists but the debtor literally doesn’t give a single flying fuck. i wanna go drink coffee at a cafe where it’s served to me by a Gentle pigeon. everyone is happy like 99% of the time unless you whack em with a net or something idk
lowkey pissed that so many parents are against getting their kid an ADHD diagnosis cuz they’re scared of ADHD meds, and by lowkey I mean highkey because
1) you don’t have to take meds if you get diagnosed with ADHD
2) meds work for a lot of people with ADHD and make them feel internally calmer/more in control of themselves
3) you want your child to be as healthy as they can be, so why would you ignore your child’s mental heath just because you’re scared of it?
Also, the “I don’t want him to be labelled!” crowd.
He will be labelled. He’ll be labelled as stupid, lazy, crazy, childish, immature, sensitive, and weird. By his peers, his teachers, his bosses, and by himself.
Or, you could give him a framework for better understanding himself. A neutral label.
ADHD meds don’t always help….but they might, a lot. Going on vyvanse literally changed my life.
I know there are some people out there who are trying to scare people away from ADHD meds (see: Take Your Pills which equates Adderol and similar medications with methamphetamine and depicts them as getting people high).
The pill pushers coordinating with the school system. The horrible adverse side effects. The research that indicated continued consumption of medication likely put my child on suicide watch. All very fucking good reasons to avoid an “informed medical diagnosis”.
My son was on 2 different meds in elementary school and both made his behavior worse. His teachers wanted him to stay on medication so they could document his changes in behavior. And by document I specifically mean file medical paperwork with the state seeking reimbursement for specialized services in assessment and removing him from the class scoring average because medicated kids meet different criteria than other students. He hated everything. School. Sports. Life. All of it.
Took him off the pills. Monitored and reduced his total sugar intake including maltodextrin. Got him back into soccer, and he earned a new bike doing lawn care that he literally rode the tires off of. Kids need healthier food and more outlets for their energy than this world provides.
Not every kid needs pills. Some just need an adult that listens.
I’m sorry that happened, but I’m also glad you found solutions that worked well for your son! I know there are some teachers and medical professionals that push medication for diagnosed kids, but I also know as someone who takes medication myself that meds don’t work for everyone.
My original post was not as much “pro medication” as it was “pro diagnosis,” because I think its important for people with ADHD to understand their brains and know that their struggles are not due to personal flaws or “not trying hard enough.” It makes sense to be wary of medication, but being wary of diagnosis doesn’t make as much sense to me.
As someone who has been put in the reverse situation and had untreated ADHD drive me to severe depression I have to say that a lot of @clarityofchaos‘s comments are, at best, woefully misinformed.
I agree medication isn’t for everyone. I know certain medications aren’t for me and did even make my symptoms worse. A good psychiatrist can and will use the way a patient reacts to a particular medication to inform them about how to proceed with treatment and what to try next. If reactions are too severe (and I have had severe reactions to a couple different medications) then any doctor worthy of the name will advise you to stop that medication.
But reacting poorly to one or two medications doesn’t necessarily mean all medication will cause “horrible side effects”. I have tried a couple other medications which worked well to manage my symptoms and caused no side effects apart from a dry mouth.
Here is an article that will help you understand that stimulants often
are a part of helping treat depression in ADHD individuals. Depression and ADHD often go hand in hand. I know this well. There are tons more testimonies like the ones in this article because what the studies are actually finding is that medication helps ease depression. Since untreated ADHD symptoms often lead to or worsen depression in those with ADHD. ADHD meds won’t completely prevent depression, but they can address many of the common causes of depression in ADHDers and provide help with ADHD symptoms that cause people to feel worse about themselves in our society and in that way I’ve found the prospect of being properly medicated offers me hope for a happier more productive and fulfilling life.
Reducing sugar intake does not treat ADHD. A balanced diet will improve the health of a person with ADHD, just as it will improve the health of any other person, and when an ADHDer is unhealthy it can further aggravate their symptoms. So yeah, eating right is important. But ADHD is a nuero develpmental disorder, which means that the underlying cause of ADHD is the way the brain has developed, consuming less sugar will not directly alter the functioning of a persons brain the way that a drug will.
Choosing to live with the brain you are born with is a great thing and I fully support the right for ADHDers to make that choice for themselves, there is nothing wrong with being your default ADHD self. Quite the opposite. However with increasing demands from our school, work, and social lives throughout an ADHDer’s life many people may want some extra help and they don’t deserve to be criticized for that. Nor do people offering ADHDers this treatment option.
Now exercise is a great way to create an outlet for hyperactivity and it even helps with focus. The truth is every person should exercise each day to stay healthy. It helps us all stay more alert, have more energy, be in a better mood. Exercise is a great part of ADHD management for all who are able, so that much is good.
Back to the inaccuracies. I don’t know who told you
“medicated kids meet different criteria than other students” but that is absolutely false anywhere within the United States of America. Public schools here follow a program know as No Child Left Behind. You may have heard of that. What it means is that all students are supposed to be at the same level, learning the same thing, reaching the same benchmarks statewide. Teachers are judged on how their students compare to these standards with no regard to whether or not their teaching an AP class or a special education class. In theory it was supposed to create equality in education, in reality it just means that diversity in learning is completely ignored and needs of individual students go unmet. But as long as it exists our children will be judged on the same criteria no matter what other factors are in play. But I’m also confused as to why you think a student would be given more consideration for being on medication than they would for not taking medication if they have a documented learning difference. If the criteria actually were different based on the way the individual students learned than a diagnosed learning disorder would be sufficient regardless of if that student was treated or not, in fact a student that is considered successful treated may very well be considered to be able to succeed a little easier than an untreated student.
As far as just being able to “file medical paperwork with the state seeking reimbursement for specialized services in assessment” I don’t know what state you live in, but most schools are on tight budgets and worry about how to accommodate their students with learning differences. The state doesn’t just give out money for every student on medication. And again if they did it would be for any student with a documented learning difference not just those being medicated anyway. The truth is schools pay for the psych testing out of pocket if there is reason to suspect a learning disability. They have to provide any accommodations in terms of assistive tech, they pay for teachers to teach in smaller classroom settings to remediate, and for aids to be in classrooms and provide accommodations like reading instructions aloud. No state just hands over a fat check for all of that. I wish.
I went to school in Jersey. Used to be that Jersey had a higher ASD population so they got more federal aid and they used that to create lots of programs for ASD students. People moved to Jersey for those programs. Then one day it was “Nope, that’s not equal. Forget the actual percentages of students with learning disorders everybody gets the same amount of federal aid.” Those programs all were cut back because the schools could no longer afford them. Most of the money spent on students with learning differences comes out of the district budget like anythings else. So schools often feel that they can only seek help and diagnosis for those that are having the most difficulty as judged by what they see in the classroom. Students with learning disabilities are a cost, not a source of money. Now parents in certain income brackets can get state or federal aid for costs associated with raising a disabled child, including ADHD of course. And that’s great. But unfortunately it isn’t really like that with schools. And students suffer for it. And teachers suffer for watching it and being powerless to stop it. So to say that teachers just want everyone on medication for money is wildly incorrect.
our meds are stigmatized, the disorder itself is stigmatized, we, the people who have to deal with this bs, are stigmatized for having it. man, we’re just tryna live here but the non adhders make that really damn difficult sometimes
For real. It’s like.
Ex1:
Me: “Gee, I’d love some extra time of this assignment!”
Teacher:“oh but you’re smart! You’ll get it done”
Ex2:
Me: *apologizes for forgetting something*
Teacher: *gives me a dirty look*
These things aren’t exactly stigma, but it’s a similar situation of “I’m having an ADHD moment and nobody will chill the slightest bit about it even if they know about my ADHD”. Now these are examples from high school. College tho, completely different story. They treat me like an actual human being with a disorder it’s a beautiful thing. (Fr, my bio teacher is amazing. Every time I take a test or quiz (and there are a lot of quizes) she specifically asks me if I need a separate environment for testing and she doesn’t mind me staying back and asking her 10000 questions. She’s a beautiful human being.
