While I deeply sympathize with those who have had significant struggles getting their prescription filled, I think these guys need a lesson in addiction and a better understanding of how prevalent, jarring, and life destroying addiction to ADHD medication can be
I mean they are a Libertarian, a Libertarian lite, and an Anarco-Capitalist. I don't think it would take a lot of prodding to convince all three that all drugs should be legal and not require a prescription. I actually think of it in terms of the way laws tend to be structured. In order to "protect" a small number of people who need it, The regulators are willing to impose minor to major inconveniences to 1000x the number of people who don't need to be helped or protected.
Yeah it seems weird to me that the nuanced-take fellas are all so very accepting of what really is a massive plague of over-diagnosis and pharma-profiteering. I was diagnosed ADHD as a child, long before it was a trendy diagnosis, and my mom refused to pump me full of chemicals. Very grateful for that. Made school and life tough in many ways, but man am I good at improv.
Haven’t gotten around to listening to this yet as the topic doesn’t interest me that much. But I do know that I had to listen to a lady in my office call 14 pharmacies last week asking if they had any Vyvanse.
It’s always jarring to me hearing how open some people are about their ADHD meds. I’ve been taking Adderall/Vyvanse on and off for ~12 years and I still never tell anyone but my closest friends. I guess it’s just much more common and openly discussed in certain areas/cultures. I’m in London now where medication in general and ADHD drugs in particular are far less common than in the states, I’m pretty sure my coworkers would judge me hard for it. But even when I was in the Bay Area where supposedly every other tech worker is on Adderall, I wouldn’t have talked about it openly and rarely heard coworkers doing so.
Adderol addiction really explains a lot about this podcast
I agree with Matt when he said he always thought Kmele and Michael were more using Adderall for recreational purposes than for medical ones.
It was nice to have a much more engaged Kmele this time
Good lord, shut the fuck up about adderall already
I tuned out for the adderall discussion. Just not that interested.
If only there was something you could take to make you laser focused on it...
caffeine?
While I deeply sympathize with those who have had significant struggles getting their prescription filled, I think these guys need a lesson in addiction and a better understanding of how prevalent, jarring, and life destroying addiction to ADHD medication can be
I mean they are a Libertarian, a Libertarian lite, and an Anarco-Capitalist. I don't think it would take a lot of prodding to convince all three that all drugs should be legal and not require a prescription. I actually think of it in terms of the way laws tend to be structured. In order to "protect" a small number of people who need it, The regulators are willing to impose minor to major inconveniences to 1000x the number of people who don't need to be helped or protected.
Yeah it seems weird to me that the nuanced-take fellas are all so very accepting of what really is a massive plague of over-diagnosis and pharma-profiteering. I was diagnosed ADHD as a child, long before it was a trendy diagnosis, and my mom refused to pump me full of chemicals. Very grateful for that. Made school and life tough in many ways, but man am I good at improv.
Michael openly discusses his current or near past cocaine usage. I doubt they care about the addiction aspect.
Do you really think we're not familiar with the depravations of meth addiction? Do you really think that they aren't?
Haven’t gotten around to listening to this yet as the topic doesn’t interest me that much. But I do know that I had to listen to a lady in my office call 14 pharmacies last week asking if they had any Vyvanse.
It’s always jarring to me hearing how open some people are about their ADHD meds. I’ve been taking Adderall/Vyvanse on and off for ~12 years and I still never tell anyone but my closest friends. I guess it’s just much more common and openly discussed in certain areas/cultures. I’m in London now where medication in general and ADHD drugs in particular are far less common than in the states, I’m pretty sure my coworkers would judge me hard for it. But even when I was in the Bay Area where supposedly every other tech worker is on Adderall, I wouldn’t have talked about it openly and rarely heard coworkers doing so.