Capitalist society certainly exaggerates our symptoms, but doesn't cause them. Telling us we're methheads because of capitalism is not a good look.
Capitalist society certainly exaggerates our symptoms, but doesn't cause them. Telling us we're methheads because of capitalism is not a good look.
Yeah I don’t personally have scruples about the speed either, but I really DO NOT like it when neurotypical people refer to it as speed/meth. Kinda like how I wouldn’t want straight cis people referring to me as queer even though I am queer.
Many ADD drugs are amphetamines. I don't judge addicts or recreational drug users negatively for their use so drawing comparisons between drugs that are in the same class as the ones I use isn't something that I see as offensive in the slightest, but to each their own.
Yeah I don’t judge addicts or recreational users either. The reason it bothers me when NTs use those terms is because it’s almost always accompanied by fun NT opinions such as:
-saying that ADHD is fake
-saying that I’m faking my ADHD to get drugs (with bonus implication that recreational users are bad)
-saying that I should go off my medication because using amphetamines at all is bad regardless of the reason and I’ll be just fine without
This is a great point, it's like someone who says that nazis called themselves "national socialists" or that Abraham Lincoln was a member of the republican party. They technically haven't said anything wrong yet, but it's always accompanied by other garbage opinions.
You can literally feel them doubt your disability as it happens.
Usually accompanied by a facial expression that says, "you can't have adhd. you're not a spaz"
You can "not judge" addicts or recreational drug users and ALSO understand that there is a difference between someone using a drug recreationally and using it to treat a neurodevelopmental disorder. That's why it bothers me when people like this are all "lol just admit you're on speed just like recreational users - oh you're offended? Why do you hate drug addicts you asshole? Oh you think you're better than everyone else?" Just... shut up dude (tweeter, not you). We all understand that the drug is the same. We can also agree that what one person is doing with it is different than the other without saying that either of them is a bad person.
I love abusing drugs...just not adderall.
Weirdly, I prefer the non-chemically addicting drugs. Too terrified of my addictive personality to try opiates tho.