From: enometh@meer.net   
      
   * JTEM <10lb7ok$3sis2$1@dont-email.me> :   
   Wrote on Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:38:44 -0500:   
   > After 25 years of telling "You have ADHD" they prescribed some   
   > medication for -- now get this -- for adult ADHD.   
   >   
   > Gee I hope you were sitting when I said that...   
   >   
   > Anyway, that "Adult ADHD" medication scared the piss out of   
   > me because... cus I read the warnings & side effects!   
   >   
   > I even saw a cardiologist and handed him the bottle, asked him   
   > about it. He didn't think it would be a problem...   
   >   
   > But the medication didn't work. Well it worked GREAT for weight   
   > loss!   
   >   
   > I lost about 10 pounds, mostly on account of it making me   
   > feel nauseous enough to not want to eat.   
   >   
   > Wait. This FUCTING SPELL CHECKER!   
   >   
   > It underlined "nauseous," told me it was misspelled, but   
   > couldn't suggest anything approaching the right word!   
   >   
   > Know what it was?  I spelled it with an 'i' instead of an 'e'!   
   >   
   > On letter. One vowel. That was too much for it..   
   >   
   > Anyway, I tried the first medication, starting small & ramping   
   > up over three months and, yeah, the only result was some weight   
   > loss. I didn't notice any difference. I knew they'd ask on the   
   > followup so I asked the roomie & he said he saw no difference...   
   >   
   > Now I'm on this Crystal Meth stuff.   
      
   It's a scam.  Back in the latter half of the 1990s when I was in grad   
   school (in the US) living on campus, some roommates convinced mae to go   
   see the university shrink for an adhd diagnosis to get a prescription   
   for meds, and to give it to them.  It started off with ritalin or   
   welbutrin, and then the shrink plays along that it doesn't work, and   
   then the prescription is made for ritalin, which is probably the meth,   
   which the roommates were happy enough with to powder up with a credit   
   card and snort.  This went on for more than a year I think on the   
   insurance scam[1], after I moved on a work permit to mass. I think I saw   
   a shrink once (i guess its like the same with pot-doctor network of   
   later days), and then gave it up. After moving to the west coast then   
   the last doc from mass mailed (though I hand't left a forwarding   
   address) advising me to consult a shrink wherever I was and stay on the   
   meds.   
      
   America is only possible by keepin the dems drugged and in slavery and   
   debt to the pharma and insurance bankers, and then propaganda bankers   
   then manipulate the mental illness to achieve their objectives   
      
      
   > Fun fact:  The doctor prescribed it last Tuesday and I didn't   
   > hold the pills in my hand before FRIDAY. Four days, because we   
   > actually have to count Tuesday as they received the prescription   
   > even before I got off the phone with the doctor!   
   >   
   > insurance wouldn't cover it. CVS said it needs "Prior authorization"   
   > so I called the doctors office. They called back:  We've gotten   
   > prior authorization. CVS said "No," that the insurance STILL wasn't   
   > taking it and they wanted $186.99.   
   >   
   > For 14 pills.   
   >   
   > This was a "Two Week Trial" for me. I'm LOUSY at taking pills, I   
   > tend to be WAY over sensitive on this stuff, I got my ativan in   
   > 0.5 mg doses...   
   >   
   > So $187 for 14 pills.   
   >   
   > Let THAT sink in!   
   >   
   > A little indy pharmacy said they'd be willing to fill it for   
   > "Only" $95, btw. Still a massive shit ton of money considering   
   > we're talking 14 pills...   
   >   
   > And, wow. This stuff works. A little too good.   
   >   
   > I was trying to get to the dentist, just outside of Chinatown,   
   > and I took the pike. I was accelerating (hard) and changing   
   > lanes, which isn't always a great thing to do because it's between   
   > the lanes where the ice & snow clings on. Anyway, so the car   
   > starts fishtailing. At highway speeds. On the Mass Pike.   
   >   
   > "Were you scared?" TERRIFIED!  And I had a blast!   
   >   
   > It was fun.   
   >   
   > I was also very talkative today, and even apologized for it.   
   >   
   > "I'm not usually this talkative," I explained," "But today I'm   
   > on Crystal Myth."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)