#psychostimulants

[theomnicode]

Romeo, Juliet, Psychostimulants & Parallel world & Meta ramblings

So I recently made a romeo and juliet Saigenos post and I had forgotten that there was an actual CD drama with Saitama playing romeo and Genos as the juliet...

And there's a particular line that caught my attention. Besides the uh, tragedy aspect that Saitama would follow Genos to his apparent death. Which I already hypothesised on my own since that is what he does when Genos dies on him.

Because he, unfortunately, has some suicidal tendencies which a lot of people tend to forget about Saitama. In his darkest moments, he has considered it or attempted it and if Genos was to die, his heart can't take the loss. Anyways...

(I wish I had the full translation but this'll have to do)

(the end of this meta rambling is kind of long since I'm tired so bear with me lol)

Paraphrasing, but I'll work with what I have. I can't find translation elsewhere. :(

What got my attention were these two lines:

He then asks Dr. Kuseno to give him a "poison" that will fake his death so that he can eventually end up running away with Saitama. The bottle is the poison that Dr. Kuseno prepared, but if a normal human drinks it, they'll probably die.

Remember guys when Genos asked Kuseno for psychic powers because if he had them, he could have saved sensei's crabs, in one of the OVA's? Well...

That looks suspiciously like a bottle of poison, doesn't it?

A bottle of poison to boost psychic/cognitive powers. A psychostimulant.

Something that also made Psykos more vulnerable to God's powers too.

I am not sure, if bottle of poison is a direct reference to this, or if it's a metaphor about the poison that is divine power.

Hiziki has been mentioned bunch of times. Toxic food item in high quantities. As food item and something that Genos is seen carrying. It's a product in the sale leaflet that Saitama has a breakdown about when defeating Carnage Kabuto because he's late from a sale.

So the metaphor for toxic food item that he cannot resist, negative emotions following a breakdown, seems to be pretty clear. Kinda like when he threw that super angry punch at Garou.

Recent studies have shown that hijiki contains potentially toxic quantities of inorganic arsenic, and the food safety agencies of several countries (excluding Japan), including Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, have advised against its consumption

Arsenic is a fairly classic poison in a bottle. King of poisons with a murderous history.

Since the very earliest of times poisons have been used as a means for settling old scores, instruments for personal advancement, as a means to execute criminals and by those who found life to be an intolerable burden.

Divine power might be the poison. Bottled up emotions, so to speak. Or maybe even imprisoned emotions.

Or, another hypothesis.

I have thought in the past about what would happen if Saitama took hallucinogens too. The results would be that he could go into psychosis and have paranoia, because of the way they interact with his cognitive powers. Don't put Saitama near psychostimulants.

Poison in the bottle might be medicine too. The saying "choose your poison" comes to mind.

What you say when someone's supposed to choose between two horrible options. You could either chop off your toe or you can stab yourself with that piece of broken glass. Pick your poison.

"The origin is simply that since the mid-19th century "poison" has been slang for alcoholic drink (in Australia a pub was known as a "poison-shop"). This may refer to the Latin root "toxicum" (meaning "poison")of the word "intoxicate", or it may just be a reference to the bad effects of excessive drinking. Thus the phrases "what's your poison?" "Pick your poison" and "choose your poison" arose naturally.

Might be a reference to how Saitama would have to pick between two horrible options for him at some time.

Psychostimulant for something like treating adhd. Saitama has a lot of adhd like symptoms honestly, most likely related to his powers. Genos tries to preserve Saitama's crabs, metaphor for hearty and positive emotions because he worries for his emotional and mental state all the time. It's not that farfetched to think that he would want to find a way to increase Saitama's quality of life if he finds a way to diagnose that Saitama has adhd.

In the CD drama, Saitama is dying from poisoning himself, something that King narrates. King is suspiciously is wearing the Zoo-men shirt in this Omake with the metaphor for eye of prominence, being a reference to the watchful eye of God.

It may also be a reference to conspiracy theory, where eye of prominence is often used. That Saitama's bottle of poison is a "choose your poison" type of scenario, where he will die from some kind of "poisoning" unless he does what King suggests in this chapter, working as a group, holding hand, believing in his companions to give them strenght.

Taking excessive medicine is suicidal behaviour, like drinking poison. Poison mushroom and energy drink seems like a fitting metaphor for poison in a bottle which works as a mental stimulant. And psychostimulant for Saitama would cause paranoia and hallucinations and he'd go full Mob Psycho ??? and he'd probably have an actual seizure too and start to think that everyone is an enemy around him in his psychosis.

Corn soup flavoured energy drink from vending machine is metaphor for hearty emotions and mental stimulants that cause artificial evolution of species, taken from God's cube. Saitama mentions corn when he speaks to Choze who talks about selective breeding of his bloodline. Which is basically eugenics in a nutshell. God's cube is a vending machine for artificial evolution as it grants wishes, so beings can gain divine power and transform like Garou.

A clash of reality and ideals is painful, if his cognitive mind is boosted far beyond what it should normally be, kinda akin to how it was on I.O where he did not remember what happened and there was a reference to epileptic seizure. It might be when Saitama can finally perceive the Unknown properly. The abyss itself. Inescapable reality that King in the omake says that "you have no choice but to watch it."

The truth of reality. That the heavens is stone cold, isolated, emotionless and immoral and the monster side, the abyss, has the actual life. Like how Saitama has to accept his monster side to find his spirit, because he thinks his emotional response is somehow monstrous. The key seems to be to gaze into the abyss.

Note the small vitruvian man Saitama on the left side.

According to the biographer Walter Isaacson, the use of delicate lines, an intimate stare and intricate hair curls, "weaves together the human and the divine".

"It's still for children" refers to the inner child, the infantile feeling of omnipotence and the happy ending in kid's show.

Intelligence is present; motor activity but no symbols; knowledge is developing yet limited; knowledge is based on experiences/ interactions; mobility allows the child to learn new things; some language skills are developed at the end of this stage. The goal is to develop object permanence, achieving a basic understanding of causality, time, and space.

"That kind of wishful thinking will get one killed one day".

How ominous when I've been talking about God's cube and how it grants wishes.

Genos is the spy of the enemy, the monsters, as Child Emperor guesses, but said secret mission plan blows up.

He then asks Dr. Kuseno to give him a "poison" that will fake his death so that he can eventually end up running away with Saitama. Because he's a cyborg, it wont affect him. However, he ends up forgetting where he put the poison and then randomly detonates.

Funnily enough, OPM God has only ever appeared to people in fatherly figure forms. And Dr. Kuseno sees Genos as a surrogate grandson. Ergo, he's a fitting father figure for Genos.

So what about them parallel worlds then?

I'm going to ramble a bunch of meta references from now on, because I'm trying to put these thoughts into paper

Lets try to imagine a scenario. There's some themes that happen and the OPM High school drama is an AU, so we'll treat it as parallel universe scenario and "what-if." So I'll try for deconstruction of the themes.

Person 1: There it is, standing in front of the spacecraft! This is trouble, your mom got a call from someone, saying she was your fiancee! Person 2: No, it can't be! And the alien's been taken out. Person 1: She contacted me too. "Everyone in my way has been eliminated. I can't wait for our date tomorrow." Person 2: I never agreed to any dates! The woman's more dangerous than the aliens! Genos asks Saitama to take him in as his disciple, but because of their opposing families, Saitama says it's difficult. Genos ends up thinking of a plan so that they can run away together to a place where no one can interrupt his studies under Saitama as a disciple, but he runs into Charanko, who is randomly Tybalt. Genos ends up killing Tybalt because he's getting in his way.

I'm all here for Genos trying to elope with Saitama lmfao. xd

Tybalt is Romeo's rival in the play and the only rival to Saitama who I can think of (similar to charanko) is Garou. Juliet's short tempered first cousin. Sleek yet violent manner. But it may also be a reference to Nyan, prince of cats.

But in all honesty, it's probably a reference to how Genos wants Saitama's powers to time travel. I can't think of a reason why Genos would not want to go back in time to save his family and kill the mad cyborg if he knows how. It's the one thing he desires most in the world, to be able to take revenge.

Genos has a bone to pick with Garou though. And if Garou remembers anything at all about the consequences of using divine power and getting under the thrall of God and monsterizing as a result and then time traveling, he would try to warn Saitama of the consequences.

We also know Genos is jealous af though and won't be having any of that. He gets mad if fangirls try to vie for Saitama's attention.

He then asks Dr. Kuseno to give him a "poison" that will fake his death so that he can eventually end up running away with Saitama. Because he's a cyborg, it wont affect him. However, he ends up forgetting where he put the poison and then randomly detonates.

Genos already has divine power in the form of his new core, so what he needs is the cognitive powers.

He might attempt to break his limits. Simulate death. To get enough power to time travel. To preserve Saitama's positive emotions. Maybe he wants to go back alllll the way so Saitama won't ever suffer from depression.

(how to become creepy stalker handbook 101)

He might get his hands on God's cube and/or Psykos psychostimulant and attempt to use that.

Dr. Kuseno is the father figure and possibly metaphor for God in this case. That or it is actually Dr. Kuseno who has hidden shit like God's cube all this time (dude what the fuck that would be hella good reason for organization to attack him) or reference to Dr. Genos who's expertise is genetic engineering and an expert in subject of breaking limitations. Could also be a reference to Dr.Bofoi.

Or bear with me...my craziest idea that Dr. Genus is legitimately Genos grandfather. At least genetically related.

And then I look at them side by side and it suddenly doesn't sound so crazy after all. Because my God they actually look similar. Same nose, same eye shape and lashes, eyebrows, profile...

*shifty eyes*

You know... I'm beginning to wonder...if Genos circumstances aren't similar to that of Zombieman. It would explain a loooooot.

And that if cyborg isn't a metaphor for half human, half monster. Half divine person. A hybrid.

Emotionless Terminator that wants to annihilate the human race, as Genos' face has been depicted a fair bit.

Add in God's cube to the mix and you can get some...interesting hybrids.

Nice "medical" research you got there, HA. Selling to the highest bidder eh? Monsters that can regenerate scales would be pretty valuable. As infinite genetic material samples.

Is Kuseno actually looking for...not a cyborg but a maddened half human half monster hybrid? HMMM.

Anyways

Genos thinks it won't affect him because he's a cyborg, so he won't monsterize like Garou did or get any sort of negative effects right?

Right? (if the half human, half monster metaphor is correct, then it should not affect him)

It might spectacularly backfire on him anyway. Because he already has divine power inside his core and his brain. He might actually spiritually die or his inner universe might explode. He's not equipped to handle that much power and it would be his undoing. Amai-mask warns him about being a hothead and getting burned for it and in this case, it might be literal. Kuseno warns that his young mind would be his undoing, might be literally again.

Or it might be a reference to the OVA where Genos loses his memory and Saitama accidentally death slaps him. Because he forgot where he put his poison into, his jealousy and possessiveness. Daybreak chapter cover symbolism for heartbreak, because Genos becoming dubiously evil to get what he wants would break Saitama's heart.

Saitama finds Genos "dead" and the line that King narrates is that "he painfully grieved over Genos." Saitama says "hey Genos...are you really dead? You're all beaten up..." in a sad voice. He then says "hmm, anyway I'm kind of thirsty right now" and sees a bottle next to Genos.

This would be the Saitama grieving over Genos dead body scene that was stolen from us by time travel fix-it. ;_;

Saitama will always grieve over Genos, no matter what kind of death.

And then yeah...uh, Saitama gives in and picks his poison. The bottle of psychostimulants or the god's cube or simply gives in to God's influence because he craves to have Genos back. He needs water as well as sunlight, else he is not able to grow and have a life of his own.

If he takes either of them, or god forbid, both, we'd have a psychotic Saitama in our hands. Or the poison may be a metaphor for poisonous emotions too.

The bottle is the poison that Dr. Kuseno prepared, but if a normal human drinks it, they'll probably die. So he drinks it and Genos wakes up randomly and cradles Saitama as he cries, "Saitama-sensei, why are you here? Why did you drink the poison?" and Saitama is "dying."

I'm not sure if Genos waking up randomly is because Saitama enters the spiritual space because he goes psychotic, is dying or sees the truth of reality.

But if Genos "dies" and then Saitama also "dies", they would probably both end up in the spiritual realm yes. Same place where Garou was when God spoke to him after Sai punched him and same place as Child emperor.

And God no longer is gonna co-op with Saitama nope. As it probably has been pulling the strings behind the lines all this time. It'll just leave Saitama's body to die a miserable death when his brain fries itself or something like that.

Genos then says, "It's okay, Saitama-sensei. I will ask Dr. Kuseno to save you by turning you into a cyborg." King then narrates that Saitama becomes a cyborg, and he and Genos live happily ever after. THE END.

Genos be like: Everyone fucking dies ending.

Saitama turning into a monster because he goes full Mob Psycho ??? paranoid would probably end the world yea. Or turning into a monster bent on destroying humanity, a cyborg. Break causality, space and time and warp the reality.

Or maybe Genos makes a bargain with God. To save Saitama. Oof.

That's a heavy, heavy bargain to make.

King: No, happy ending.

It doesn't sound like happy ending to me King lol. It's a tragedy. But maybe...it's a parallel world. Parallel world happenings is all about choices.

Such as that if Saitama actually continues to have actual friends and ignore the bottle of poison and make good choices, then we'll not get THE END but Happy ending.

Rock-paper-scissors game he has to play that he is determined to win. Against God.

(God has taken on the visage of Bang already, Genos got oneshot in the Game but Saitama is determined to win)

When one tries to do actions on touchscreen immediately after picking their nose. The booger remnants on the finger cause the finger to stick to the surface of the touchscreen.

The fig sign is a mildly obscene gesture used at least since the Roman Age in Italy, Southern Europe, parts of the Mediterranean region, including in Turkish culture, and has also been adopted by Slavic cultures and South Africa. The gesture uses a thumb wedged in between two fingers. This gesture is most commonly used to ward off the evil eye, insult someone, or deny a request. It is also used more innocuously in Northwestern Europe and countries such as the UK, US, Canada, Australia, The Netherlands and Czech Republic to pretend taking the nose off a child.

It is impossible to gain an advantage over an opponent that chooses their move uniformly at random. However, it is possible to gain a significant advantage over a non-random player by predicting their move, which can be done by exploiting psychological effects or by analyzing statistical patterns of their past behavior. As a result, there have been programming competitions for algorithms that play rock paper scissors.

During tournaments, players often prepare their sequence of three gestures prior to the tournament's commencement. Some tournament players employ tactics to confuse or trick the other player into making an illegal move, resulting in a loss. One such tactic is to shout the name of one move before throwing another, in order to misdirect and confuse their opponent.

In its ICD-10 disease classification, the WHO defines nose picking as "other functional and emotional disturbance usually beginning in childhood or adolescence"

Or maybe...it's actually because Genos already went alllll the way back in time to Saitama's childhood to preserve Saitama's happiness. And inadverently caused his powers. To change his fate.

There's a potential reference to bottle of poison in Disney's hercules. Mortal potion.

Hades concocts a potion to make baby Hercules mortal so that he can kill him. Hades instructs his sidekicks, Pain and Panic, to administer the potion to Hercules, who becomes mortal as he drinks the potion, but keeps his godlike strength, as he does not drink the last drop. Pain drops the bottle when he and Panic hear Amphitryon and Alcmene coming, and the bottle breaks.

I can't help but think Pain and Panic are Sonic references. Or maybe Flashy flash even, because Saitama perceives him to be in emotional pain from loneliness.

Might explain why Saitama immediately trusted Genos and fast and why he's always making these Saitama comments about Sonic.

"Seed-on-the-ground...?" "No wait, "Lost-and-found...?"

A jack-o'-lantern (or jack o'lantern) is a carved turnip, pumpkin or other root vegetable lantern,[1] commonly associated with the Halloween holiday. Its name comes from the reported phenomenon of strange lights flickering over peatbogs, called will-o'-the-wisps or jack-o'-lanterns. The name is also tied to the Irish legend of Stingy Jack, a drunkard who bargains with Satan and is doomed to roam the Earth with only a hollowed turnip to light his way.

And now I can't help but think that there's a connection with Saitama's childhood, the ninja village in WC, Flash and Sonic and God's cube.

The OVA death blow from Saitama and Genos losing his memory, reminds me of Garou's soul traveling back in time to say goodbye to Tareo and influencing past Garou's actions, but Garou not remembering any of it. It's also the OVA episode where Saitama says to Genos that he wanted to become his disciple, but Genos has no memory recall whatsoever.

Genos also manages to burn Saitama's shirt from his heart, reads manga about romance, tries to woo fubuki, loses his sense of self, gets a sudden feeling and being almost forced by unknown power to move to certain place to trigger a memory recall about Saitama and sales and his original mission to be there; to preserve Saitama's happiness.

Fubuki has a fun reference to yakuza culture with Gunshot Genos.

Yakuza culture states that all followers are teppodama (鉄砲玉, lit. "rifle ball"), bullets to be fired by their superiors. The bullet does not think for itself; it is simply aimed and released.

To which Genos answers "You seem to be mistaking me for someone else! That's not who I am."

Blizzard of Hellstorm may be a reference to the God below which appeared to Homeless emperor in gust of wind, nature elements. It's a pun. And that Genos is a spy of God and a weapon to be used against Saitama.

(Yea so, that's a lot of ramblings and my brain is mildly fried because I didn't sleep that well and I've been cooking this for few days and forgot my train of thoughts, so enjoy the uh meta rambling.)

(Currently trying to deconstruct OVA's, which is more fun haha)

#opm #one punch man #saitama #opm meta #opm speculation #opm manga panels #opm anime screencaps #romeo and juliet #psychostimulant #genos #opm god #king

[jade-curtiss]

"normalize this" nah instead we should start alienating people who think they're allowed to take for granted being "normal". You're a white person from a nuclear family who spent your whole life in a north American suburban town with people who more or less looked exactly like you and your family? Fucking weird. Not to make any judgement...but my parents told me to avoid people like this. Don't take it wrong, I was raised like this.

#past 15 and not addicted to a psychostimulant of some sort? maybe it's you who's weird haven't you considered it 🤔

[hunkydorkling]

#i watched this the other night as i was looking for something to help me fall asleep #sadly it was more of a psychostimulant lol #the amount of control tilda must have done to keep still during those hyperlapses #and create such fluidity with the stop motion side #music #tilda swinton #Youtube

[eldritch-spouse]

The Triplets separately

Katia asking how her sons meet their S/O, but their s/o responds with "I was their weed dealer", or in Mervin's case "I'm Obie and Ludwig's weed dealer"

Katia doesn't really care. Yeah, her boys probably did or continue to have weed in their lives. She's not particularly aggravated by the idea, and it's better that they get weed rather than other psychostimulants.

Ludwig snorts and elbows you hard in the side. " I haven't had weed in forever. Try again. "

Obie actually frowns. " You know weed only makes me hungrier, right? 'Sides, it's weak as fuck in the surface. "

Mervin groans. " Had that been the case, I'd steer clear of you. "

#Obie oc #Mervin oc #Ludwig oc #Katia oc

[thestalwartheart]

WIP Wednesday

(Because it's still Wednesday...somewhere? Maybe???) This week's @mi6-cafe WIP Wednesday snippet is from a little continuation of dispatches from the division that features stories from medical and admin staff. In this, James has just come out of major surgery after returning badly injured from the field, and his doctor has pulled Q aside to talk about some complications. Side note: Bond's substance abuse is a subject I've wanted to write about forever, and I cannot wait to share this!

“How much do you know about Bond’s use of substances?” Dr Nolan asks.

“I know he drinks too much. I can’t say I know exactly what goes on in the field, but I expect he’s abused more than alcohol.” Q’s brow furrows. “What’s this about, Doctor?”

She rifles through her desk until she finds a folder with the sort of classified information only she and Q have access to as department heads.

“Have you ever heard of a go pill, Q?”

“Only in the historical sense,” he replies. “A US invention to keep soldiers awake and alert during combat operations. Quite controversial.”

It is a testament to how tired he is that it takes a minute for the horror to dawn on his face.

“You’re not saying…are you telling me James is taking government-issued psychostimulants, Doctor?”

#wip wednesday #mi6cafewipwednesday #00q #00q fic #my fic

[tacktrunkstudies]

Stop with the hashtags I never took you discussing your opinions as a personal attack like it's all good.

From what you said I'm gonna assume that maybe you live in north America?

I live in france and it's heaaacvily regulated here there's noooo way in hell I'd be given a prescription to a highly regulated drug after only a 2 hour session and silly little test. The only drug that's allowed here is concerta so while it is a stimulant it's not as intense as Adderall or smth similar.

Also I'd prefer if you linked some research to support your claims about the brain thing..

I am in North America, the US, where Vyvanse, Adderall, & Ritalin are incredibly easy access and Desoxyn is still used in a lot of cases, and concerta is rarely utilized.

Here's one of the summary pieces on MRIs showing decreased divergence in patients on long term amphetamine therapy.

This is a preliminary study trying to sort out whether ADHD itself is neuroprotective, making psychostimulants not recommended for lifetime use, or if the psychostimulants are the neuroprotective agent, and their conclusion is basically that more research on long-term psychostimulant therapy is needed to assess the risk and benefits and determine causation of the neuroprotective effects seen in both untreated adhd patients and treated adhd patients.

This study is now behind a paywall, unfortunately, but if you've got institutional credentials it may be accessible, and showed that patients had strengthened attention and reward centers in the brain, and their second phase (currently ongoing) is hoping to find if these benefits are retained after cessation.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-024-01831-4

[thelostgirl21]

OMFG! This came across my dash, and given that Jaskier is, like, the most ADHD coded character I've had the pleasure of watching on screen since Jake Peralta, first thing that came to mind was...

"But what if having sex actually is one of the ways that Jaskier has instinctively found to self-medicate, though?"

What if he tends to be able to think more clearly, feel calmer, and be a bit less restless and impulsive after sex?

What if, sometimes, for example, he tends to start a bunch of different new songs at the same time, while struggling with finishing them, and thus feels driven to have sex with someone to help himself focus and complete them?

People with ADHD actually do tend to gravitate towards hypersexuality and hyposexuality (it's not considered an official symptom of ADHD per say, more a co-occurence... Like, I think that among men seeking treatment for hypersexuality issues and problematic porn consumption, they discovered 67% of them had ADHD or something...), and Jaskier's very high sex drive - while not necessarily considered a disorder in itself - is still enough to put him into some serious trouble at times and generate drama in his interpersonal relationships.

I mean, I don't want to call him sexually hyperfixated, but his very first impulse - after the world around him froze and a copy of himself appeared before him - was trying to assess the fuckability of the situation and if he might be into having sex with himself even before asking if he was still alive!

At the very least, it definitely seems that sex might be a coping strategy that he uses to relieve feelings of stress and anxiety.

We've already seen Jaskier go:

to cope with his emotions.

But he just might have this very instinctive:

coping response as well!

In a sense, maybe the way he reacted to Seanchai looking at him was a manifestation of that.

Anxiety going through the roof = Jaskier going:

Poor bard is just going through his life, facing impossible odds, and regularly going:

to manage the crazy levels of stress he's constantly being subjected to.

People think he's being promiscuous because he is irresponsible and immature or something, when the poor bard is just instinctively doing whatever he can to manage his blood pressure, and avoid dying young of some stress-related condition.

Of course, the desired therapeutic effect might be a little offset by the fact that a bunch of nobles tend to want to kill him for having had sex with their spouses and/or relatives... Guess he'll just need to go find someone to sleep with to deal with that stress then... Wait.

Jaskier to Geralt: "I think we should go to Redania... Ciri would have an entire army at her back, and I'd have a really sexy Prince at mine providing me with a steady dopamine, endorphin and oxytocin supply. Seriously Geralt, I'm only human, and if this keeps going, at this rate I won't live past 50!"

Radovid to his brother: "Look, I'm really shit at being a spymaster and a Prince, but years of being very bored and very gay at court have helped me develop a unique type of expertise. And now, I've just discovered there's this one thing - or rather person - that I can do, and do really well! And he's going through some apocalyptic-level stressful shit right now. So, you've got to let me go help him, alright?"

It also would make sense that Jaskier would be so driven to have sex with people, regardless of sexual attraction, if sexual activity happens to be a coping mechanism for him, that can both act as a psychostimulant, and/or as something to help him relieve anxiety, stress, and even the occasional depressive feelings.

In that case, it can also turn into a sort of cycle that becomes self-sustaining, i.e. :

People make him feel shame over his regular need for sex and "promiscuity" - - > it triggers his RSD and emotional insecurities over never being good enough for those he loves, or "too different" - - > he instinctively seeks sex to take his mind off those negative and painful feelings, feel wanted, connected to others, receive praise rather than harsh criticism, and flood his system with stress relieving and "feel good" hormones - - > people make him feel shame over his regular need for sex and "promiscuity" - - > it triggers...

And then, there's Radovid that never reacted negatively to the fact that Vespula was angry at Jaskier over the many, many different people he'd been sleeping with, openly called Geralt "his Witcher", wanted to help him find and rescue the rest of his family...

He's not putting any pressure on Jaskier to stop loving other people or being intimate with them to also be loved and wanted by him.

There are so many ways that Prince/King can help our poor bard manage and relieve his anxiety, including not making him feel wrong or inadequate for having such a need for sex in the first place...

Ironically, the way Radovid's brain works apparently "turns Jaskier on"... but Radovid turning him on - while also making him fell like he is enough - might also help "turn Jaskier off" (as in, help him modulate his overall need for sex in general) if there's less of a need for him to turn to sex to cope with the way his own brain works, and the distress it might occasionally cause him.

As an ex-nurse clinician, it is thus my professional opinion that someone should really officially prescribe some Radovid to Jaskier, to be taken PRN - p.o., as a spoon, intrarectal or however he needs him - and as often as he personally needs him.

It's not a want, it's a need. Someone needs to deliver some Radovid back to him ASAP.

Okay, and now I imagine Geralt just showing up with Jaskier at some point in Tretogor after Yennefer portals them both there, knocking on the castle door, and basically going:

Geralt: Yes, hi. Sorry to bother you. Things have been exceedingly stressful lately, and I have a bard that's been insisting on going back to see an ex-lover...

Jaskier: I'm telling you, it's fine!

Geralt: ...that's threatened to have him beheaded if she ever saw him on her lands again...

Jaskier: I'm sure she didn't mean it!

Geralt: ...and this idiot is willing to risk death...

Jaskier: She's actually really sweet once you get to know her!

Geralt: ...in the hopes that she'll agree to sleep with him.

Jaskier: I'm not even sure if she offered to cut off my head or give me head if she ever saw me again! You know how easy it is to confuse the two...

Geralt: No. No Jaskier, I do not.

Castle Guard: Ah... Yes, so um... what do you need us to do about -

Radovid: *Showing up out of breath, in a robe, with his crown hanging a bit sideways, after he took off running as fast as he could when he caught sight of Geralt and Jaskier approaching the castle from his private chambers' window.* Yeah... Hi... It's okay... *to the guards* I've ... I've... got this...

Jaskier: *Blushes and whines, leaning heavily against Geralt to avoid sliding to the floor at the sight.*

Radovid: *Concerned, to Geralt.* What happened? Is he okay? *Reaches out to Jaskier to hold him in his arms and help support him, looking for any sign of injuries.* Are you hurt?

Geralt: If you could just keep him with you and have sex with him for a few days, I'm sure he'll be perfectly fine!

Radovid: *Dumbstruck* You want me to do what now?

Jaskier: *Starting to kiss and nimble on Radovid's collarbone, insistently pressing himself against him.* Me. Do me. Now.

Radovid: Ah, alright, but we'll need to use the barracks. I'm not running all the way back upstairs!

Geralt: Don't think you'd even manage to make it to the first floor anyway.

Castle Guard: Ah, so, should we... give the order to empty the barracks your Majesty?

Jaskier: *Beginning to slide his hands under his robes.* They could stay and watch, or join in...

Radovid: I'm... not sure if that's the kind of support I'm entitled to expect or ask from the Redanian army, but if some of them want to stay, I guess... Why not?

Jaskier: *Briefly pulling back to look at him, realising he's not put off by, or disapproving of his behavior.* I love you.

Radovid: *Beams back at him.* I love you, too. Marry me?

Geralt: Boy, that escalated quickly!

#Jaskier #The Witcher #Radskier #Radovid #'s new moto right before he was forcefully made King was: #Save a Princess #Ride a Bard #No but seriously this reminds me of the interview with Hugh where he thanked the interviewer for having said Radovid #and not “Radovoid” because that sounded like some kind of medical condition... #My Posts #My Thoughts #My Stuff

[obstinatecondolement]

Another thing I didn't post about earlier that I'm pissed off about is that I accidentally missed an appointment with my psychiatrist, because I lost my appointment card and didn't get a text reminder the day before like I usually do (when the secretary remembers...) and now it's apparently up in the air if the office will send my prescription to me in the meantime while I wait for the next available appointment because "I haven't been seen by the team" and "maybe an exception can be made" but there's no guarantee and I might just have to come off cold turkey for the next few months, lol.

I'm going to ask my GP if he'll write me a script if I don't hear back from the secretary again by tomorrow afternoon (she often says she'll call me back and then never does and doesn't return any of my voicemails when I try to get in touch). But it's like... I'm not a new patient, I am not asking for any dosages to be changed, I have been going to this practice for eleven fucking years?? I'm just so fucking sick of getting jerked around like this and the barrier to Getting Help being so fucking high everything is made as difficult as possible by everyone who is supposed to help me.

Like, yes, I did miss an appointment and I didn't call about it (I thought I'd missed it last week, because I ran out of my meds a few days ago, but apparently it was scheduled for today) and that is my fault and my responsibility, but why is it such a fucking production having a script fucking emailed to my pharmacy like they've done a thousand times before?

I'm annoyed about this now because I am exhausted and it's not even 7.30 p.m., because coming off a hefty dose of psychostimulants without tapering it off will do that to you. But like. Ugh.

#my consultant retired and this was supposed to be the first time I saw the new guy #but I don't see why that should make such a difference unless he Doesn't Trust what my previous doctor thought was appropriate #on priciple or something #also I am literally on a mood stabiliser as well #because I'm being treated for bipolar even if I haven't got it on my chart #so like... sure how I don't have any high highs or low lows that could have been avoided lol

[wazzappp]

anGR RE7 au part two electric boogaloo

part 1

Robbie thinks he’s protecting himself and Gabe by not telling the BSAA, but they totally already know they're both infected. Mandatory blood tests revealed incredibly high concentrations of the mold in both of them. Sidenote with the blood testing: Robbie would absolutely use the fuck out of the psychostimulants. In the game they reveal hidden loot so I think that would translate to hyper-vigilance and oh jeez would he use the hell out of that in a survival horror situation. But what the fuck are the psycho stimulants? Addaral? Meth? COCAINE? Idk dude but I think it would be funny as fuck for a scientist to go “Yeah with this mold concentration he should have mutated into a horrifying monster by now and he hasn’t but WHY THE FUCK HAS HE TAKEN ENOUGH COKE TO KILL A HORSE?” Anyway, tangent over. 

The BSAA has decided to just observe for now. They briefly considered separating them just because Gabe’s virus concentrations of the mold were significantly lower than Robbies, and then remembered that Robbie just single handedly fought through what would have killed two of their teams. If they wanted to try and take Gabe away they should be ready to lose an entire compound of men. Besides, the kid is like a built-in handler for them. He makes Robbie happy, keeps him wanting to be as human as possible, and most importantly keeps him fucking docile. The havoc someone who just cant fucking die (along with probable other powers) would be able to wreak… better to just keep them together.

And the most annoying part for Robbie is that they are probably right. Gabe is his tether to humanity in this AU as much as he is in canon. The hive mind aspect of the mold could make it incredibly easy for Robbie to lose himself without someone to center him. Gabe keeps him focused on things like; needing to eat, needing to drink water, needing to breathe (his skin isn't actually skin, just a mold approximation of it so he doesn't technically need lungs). On that note, after receiving a lot of damage Robbie looks significantly less human. The mold and his subconscious are no longer focused on blending in, but on healing themselves and attacking the threat. Places where scars from past injuries at the Baker house are most apparent usually start to turn black and spiderweb out, along with whatever area received damage. It takes a few hours and a feeling of safety to go back to normal.

I've been thinking about how to fit Lisa into this au because I really like her, and I'm thinking she should be a scientist. She's sent once or twice a month to collect blood samples from both of them to monitor their health. At first Robbie does not trust her in the slightest. The mold is still at work combined with his traumatic experiences and she is very much an intruder from an organization he does not trust. Gabe is an entirely different case. His mind isn't as influenced as Robbies and he still desires more social interaction than he's presently getting (hence talking to the mold in the walls like I said on my previous dump) So he's also skeptical about Lisa at first but warms up to her pretty quick. She doesn't get annoyed when he asks her about her cool equipment like some of the other people who come by, and she actually talks to him like a person. 

Goldendaydna made a BEAUTIFUL suggestion for getting Robbie to trust Lisa more quickly and it translated into my brain as this so here is how their first meeting goes: Lisa comes in early in the morning and introduces herself as a doctor from the BSAA here to make checkups on them. Both of the brothers are pretty suspicious and really don't trust her. But she explains that she's just here to take a few samples and run some cognitive tests while she's emptying out her bag. She sees Gabe eyeing the equipment and starts to explain what each thing does while taking it out. Robbie is straight up not letting Gabe even get close to any of that shit and staring daggers at Lisa but she says she can't leave until these tests are completed. She basically just sits in the kitchen refusing to leave. Hours later Gabe finally gets too curious to leave her be, and starts talking to her while Robbie is outside cooling off. She's been making attempts at small talk all morning and every time Robbie ignores her she writes a fucking memo in her stupid little notebook who the hell does she even think sHE IS GOD DAM- anyway. Gabe agrees to do some bloodwork after she offers to show him how her equipment works. She seems nice and what she's talking about isn't scary at all! The mold in the house lets him know what's happening and Robbie just BOOKS it back inside while tendrils of black start to creep out the crevices of the walls. Lisa gets that she is very clearly not welcome and puts her hands up while still holding her notepad “Ok, ok I get it. I’ll leave.” She takes a look at Gabe, who is currently hiding behind Robbie looking very worried and sets her notebook down on the table with the rest of her equipment. Then takes a couple steps back towards the door. “Don't worry, I won't tell them about all” she gestures at the walls “this. If you want a different doctor the BSAA will send one in.” she says, trying to defuse the situation because there is a very angry Bioweapon in front of her right now. And Robbie actually manages to think through the overprotective moldy haze and realizes that 1. There's no guarantee that she will keep her mouth shut and he can't keep track of that if she goes away forever. 2. Maybe if he’s careful with his words and questions he can try and learn more about him and Gabe's respective infection levels. 3. This is… kind of an overreaction, he can see that. Robbie’s noticed that he's becoming more territorial (he's paranoid not blind) and he very VERY much does not want the mold to affect his mind more than it already has. Maybe she can be practice for not wanting to shove everything that isn't molded out of the house? The mold slowly creeps off the walls and he flops down in a chair and puts his arm on the table basically saying ‘FINE’.

Lisa serves a double purpose; collection of samples and observation as well as socialization. She really did mean it when she said she wouldn't tell the BSAA. Mostly because she doesn't need to, they already know Robbies infected (Robbie just doesn't know that they know oh god it's like a bad detective novel up in my brain rn). But getting the samples at all when her coworkers were expecting extraordinary violence definitely earns her some brownie points at work. Robbie seems perfectly fine keeping his own little world isolated to himself and Gabe, but if he ever begins to feel trapped the BSAA needs to know how safe he is around other people and if the brothers can be reintegrated into less isolated areas. They are mostly concerned with Robbies aggression because.. well… he has shown to be VERY AGGRESSIVE when fighting through the Bakers house (I mean Ethan and by proxy Robbie cut Jack Baker in half with a chainsaw to be fair). 

Because Lisa is more trusted by the brothers, she is often sent ahead of time if someone else needs to come by the house. In this way she acts both as a buffer for the mold's hatred (and subsequently Robbies hatred) of unfamiliar people coming into what is supposed to be a safe place. For example, if the electricity goes out she might show up an hour before the electrician to prepare the boys for someone new arriving. When she shows up they're both just sitting in the dark around a candle with the light reflecting off their eyes lol.

I think with Ethan being trained by the BSAA (probably to be used as an agent) they would probably do the same with Robbie at first. If they can use his brother to keep him under control he could be incredibly effective at neutralizing new bio threats. I think Robbie would be skeptical about what they're training him for but I don't think he would object to learning more about how to defend himself. Eventually I think the BSAA would decide that he's too volatile to be used as an agent… but maybe Gabe could still be useful. It's important to remember the BSAA aren't really evil, but they are desperate and probably corrupt to a certain degree (so..kind of evil? Whatever lol). They're not like the old Umbrella Corporation but they aren't any kind of morally pure. I think they would try and find a way to sedate Robbie so Gabes skills could be freely utilized. 

#I am here once again to be annoying #ghost rider RE7 au #robbie reyes #lisa (ghost rider) #my art #sketch #got several different directions that i think a re8 continuation could go #my head says 'KILL MAIM BURN' but my heart says 'undead found family cottagecore' and idk if I can choose #honestly i think my heart says kill maim burn a little bit too... #gore #tw gore

[theomnicode]

Genos and acquiring psychic powers

oH nnoooOO I thought of something horrible just now.

If y'all remember the meta about psychostimulants and I just now thought about Genos' true calling as a defender and potential healer...

Remember how Fubuki healed him firsthand? And stopped him from exploding?

And how Fubuki was doing a lot of actually protecting heroes from certain death on the battlefield and Genos himself trusted in Fubuki to take care of the heroes he brought to her?

I'm pretty sure that part has left a lasting impression on him. And he definitely feel inadequate in protecting people with his own raw power alone.

Then if you remember how in OVA, Genos wishes he had psychic powers so he could have saved sensei's crabs. That seems to be foreshadowing.

--

I'm calling it here, he's gonna get into his head that he REALLY needs some gosh darn psychic powers to actually protect people, shield them and heal them. Because he feels so inadequate in raw power.

More specifically, against OPM God.

What better way to do it but drink poison in a bottle, ergo psychostimulant that heightens psychic powers?

Courtesy from interrogating Psykos during the psychic sisters arc where he might notice Fubuki's prowess in defending herself with psychic whirlwind too. Against mental powers. He also saw firsthand just how powerful Tatsumaki is with her psychic powers and defending against Psykorochi who was god-empowered. He was in the thick of all that and only staved off her attacks with his own maximum capacity.

All this talk about how God attacks the weak points in one's spirit too and not physical attacks. He'd need to get mentally a lot stronger.

All he needs as incentive is a large scale attack where he is unable to protect everyone, even if he eliminated a threat swiftly, because he can't be everywhere at once. The scale of attack where lots of people actually die. They don't need to physically die, they could just die in his imagination.

If we really want to torture this guy mentally, destroyed schools, parks and dead little kids and lots of orphaned children that he personally comes in contact with. An actual honest to god nightmare scenario for him.

In his free time, Genos spends time at a park where he oversees kids play around. Just in case of monster attacks. And it really angers him to hear this guy be so irresponsible and not issue an evacuation order when these kids might be in danger.

Another type of incentive is that he would feel like he has to mentally protect Saitama and his vulnerable emotions, when Saitama actually starts to show vulnerability. Be his shield, the umbrella from the caustic rain of God's influence. Because he cares for him so much.

But he'd end up becoming a mental meatshield and not an actual shield. That's just how he is. He tried to protect Tatsumaki at the cost of his own well-being and he would definitely try to protect Saitama from mental attacks the same.

Saitama tried to teach him to value his own life and it took root, but there's definitely a setback in the form of the memories from the core, actually remembering dying and being too infatuated, he would not think rationally. All he would think of is not his own well-being, but others. And if Saitama-sensei can just turn back causality, he'd be safe no matter what risky avenue he takes right? He's free to take risks.

Hell, he might be out of commission still when the psychic sisters arc commences and he'd feel even more useless without an actual battle form.

Chances are the memories of everyone dying to Godrou is just about all the incentive he needs. If this is God's power, he needs to shield people from it. He would search for ways to desperately protect people from it if he can't even physically attack OPM God.

As S-rank, he would be privy to the interrogation information as well. Then all he needs is to procure said psychostimulant and he could get those damn psychic powers he thinks he needs.

Too bad doing so would make him 100% susceptible for God's machinations, if he gets a cognitive boost. Or it would just straight up kill him. He has no psychic powers, so he'd probably just fry his own brain or go comatose or whatever.

And I'm not sure but he'd probably gloss over Saitama's reaction to whatever happens to him. Because if something happened to him, Saitama could just bring him back. That is what he expects Saitama's modus operanti to be, but I'm not sure he'd have considered the emotional ramifications of him dying again.

But he does not know something important about Saitama and that is Saitama's own suicidal tendencies. Romeo and Juliet.

Nothing good is in store for Genos, nor Saitama if Genos goes through with this.

#opm #one punch man #genos #opm meta #opm wc spoilers #psychic powers #mental shield #fubuki #opm manga panels #opm god

[kazeofthemagun]

[I am once again considering the similarities between Du/ne's Spice and FFU's Soil (at least, as written by me with my headcanons.) They're completely different things but also hear me out on this]

[These powerful, revered substances shimmering just above the sands when the sun is right. An integral part of the culture and technology of the world they're present on and far beyond. Opening the doors to a higher consciousness. A gift, and also a terrible poison. A connection to one's ancestors. A psychostimulating substance deeply rooted in religion.]

[Windarian mages ingesting Soil in certain controversial rituals in an attempt to communicate with the dead - a chance at glimpsing beyond the veil of mortality, a coveted prize coming at a heavy cost. If you ingest the essence of Death and Rebirth into your body to learn its secrets, chances are it's going to take you. And yet, people trying nonetheless, because people are people regardless of species.]

[Spice and Soil. Very different, yet the similarities I see are thrilling.]

#I like this very much. As I already said I should read the books at this point. Absolutely fascinating worldbuilding and so far Ive seen all #the movies old and new #but my attention span rn + lots of uni reading materials are making it hard to read a large book receeationally

[shoesofthefishermanswife]

hi kade! tell me more about antipsychotics. good luck on your studying <3

Hi North!! I've already studied this one a lot so it might be a little bit shorter, but here is antipsychotics summarized:

While they have several pharmaceutical uses, antipsychotics have largely been developed for the treatment of schizophrenia, so it's important to understand the neurology of schizophrenia.

To keep it really simple, schizophrenia is associated with overactivation of D2 receptors in the mesolimbic pathway and underactivation of D1 receptors in the mesocortical pathway. The overactive of D2 receptors is thought to be behind the "postie" symptoms of schizophrenia (hallucinations, disorganized speech, ect). The underactivation of D1 receptors is associated with the "negative" symptoms of schizophrenia (anhedonia, social withdrawal, ect). Because it's about in imbalance of dopamine, not just low or high levels, simple dopamine increasing drugs like psychostimulants aren't effective in treating the negative or cognitive symptoms.

The first generation of antipsychotics invented in the 50s (Chlorpromazine) just kind of binds to a whole bunch of stuff? But the only important thing it does is bind the to D2 receptors and stop them from firing as much. There are a couple big problems with this. First off, they can only reduce positive symptoms, so the person taking it is left with only the negative symptoms. Basically, feeling really shitty and demotivated and depressed. Secondly, targeting a ton of stuff and blocking the vast majority of D2 activation (up to like 86%!) can cause severe side effects. And that, when combined the increased prevalence of the negative symptoms, can be so unbearable that people will just stop taking their medication.

The second generation of antipsychotics tweaked the chemical structure of the first so that it has a little lower affintiy for D2 receptors. This is good because they have less severe side effects because they bind to D2 receptors less and for a shorter time. But to make up for this, they also are 5-HT2A inhibitors. This is less about direct serotonin effects, rather its downstream dopaminergic effects. The 5-HT2A inhibition helps recover some of that D2 antagonism needed for treatment, but allows D2 receptors to function a bit more normally. They are also a bit better at reducing negative and cognitive symptoms

Still, second generation antipsychotics have lots of side effects and each individual drug is basically the same but tweaked slightly so that they will each have slightly different side effects and the patient can pick a side effect profile that works best for them. <- not a feel good sentence to write. They're hard to study because clinical trials have big drop out rates due to the side effects.

Luckily there's a new theory about schizophrenia! Instead of dopamine being the root cause, some believe that it's actually not enough glutamate. Decreased NMDA signaling reduces mesocortical dopamine activation and enhances mesolimbic dopamine activation. And a new type of drug is currently in clinical trials that enhances NMDA activation, and it is improving Both positive and negative symptoms with less severe side effects! It's in the early stages right now but hopefully we're on the precipice of an antipsychotic revolution and we're about to have wayyy better drugs!!

#thank you!! filling out these asks are really helpful #north tag #ask

[saunne]

"Would you please be my dealer reseller ?"

So. For those following my ramblings, I think I've said this a few times already, but I'm going to be put on medication for ADHD soon.

The process of getting it was... a bit long and almost exactly the same as being put on testosterone tbh, that is : diagnosis from a psychiatrist, validation by a cardiologist of “non-presence of contraindication to medication” and complete blood test. I'm going to take the blood test first thing tomorrow morning (since you have to fast before) and honestly, nothing new on that front, I have to take two blood tests every six months to monitor my testosterone level.

One thing is different though : THE PRESCRIPTION.

The medication I will be on is Methylphenidate, a powerful psychostimulant (from a pharmaceutical point of view it is considered very close to amphetamine apparently ?). Since it falls into the narcotic category and is therefore highly regulated, I'm going to have a "secure/locked" prescription.

Which means that I will be able to collect this medication from ONE pharmacy only.

So, when I went to pick up my testosterone earlier, I literally had to ask my pharmacist if she would agree to be my reseller for this specific medication, since they will have to order it specially for me. And I can't help but find it hilarious, because even with this being a perfectly regulated medical setting, I didn't think I'd ever have to utter some variation of "please be my dealer.”

#personal #adhd #actually adhd #adhd meds #unneism

[eldritch-spouse]

Not the bobble anon but I have a burning question, can you tell me more about Fank-e's bobble S4N1K?

<small>Have mercy Mother I have no idea if that's how it was spelt</small>

[I haven't drawn him yet, but maybe sometime soon. I'm going to put a different spin on him as a whole so he stands out a bit.]

There's no correct spelling of his name, because, put simply, no one can agree on what he's called. Fank-e does refer to him as "S4N1K", some staff will also say "Sanic", but the bobble itself is convinced he's called "Senick", thinks it sounds really cool, and spells his name that way. No one please correct him, it would shatter the poor guy's heart.

Physically speaking, Senick is a red type bobble, he's got one tusk and was built with a thick, spade-tipped tail modification. He doesn't wear anything save for a viking hat- Only God knows where he found it, but he'll defend it with his life.

He's got a perpetual larp going on, wherein he believes himself to be a "knight", and Fank-e is his General/Lord, Fank-e encourages this. (The whole lapping thing seems to be a problem reds specifically have, as there's one red bobble in the shop who behaves a lot like a mobster and calls himself "Don".) This has resulted in some humorous quirks, such as a desire to "slay" the garden dragon. You'd think Senick is referring to Pebble, but it's actually Hellion.

As you might expect, the poor creature is loaded with energy drinks and sometimes psychostimulants, but he does seem to greatly enjoy his time partying with Fank-e, fighting the robot and getting launched into unsuspecting people at high speeds.

It's not a bad life for a red.

#Fank-e oc

[tussive]

Sent this to a friend because we were talking about the theory that smoking cigarettes reduced the likelihood of catching COVID and it seemed relevant and he pointed out that he just believes that this demonstrates that meth is toxic to anything living.

Which, okay, fair, but isn't that more or less the way chemo works, too? Seems like a double standard to me...

[rossalbat]

Ritaline: en résumé

La Ritaline est un médicament utilisé notamment dans le traitement des symptômes du Trouble du Déficit de l'Attention.

Effets positifs

Pendant la durée où le médicament fait effet, il permet aux personnes avec un TDAH, de pouvoir améliorer leur attention et leur concentration, de diminuer leur impatience et leur impulsivité, et de diminuer leur hyperagitation pour celles qui sont concernées.

Il peut permettre d'avoir plus de consistance et de régularité dans les actions que l'on entreprend, notamment pour pouvoir les mener jusqu'au bout.

Il peut aussi permettre de diminuer la sensation de confusion mentale, permet une meilleure gestion de ses pensées et de ses émotions, donc permet aussi un meilleur contrôle de soi de manière générale.

TDAH & Neurosciences

Du point vue des neurosciences, les principaux symptômes du Trouble du Déficit de l'Attention, seraient provoqués par une grande inconsistance dans la production de dopamine dans le cerveau.

Dopamine

La dopamine est un neurotransmetteur qui joue un rôle dans le contrôle :

du comportement,

de l'attention, ‎

‎ du sommeil, ‎

‎de la mémoire, ‎

‎de la cognition, ‎

‎ du plaisir,‎

‎et de la motivation‎‎

Fluctuations brutales et fréquentes

Donc, sur un plan neurologique, ce serait ces fluctuations brutales, irrégulières et imprévisibles de dopamine dans le cerveau, qui seraient à l'origine du problème.

Un rôle de régulateur

Et c'est là que la Ritaline entre en jeu.

Pour les personnes avec un TDAH, elle offre une option intéressante, dans le sens où, elle permet au cerveau de réguler cette production de dopamine, de manière plus régulière et continue.

Un effet à durée très limitée

Son effet par contre, est à durée très limitée.

Il dure pendant environ 6 à 7h après la prise des gélules.

Ce qui peut être suffisant pour accomplir une journée de travail par exemple.

L'analogie avec les lunettes de vue pour les personnes myopes

Certains spécialistes font une analogie entre son fonctionnement et l'utilisation de lunettes de vue pour les personnes myopes.

Par exemple, lorsqu'une personne myope met ses lunettes, elle voit mieux. Mais dès qu'elle les enlèvera, elle verra tout de suite moins bien. Et bien pour la Ritaline, c'est un peu pareil.

Symptômes juste masqués temporairement

Pendant la période de 7h où il fait effet, les symptômes du TDAH sont masqués. Après cette période de 7h, les symptômes redeviennent visibles.

👍 Avantages

La Ritaline ne provoque pas de dépendance ou d'accoutumance. Il n'y a pas de sensation de manque après l'arrêt du traitement ou lorsque son effet est passé.

⚠️ Inconvénients

Malheureusement, comme pour la plupart des médicaments, la Ritaline vient aussi avec son large lot d'effets indésirables possibles.

Ces effets indésirables peuvent aller de simples maux de tête ou migraines, en passant par des palpitations, à des conséquences beaucoup plus embêtantes en fonction des personnes.

D'où la nécessité d'être suivi de très près par son médecin pendant le traitement, pour d'éventuels ajustements ou alternatives.

⛔️ Contre-indiqué pour les personnes sans TDAH

Chez les personnes n'ayant pas de TDAH par contre, la Ritaline provoquera notamment les mêmes effets que l'amphétamine.

Son principe actif, le Méthylphénidate, est un psychostimulant qui agit sur le système nerveux central.

C'est pour cela que sa prescription est fortement contrôlée, qu'elle est considérée comme une drogue dans certains pays, et fait l'objet de trafic sur certains campus universitaires.

Conclusion

En conclusion, la Ritaline n'est pas un remède miracle !

Elle a son lot d'avantages et d'inconvénients comme tous medicaments.

Elle ne propose pas une solution définitive au problème, elle masque juste les symptômes visibles ou perceptibles, son effet n'est que temporaire, et elle ne s'attaque pas à la racine du mal.

Cependant, elle peut faire partie de la panoplie d'astuces et de stratégies de compensation, que doivent avoir les personnes avec un TDAH.

A défaut d'être la solution ultime, elle reste une option intéressante, qui peut permettre de continuer à avancer malgré tout. Comme avec une "béquille" en quelque sorte.