Is it supposed to work. I am in the spectrum and I feel like while energy may go to zero, there is in reality a separate resilience masking, where you actually keep up for the rest of the day. Also cannot relate to medication. I don’t think that’s a necessary part of the experience.

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GenerocUsername a day ago | parent | next [-]

Agree. The idea that autististics rely on a large box of daily pills is insane. -chugs coffee

	▲	mayhemducks 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I'm in this sentence and I don't like it. :)
	▲	carom a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I was just going to fill it out how I would normally live Self Care > No Medication and immediately failed. That makes it feel like it has an agenda.

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nemo a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don't really relate to a lot of it, it's mostly a crude caricature of my experience, though it's still funny.

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maleldil a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I believe the medication here is for ADHD, given there's a "special event" at one point.

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LordDragonfang a day ago | parent [-]

Almost certainly not ADHD. "Massively increased appetite" is not a typical side effect of ADHD meds, which are typically stimulants which have the opposite effect (and mine give me nausea on top of that). And "drowsiness and brain fog" are what they're trying to combat.

From the complaints I've heard from friends, those sound like pretty typical side effects for SSRIs. (Bupropion OTOH is both a stimulant and an antidepressant, and may be more effective for people with comorbidity ADHD and depression; the POV character should talk to their psychiatrist)

	▲	fyrabanks a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Buproprion is an anti-depressent with some stimulant properties, but it isn't a stimulant. It generally takes several weeks of treatment before it has any therapeutic effects on ADHD. Stimulants work immediately.
	▲	munk-a a day ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Neurological medicines are extremely complex - while massively increased appetite isn't a usual side effect of meds like Methylphenidate it can cause eating disorders in the other direction due to an inability to perceive fullness and I have a close friend who suffered through this. Having had other close experiences for the med balancing for someone with bpd and a complex host of other disorders - most of the times neurological med families are just trialed until one sticks and the specific efficacy and side effects of each can vary wildly from person to person. Brains are really complex and we don't really have an understanding of the method of action (specifically - why the med works - what it is changing in brain chemistry and why that has the impact we observe) of most neurological meds. We even still struggle to comprehend specific biological markers linked to certain disorders - probably in part due to the fact that we're categorizing those disorders by wide swathes of symptoms.
	▲	beacon294 a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Appetite from adderall, yes.

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kokey a day ago | parent | prev [-]

The only medication I know about that some people on the spectrum take are antipsychotics and that's for specific situations, but maybe if you're in that situation life seems even more like a dystopian text based adventure game.

	▲	thyristan a day ago \| parent [-]
		I know of some taking antidepressants (for obvious reasons, because depression is a common effect). And I know of some taking ADHD meds for their co-morbid ADHD (autists have a higher probability for ADHD).