Douglas Miller
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MiP One week delay
🕑 Added 2024-04-01 21:15:28 +0000 UTCThis week's planned chapter for platinum tier will be delayed, possibly to next week. I will make up for it as soon as I can.
For the last month, the batch of Adderall I have been taking to treat my ADHD has been only about 1/3 as effective as normal. While I realized this pretty quickly, Adderall is unfortunately classed as a Schedule II controlled substance in the US, which is the most heavily restricted category that is still legal for doctors to prescribe. Because of the legal restrictions on it, once I pick up a 30-day supply, I can't get a new one until those 30 days are over.
Because of this, writing as much as I wanted to has been a difficult struggle for the past month.
I want to write more. I enjoy writing Magic is Programming. I have plans for it that I'm excited about. When my own brain constantly acts like a recalcitrant child, getting distracted by any random thing after the first 10 minutes and remaining distracted for hours, despite the fact that it's my own desire to focus on writing, none of that matters very much.
Fortunately, the 30 days for that bottle of Adderall are over now, and I made certain that the new bottle is from a different manufacturer. When I'm taking fully effective Adderall, I can focus well enough that 2 chapters per week might be feasible, even long term. I only got the new bottle very recently, however, and between the difficulties last week and the Easter holiday on the weekend, I have not yet had enough productive time to get back on track for my planned schedule.
On a side note, this issue is unfortunately not as simple as a manufacturer making a substandard inferior product. Even for the small minority of people who are affected by differences between Adderall manufacturers, it depends on the combination of both the manufacturer and the individual person. There are numerous complaints online about variations in effectiveness of Adderall between different manufacturers, and I have found comments where one person praises a particular manufacturer as the best, while another person lists that same manufacturer as ineffective for them. I will have to make my own personal lists of compatible and incompatible manufacturers.
This is not an April Fools post, unfortunately. If I made one of those, I'd try to make it funny.
Comments
Chase
Error 404. "Focus.exe" not found.
Colt Parris
It's okay. The story is worth waiting for
Scott Snyder
As someone who has ADHD as well I get it. Take care of yourself and thank you for the transparency! I hope this next batch works better for you.
Karim Saadi
Yes please, it's a bit expensive for 1 chapter a week compared to other writers (but I am bad at patience and money management)
Khoyo
Take care. Un or badly medicated ADHD is a bitch :/ On the other side, I'm now starting to get hyped at the potential two chapter a week :O
Irony
We can wait, it’s no rush. Hope you get your medicine soon
Diplodicus
Thanks for the heads up! Sorry you had issues with your meds, that's never a fun time
Richard S
Check the manufacturer. Several of the generics make a "mirror molecule" that is meant to break down into the same thing in your body and work just well. This only works for SOME people. Find the one that works for you and refuse to accept bad generics that don't work. Work with your pharmacist and provider. If your local pharmacy does not have stock, get on the phone and find one that does and then get your prescriber to send the script to the pharmacy that has stock of the medication that works for you. Each manufacturer makes them a different color. So you might find that the blue and white ones don't work for you and the peach colored ones do ...
John Snyder
Also have ADHD, also struggle with getting Adderall. Totally understand your situation. Good luck with your new batch!
Ashley Wallis
Thank you for the update. Looking forward to your better health for you first of all and the the story!
BarrettSlayer
I’m parcel to Purple x Safe myself :p
Douglas Miller
I've never heard that, unless maybe you mean the extended release version. The pills I get have notches that specifically make it easy to precisely break a pill in half.
Sebastiano Carcangiu
Také care of your health. My best wishes goes to you.
RJD
They say never cut Adderall but I find sometimes I don't have enzymes or stomach acid to properly dissolve outer coating.
Maurice Brown
Totally understand, you do what you need to while I start shipping Purple with random household objects.
Green0Photon
Big RIP
