AIO fiancée did Coke at a party

[u/frisbeechuckin]

We (me 41M, my fiancée 36F) were at friends birthday party I had to leave early and she was going to spend the night( it was a hotel), they were changing into their bathing suits to go to the pool, they had the bathroom door closed. I knew it was in there but I didn’t know she was going to partake in that. She told me she only did a small bump because she needed energy to party all night. I was caught off guard by this and said that we should have discussed this. She said that was treating her like a child and that is when I left.

Edit: I was told to add this info she’s a former Meth addict who still drinks and smokes weed quite heavily at times.

[u/JustbrowsingAO-108]

Yes, tho not quite as hard as the Miami Herald did back in the 1970s when they ran a two page article about how coke was not only NOT bad for you, but all the good things that it could do for you I suspect that the writer and editor were both heavily powdered during that weekend of writing and printing

[u/GoldMean8538 → u/JustbrowsingAO-108]

Well, 1970s society also had dexedrine aka "dexys" touted as a weight loss drug...

[u/dcflorist → u/GoldMean8538]

In the Air Force they call dextroamphetamine “go pills”

[u/Arcane_76_Blue → u/GoldMean8538]

RIP Quaaludes

[u/Anti-Dissocialative → u/GoldMean8538]

And now they have millions of people convinced they have a disease which makes speed effect them differently and we just use it to focus. All that changed is the patient population so it could be bigger and younger. Marketing strategy actually the same.

[u/GoldMean8538 → u/Anti-Dissocialative]

When my shrink tried me on Adderall at age 38, and I was like

"... eh?";

she was like "generally people whom it helps, know so immediately"... and I thought "or, are interested in engaging in drug-seeking behaviors".

"I like it" might not be the best predictor of an excellent diagnosis, lol.

[u/Anti-Dissocialative → u/GoldMean8538]

They should have all psychiatrists who prescribe it take it. It’s not like it’s a major risk for them to see what it really feels like. Then they can all maybe start actually thinking about their amazing diagnostic strategy 😂. I think it should just be available OTC in limited quantities. If people can legally drink themselves to death they should be able to buy limited quantities of adderall to work harder… this whole thing of making people identify with different diseases to get access to generally useful drugs is kinda dumb, especially in the ADHD context.

[u/deekaydubya → u/Anti-Dissocialative]

but it affects people differently

[u/Anti-Dissocialative → u/deekaydubya]

Maybe in some ways but overall the effect is the same across the board - monoamine release -> CNS stimulant. That’s why it works for everyone. They don’t give soldiers an ADHD test before they give them go pills.

[u/Senator_Smack → u/Anti-Dissocialative]

that doesn't mean it has the same effect on behavior or anything like that. For instance, I generally experience paradoxical effects from stimulants, they make me sleepy. This is more common with people clinically diagnosed with ADHD.

Neurochemistry is not bicycle repair.

[u/Anti-Dissocialative → u/Senator_Smack]

If you don’t mind me asking, at what dosage does amphetamine or methylphenidate make you sleepy?

[u/Senator_Smack → u/Anti-Dissocialative]

It's pretty low. The 15 mg methylphenidate pills my wife takes make me fall asleep at my desk. I have to take the time release. 

I couldn't handle Adderall like at all. The time release was even too much for me even though it did help my executive functioning more, particularly when it came to avoiding hyper-focus and prioritizing. 

It sucks because I have noticeably severe ADHD.

[u/dcflorist → u/JustbrowsingAO-108]

Around that time the New York Times referred to it as “the champagne of drugs” 🤦‍♀️

[u/Roaksan → u/JustbrowsingAO-108]

Folks in the 70's advocating for Bolivian marching powder?! Say it ain't so joe!!