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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • The first half is reasonable, the 2nd bit is paranoid.

    People take drug, drug does thing, body/brain react and over time produce long term tolerance so honeymoon period with med ends.

    Surprised Pikachu face

    You see it in other drug using communities; it’s really common to see people say that the modern drug is nothing like what they took years prior, whilst ignoring their own neural pathways will have changed in that time.

    Personally I’ve found NAC helps, where it didn’t before when my meds still add their “magic”




  • Standard doses of each should be fine unless you have a known liver issue, or have decided to drink a litre of grapefruit juice today.

    The concern is normally due to enzyme inhibition increasing concentrations of either, but in a healthy person the chances of an interaction are minimal.

    As a seperate point benadryl is not the healthiest thing to help you sleep, personally I’m a fan of magnesium glycinate 300mg and L-Tryptophan 600mg; clean sleep that still works just as well after taking it for 6 years as it did the first month.

    Benedryl as an occasional sleep aid isn’t great, but regular use is correlated with an increased risk of dementia.

    Take a half dose of each if you’re still concerned.



  • Unironically they’re basically already doing that by having ads longer than the skip button, as you trade off ignoring the ad for the full duration and paying attention when you’re intended video starts for paying attention waiting for the “Skip Ad” button.

    Even just that short 5 seconds is enough for an ad to get embedded in your brain with enough repeated exposure.


  • What is your standard dose?

    And out of curiosity are you American?

    For some reason Americans seem to be way more adverse to having generic versions of medications, I don’t know if it’s to do with how the FDA does things, or to do with the amount of medication advertising there, but in the UK no-one typically cares if a medication is generic as long as delivery mechanism and dose are the same.

    So I’ll almost certainly get a different brand of sertraline each month, and a different brand of dexamphetamine. The only medication which is brand name that I get is Elvanse, but even then that’s produced by different manufacturers but branded all the same, just under licence from the patent owner.

    Tbh the hypothermia sounds like vasoconstriction and/or possibly low blood sugar.

    The vasoconstriction can be caused by the higher dose, especially if you consume caffeine.

    I had to quit coffee for 8 months due to the horrible vasoconstriction/chills I’d get with it, after those 8 months I eventually started drinking tea, without getting chills anywhere near as much, now when I do it’s an indicator that I need food, especially if my hands have a slight jitter.

    In all honestly higher doses of methylphenidate can leave you feeling somewhat depersonalised/disassociated, even changes in dose-timings can cause it, taking more smaller doses can also change the methylphenidate/blood concentration which you may be subconsciously picking up on…

    Other things that can throw blood concentrations off: Grapefruit (fruit or juice) Vitamin C Excessive coffee/soft drinks








  • Oh that aspect was, other aspects were less bad; when I was a teenager, I kept asking my mum if I could have the basement for a hangout spot/workshop, she eventually let me.

    When I started down there I was just a tad bit shorter than the doorways, by the time I left, I was having to crouch when I stood under the regularly ceilings.

    Some aspects were good; it let me develop a love for taking things apart and rebuilding them, designing and building things from scratch, working with friends on projects, etc.

    Some aspects were less than optimal; I had a 3d printer running almost 24/7 down there, creating a lot of nasty dust + I used to smoke back then, so the air quality of the space was terrible.

    The big mistake was likely sleeping down there, being in that environment basically 24/7 was certainly unhealthy.