#psa take your meds

[fishpuppyofficial]

Looking out for you!

[frogsmulder]

Me: *is depressed*

Me: .... Oh! I haven't taken my meds this morning

[rp-memes-misc]

General PSA because I've been talking to a lot of people who just don't have energy right now.

Listen. This is your reminder.

It's okay if you take days, or weeks, or even months to answer something.

It's okay if you simply do not have motivation to answer something and delete it.

It's okay if you want to pause everything and start from scratch if that's what will help you.

This is a hobby, not a job. There will be no rush to answer things. There is no rush to have your blog fully set up. There is no need to make your blog what you think people want to see. Your blog is your safe area. Your blog is your space to create things. Will you like everything you create? No. But, someone out there will, and you'll never get better without practice.

Need to go MIA for personal reasons? Do it.

Need to stay ooc for a bit while your brain rewires itself? Go for it.

Write your muses how you feel they fit. Write the muses that make you happy. Write what makes you happy and write with who you enjoy.

Don't burn yourself out with pressure of what your blog is or isn't. Don't burn yourself out with your muse not being good enough or what people will think of your portrayal. There is a block button. There is an unfollow button. They can use those if they don't like it on your blog.

Please. Each one of you is important. Please take care of yourself, and take time to yourself. Stay hydrated, eat (even if just a snack like a handful of crackers or something), and please treat yourself as a priority.

[lifesshort-imshorter]

My Sunday PSA for ADHD:

I am *constantly* seeing people talk about accidentally doubling up on their meds because they can't remember already taking them - or skipping them altogether just in case they did take them.

Seriously, guys, please think about getting the timer caps for your pill bottles. This has been a lifesaver for me when I grab my bottle to take my meds, remember I need to do something, set it down, and then when I see the pill bottle again I can't remember if I even opened the damn thing. This has happened enough that I can't count the times, and even if I could I wouldn't tell you because really, brain? C'mon.

This thing tells you exactly how long it's been since you opened the bottle and helps to keep you on track. These come in multiple sizes to fit virtually any pill bottle you already have, but they also come with their own bottles (and labels!) on the off chance they don't - and you can find them online easy enough.

Best part is these things can work for multiple people for different reasons. Got a forgetful parent or grandparent and want to make sure they're safe with their meds? Great gift. Have a teen in the home but you smoke weed and want to keep an eye on it? Perfect nug jar. Just curious about how long your adhd meds last before productivity goes down? Perfect timer.

Have teen children and worried they're going to access your Vicodin from that dentist appointment? Have a high fever and can't remember how long it's been since you took your last Tylenol? On day three of a depression streak and can't remember doing anything but staring at the wall? Can't remember how long it's been since your last birth control pill? Great purchase.

Just keep them in an area you are frequently and stop worrying (I keep my adhd meds right next to my computer, and my morning meds next to the sink in the bathroom). Get rid of the am/pm pill containers that no one remembers to fill anyways. Trust me, it is worth it.

In case I've inspired anyone, these are the ones I have, but there are other brands and styles out there from different sites if you don't support Amazon.

Even if it's not for you, please share so that other people see.

[savage-rhi]

*insert pink color here*

[fiddlepickdouglas]

HEY YOU

YES YOU. THE PERSON WHO IS THINKING THEY MIGHT SKIP THEIR MEDS JUST ONCE TO GET A FEEL OF HOW DIFFERENT IT IS WITHOUT THEM.

DON'T DO IT.

Thankfully, I'm not making this post from experience, but I literally just had that fleeting thought and then proceeded to have that conversation with myself about exactly why I shouldn't.

Take your meds as prescribed by your provider 😊 you will thank yourself. Sincerely, a mentally ill person who doesn't need to fuck themselves up more than necessary.

[yukiranine]

I saw your tags on the fruit post so are you an avid grapefruit hater? Can you elaborate please

HEEELPP ok so for I’ve had this confirmed w my friends also in med school cause they learn about it CONSISTENTLY as well but like a reoccurring thing other than your typical stuff that we learned in pharmacy school is that grapefruit juice shuts down an enzyme that’s extremely common in processing medication within your kidneys. It’s kinda ridiculous like abt 20% acute kidney injuries in critically ill patients is partially contributed by drinking grapefruit juice of all things.

Ofc just drinking a little bit or I think really just eating the fruit itself in moderation is fine but they do say like drinking grapefruit juice consistently can mess up your body’s metabolism to quite a few drugs and cause drug to drug adverse effects. It’s kinda messed up!! Just don’t drink it!!

[averysmolkirbo]

Me finding tiny meaningless character details in something that's not even canon to make more shit up about the fictional character i dont like for literally no reason (i want to ruin their life)

like im at making a headcanon off of an assumption off of a headcanon. im multiple layers deep

[lunarofthevalley]

fquick and friends reminder to look after yourself durning these hot months and sometimes being comfortable and safe is much much much more important than going out for a bit 🤍

[forgotten-daydreamer]

Took twice the max dose of melatonin before the final revision for tomorrow’s exam, I’m shitting my pants and I genuinely don’t know anything as thoroughly as I should but if I sleep less than 4 hrs before it I just know I’m gonna do even worse somehow

[admiringtheskies]

me:

*is prescribed stimulants and SSRIs to treat the Not Enough Motivation To Do Literally Anything I Need To Do In Order To Be A Productive Member Of Society/My Family Disorder + Chronically Convinced That I'm A Terrible/Unworthy/Useless/Hopeless Irredeemably Lazy Person Disorder, respectively*

*has a brain which semi-regularly (aka almost predictably) experiences Extra 10% Shittiness Episodes, which have 50-50 odds of successfully convincing me that i either Physically Cannot (hellooooo, exec dys) or just straight-up don't deserve to take my prescribed meds*

*is fully AWARE that i have a brain which semi-regularly experiences Extra 10% Shittiness Episodes which like convincing me that i either Physically Cannot or don't deserve to take my prescribed meds — somehow still ends up jamming the big red self-destruct button quarterly anyways*

also me:

*finally manages to break the current Apathetic Not-Quite-Dissociation Doom Spiral (name trademark pending) in sheer panic over the 2000-word final paper for my summer course — which i of course have just been watching the missing assignment 0s pile up in for over the past two weeks... because, again, Doom Spiral — which i damn well know i cannot possibly actually finish in the constantly-decreasing remaining timeframe by this point,,, but whatever, stupid fucking brain is finally ready to let me take the fuckin meds now i guess*

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"so for some reason i'm actually feeling noticeably less shitty about myself,,, and i managed to get like 3 or 4 out of those 10 or so tasks on my urgent to-do list done in a workday,,,, the same urgent to-do list that seemed absolutely impossibly actually-making-me-want-to-just-curl-up-on-my-bed-and-cry insurmountable like... yesterday? i wonder what possibly could have allowed this to happen— "

[bluemoontarot]

Lil reminder that self diagnosing can be a good way to help doctors focus on the symptoms that make your life difficult!

Reminder that a good percent of mental illnesses have symptoms that overlap! Did you know PTSD and ADHD have almost identical symptoms when it comes to being over or under stimulated??? Me neither! I thought I had ADHD for years but it turns out I just have complex trauma!!

Anxiety and autism also are two that have a lot of overlapping symptoms!

MPD or now known as DID is actually EXTREMELY rare and HAS to be developed either genetically or through a VERY INTENSE trauma at a young age. This often gets mistaken with Bipolar, please do research bc the treatment for these are VERY different and the meds do WILDLY different things.

This has been a PSA from a 25 yr old who grew up around psychologists and lots of therapy and has read too many books.

[inflatingnblue]

Just a friendly reminder/PSA to take your meds. Especially any new ones because those darn side effects may show up and make you feel lousy. And I'm totally not dealing with this right now or anything, just wanted to remind you.

Oof my head... I mean, Happy New Year!

[did-someone-say-aliens]

PSA TO ALL MY FORGETFUL FELLOW PRESCRIPTION MEDS TAKERS

The holidays are coming and those pharmacies aint gonna be open during those!! Gets yalls med refills before they close! If you think you’ll have enough to last through late december to early january ur fine but the REST OF YALL!! Go get ur meds before them pharmacies or wherever you get your meds close!! >:( take care of urselves!!

-Enzo

[unfriendlyamazon]

sometimes I don't take my sleep pill because I'm already sleepy but the reason I take it isn't going to sleep it's staying asleep anyway I woke up at 3am and it's time to party

[fwizard]

ive been struggling with terrible memory since I got covid last year (and potentially longer as im currently looking into a ADD diagnosis) and this week has been particularly bad. even though I know ive done nothing wrong i get stabs of anxiety at not remembering the last message i sent someone bc i'm worried i sent something that was misread or accidentally offensive. I was at the barn and had a moment where I thought i bought two of the same horse blanket because I'd forgotten I'd already bought the first one. I'm pretty good at managing my anxiety for normal things but this is getting hard, every time I talk myself down about one thing I can feel my anxiety sit with me like a physical thing. It wants something to latch on to. i can feel it trying to find a new thing to worry about like an old man playing cards. I want to burn my anxiety's metaphorical playing cards