#takeyourpills

[turq8]

a lot of the discourse I’m seeing around the Take Your Pills documentary is bringing up the comparison that some people need glasses/contacts to see properly and no one thinks that’s a problem, which is an excellent point, but i want to bring up another aspect of this analogy

there was a good chunk of time when wearing glasses, even (or especially?) if you didn’t need them, was considered cool.  people were just wearing them for the aesthetic, and maybe the additional bonus of being perceived as more intelligent or charismatic/quirky/trendy.  no one said “hey, too many people are wearing glasses, everyone needs to stop wearing glasses so much”, and especially not “too many people are getting prescriptions for glasses, they can’t all have bad eyesight”.  to be sure, there is a problem with over-diagnosis of adhd in some populations (primarily upper-middle class white people), but there are far more people going untreated than misdiagnosed.

anyway, if you have a legitimate diagnosis for adhd, taking medication that helps re-balance your brain chemistry is no different than wearing special lenses that correct the focus point of your eye, and this kind of scaremongering helps no one

[jaegyeong-seo]

That’s when I started writing stuff like “Take your pills.” And trying to force myself to be proud of the fact that I can zone in on something and completely ignore everything. A lot of ppl out there think they have it because they can’t focus. But they really can’t focus because society has just taught you not to focus. We’ve become this one-minute society. Everything is about shortening attention spans anyway. It was grotesque what these companies did in the pursuit of profit. Ppl can become dependent on these drugs, and that’s a horrible fate. This highly competitive environment in which ppl feel compelled to compete beyond their possibilities to get ahead. This kind of focus on material progress and productivity... what’s the cost of that? And is that a cost we’re willing to live with? I feel like it was too easy to put a kid on something close to meth and not questioning it. There’s other things you can do. #takeyourpills https://www.instagram.com/p/CF9LoqhBJuO/?igshid=1fr3xbph3ao24

[elirowe]

Great Netflix documentary for those with ADD or ADHD, especially for parents that have children with the disorder. I learned alot about the history of stimulants 💊 #TakeYourPills #Netflix #Adderall #ADHD #MentalHealth https://www.instagram.com/p/CEXeo_4j3-Z/?igshid=73oujsyrivz9

[quietstorm101]

This documentary opened my eyes to a lot.

[maybebitawkward]

Hi sweeties,

I put a sticker on it so that it looks less like an old psychotic grandfather's pillbox.

(Sticker by @mi.eau )

[fabianolflucas-blog]

#bipolarawareness #bipolardisoder #endthestigma #takecareofyourself #takeyourpills (at Miramar.BsAs) https://www.instagram.com/p/CALOLeGDV3F/?igshid=b8ctv4tht6lt

[karmagotme]

PSA: A friendly reminder that, just because we're in lockdown/quarantine and our regular schedules are gone, doesn't mean we should forget to take our medications.

Take your hayfever meds. Take your Pill. Take your make less sadness pills. Whatever you need to take to be healthy or to function a little better, take it.

[shortandsweetfilmreviews]

"More of an infomercial on positive aspects of Ritalin than a hard-hitting look at the over prescribed use of medications. Yes, these medications do help people. But a one-sided look is hard to swallow, especially with the opioid epidemic on the rise."⭐⭐ #TakeYourPills #Skipit #Netflix #netflixoriginal #netflixmovies #netflixfilm #netflixdocumentary https://t.co/ASNvQnmbRA https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm-Okc8hcSh/?igshid=srcm58zjqpee