Almost every single person in my family is on psych meds.

4 days ago by neon_nova to c/latestagecapitalism

I am almost 40 and was recently diagnosed with adhd. I started taking Ritalin earlier this week and I have to say that I have been able to accomplish so much in my work that I was dragging my feet on before.

I work freelance, so I can just put off tasks until they are needed.

I told my brother about it today and found out that both he and his fiancee are also on psych meds. This applies to my wife's immediate family as well.

As I said, the meds work for me and things have improved a lot, but why is society setup in such a way that such a large number of people need to be medicated to be part of it?

Anyway maybe this is more of a rant, but I also wonder what percent of people in your family are on some kind of psych meds.

Sanctus 19 points 4 days ago

Its setup this way because it makes a very select few unimaginably wealthy and this outsizing their say in the happenings of said society, so it self reinforces.

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cynar 13 points 4 days ago

There is likely a selection biased. A lot of mental health issues and quirks have genetic components. If you have an issue, it's FAR more likely your family has issues.

We also tend to be attracted to like minded individuals. My partner tried to tell me I was normal, until I was diagnosed. They were diagnosed a few years later. It turned out most of their friends were neurodiverse too. They were rating themselves (and me) against a bunch of fellow weirdos!

A lot of the problems have always been there. They were just seen as personal failings and hidden. Now we know that they have an adjustable chemical component that can be used to treat them. That, combined with more people being open about issues has created the spike.

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Jake_Farm 6 points 4 days ago

Modernity is not designed for humans and expects humans to evolve to match it and that will take at least hundreds of thousands of years. The sort of society we are currently evolved for only exists in small pockets through out the world.

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theloneyank 5 points 4 days ago

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Jake_Farm 2 points 4 days ago

Yeah Ai is the biggest rug pull the world has ever seen and now that locally run llms are catching on none of these mega data centers will ever get completed.

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theloneyank 0 points 4 days ago

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Captainautism -12 points 4 days ago

You sound very tone deaf to the world around you, bro.

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neon_nova 10 points 4 days ago

Can you elaborate on this?

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Captainautism -7 points 4 days ago

Everyone is struggling financially because of the garbage pail kid running the country. Also, women and minority rights are being chipped away at. The deep Fucking divide among Americans due to religious bullshit prevailing via Christian nationalism.

Surely I don’t need to elaborate more…

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original_charles 15 points 4 days ago

They're posting this to Late Stage Capitalism. Surely there is an implied understanding in the wider goings on with the world. In addition to all of the issues presented with a civilization that's slowly collapsing, OP is also commenting how a lot of people are being medicated just to deal with it.

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Korhaka 7 points 4 days ago

We aren't all struggling financially, though we aren't all Americans either. Biggest problems here are America and Russia influencing out politics, along with rich cunts.

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