ickplant@lemmy.worldM to ADHD Women@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoHow some of us found out...lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1803arrow-down113
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minus-squareTeenieBopper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·8 months agoThis was a friend of mine, except it was cocaine.
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months agoOh. What mental illness do doctors prescribe cocaine for?
minus-squareNarauko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·8 months agoTypically it’s prescribed for ghosts in the blood, but can pull double duty off-lable for ADHD if amphetamine is out of stock at your local apothecary.
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agogonna tell my doctor I have ghosts in my blood
minus-squareJohn_McMurray@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 months agoIt’s not that they prescribe it, but it’s also a tell for the ADHD when coke don’t work as usual either.
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoNormally not for brain stuff, but it’s considered to have valid medical uses as a local anesthetic and vasoconstrictor in some cases.
minus-squareWxnzxn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoDepends, do you mean doctors today or doctors in the late 19th and early 20th century?
This was a friend of mine, except it was cocaine.
Oh. What mental illness do doctors prescribe cocaine for?
Typically it’s prescribed for ghosts in the blood, but can pull double duty off-lable for ADHD if amphetamine is out of stock at your local apothecary.
gonna tell my doctor I have ghosts in my blood
It’s not that they prescribe it, but it’s also a tell for the ADHD when coke don’t work as usual either.
Normally not for brain stuff, but it’s considered to have valid medical uses as a local anesthetic and vasoconstrictor in some cases.
Depends, do you mean doctors today or doctors in the late 19th and early 20th century?
Yes.