Practices

Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.

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3 practices

Medication and how it works Longer Both of us together Clear all

How long you have · Longer

A minute 2 Five minutes 19 Twenty minutes 9 Longer 3

Who it is written for

Me 3 A practitioner 3 Someone I care about 1

Where you are right now

Getting ready for something 1 Coping, mostly 1 Struggling right now 1

On your own, or with someone · Both of us together

On my own 5 Both of us together 3 Involves someone else 3

Theme · Medication and how it works

Systems for daily life 4 Growing empathy 3 Medication and how it works 3 Getting assessed and diagnosed 2 Treatment and medication 2 What anger actually is 2 Screens and attention 2 Being seen and judged 1 The cost of avoiding 1 Shame 1 Practising under provocation 1 Reading, numbers and learning differences 1 Feelings and focus 1 What you are actually defending 1

When

Any ordinary day 2 In a change 1

Blood pressure on a stimulant is an individual matter. For most people it is a non-event, and where it does rise the answer is often a different stimulant rather than none at all.

No blood test or cheek swab will tell you in advance which one suits you. Finding out means trying, measuring and being willing to change, which is…

LongerMedication and how it worksMedical and treatmentQur’an 33:5

If the first medicine disappoints, that is information about the first medicine. Plenty of people who get nothing from one class do well on another.

Methylphenidate and amphetamine are not the same drug at different strengths. They work by partly different routes, so a poor result on one says…

LongerMedication and how it worksMedical and treatmentQur’an 94:5

Finding the dose is a search rather than a calculation. It goes up in small steps until either the effect you want turns up, or the side effects get annoying enough that you come back down a step and settle there.

There is no way to work the right dose out from body weight or from how bad things look, which surprises people who expect medicine to be more exact…

LongerMedication and how it worksMedical and treatmentQur’an 94:5

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