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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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Medication and how it works remove filterA minute remove filterGetting ready for something remove filterClear all
How long you have · A minute
A minute 5Five minutes 36Twenty minutes 5Longer 2
Who it is written for
A practitioner 4Me 4Someone I care about 3
Where you are right now · Getting ready for something
Coping, mostly 18Getting ready for something 5Struggling right now 2
On your own, or with someone
On my own 3Involves someone else 2
Theme · Medication and how it works
The moment before you snap 7Medication and how it works 5Practising under provocation 5Systems for daily life 5Food, caffeine and fuel 5Cool the body first 5Making it stick 4Exercise, food and other supports 3Treatment and medication 2Bringing the future closer 2Choosing your response 2Feeling from the inside 2Feelings and focus 2Grounding and settling 2Posture and how you carry yourself 2Structure and routine 2Breathing 2Treatment and medication 2What ADHD actually is 2What anger actually is 2Your sense of time 1Moving your body 1Equanimity and perspective 1Growing empathy 1
When
Any ordinary day 3In a change 2

If you are living on campus, ask the pharmacist to split the month's supply across two labelled bottles. Then whichever one you are carrying has a valid prescription label on it.

Carrying a controlled medicine loose in a bag, or in an unlabelled tin, is a disciplinary and sometimes legal problem quite separate from any medical…

A minuteMedication and how it worksMedical and treatmentQur’an 42:38

Saying that medication helps is not the same as saying everyone should be on it. If you have walked in braced for a push, it is fine to say so at the start.

Plenty of people do well with sleep, movement, work that suits them and someone in their corner, and plenty of people need all of that and a tablet…

A minuteMedication and how it worksMedical and treatmentQur’an 7:31

Stimulants have been used for this since 1937. That is a long time for any treatment to survive, and very few do.

Longevity is a different argument from a trial result. It means decades of changing fashion, competing products, repeated safety scares and reviews,…

A minuteMedication and how it worksMedical and treatmentQur’an 7:32

These medicines do not pour a foreign chemical into you. Mostly they help you hold on to the serotonin your body already makes, so whatever follows is yours.

The worry underneath is usually about authenticity: that any lift will be counterfeit, or that it will not really be you feeling it. Knowing that the…

A minuteMedication and how it worksMedical and treatmentQur’an 16:69

Writing 'do not substitute' on a prescription tells the pharmacist what to hand over. It does not tell an insurer to pay for it, and that surprise at the counter is where a lot of prescriptions quietly get abandoned.

If a particular brand is being chosen for a reason, say out loud what it might cost and what the fallback is if the price turns out to be impossible.…

A minuteMedication and how it worksMedical and treatmentQur’an 12:67

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