penitentkulak [none/use name]

Yeah this data only goes to 2019. I’d say your analysis is good, is part of that long running loss of rights.

is gonna accelerate this trend

Took a few basic pharmacokinetics classes in uni but far from an expert. Food intake and drug uptake into the body can be very closely related, does the medication say anything about taking with food? Low amounts of food in the stomach can lead to quick absorption into the body, maybe that’s why you are having the jittery effects? Note that food and certain types of food can also increase absorption into the body, but that doesn’t seem to apply here. Some food/drug interactions only change the rate at which the drug is absorbed, others change the total amount.

I’d also recommend taking a dose as consistently as possible and not on/off because even when you’re not feeling effects directly there is still drugs in your system and might still be providing pharmaceutical benefits. You’re trying to keep that drug serum level within the range between “not having any actual effect” (too long between doses) and “jittery stimulant feeling.” (taking too high of a dose on an empty stomach perhaps?)

Drugs are usually designed/prescribed so that taking it at the prescribed schedule will keep you in that range, some are better than others at this, even in the same class of drugs. If you keep getting that jittery feeling even with consistent dosing I’d talk to your doctor about trying something else.

Yeah these are the physical aspects of addiction that Alan Carr deems illegitimate. He says the physical dependence on nicotine is just a mild inconvenience and 99% of it is in your head, so your not allowed to use nicotine patches/gum on his program.

I think Allan carr is like proudly anti-science lol

I’m also talking about experts in addiction specifically, I’ve seen similar experiences of family doctors not really working with people to help them quit their addiction.

It’s like any of the less effective methods of quitting something addictive, it’s going to work for people, sometimes a lot of people, but there are more successful, safer methods out there.

If this helped, awesome! If it’s all you have access to, give it a try! This “easy method” has a lot of black/white thinking that may lead people to be discouraged to try anything else if it doesn’t work for them and they fail/falter in their addiction, which is the biggest issue.

Another great example of this is alcoholics anonymous. There’s other ways to quit alcohol with higher success rates, it has lots of negative aspects like the religious part of it, but it’s very common, may be all you have access to (or what you’re being forced into by the state), and has also worked for plenty of people.

Just thought it was worth a heads up to someone seeking help, there may be other options you wanna try first.

Can’t seem to remember or find where I heard it but Allan Carr’s easy way to quit smoking is non-evidence based, not recommended by professionals, and a way for him to shill his expensive classes when people fail. I believe this was due to the physically addictive properties of nicotine not being considered legitimate by his method, so it may hold more weight for other addictions. Thought it was worth a heads up just in case!

Edit: was this episode (act one) of this American Life.

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/806/i-cant-quit-you-baby

took me five years of reporting the road into my yard as private before they stopped routing people on it lol

Well at least we have the working class NDP to bring in great policy ideas like checks notes

means tested mortgage subsidies.

Huh, now I’m curious! These don’t look ripe, I’m thinking you would save the seeds of the berries the same way as a tomato. Wonder if it would be like a hybrid plant where the seeds will produce a random plant that might not really grow potatoes, unlike the clones your producing by replanting the tubers.

Nightshades be nightshading