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  • How a Telehealth company capitalized on neuro-divergence and created massive demand for amphetmines Bias disclaimer: I used to take Adderall and don’t take it anymore. Thanks for reading R.L.’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Everyone has their own journey and mine has a central theme of not taking

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  • Podcast appearance: Reduce the Stigma with Whitney Menarchek

    I had the privilege and opportunity to speak on a “Recovery Conversation” with Whitney Menarchek on the “Reduce the Stigma” podcast. I spoke about ADHD and its medications. We had a valuable conversation. The work her and the Straight up Care organization does is a plentiful resource for connecting people with peer specialists as well

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  • Quitting Adderall

    Quitting Adderall

    I am not a medical professional and what I have written is a personal essay, I am not advising the use of nor the stoppage of any medication or treatment. I am speaking only from my experience. If you have grown accustomed to using adderall to manage life, by way of integrating them into your

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  • Doubt

    Doubt

    Note: I am writing tired and with a headache. Something AI will never do. Soak it in. It is human.Note note: My lack of professionalism is emerging from the sensation that nobody is reading this, reading my book or interacting with these efforts. Should I stop talking about ADHD meds? You don’t hear the story

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  • What’s even going on?

    What’s even going on?

    You got all the everything you see on the handheld tv. You got me, on the internet,trying to talk to you about one thing.  Amphetamines for kids. There are so many shadows looming around us Some designed as friends There to show you the way But what if it’s the wrong way Amphetamines, man. Speed,

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  • Tapping the algorithm

    By nature I go on instinct. This isn’t optimal when it comes to things like optimization.I don’t want to viral but I understand how much of a boon that would be for my social channels, and moving my book into the readers who need it, and to perpetuate the dialogue I am poking at when

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  • Click the picture to read it It feels authentic for me to write that way instead of doing the third person biography. It will surely change as time passes. If you always do what you always do, you’ll always get what you always get.

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  • Here are the things I have learned 3 months after hitting “publish”– The melancholic reality that a book takes a lot of time and commitment for people to buy, read and enjoy.  Contemplations of the quiet reality of self publishing stagnation.

    The author proudly reflects on completing their book, Hocus Focus, revealing their journey and ambitions for initiating a dialogue on amphetamines and ADD. They express struggles with marketing, handling rejection, and fearing harsh criticism. Despite uncertainty, they find gratitude in personal growth and hope for the book’s impact on readers’ lives.

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  • What is Adderall and how does it work?

    DISCLAIMER: The following article intended to be a primer in a conversation. It is not medical advice. I’m not a doctor and this is not medical or psychiatric advice. Short answer: Amphetamines are central nervous system stimulants that work by modifying chemical levels in the brain. I took Adderall and other amphetamines intermittently from ages

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  • I had a phone call with a self-help author who wanted to help me with the self-publishing process of my book, Hocus Focus. He and I got off to a rough start, as I “poke the box” with sales pitches and identify known sales tactics as they’re used on me in an attempt to disarm

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