Just a motherfucking second right there. I can vouch that for a minority of the population properly prescribed "strong" stimulants make a night-and-day difference in social ability. For me, it meant reading "cues" which I flat out could not do practically ever, became second nature. And I learned social skills that served me even after the beautiful molecules were out of my system.
So in my particular case, these stimulants stretch out time. Literally. Like I think they improve the refractory period of my neurons, von Neumann talks about that in his book The Computer and the Brain, call it what you want, but I'll sit there thinking it's been over three hours since I sat down when it's only been an hour and fifty minutes. Guess what? You get twice as much time to figure out what to say and do in every single situation! Like the difference between chat rooms and telephone, almost. And there's much more to it than just the time dilation.
Pretty cheap lottery ticket if you ask me, just go to a real psych and ask, OK ask like this:
I am an awkward guy, and I want to screen whether I have Adult Attention Deficit Disorder, because if I do happen to have that hand tied behind my back, I would like to untie it. Just tell me conclusively whether I have ADD--which is unlikely, but worth the odds--or not. It's just I've heard it's such a slam-dunk to treat this, from people who openly talk about their ADD, that I want to get to the bottom of this, conclusively.
Agreed most heartily. I have sampled a whole range of stimulants from the mundane to the dangerous with good results. And other drugs too. Opium is fabulous. Psychedelics are deeply educational. I only wish I was introduced earlier.
So in my particular case, these stimulants stretch out time. Literally. Like I think they improve the refractory period of my neurons, von Neumann talks about that in his book The Computer and the Brain, call it what you want, but I'll sit there thinking it's been over three hours since I sat down when it's only been an hour and fifty minutes. Guess what? You get twice as much time to figure out what to say and do in every single situation! Like the difference between chat rooms and telephone, almost. And there's much more to it than just the time dilation.
Pretty cheap lottery ticket if you ask me, just go to a real psych and ask, OK ask like this:
I am an awkward guy, and I want to screen whether I have Adult Attention Deficit Disorder, because if I do happen to have that hand tied behind my back, I would like to untie it. Just tell me conclusively whether I have ADD--which is unlikely, but worth the odds--or not. It's just I've heard it's such a slam-dunk to treat this, from people who openly talk about their ADD, that I want to get to the bottom of this, conclusively.
They should oblige.