{"id":9807,"date":"2022-09-03T03:30:36","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T08:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/?p=9807"},"modified":"2022-09-03T03:30:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T08:30:36","slug":"is-this-how-japan-treats-people-with-adhd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/2022\/09\/03\/is-this-how-japan-treats-people-with-adhd\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this how Japan treats people with ADHD?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nThis is almost a too on the nose example of Japan as an ultra conformist society. From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animefeminist.com\/how-my-brain-is-different-allows-the-neurodivergent-to-tell-their-own-stories\/\">Caitlin Moore&#8217;s review of <cite>How My Brain is Different<\/cite><\/a>:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nOne of the consequences of allowing people to speak in their own words is that there are stories where, even though we share the same condition, I struggle to understand the narrator\u2019s perspective. Iku describes how it feels once the ADHD medication Strattera starts working. Her head feels clearer and she\u2019s able to function professionally, but her emotions feel muted and she\u2019s largely lost interest in most of her hobbies. Despite the disadvantages, she feels positive about her experience with Strattera.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDuring my brief attempt at taking Strattera, I had similar side effects, which to me put it squarely into \u201cnot worth it\u201d territory. I hated the sensation of my passions and emotions being dampened. Horrified at the idea of living like that long term, I insisted on going back to stimulants.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nRegardless of my own feelings on the matter, Iku\u2019s experience and priorities are just as valid as mine. This could even be culturally informed; in Japan, Strattera is the first-line medication, with the only alternative being Concerta if the Strattera doesn\u2019t work. All other forms of stimulant medication\u2014Adderall, Ritalin, and Vyvanse, which are popular options in the US\u2014are illegal.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nIf Japan forbids the use of medication that allows ADHD sufferers to keep more of their personality, while the main drug available is one that turns you into a functional but emotionalless drone, what does that say about the country?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is almost a too on the nose example of Japan as an ultra conformist society. From Caitlin Moore&#8217;s review of How My Brain is Different: One of the consequences of allowing people to speak in their own words is that there are stories where, even though we share the same condition, I struggle to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2763],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comix","category-manga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9807"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9811,"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9807\/revisions\/9811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}