neurodiverse
What is Neurodivergence?
It's ADHD, Autism, OCD, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, bi-polar, aspd, etc etc etc etc
“neurologically atypical patterns of thought or behavior”
So, it’s very broad, if you feel like it describes you then it does as far as we're concerned
Rules
1.) ableist language=post or comment will probably get removed (enforced case by case, some comments will be removed and restored due to complex situations). repeated use of ableist language=banned from comm and possibly site depending on severity. properly tagged posts with CW can use them for the purposes of discussing them
2.) always assume good faith when dealing with a fellow nd comrade especially due to lack of social awareness being a common symptom of neurodivergence
2.5) right to disengage is rigidly enforced. violations will get you purged from the comm. see rule 3 for explanation on appeals
3.) no talking over nd comrades about things you haven't personally experienced as a neurotypical chapo, you will be purged. If you're ND it is absolutely fine to give your own perspective if it conflicts with another's, but do so with empathy and the intention to learn about each other, not prove who's experience is valid. Appeal process is like appealing in user union but you dm the nd comrade you talked over with your appeal (so make it a good one) and then dm the mods with screenshot proof that you resolved it. fake screenies will get you banned from the site, we will confirm with the comrade you dm'd.
3.5) everyone has their own lived experiences, and to invalidate them is to post cringe. comments will be removed on a case by case basis depending on determined level of awareness and faith
4.) Interest Policing will not be tolerated in any form. Support your comrades in their joy!
Further rules to be added/ rules to be changed based on community input
RULES NOTE: For this community more than most we understand that the clarity and understandability of these rules is very important for allowing folks to feel comfortable, to that end please don't be afraid to be outspoken about amendments and addendums to these rules, as well as any we may have missed
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I'm not usually one to defend large corporations but I don't see how the opioid epidemic was the fault of the pharmacies (unless they were filling prescriptions for "Mickey Mouse"). Is it their job to invalidate diagnoses? The pharmacist I talked to was mad that doctors haven't been scrutinized to the same degree. It's probably a healthcare sector power hierarchy thing. We should take Buy n Large's money but for different reasons.
Nope. It’s their job to verify medications match the diagnoses given and don’t conflict with other medications or diagnoses of the patient. But if the doctor says a patient has ADHD, the pharmacist is expected to believe them.
Right now many pharmacies are hopelessly understaffed with bad pay and working conditions. Even if most pharmacists wanted to live up to their responsibilities as a doctor responsible for their patients health and wellbeing they're being worked to the bone and treated horribly by the corporations.
Saw a help wanted part at the grocery pharmacy with pay range of 19-21/hr. Who the fuck would go to school to be a pharmacist only to come get that pay?
It's disgusting. They're draining the blood from all these vital social institutions, cannibalizing society until it collapses.
former corporate retail pharmacist here. that posting was likely for a technician role. at least I hope so. corporate retail pharmacy is a fucking dumpster fire right now but I don't think it's reached quite that level yet.
replied to the wrong comment! this was meant for the one above.
corporate retail pharmacy workers have been treated like dog shit the past decade plus. race to the bottom among the big players, chronic intentional understaffing and impossible metrics cooked up by MBAs who have absolutely no concept of caring for patients beyond seeing that as something which must be discouraged at every turn so more money can be extracted from the system.
fortunately the tides may be turning, see recent CVS walkouts and Kaiser strike as an example of corporate pharmacy workers tired and ready to fuck shit up. I got out of that game a long time ago but I hope they utterly wreck shop.
That's what I thought!
If you have chronic pain due to some kind of internal injury are they supposed to require you to submit xrays and other scans to them to verify? How the fuck does that even work?
I got prescribed Testosterone because my genetics are fucked. I'm cisgendered. I'm just a low T male because my dad was exposed to chemicals from the US government that gave me defects. But some transphobe fuckwad pharmacist wanted to be petty and refuse to sell me syringes because they are taking a stand. YOU JUST SOLD ME A GODDAMN INTRAMUSCULAR MEDICATION HOW THE FUCK DO IT GET IT IN THERE OSMOSIS? I had to drive to another pharmacy to get my meds.
My read is that the opioid crisis was a large scale money-making conspiracy between pharma, the FDA, and many doctors. "We believed the magic heroin wasn't addictive!" is such bullshit. Apparently there was a lot of arm-twisting of doctors by pharma funded lobbying and propaganda groups working in league with elements of the FDA and some doctor professional organizations. Like they pushed the idea that any pain was too much pain and the doctor was doing crimes if they didn't give you enough oxy to anesthetize a horse.
Oh yes, the "Pain is the Fifth Vital Sign" campaign.
Yeah. Just messed up. I've apparently got a fairly high pain tolerance by some metrics so I've never taken a lot of pain meds, so when I heard about that, that no pain at all was the goal, I was taken aback.
America delenda est.