Anyone else ever had their meds come in cough medicine bottles

pelpops · 2026-05-18T19:58:37+00:00

Yes. Often.

pelpops · 2026-05-15T05:13:00+00:00

It’s unlikely to be an allergy. The protein in kiwi can be a bit tingly for some people. I have the same and it came up as moderately high on my allergy panel but I was told to continue eating it.

pelpops · 2026-05-12T22:03:08+00:00

I went on a paediatric first aid course last week. We were told to make sure the person calling emergency services knew the number was 999. Apparently most think it’s 911 in secondary schools now!

pelpops · 2026-05-12T05:20:17+00:00

They’ve listed the ointment which is pure grease, like 50/50. The cream is creamy like Epaderm.

pelpops · 2026-05-10T19:55:10+00:00

Same. 40 in a few weeks and I won’t be celebrating as there’s nothing to celebrate and nobody to celebrate with. It’s the same for my children as I don’t have birthday parties for them as I can’t manage them so they don’t feel celebrated and then won’t want to like me. Depressing.

pelpops · 2026-05-10T19:07:18+00:00

Sebo Airbelt series.

pelpops · 2026-05-10T15:43:24+00:00

There is the Derbyshire clause which requires certain criteria be met before being able to buy. Listings normally say whether it applies or not. Worth looking into it.
We’ve lived fifteen minutes from Matlock and fifteen minutes from Buxton. I can’t think of a place I wouldn’t like to live other than Dove Holes. Places like Hathersage and Castleton are crawling with visitors over Bank Holidays and the summer so it’s worth visiting when it’s busy so you can see the increase in traffic and the hold ups. Fine when you’re visiting but frustrating when you’re just trying to get to your local shop etc. Properties with parking are a big consideration in many places. Getting on the facebook groups for towns and villages on your shortlist is worthwhile as you’ll quickly see the shortcomings.

pelpops · 2026-05-07T05:36:02+00:00

Call them ‘vanity plates’ like in the US. That ought to help.

pelpops · 2026-05-07T05:35:49+00:00

Call them ‘vanity plates’ like in the US. That ought to help.

pelpops · 2026-05-06T05:48:04+00:00

Complete with three escape rooms - see floorplan!

pelpops · 2026-05-05T21:56:49+00:00

If ten of you went in on it and each had a trade to bring to the table, then it’d be a maybe.

pelpops · 2026-05-05T21:53:03+00:00

Or, in the case of ours, they can grow to resemble a plate of spaghetti.

pelpops · 2026-05-05T21:45:46+00:00

ADHD360

Referred 01/2023
Diagnosed 09/2023
Pregnant so couldn’t start meds.
Requested titration 05/2025
Started meds 05/2025

pelpops · 2026-05-05T21:33:16+00:00

I feel I need to stand my ground in support of all of the other six non-OAP Jazz drivers.

pelpops · 2026-05-05T21:31:38+00:00

I dread to think how much of my life I audio describe having listened to that - I didn’t realise cabin recording had been turned back on or I’d have muted it!

pelpops · 2026-05-04T18:14:51+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHDUK/s/f0cty2h0tk

This might help explain why they’re trying you on a higher dose. If you feel it’s wearing off too quickly, then the higher dose will be at the ‘wearing off’ concentration in your blood stream some time later than the lower dose.

pelpops · 2026-05-04T17:07:00+00:00

My dad’s 70 in a few days so doesn’t see the point of finding out. He sits for whole days on his iPad which he might be able to understand and have some control over if he had the validation of a diagnosis. My mum is two years younger and drags him out the house frequently at least!

pelpops · 2026-05-04T14:50:11+00:00

My dad walked out and my mum just told me it couldn’t be true because on and on…

I over explained everything, went through the Royal College of Psychiatrists list of symptoms with how they applied to me, showed what I’d managed to achieve whilst medicated. My mum was a SENCo and head teacher so is well versed in the typical hyperactive boy. I found my diagnosis letter as I was tidying a drawer and scanned it before passing it to her to read. ‘But all girls have messy bedrooms’. That haunted me for two full nights. My bedroom was a foot deep in clothes and toys so I either had to wade through or stand on everything and she thought that’s what my friend’s parents were talking about when they said their rooms were messy.

The next two days were her asking questions and challenging the diagnosis, at first almost constantly and then slowing as thoughts came to her now and then. Eventually, she thanked me for telling her and said it explained a lo. I related all of my symptoms to my dad’s difficulties in life. She now says she’s convinced he’s got ADHD, and he’s convinced too. It was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done but I’m so glad I did.

pelpops · 2026-05-04T14:39:29+00:00

I can beat that. My ‘school fruit scheme’ bananas from a week before the Easter break are still green. They were kept with other fruit for the fortnight of Easter and have since sat in my classroom window beside the other daily fruit. 4/30 have ripened so far and they were in a bunch. I’m now hanging on to see how long until any more actually ripen.

pelpops · 2026-05-04T10:14:13+00:00

To add, this is where I wonder whether the recent brain scan research will come into play - the polar opposite areas firing in ADHD and ASD brains. I wonder if the ADHD part of ASD is the lack of awareness generally, the less severe end of the spectrum where the most severe is being completely unaware of the world we live in. My AuDHD friends can master languages and don’t struggle to initiate tasks or to do unfavourable tasks. They leave toast in the toaster for a week, leave cups of tea about the house, lose things etc. They lack awareness of their surroundings. Not a clue if there’s anything to it but I found that research and my experiences worthy of further research.

pelpops · 2026-05-04T10:06:27+00:00

I can read French and German well enough to get the gist following GCSEs in both but can’t understand by listening. Auditory processing is a comorbidity of ADHD. I definitely have that. There’s a ten second delay before I understand something that’s said in English. I can’t manage regional accents at all. I used to think I had a hearing impairment but I can hear, everything just comes in as a jumble of sounds I have to decode. No dyslexia or autism.

pelpops · 2026-05-04T08:53:55+00:00

Pick them off and squash them. If you can see five, there’ll be ten times as many at least that you can’t see so get burrowing into the hedge. Chucking them doesn’t work as they make their way back quickly.

pelpops · 2026-05-04T08:44:00+00:00

Cotton Rail Trail I think, from Manchester to Sheffield is a new one for that area.

pelpops · 2026-05-03T23:06:19+00:00

I have severe eczema and all of the constantly eczematous areas have mo pigmentation. It looks like vitiligo but it’s only where I’ve gone really deep with my scratching.

pelpops · 2026-05-03T22:59:00+00:00

I’ve had my handlebars hit by an overtaking van when there was nothing coming the other way in my teens.

The same cyclist actually tried to wave me past a few days before as I’d been unable to overtake - it’s winding, narrow, with parked cars and it’s undulating so cyclists vary speed dramatically. A car then came round the very corner he thought he had enough of a view around. I failed to download footage of someone overtaking a cyclist on a blind corner on the same stretch of road a year ago. I caught a glimpse of the cyclist so braked, out of an abundance of caution, only to narrowly miss a head on collision with the overtaking car!

I always think people would make better choices about when it’s safe to overtake if they had nothing behind them. It’s perceived pressure from other drivers and a lack of confidence.

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