I head up a small community for fans of a niche indie brand. The founder is doing an event in Japan with an exclusive item for people who attend! I was so excited and was looking into booking a plane ticket to go!

However… turns out that Japan has a law that absolutely forbids stimulant medication in the country. And, no, I don’t really want to upend my regimen of 8 years and risk going on a new medication for the trip.

I’m really shattered, as I wanted to attend this cool event and meet up with other enthusiasts. It really hurts to be barred from an opportunity like this.

I hate ADHD. I really do.

  • frogfruit@slrpnk.netEnglish
    172·
    9 months ago

    I did read that which is why I noted in my comment that I realize it won’t be ideal but may be worth reconsidering for the opportunity. I also wanted to provide some more complete information for the people in the comments who were gleaning false conclusions from misleading information.

    • RedSeries@lemmy.worldEnglish
      45·
      9 months ago

      I agree the reply is informative, just that OP had asked to avoid other medications as a suggestion.

      • frogfruit@slrpnk.netEnglish
        41·
        9 months ago

        It does not say that in the OP. They said “I don’t really want to… risk going on a new medication for the trip” which is not the same as “please don’t give me advice on alternative medication” and was also preceded by a false claim that no other stimulants would be allowed.

        • RedSeries@lemmy.worldEnglish
          14·
          9 months ago

          EDIT: Defending one’s point while trying to be polite is “being aggressive”.

          k

          • ABCDE@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            Why are you being aggressive? They didn’t state which medication they are actually taking so it could be one on the list mentioned.

          • frogfruit@slrpnk.netEnglish
            31·
            9 months ago

            As I stated in my previous comment, it was not clear. You told me I was wrong, you continue to reply to me with false information, and you wonder why I respond defending myself. OP does not seem to have hard feelings about this, so I don’t understand why you seem to.