Comment · Sat, August 8, 2015 · Ceretropic
Found Nootropics in sons room.
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My kid is decent, is very smart and has a clean room, enjoys gaming and does a lot of research on the PC and also builds computers. and runs a YouTube channel that makes around 50$ a month from adrevenue, He gets very bad grades, does not usually try and says its boring, he is smart and knows a lot but you still need a high school education. He does take some prescriptions, he takes antidepressants for depression which is now all worked out(Not sure how long your even supposed to take that) and 40mg of Adderall a day for his ADHD which sometimes he does not take it because he is not doing anything important that day.
I was in his room and looked in the entertainment center drawer(I know, should not do this. Honestly i just was walking around the house and had a curiosity). I open the drawer and see around 200 of these pill strips, its called Modalert 200, you can look it up on images. the majority was those and some was this Artvigil-150. Now i did a lot of research and read some subreddits about it and it appears to be not for abusing drugs as i know he would not do that because he knows a ton about medicine and knows how all his medications effect his neurotransmitters and suc…
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
Talk to him about it. Modalet is just Modafinil. It is a lot safer than the Amphetamine he is on for ADHD. However, he should make sure you are okay with everything he is doing. You are his parent, afterall. But you need to approach it from the correct frame of reference, and not make him shut down. Sit down and try to understand him, but also voice your concerns/opinions in a non-combative manner.
That being said, if he is sleeping 8-10 hours a day, getting bad grades, and is generally disinterested in things, then he is probably still depressed. I went through a bad depression over a decade ago. So I know what it is like. His intelligence can be a hindrance if he does not know how to properly frame his feelings, and address his thoughts. You should sit down with him, and try to understand what he is going through. It's very likely he does not even understand it. That is very common in depression. Just having his parent try to be there for him might help.
Obviously I am not a doctor, and my advice is merely from personal experience. However, it's never hurt a parent/son relationship, by having a parent try to sit down and understand what their son is going through in a calm manner. Just don't make him get defensive, and shut down.