Pete Quily
@petequily.bsky.social
Adult ADHD coach & blogger. 3 websites with 600+ pages of information and links on adult ADHD. Perpetually curious information omnivore
https://addcoach4u.com
https://adultaddstrengths.com
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https://adultaddstrengths.com
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Exactly my experience. "I do that but I'm not ADHD" over & over. Then I saw a 12-panel cartoon of typical traits & I had 11 of them so decided to pursue a diagnosis. After decades of SSRIs not really working the consultant said "You're depressed because your life's out of control because of ADHD."
December 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Exactly my experience. "I do that but I'm not ADHD" over & over. Then I saw a 12-panel cartoon of typical traits & I had 11 of them so decided to pursue a diagnosis. After decades of SSRIs not really working the consultant said "You're depressed because your life's out of control because of ADHD."
And the way the UK defines ADHD, you have lower rates than other countries
The UK has huge multi year waiting lists for ADHD assessments. It's just gaslighting by ADHD illiterate morons, who are arrogant about their ignorance. Or ADHDCloset cases doing psychological projection
The UK has huge multi year waiting lists for ADHD assessments. It's just gaslighting by ADHD illiterate morons, who are arrogant about their ignorance. Or ADHDCloset cases doing psychological projection
December 10, 2025 at 7:14 AM
And the way the UK defines ADHD, you have lower rates than other countries
The UK has huge multi year waiting lists for ADHD assessments. It's just gaslighting by ADHD illiterate morons, who are arrogant about their ignorance. Or ADHDCloset cases doing psychological projection
The UK has huge multi year waiting lists for ADHD assessments. It's just gaslighting by ADHD illiterate morons, who are arrogant about their ignorance. Or ADHDCloset cases doing psychological projection
My guess is even for people who don't have sensory processing problems it would be a more pleasant or at least less irritating shopping experience.
Hope more store do it. Probably needs a group of people to lobby for it
Hope more store do it. Probably needs a group of people to lobby for it
December 10, 2025 at 7:10 AM
My guess is even for people who don't have sensory processing problems it would be a more pleasant or at least less irritating shopping experience.
Hope more store do it. Probably needs a group of people to lobby for it
Hope more store do it. Probably needs a group of people to lobby for it
A grocery store in Vancouver at West 49th ave SaveonFoods has sensory friendly shopping
Every other Thursday between 6 and 8 p.m.
During that time the lights will be dimmed, music muted and the speaker system turned off.
I went in and found it far more relaxing
globalnews.ca/news/5414672...
Every other Thursday between 6 and 8 p.m.
During that time the lights will be dimmed, music muted and the speaker system turned off.
I went in and found it far more relaxing
globalnews.ca/news/5414672...
Save-On-Foods dims the lights at Vancouver store to help shoppers with autism - BC | Globalnews.ca
The company said sensory friendly shopping, which debuted at its store in Kerrisdale, could eventually expand to all its stores in B.C.
globalnews.ca
December 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
A grocery store in Vancouver at West 49th ave SaveonFoods has sensory friendly shopping
Every other Thursday between 6 and 8 p.m.
During that time the lights will be dimmed, music muted and the speaker system turned off.
I went in and found it far more relaxing
globalnews.ca/news/5414672...
Every other Thursday between 6 and 8 p.m.
During that time the lights will be dimmed, music muted and the speaker system turned off.
I went in and found it far more relaxing
globalnews.ca/news/5414672...
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Health authorities linking spike to medetomidine, a veterinary anesthetic that is among the latest substances being added to the ever-changing street-drug supply. By some estimates, it's up to 200x more potent than xylazine.
Nov surge does not appear to correspond with a similar increase in deaths.
Nov surge does not appear to correspond with a similar increase in deaths.
![Unregulated Drug Supply
Substance Information Sheet
MEDETOMIDINE
(meh-deh-TOH-mih-deen)
Reason for this information sheet
• Medetomidine can cause cardiac and respiratory depression and deep prolonged sedation.
• It is increasingly found in community drug checking samples, confirmatory provincial and national
drug testing, and police-seized sample testing.
• It's also being found in combination with highly potent opioids (e.g., fentanyl) in drug poisoning
deaths in BC.
What we know about medetomidine
Medetomidine is a non-opioid sedative (Central Nervous System [CNS] depressant) approved for use in
Canada in veterinary medicine. It's around 200 times stronger than xylazine.
In the unregulated drug supply:
• It's nearly always detected in samples with fentanyl and other opioids, xylazine, or benzodiazepines.
It's commonly found in drugs bought or sold as fentanyl or 'down'.
• Samples vary in colour and form: powder, chunks, pebbles, paste.
• It can be identified by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) in community drug checking,
but there's often not enough in a sample for it to be detected, so it's not identified.
• It can be detected by specialized test strips; however, these are not yet available for community use.
• It is not detected as part of a standard urine drug screen.
How medetomidine may affect people
• Drug effects include low heart rate, slowed breathing, initial high blood pressure followed by low
blood pressure, sedation, dry mouth, and hypothermia.
• Complex drug poisoning involves deep and prolonged sedation and very low or no pulse.
• Other reported experiences include dizziness, nausea, vomiting, fear, and delusions.
• Effects can last from 90 minutes to up to several hours or longer when taken with other CNS
depressants (e.g., fentanyl).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g72r2bhbs6xcdyyuaw5qnghc/bafkreieumfnzcwsdfgocmp3webgoo6wtjw7dwlld6ojmhukohtuyjlyxvu@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Health authorities linking spike to medetomidine, a veterinary anesthetic that is among the latest substances being added to the ever-changing street-drug supply. By some estimates, it's up to 200x more potent than xylazine.
Nov surge does not appear to correspond with a similar increase in deaths.
Nov surge does not appear to correspond with a similar increase in deaths.
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In a couple blocks in Duncan, on Vancouver Island, more than 80 people went down in a 36-hour period, beginning just as the local overdose prevention site and outreach services were closing for the day.
“It was like, oh my God, what is happening here? Everybody’s going down."
“It was like, oh my God, what is happening here? Everybody’s going down."
December 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In a couple blocks in Duncan, on Vancouver Island, more than 80 people went down in a 36-hour period, beginning just as the local overdose prevention site and outreach services were closing for the day.
“It was like, oh my God, what is happening here? Everybody’s going down."
“It was like, oh my God, what is happening here? Everybody’s going down."
If you want safe supply for people who use drugs so they don’t die?
Demand your MLA’s require all docs to have mandatory CME’s courses on ADHD
Most BC docs don’t know how to diagnose ADHD
They’re not going to prescribe ADHD stimulant meds for safe supply if they don’t know ADHD
#bcpoli #vanpoli
Demand your MLA’s require all docs to have mandatory CME’s courses on ADHD
Most BC docs don’t know how to diagnose ADHD
They’re not going to prescribe ADHD stimulant meds for safe supply if they don’t know ADHD
#bcpoli #vanpoli
December 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Vile grifters gonna grift vileness.
December 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Vile grifters gonna grift vileness.
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While Freeman is often more than happy to ignore evidence in favour of her own opinions, whether that be her regular transphobic rants or oft written columns minimising and dismissing ADHD, autism and mental health issues, the evidence for under diagnosis is pretty strong.
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An independent taskforce *just* did a huge review of ADHD in England, and the conclusion was that it's "under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated."
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
NHS England » Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce: Part 1
April 2025
www.england.nhs.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
While Freeman is often more than happy to ignore evidence in favour of her own opinions, whether that be her regular transphobic rants or oft written columns minimising and dismissing ADHD, autism and mental health issues, the evidence for under diagnosis is pretty strong.
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