I had all mammer of friends from diff races/cultures, seeing each other as different, or better/worse, was much less prevalent than in PNGs former colonial administrator -Australia.

Most of my friends weren't white, or were mixed race...

I finished my high-school and university study in the latter, the differences were quite marked, though they have equalised somewhat, over the last 25yrs.

Still, to this day in Australia, I don't have anywhere near as many coloured friends/associates, as I did as a child & preteen/early-teen in png.

In the 1st year or so it wasn’t a panacea, but it was undoubtedly the single-biggest help to me getting on w.life, & I was doing "all the right things" at that time, not just popping pills! At times, it was truly a godsend/revelation, to stick with the religious expressions! ;-P

However, for ~2yrs+? now, it's felt like it's not doing much, if anything, even if I go off it for long periods & then resume, it's just not the same?! Once kicked-in, I’m pretty sure it's always made me sleepy in the 1st ~2hr, but it feels like that’s #the only thing# left nowadays!

Recently, my psychiatrist said; "...It does nothing to address ‘tiredness’ (quite sure that wasn't always the case, + nothing like this was said in the early days) & more importantly, I should still feel/notice improved clarity-of-thought/concentration."

It's hard to judge that with a high degree of confidence, but I’m quite sure that was never markedly improved, if at all. I feel the bigger part I got out of it was not focus/concentration, but rather; energy/drive/will, & that’s been mostly-totally absent for ages now!

We’ve also tried Concerta a few times, but the feeling each time, was that it wasn’t quite as helpful, so we’d always go back to Vyvanse. She says they’re my only 2 options in Australia, for addressing ADHD-like & executive-function issues.

Are there other options, or great resources, that folks can point me to? Mainly interested in ideas for drugs/meds, but I’m open to other suggestions. I do address my issues with more than just drugs, but I’m dearly wanting to get that part working effectively again!

I have sought the counsel/opinion of other psychiatrists, but, they're pretty much the same.

Man, this was exhausting to type on an ipad pro 12.9 gen.2, whilst sitting on the toilet! >.>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisdexamfetamine | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylphenidate

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For an overview of it's arch, see here: https://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/wp_architecture

And these 2 links lead off to just about anything else related to the service: https://forums.whirlpool.net.au https://whirlpool.net.au/wiki

For those unfamiliar, there's a tonne of great enduser features (inc. a very powerful userscript called wp+).

I'd love to rebuild it all into a modern FOSS web app, one that uses just html/css/js etc, instead of java.

With it's own unique UX/UI, but one that still hints-at or feels, a lot like WP.

Interested in folks thoughts on how best to approach this.

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I did, have a look at the link to that submission...