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Mental hell (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

This definitely seems like the more likely explanation. There certainly is a mental/emotional hell you go through in academia, but with this y-axis being specifically about psychiatric medication... all I'm seeing is that grad students like/need Adderall.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

Yeah my thought looking at this is that it's my understanding that you basically need an extended hypomanic state to complete a PhD and if you're not making that much dopamine at home, store bought is fine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I was thinking more antidepressants and less Adderall