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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Ice94k on 2026-06-12 16:32:47+00:00.

So, I'm an ADHD dude. I've been diagnosed for the past 3 years, but I haven't always taken the same meds. I used Vyvanse for a while, but my doctors thought it wasn't necessary for the moment and that I should cut back to just Strattera.

And Strattera did work for a while; But recently, I started having to study again, for something that isn't my job and I'm not very interested in per-se. Since that's the case, my ADHD set off a perpetual "nah" on having tight, scheduled studying. I was having a lot of trouble even just getting up from bed to do it, and really couldn't focus on what I was doing.

So my doctors put me back on Vyvanse. I picked the old bottle and picked right up where I was, as it hadn't expired yet and I'm not about to waste expensive drugs. And it was weird; Some days, it worked great, sure, but some days... It felt like I didn't take anything at all. Barely got out the bed, didn't get any focus, it was weird.

So today, I opened the capsule I was about to take before taking it. And it was empty... Then it hit me.

Turns out, me from the past thought "You know, having some placebo pills might be useful in case I need to convince myself of something". And then proceeded to empty out some of the pills, mix the medicine in water (leaflet said it was ok), and store the pills right back at the bottle with all the other normal pills...

Tl;Dr: Autistically emptied pills for placebo effect, much to the surprise and chagrin of 2-years-later me.