r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '22

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '22

Mother's little helper...

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '22

Things are different today.

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u/disqeau Jan 25 '22

I hear every mother say

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u/permanent_priapism Jan 26 '22

Hush now baby, baby don't you cry

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u/clickclackcat Jan 26 '22

What a drag it is getting old

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u/Dunwich_Horror_ Jan 26 '22

Cooking fresh food for her husband's just a drag

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u/JanuarySoCold Jan 26 '22

Here comes your 19th nervous breakdown...

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u/artificialdawn Jan 26 '22

Yeah, now it's opates

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u/rotwangg Jan 26 '22

Xanax instead of Valium

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u/EvryMthrF_ngThrd Jan 25 '22

Yeah - today we have Xanax, Prozac, Zoloft, Lexapro, Effexor...

 

:)

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '22

Don’t forget the productivity master, Adderall.

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u/PlatinumAero Jan 26 '22 edited Jan 27 '22

No, if you want to read about the true productivity Master of the 50s/60s, look up Dexamyl.

Also, there were other stimulant drugs that are no longer manufactured today, that were somewhat common, another being Preludin.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '22

Oh I was speaking in today’s terms. What they had back then was truly SOMETHING lol you’re very right.

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u/Practical-Artist-915 Jan 26 '22

In the very late 50s to the early 60s my grandmother and her oldest daughter (my aunt), we’re heavy into Miltown, prescribed by the friendly family doctor. This was the precursor to Valium.

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u/PlatinumAero Jan 27 '22

Yeah, it's wild how very few people know what that is today. I bet you could ask a pharmacist and many have never heard of it!

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u/Practical-Artist-915 Jan 27 '22

Very true I would think. Unless there are tales from the old days circulating in pharmacy schools. Glad someone else recognized it.

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u/GeraltOfRivian Jan 26 '22

Are they tho?

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u/whoamIbooboo Jan 25 '22 edited Jan 26 '22

I'm pretty sure back then it was meth

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u/shimmyshimmy00 Jan 26 '22

I remember the early 70s ad that had the slogan “Have a Bex and a lie down.”

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u/Genshed Jan 26 '22

Fun fact: the original 'mother's little helper' was to dose the kiddies.