#antidoteforreality

[copperbadge]

Endeavor OTC game for ADHD

antidoteforreality

is it really different from a standard FPS game? I’m curious about it!

Hope it's okay that I popped this into its own post, I found I had a lot to say :D

Context from the earlier post: EndeavorOTC is a paid app based on EndeavorRX, which is a prescription game for kids with ADHD. RX is FDA-approved; OTC is the version that hasn't gone through FDA approval, but it's a fork of the same code. It's fairly repetitive but that's because it's a training module shaped like a game, not a game that happens to do training.

It's less of an FPS and more of an infinite runner, like Sonic Dash or Temple Run. You're in a little ship that flies along a waterway, and you're supposed to hit "energy fields" which help you speed up to catch a critter you're chasing. You can't control your speed; you tilt your device to swerve left or right to hit the energy fields, but that's it. This is the "Steering" skill.

Your other, simultaneous task is to shoot critters that jump out of the water at you, called "targeting". It's a misnomer since you don't tap ON the creatures, you just tap anywhere on the right side of the screen and it shoots them for you, no aim required. These critters come in three colors, and at the start of every mission they tell you only ONE color to shoot. If you shoot the wrong color or miss an energy field while steering, you slow down very slightly. The goal is to speed up so fast that you catch the critter you're chasing, which is, to be fair, quite challenging.

You aren't ever penalized, really; the critter sometimes gets away, but you get points for trying. You don't have "lives", but you are time-limited -- once you've played for 25 minutes (a "dose"), the game locks down for the rest of the day. Something I REALLY like is that once you've paid the subscription price there's nothing else to buy: no ads to watch for bonuses, no microtransactions, no loot crates. You can earn coin to buy different outfits for your avatar, but that's it, and you can't buy coin, you just get a set amount per day for completing the dose. Every 15 missions or so, your ability to steer-target is evaluated and your score adjusted, which lets you know how you're progressing in terms of treatment, rather than skill at the game. You're supposed to play at least five days a week for six weeks as an initial treatment.

The reason I was willing to give it a shot was that the "targeting" aspect is based on the Go/No-Go Task, which is a legit tool they use in ADHD testing, and the aspect of the test I bombed the hardest when I was evaluated. Ongoing Go/No-Go task training has been shown in some research to help emotional regulation, although it's cognitive and not mindfulness. Overall the game is meant to improve focus but it was the Go/No-Go aspect that I found most compelling as a reason to try.

It's not cheap; you can get a 7-day trial but only if you pre-emptively subscribe, and if you don't cancel the subscription at the end of the 7 days you are charged $130, which I admit is a sneaky move to pull on a population not known for remembering to cancel subscriptions. The first thing I did after signing up was go to google play and cancel the subscription -- I still got to keep the trial -- but honestly when my trial is up I'll probably subscribe, it's a fun little game and I'm willing to risk the money to see if it helps (but I'm also in a position to spend $130 "just to see"). You can also do month-to-month for $25 but obviously the $130 yearly sub is much cheaper in the long run.

I've seen a wide variety of reactions to it, from delight to frustration, although a lot of the frustration seems to be from people who are more accustomed to intense gaming and are treating it like a video game and not a training tool. I'll keep you guys posted on how it goes.

[alittledragon]

Nine people I want to get to know better

Thanks for the tag, @nine98k! :D

LAST SONG? I was in my car so I don't remember exactly which one was last but maybe To the streets by Xavier Dang

FAVORITE COLOR? Purple, all purples!

CURRENTLY WATCHING? Kaiju n°8! (kinda)

LAST MOVIE? I rewatched Barbie with my mom recently

SWEET/SPICY/SAVORY? Very sweet tooth.

RELATIONSHIP STATUS? Very committed to myself and it sure won't change.

CURRENT OBSESSIONS? FFXIV and Pokemon, not very original of me might I say, it's just special interests who came back right at me (tho for FFXIV it hasn't stopped since two years for now)

LAST THING YOU GOOGLED? "eating disorders"

I don't know if i'll get nine people total but huuuh @hanzopresentingtiddies @nattravn-stuff @felix-nyx @laughconfetti @scienceoftheidiot @bokulikescomics @thebibliocat and @antidoteforreality

[teresiel]

I was tagged by the ever-great @post-futurism, and am thrilled to jump back into one of these!

Last Song: Go On - The Tights. I'm listening to their discography after moving on from the near-entirety of XTC. Jury is still out, but I appreciate that they brought late-90s and Y2K moody nostalgia even before the gurnge-goth of that era was even close to being dated.

Favourite colour: Burgundy! All shades! No exceptions! I'm also fond of deep emerald greens, olive greens, navy blue, and dusty rose pinks. Historically I adored purple, but I'm less into it now, and am not into it when it veers into blue territory (though I'm definitely into indigo).

Last movie/TV show: The last film I completed was The Holdovers and I was a predictably easy target. It nigh instantaneously became a favourite. Technically, my last watched film was The Moon by Takashi Ito, but I wouldn't call that a movie, per se, as much as it's an impressionistic short and abstraction of thoughts, images, and memory.

I usually watch multiple films simultaneously, but my go-to streaming sites all lost the option for subtitles within the last 24 hours. I have never experienced anything more miserable. How else am I supposed to be able to watch these at 4x speed?!?!

Telveision-wise, I've been watching Fargo season one, Twin Peaks (1989), and keeping up with the new season of Abbott Elementary.

Sweet/spicy/savoury: Spicy and Savoury. Separate and combined, they are both dear lovers.

Relationship status: non pertinet

Last thing that I googled: Tofu marinade recipe for airfryer. Also Hal Ashby. Both in the same google session. Weird day.

Current obsession: I've returned to Garth Nix's work and am indulging my dive back into The Old Kingdom series. I'm also refreshing my grasp of criminal law, Contitutional Law, and police misconduct. I finished a read-through of the Constitution and am trying to solidify my mnemonics for the Bill of Rights! Also, most recently, hating Larian and grieving for my prior high opinion of them and my naivete.

Last book: Last completed was Lirael (Garth Nix) and I'm currently reading Piranesi (Susanna Clarke) and Orientalism (Edward Said)

Looking forward to: Getting my financial assistance for medical bills situated (again), and an upcoming chili/soup cook-off at my place of work (which I intend to sweep, with the promised assistance of my team).

I'm so glad you tagged me! Your blog has been a constant inspiration and your taste is both fire and the terrifying depths of the ocean to me, it's fantastic, your posts never fail to have a dreamlike quality!

Tagging @honeybite @phasesixer @regenerating @wizardpink @notwiselybuttoowell @lordgroose @iwilleatyourenglish @baddiez @bubble-bobble @purplefairies@wine-dark-sea@cursedamulet@scarletswalking@antidoteforreality

and any other mutual I neglected (I am so, so sorry, I have been sleepless and my memory has been fuzzier than usual)

also feel free to do this even if you're not tagged, I am not trying to be exclusive necessarily!

[fallingintomagic]

Tagged by @anyawen

Last song: All My Love by Noah Kahan

Favourite colour: Green or Black or Light Pink

Currently watching: All American

Savoury/sweet/spicy: Sweet! I cannot deny a sweet treat

Relationship status: Single

Current obsession: Chappell Roan (I can’t stop watching her tiny desk concert it has me in a chokehold)

Last thing you googled: Snickerdoodle recipe

Tagging: @benkaaoi @antidoteforreality @bloodyxiao

[deanwwinchester]

you look gorgeous in your selfies!

Sorry for the late reply!!!

Thank you sooo much!💙 You are too sweet!🥰

[deanwwinchester]

you’re really pretty & seem really nice!

Thank you sooo much!🥰 This is too sweet!!!💙

[fallingintomagic]

Rules: Tag 9 people you want to get to know better

Top 3 Ships:

I have now forgotten every ship I’ve ever had ever.

Um ok ok

Crowley and Aziraphale?

I didn’t know it was possible to ship Juno and Peter so hard despite only being a small fraction of the way through the podcast but here we are

Kaz and Inej I suppose. I really like the way their relationship was written

Honorable mention: Mary Anne and Chance Sequoyah in The Coyote of the Painted Plains

Lipstick or chapstick:

I’m going to go with chapstick. I feel like my makeup is overdone when I wear lipstick? Which makes no sense but I can have a full eyeshadow look on and be fine but I’ll wear just lipstick and it feels like it’s Too Much. Also it’s a hassle because it smears when I eat

Last song:

Cornflake Girl by Florence + the Machine

It has some vibes that give me like,,,,witch living in the forest who isn’t malicious but also sometimes bursts into mysterious and creepy song

It also does a good job of subtly narrating me having an existential crisis

It is also just is a song that I like.

Last movie:

The new Charlie’s Angels. which was arguable problematic on the level in which every Charlie’s Angels movie is. But I will argue: Elizabeth Banks, Kristen Stewart and other various gorgeous women being badass and saving the world. So there. I enjoyed it.

Reading:

Howls Moving Castle. I really love the movie and I got the book for Christmas so I’m very excited to be reading it

The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss (taking my time on this one because the next book isn’t supposed to come out until August so I don’t want to rush and then despair while I wait for his amazing storytelling to continue)

The World of Myth by David Adams Leeming

Watching:

I just finished Anne with an E (ouch my heart)

I binge watched Season 2 of Sex Education

I watched the first episode of The Witcher out of curiosity and I don’t know how I feel about it

I’ve been meaning to start The Good Place

Tagging:

@walkinlikeadimepiece @antidoteforreality @benkaaoi @just-call-me-the-mad-genius @nerdvanauniverse @katinkacassio @isitthechorusyetno (you may have already been tagged sorry) @masquergayed @theclingynerd

[fallingintomagic]

5, 12, 23 for the asks (soft) 💙

5. (Who do you feel most you around)

@soleciri @antidoteforreality @walkinlikeadimepiece

I feel like I have a lot of facets(?) of my personality, and they shine through with different people and in different situations. There are definitely people (like those above) who make me feel most comfortable, and also situations that make me feel absolutley NOT me.

To be less specific, when I spend time at the summer camp I volunteer at over the summer, I feel the most authentically me around those people.

12. (How are you?)

What a wonderfully complicated question. It varies from day to day. Overall, I’d say I’m getting through life pretty well, not functioning at my best, and VERY prone to spontaneously crying due to stress and other variables. However, I’m doing much better than I was this time last year, so hooray for improvement! Generally, I’m pretty happy, although I do fall into melancholy rather regularly. (I hope that answers in a way that relates to what you were asking about)

23. (Favorite piece of clothing)

My flannel. Call me a stereotype but it’s comfy and can be styled different ways and I think I look good in it. I have a lot of clothing that I really like, and that I think is better looking/more stylish, but my flannel is very good.

But for aeshtetic purposes, my lace-up/button up coat or my steampunk tailcoat.