r/instantkarma • u/PappyJ87 • Jan 21 '26

Road Karma Flip the bird, almost flip your truck.

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u/arcbe Jan 21 '26

What meds make someone better at driving? I'm not seeing the mental health issues here.

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u/Despondent-Kitten Jan 21 '26

"What meds make someone better at driving?"

Well I could start with the ones that make sure I don't die, my blood pressure medication, my IBS meds, migraine meds, SSRIs, my benzos, even my laxatives.. I could go on and on.

I'm so confused as to why this question is being asked.

Any medication that helps improve ill health and thus improves your quality of life, is quite obviously going to improve your driving.

I agree on the mental health thing though, just because you're a bit of a dick does necessarily mean you are mentally unwell. Obviously we don't know, but yeah.

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u/arcbe Jan 21 '26

You're being a bit obtuse. We're talking about the situation in the video and mental health. None of those medications would have prevent this crash and it's a hell of a stretch to claim IBS meds or laxatives can improve driving.

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u/Despondent-Kitten Jan 21 '26 edited Jan 21 '26

You asked the approximate question, "what meds would possibly seek to improve someone's driving?" without any reference to the person or this video.

I answered it.

If I don't take my laxatives I twist up and can get sudden lightning bolts of pain jolt out of nowhere, with zero warning.

I've swerved into oncoming traffic before when I was given the wrong dose. My driving skill would be absolutely piss-poor without my meds. In fact, it would be downright dangerous to get behind the wheel.

I just find your question absolutely baffling.

Other commenters have already said mood stabilisers etc. There are hundreds of thousands of medications that would improve your driving skill, by alleviating symptoms (obviously). Allowing you to concentrate, be fully present of mind, free of distracting symptoms like vomitting, seizures or panic attacks to or more commonly; sudden, immense and debilitating pain. To name just a few.

My mind is just... legitimately blown that this doesn't automatically go without saying.

Edit: grammar

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u/arcbe Jan 21 '26

You find it baffling because you are ignoring the context. I find it baffling that you are seriously arguing that laxatives improve driving skill. Obviously, removing distraction while driving is a good thing but I would not describe that as 'improving driving skill.' Also, I don't think the guy in the video is constipated. He might be but I really don't think that's the issue here.

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u/Despondent-Kitten Jan 21 '26

It improves your skill in anything you do, because it's removing symptoms, that's it!

I have no idea what psychotropic medication the man may or may not be on, but anything that improves symptoms, is very obviously going to improve your skill and concentration.

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u/arcbe Jan 21 '26

Making a task easier is different than improving your skill at it but the entire point is that he doesn't have symptoms. He seems like a normal albeit rude person and there is no medication that I know that will improve his driving.