Talking of 'mother's little helpers' I was given Daprisil for period pains in the 1970s. They gave me an almost immediate high and then a slow down and down. They stop prescribing them sometime later as they were amphetamines or uppers. It's now only ibuprofen for me. 
No fun being old under Andy Burnham .
Struggling with estrangement from 2 adult children and dont know where to go from here.
