# I have poor impulse control

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-poor-impulse-control/687367>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 30, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-poor-impulse-control/687367 "2014-04-30T15:43:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-poor-impulse-control/687367/21 "2014-05-01T16:15:54Z")

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> [@Richard\_North](#):
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> I’m shocked I haven’t had any encounters with the mods yet. Maybe I should send them a message to see where I’m standing.

No, no, that would end things all too soon, you need to stretch it out for a while longer!

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**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-poor-impulse-control/687367/22 "2014-06-15T05:22:17Z")

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> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#):
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> No they don’t.

QED.

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-poor-impulse-control/687367/23 "2014-06-15T05:32:22Z")

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> [@nevadaexile](#):
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> Everybody has poor impulse control.
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> A trip to any emergency room, county jail,local bar or nightclub and of course divorce courts will attest to that. It’s when your impulse control continues to cause you personal misfortune or you find yourself constantly doing what you want to rather than what you need to is when you have problems.
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> My prescriptions for this are:
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> A) A good therapist to discuss your issues  
> B) One or more powerful behavior modifying medications  
> C) A close friend or family member to rein in your excesses  
> D) A decent ass-whooping every now and then

And which “powerful behavior modifying medications” would you recommend here, **Dr N**? :dubious:

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**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-poor-impulse-control/687367/24 "2014-06-15T05:41:08Z")

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> [@Ambivalid](#):
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> And which “powerful behavior modifying medications” would you recommend here, **Dr N**? :dubious:

I’m not a doctor.  
But if a beautiful woman asks me if I am… then yes, I am a doctor…😉

Let’s see:

[ol]  
[li]Thorazine[/li][li]Lithium compounds[/li][li]Alprazolam[/li][li]Other benzodiazepines[/li][/ol]

You’ll run out of time before you run out of medications.

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**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-poor-impulse-control/687367/25 "2014-06-15T13:37:38Z")

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> [@nevadaexile](#):
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> QED.

You waited a month and a half for that?

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-poor-impulse-control/687367/26 "2014-06-15T16:22:32Z")

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> [@Spud](#):
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> You waited a month and a half for that?

Thus demonstrating impulse control.

Well, I thought it amusing.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-poor-impulse-control/687367/27 "2014-06-15T17:21:36Z")

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I have poor Impulse control, but my Warp control works great!

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