DR. Ashley the Charlatan 💚✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊💚 (@BecauseIMatter) / X

DR. Ashley the Charlatan 💚✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊💚

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DR. Ashley the Charlatan 💚✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊💚

@BecauseIMatter

Ashley Perkins PharmD she/her Co-founder @WeMatterTooInc TEDx speaker youtu.be/mRhO6ooS3eQ award winning MH advocate - tweets aren’t med advice

Joined June 2020

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DR. Ashley the Charlatan 💚✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊💚
@BecauseIMatter
Dec 27, 2025
I do not check my messages that get filtered out…generally I look every so often bc if someone is going to message me, they let me know so I can look for their message But if you message me, then message me about 15 more times in 2 days, I’ll just block you
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DR. Ashley the Charlatan 💚✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊💚
@BecauseIMatter
Oct 8, 2022
*For those living in the US* Adderall is currently on a nationwide back order If you take this medication I’d recommend you talk to your doctor ASAP. There is no release date as of right now meaning, we don’t know when it’ll be back in stock
DR. Ashley the Charlatan 💚✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊💚
@BecauseIMatter
Jun 16, 2024
Next time I’m seeing a doctor & their response to me is “maybe it’s stress or anxiety” I’m going to look at them & say, imagine I’m a white male of the same age coming to you with these symptoms, now tell me what you think…
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DR. Ashley the Charlatan 💚✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊💚
@BecauseIMatter
Jan 1, 2024
5 years sober today Some days are easier than others but it’s made all the difference in my life
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DR. Ashley the Charlatan 💚✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊💚
@BecauseIMatter
Jan 12, 2024
If you didn’t know before, you will now It’s not “commit suicide” It’s “died by suicide” Stop using outdated & gross language especially if you are a medical professional or advocate
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DR. Ashley the Charlatan 💚✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊💚
@BecauseIMatter
Oct 7, 2023
10 years ago, I made the biggest mistake of my life & I got a DUI. It was just a week shy of my 30th birthday…needless to say, it ruined my birthday In a few weeks, I turn 40 & I’m 1,740 days sober…if only that broken person knew, I turned out okay
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DR. Ashley the Charlatan 💚✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊💚
@BecauseIMatter
May 17, 2023
Well, I got the results from my autism assessment today Show autistic features but I fall right outside of the diagnostic criteria She looked at me w/the look of “I believe you” & told me another person could quite possibly diagnose me that’s how close I am
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DR. Ashley the Charlatan 💚✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊💚
@BecauseIMatter
Aug 25, 2024
Conundrum: my child stayed overnight with a bunch of friends and came home talking Bible verses So, I don’t mind my child exploring religion even tho I’m very much not religious but my question is… Should I say something to the parents? I’m not sure how comfy I am but admit
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DR. Ashley the Charlatan 💚✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊💚
@BecauseIMatter
Oct 27, 2024
Replying to @DoctorVeeMD
It’s because you were right and they didn’t like it, they got defensive. There are soooo many who truly need to learn how to listen to their patients & stop thinking they know better than the actual person dealing with said issue…of course it’s not all but it’s a lot of them
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DR. Ashley the Charlatan 💚✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊💚
@BecauseIMatter
Mar 26, 2024
Seeing more of this recently, so reminding u… DO. NOT. CALL. POLICE. FOR. WELLNESS CHECKS. Period. Do not do it. It’s violent & can lead to bad outcomes bc police are not trained appropriately to deal with crises like these. They escalate not deescalate which is what we need
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DR. Ashley the Charlatan 💚✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊💚
@BecauseIMatter
Dec 29, 2024
I cannot stress enough how fucking not okay this is… Having formal training on how research works is a MUST…bc if you don’t, shit like this happens. You cannot, I repeat, CANNOT do anything without an opt out for people involved.
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@GangstHannah
Dec 29, 2024
Making a Twitter account does NOT mean people are consenting to having their data harvested by a fucking hateful harpie. Who is acting as judge and jury in deciding who is a bad person or not. Violating people's consent by creating a list in the first place. Only YOU consented
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DR. Ashley the Charlatan 💚✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊💚
@BecauseIMatter
Apr 30, 2023
It’s taken me days to address this bc I’ve been processing how I feel abt it I went my whole life not knowing something which if I had known I could have navigated my life differently. Avoided many things had I known Bc of a narrow minded definition I went 38 yrs undiagnosed
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DR. Ashley the Charlatan 💚✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊💚
@BecauseIMatter
Jun 26, 2024
How long does it take to reverse 38 years of shit that comes from undiagnosed autism? Asking for me 😭
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DR. Ashley the Charlatan 💚✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊💚
@BecauseIMatter
Dec 11, 2023
Please, for the love of everything Do NOT compare being autistic with slavery They have NOTHING to do with one another Also, being white + autistic is different than being black + autistic…we aren’t equally oppressed at all
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