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Fusion Restaurant
May 20, 2015

ewiley posted:

Ah, that makes sense. I'm finishing up week 1 and it's...good? I get an attention boost but still get distracted, but I'm kinda consumed by what distracts me. I think this is probably more a self-discipline thing than the meds at this point. I feel like if I pull myself back to the task-at-hand, I can get back to work with minimal disruption. It's cool to have this kind of control.

I can feel some anti-depressant effect (even though I'm not depressed), I feel almost happier than should be natural at times. Not really giddy but just not knee-jerk annoyed at every little thing.

Pdoc wants me to up the dose to 2x25/day, do people usually take them at the same time in the morning, or spread out through the day? I'm leaning toward one in the morning, and one around noon. Doc's order just says 'take two'.

Echoing call your doctor -- timing matters, so he should definitely have some prescription for it.

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ewiley
Jul 9, 2003

More trash for the trash fire

Fusion Restaurant posted:

Echoing call your doctor -- timing matters, so he should definitely have some prescription for it.

Spoke to the doc, they're basically like 'whichever works for you'. The main concern with 1am/1pm is that you'll forget the PM dose, but it seems to be working great for me.

Related, has anyone else taken the Quotient test? They track your reactions as you identify different shaped stars on a screen and hit the spacebar when anything *but* a 5-point star comes up. Apparently I missed the point of the test (which is consistent reaction times) because I thought accuracy was more important, so I scored beyond ADHD. I'm ok with the outcome since at least it's something measurable that I can test against again.

Keret
Aug 26, 2012




Soiled Meat
Hey goons, I think I might have ADHD brain. Sorry for the wall of text, especially in the context of the ADHD thread, but there is a lot I wanted to put down here.

This past year I’ve done a lot of investigating into various mysterious health issues I have, starting with trying to look into a consistent hand tremor that has varied in intensity but is tied to a feeling of tenseness and anxiety that tends to follow me around, which I wanted to address also. At first I had thought it was a thyroid issue, but after getting blood work done last year that didn’t show anything abnormal, I started more seriously thinking about other potential causes, which led me to different mental health disorders and finally to ADHD.

I know that a few years ago, my mom was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, and started taking medication for it, but recently she mentioned that she thought that my dad was afflicted with it as well, which is a good indicator by itself. So, I thought back on my own life and a lot of things in it started to make a lot more sense.

To start with, I have always had a big problem with forgetfulness. I will very easily forget just about anything, especially tasks or what I’ve done earlier, even if just moments before. Objects get misplaced, left behind, or entirely lost because I can’t remember where I put them, or if I even had them with me at all. Names are, of course, forgotten multiple times, unless I write them down. When I was in school, exams were a nightmare because I would always feel that the information had left me — even if I studied a lot, it was as if it had been swept away when the exam came around. All of that made me incredibly harsh on myself — which I still am, honestly — and made me a terrible student. Memory retention problems continue to plague me to this day, most frustratingly with reading: I want so much to read a book or poem or essay and remember the words and phrases used, and recall the points that were made later on, but I often have such a hard time doing so. It’s like sand through my fingers, sometimes. Often I will read a page and immediately realize that I don’t know what I just read.

Also, my mind races incessantly. From the moment I wake up in the morning, until I go to sleep at night, there is generally a non-stop chattering monologue going on in my brain of random thoughts, observations, self-criticism, etc. It gets overwhelming, especially in the morning when I’ve just woken up and already feel that I can’t face the pressure of the day. I have had a long history of depression, and had chalked up the overwhelming feeling to that, but the presence of ADHD as an underlying cause would make a lot sense there as well (and ADHD/anxiety/depression seem to be co-morbid). Truly I feel that this racing mind exhausts me more than any physical effort by the end of each day, and often I feel tired without having done much physically. This also, I think, contributes the most to my feelings of tenseness and anxiety throughout the day, and the shakiness they seem to cause.

Finally, to expand on feeling overwhelmed, I love to plan out complex ideas and systems but get very easily overwhelmed when it comes to actually executing it. Even a relatively simple plan or system or whatever can make me totally overwhelmed because I feel like there is so much to face all of a sudden. I find myself getting tense and anxious even at easy things like paying bills or getting out of bed or literally answering a single email or text message, not to mention more in-depth plans like cleaning the apartment or drawing/writing/etc. When I actually do force myself to start doing whatever it is, it seems to be fine, though keeping sustained effort is not easy.

TL;DR: My mom (and likely dad) was diagnosed with ADHD, I think I have it too. Problems with forgetfulness/misplacing things/can’t retain information, mind races aimlessly throughout the day which makes me tense/anxious, easily overwhelmed by things that need to get done and anxiety about starting to do things, often tough to sustain effort.

What do you all think?

Mechafunkzilla
Sep 11, 2006

If you want a vision of the future...

Keret posted:

Hey goons, I think I might have ADHD brain. Sorry for the wall of text, especially in the context of the ADHD thread, but there is a lot I wanted to put down here.

This past year I’ve done a lot of investigating into various mysterious health issues I have, starting with trying to look into a consistent hand tremor that has varied in intensity but is tied to a feeling of tenseness and anxiety that tends to follow me around, which I wanted to address also. At first I had thought it was a thyroid issue, but after getting blood work done last year that didn’t show anything abnormal, I started more seriously thinking about other potential causes, which led me to different mental health disorders and finally to ADHD.

I know that a few years ago, my mom was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, and started taking medication for it, but recently she mentioned that she thought that my dad was afflicted with it as well, which is a good indicator by itself. So, I thought back on my own life and a lot of things in it started to make a lot more sense.

To start with, I have always had a big problem with forgetfulness. I will very easily forget just about anything, especially tasks or what I’ve done earlier, even if just moments before. Objects get misplaced, left behind, or entirely lost because I can’t remember where I put them, or if I even had them with me at all. Names are, of course, forgotten multiple times, unless I write them down. When I was in school, exams were a nightmare because I would always feel that the information had left me — even if I studied a lot, it was as if it had been swept away when the exam came around. All of that made me incredibly harsh on myself — which I still am, honestly — and made me a terrible student. Memory retention problems continue to plague me to this day, most frustratingly with reading: I want so much to read a book or poem or essay and remember the words and phrases used, and recall the points that were made later on, but I often have such a hard time doing so. It’s like sand through my fingers, sometimes. Often I will read a page and immediately realize that I don’t know what I just read.

Also, my mind races incessantly. From the moment I wake up in the morning, until I go to sleep at night, there is generally a non-stop chattering monologue going on in my brain of random thoughts, observations, self-criticism, etc. It gets overwhelming, especially in the morning when I’ve just woken up and already feel that I can’t face the pressure of the day. I have had a long history of depression, and had chalked up the overwhelming feeling to that, but the presence of ADHD as an underlying cause would make a lot sense there as well (and ADHD/anxiety/depression seem to be co-morbid). Truly I feel that this racing mind exhausts me more than any physical effort by the end of each day, and often I feel tired without having done much physically. This also, I think, contributes the most to my feelings of tenseness and anxiety throughout the day, and the shakiness they seem to cause.

Finally, to expand on feeling overwhelmed, I love to plan out complex ideas and systems but get very easily overwhelmed when it comes to actually executing it. Even a relatively simple plan or system or whatever can make me totally overwhelmed because I feel like there is so much to face all of a sudden. I find myself getting tense and anxious even at easy things like paying bills or getting out of bed or literally answering a single email or text message, not to mention more in-depth plans like cleaning the apartment or drawing/writing/etc. When I actually do force myself to start doing whatever it is, it seems to be fine, though keeping sustained effort is not easy.

TL;DR: My mom (and likely dad) was diagnosed with ADHD, I think I have it too. Problems with forgetfulness/misplacing things/can’t retain information, mind races aimlessly throughout the day which makes me tense/anxious, easily overwhelmed by things that need to get done and anxiety about starting to do things, often tough to sustain effort.

What do you all think?

Could be ADHD, could be anxiety, could be both, could be something else. Go talk to a therapist and tell them you want to be evaluated.

Astrofig
Oct 26, 2009
Also worth noting: ADHD likes to 'bring friends' as my pdoc puts it, so you could be having anxiety AND ADHD.

BoneMonkey
Jul 25, 2008

I am happy for you.

You probably have it. Go talk to a psychiatrist. Also welcome to the club.

I work with special needs kids. And while they all have their own defined issues. I swear to god they all have ADHD as a side effect of those issues. But that could just be me projecting.

mrfart
May 26, 2004

Dear diary, today I
became a captain.

Keret posted:

To start with, I have always had a big problem with forgetfulness. I will very easily forget just about anything, especially tasks or what I’ve done earlier, even if just moments before. Objects get misplaced, left behind, or entirely lost because I can’t remember where I put them, or if I even had them with me at all. Names are, of course, forgotten multiple times, unless I write them down. When I was in school, exams were a nightmare because I would always feel that the information had left me — even if I studied a lot, it was as if it had been swept away when the exam came around. All of that made me incredibly harsh on myself — which I still am, honestly — and made me a terrible student. Memory retention problems continue to plague me to this day, most frustratingly with reading: I want so much to read a book or poem or essay and remember the words and phrases used, and recall the points that were made later on, but I often have such a hard time doing so. It’s like sand through my fingers, sometimes. Often I will read a page and immediately realize that I don’t know what I just read.

Also, my mind races incessantly. From the moment I wake up in the morning, until I go to sleep at night, there is generally a non-stop chattering monologue going on in my brain of random thoughts, observations, self-criticism, etc. It gets overwhelming, especially in the morning when I’ve just woken up and already feel that I can’t face the pressure of the day. I have had a long history of depression, and had chalked up the overwhelming feeling to that, but the presence of ADHD as an underlying cause would make a lot sense there as well (and ADHD/anxiety/depression seem to be co-morbid). Truly I feel that this racing mind exhausts me more than any physical effort by the end of each day, and often I feel tired without having done much physically. This also, I think, contributes the most to my feelings of tenseness and anxiety throughout the day, and the shakiness they seem to cause.

Finally, to expand on feeling overwhelmed, I love to plan out complex ideas and systems but get very easily overwhelmed when it comes to actually executing it. Even a relatively simple plan or system or whatever can make me totally overwhelmed because I feel like there is so much to face all of a sudden. I find myself getting tense and anxious even at easy things like paying bills or getting out of bed or literally answering a single email or text message, not to mention more in-depth plans like cleaning the apartment or drawing/writing/etc. When I actually do force myself to start doing whatever it is, it seems to be fine, though keeping sustained effort is not easy.

I have all of these. And psy/ therapists all thought I might have ADHD and anxiety. Problem was/is, the medication for it never did anything remotely positive for me. I gave up on therapy for a long time and just tried to cope. But recently I went to a neurologist and a psychologist, and they concluded it's a lot more likely I'm slightly on the spectrum. I will begin extensive testing for that next week.
I really hope it will help me a little bit. Of course, it's a lot more likely that you have ADHD.

BoneMonkey
Jul 25, 2008

I am happy for you.

Yo you guys got any tips on going the gently caress to sleep. I'm doing all the right things here but my real problem is I just don't want to.
And I can not get my brain to stop thinking about every bloody thing that I have had a passing interest in.

Man I really need to sleep.

Mechafunkzilla
Sep 11, 2006

If you want a vision of the future...

BoneMonkey posted:

Yo you guys got any tips on going the gently caress to sleep. I'm doing all the right things here but my real problem is I just don't want to.
And I can not get my brain to stop thinking about every bloody thing that I have had a passing interest in.

Man I really need to sleep.

Mechafunkzilla posted:

The part of the brain that doesn't develop properly with ADHD also regulates the pineal gland, which controls the release of sleep-wake hormones. It's not deterministic but this basically means that if you have ADHD, you are more likely to have a circadian rhythm disorder.

Make an appointment with a sleep specialist.

Angry Diplomat
Nov 7, 2009

Winner of the TSR Memorial Award for Excellence In Grogging
Yeah the best personal-experience advice I can give is "just deal with it until you've spent decades being so permanently tired that you just sort of adapt to it and learn how to function somewhat while sleep-deprived (which you always are)" but that's, uh, really bad advice so you should probably do the appointment thing instead. Don't be a dumbass like me.

BoneMonkey
Jul 25, 2008

I am happy for you.

Angry Diplomat posted:

Yeah the best personal-experience advice I can give is "just deal with it until you've spent decades being so permanently tired that you just sort of adapt to it and learn how to function somewhat while sleep-deprived (which you always are)" but that's, uh, really bad advice so you should probably do the appointment thing instead. Don't be a dumbass like me.

Oh Im already an old dumbass like you.

foutre
Sep 4, 2011

:toot: RIP ZEEZ :toot:

BoneMonkey posted:

Yo you guys got any tips on going the gently caress to sleep. I'm doing all the right things here but my real problem is I just don't want to.
And I can not get my brain to stop thinking about every bloody thing that I have had a passing interest in.

Man I really need to sleep.

Seconding sleep specialist. Also, melatonin (you can get gummies or what have you), turning off electronics half an hour before sleep, keeping a reliable sleep schedule, etc.

For me though just dosing myself up on melatonin works, but I think it's also probably making it so I have an even harder time sleeping without it, so idk if I'd recommend that option.

BoneMonkey
Jul 25, 2008

I am happy for you.

I've tried a lot of stuff over the years like this. The real problem I have is I just don't want to go to sleep. Being awake is to interesting.

Tippecanoe
Jan 26, 2011

Yeah I went to a sleep specialist once and did a study, they gave me some info about sleep hygiene that I already knew and refused to do anything else. I've just accepted sleeping at whatever weird hours I feel tired at this point.

Mechafunkzilla
Sep 11, 2006

If you want a vision of the future...
I went to a sleep specialist and they confirmed my DSPD diagnosis and got me started on blue light phototherapy and taught me the correct way to dose and use melatonin and it changed my entire life and allowed me to go to grad school and function as a professional so ymmv

Laserface
Dec 24, 2004

Taking 60mg of Ritalin LA a day makes me pretty tired come 10pm.

Tippecanoe
Jan 26, 2011

Mechafunkzilla posted:

I went to a sleep specialist and they confirmed my DSPD diagnosis and got me started on blue light phototherapy and taught me the correct way to dose and use melatonin and it changed my entire life and allowed me to go to grad school and function as a professional so ymmv

Melatonin hasn't worked for me but I'm interested in phototherapy, do you use one of those store bought lamps they use for SAD?

Mechafunkzilla
Sep 11, 2006

If you want a vision of the future...

Tippecanoe posted:

Melatonin hasn't worked for me but I'm interested in phototherapy, do you use one of those store bought lamps they use for SAD?

I use this, I think there's a newer version out now.

With melatonin, people take some really stupid dosages that gently caress up the effect it should have. You're supposed to take between .5 and 1 mg, 2-3 hours before bedtime.

Mechafunkzilla fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Apr 6, 2018

Geisladisk
Sep 15, 2007

BoneMonkey posted:

I've tried a lot of stuff over the years like this. The real problem I have is I just don't want to go to sleep. Being awake is to interesting.

No amount of drugs or shutting off electronics or supplements will make you want to go to sleep earlier if you don't want to. :shrug:

artsy fartsy
May 10, 2014

You'll be ahead instead of behind. Hello!
I recently learned about Deficient Emotional Self-Regulation (DESR) as a symptom of ADD, and it blew my loving mind! How many of y'all struggle with this in addition to everything else?

I've always been a very emotional person--sometimes I feel so euphoric I can barely hold still; sometimes I get so mad (and so quickly) that I scare myself. Like I'll say the cruelest things or even threaten to hit someone I love. Awful, awful poo poo. My dad is the same way (I definitely got my ADD from him). When he's upset he'll just throw his head back and wordlessly SCREAM.

I've been working my whole life on trying to control this poo poo, and learning about DESR has helped a bit. Like the other day I was able to talk myself down from a rage fest by telling myself, it's just the ADD, this isn't a "real" emotion. Somehow this helps me detach and calm down. (I once used the same technique to get through a bad shroom trip.)

But at the same time I've been told I can be pretty cold and uncaring towards people (so does Dad) which kinda feels like the opposite of being an overly emotional person...I dunno. That could just be part of feeling like a weirdo all the time, I guess.

Anyway I just wanted to share this exciting new thing I learned with someone, thanks goons.

Mechafunkzilla
Sep 11, 2006

If you want a vision of the future...

artsy fartsy posted:

I recently learned about Deficient Emotional Self-Regulation (DESR) as a symptom of ADD, and it blew my loving mind! How many of y'all struggle with this in addition to everything else?

I've always been a very emotional person--sometimes I feel so euphoric I can barely hold still; sometimes I get so mad (and so quickly) that I scare myself. Like I'll say the cruelest things or even threaten to hit someone I love. Awful, awful poo poo. My dad is the same way (I definitely got my ADD from him). When he's upset he'll just throw his head back and wordlessly SCREAM.

I've been working my whole life on trying to control this poo poo, and learning about DESR has helped a bit. Like the other day I was able to talk myself down from a rage fest by telling myself, it's just the ADD, this isn't a "real" emotion. Somehow this helps me detach and calm down. (I once used the same technique to get through a bad shroom trip.)

But at the same time I've been told I can be pretty cold and uncaring towards people (so does Dad) which kinda feels like the opposite of being an overly emotional person...I dunno. That could just be part of feeling like a weirdo all the time, I guess.

Anyway I just wanted to share this exciting new thing I learned with someone, thanks goons.

I mean...the emotion is real, executive functioning impairments in regulating emotion from ADHD is probably a part of the big picture, but so are things like, you know, having a cold and rage-filled father. ADHD doesn't "cause" any emotions, it just can affect their intensity and our ability to manage them. Separating yourself from your symptoms can be a useful cognitive tool, but I'm not sure how adaptive disowning your anger is going to be in the long run.

Basically, :therapy:

artsy fartsy
May 10, 2014

You'll be ahead instead of behind. Hello!

I definitely should have some years ago (I was very depressed along with a bunch of other crap) but I'm actually in a good place nowadays and a generally happy and fulfilled person who can manage her symptoms. Therapy probably would have gotten me here faster, but at least I'm here now. My father is still miserable but he was a huge source of inspiration to me over the years (inspiring in a "don't loving be like this guy" way.)

I still get the occasional emotional flare-up (or make a dumb ADD-related mistake) but my life in recent years is like a 180 from how things used to be.

Astrofig
Oct 26, 2009

artsy fartsy posted:

I recently learned about Deficient Emotional Self-Regulation (DESR) as a symptom of ADD, and it blew my loving mind! How many of y'all struggle with this in addition to everything else?

I've always been a very emotional person--sometimes I feel so euphoric I can barely hold still; sometimes I get so mad (and so quickly) that I scare myself. Like I'll say the cruelest things or even threaten to hit someone I love. Awful, awful poo poo. My dad is the same way (I definitely got my ADD from him). When he's upset he'll just throw his head back and wordlessly SCREAM.

I've been working my whole life on trying to control this poo poo, and learning about DESR has helped a bit. Like the other day I was able to talk myself down from a rage fest by telling myself, it's just the ADD, this isn't a "real" emotion. Somehow this helps me detach and calm down. (I once used the same technique to get through a bad shroom trip.)

But at the same time I've been told I can be pretty cold and uncaring towards people (so does Dad) which kinda feels like the opposite of being an overly emotional person...I dunno. That could just be part of feeling like a weirdo all the time, I guess.

Anyway I just wanted to share this exciting new thing I learned with someone, thanks goons.

Holy gently caress.

Y'ALL.

I lost a job to this poo poo. Holy gently caress. It is so real.

SUPERMAN'S GAL PAL
Feb 21, 2006

Holy Moly! DARKSEID IS!

I had my first neuropsych session yesterday and am set up for more appointments and testing over the next two months. No solid diagnosis yet obliviously, but the doctor yesterday gave me some solid perspective: “your ‘slow’ is everyone else’s normal.” :psyduck: I figure there’s something goofy with my brain and I know I have anxiety, but I never considered in a million years to be experiencing life through a faster perspective than most other folks.

Rupert Buttermilk
Apr 15, 2007

🚣RowboatMan: ❄️Freezing time🕰️ is an old P.I. 🥧trick...

Anyone have any pointers or tips on how to deal with cooking with ADHD? Like, it sounds like it could be an amazing youtube series, but in short, I need to help out more around the house, mainly with cooking. My wife does practically all of it and it's causing a lot of stress for her, understandably, but also with me, but to a lesser degree.

I don't want to be like this, but I feel like I can't even consider making any sort of complicated meal, I just freeze up and my mind goes cloudy.

I feel immense mental pressure and anxiety and I want to work through this, with the help of my current dose of Concerta (27mg).

Any apps or guides or sites that any of you use?

Mechafunkzilla
Sep 11, 2006

If you want a vision of the future...

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

Anyone have any pointers or tips on how to deal with cooking with ADHD? Like, it sounds like it could be an amazing youtube series, but in short, I need to help out more around the house, mainly with cooking. My wife does practically all of it and it's causing a lot of stress for her, understandably, but also with me, but to a lesser degree.

I don't want to be like this, but I feel like I can't even consider making any sort of complicated meal, I just freeze up and my mind goes cloudy.

I feel immense mental pressure and anxiety and I want to work through this, with the help of my current dose of Concerta (27mg).

Any apps or guides or sites that any of you use?

Just buy a cookbook and follow the instructions my dude

BoneMonkey
Jul 25, 2008

I am happy for you.

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

Anyone have any pointers or tips on how to deal with cooking with ADHD? Like, it sounds like it could be an amazing youtube series, but in short, I need to help out more around the house, mainly with cooking. My wife does practically all of it and it's causing a lot of stress for her, understandably, but also with me, but to a lesser degree.

I don't want to be like this, but I feel like I can't even consider making any sort of complicated meal, I just freeze up and my mind goes cloudy.

I feel immense mental pressure and anxiety and I want to work through this, with the help of my current dose of Concerta (27mg).

Any apps or guides or sites that any of you use?

Cooking is an art not a science. You can cook entirely by feel. So that's the first thing.

The next bit of advice is cook simple at first (and then cook simple for the rest of your life.)

So start with meat and two veg. Boil some carrots and potatoes, grill some sausages or chicken. Boom first meal done. You know when the veg is done when you can easily poke a table knife through the potatoes. The sausages are done when they are a good brown colour maybe a little black if you like that burnt taste. (My wife is weird)

Next up is curry. This is easy. Get a jar of curry sauce, slap it in a pot, get some chicken pieces slap them in the pot, cook on a medium heat, (So it's not boiling) until
The chicken is cooked. (Poke it with a knife). As for the rice, my best advice is get a cheap rice cooker, they are worth their weight in gold. If not get some easy cook rice and boil it in water till it tastes good to you. (Just keep tasting it.)

Soup, chop up a bunch of veg, boil them in some water with a stock cube forever. Blend if you want when you are finished.



Keep tasting stuff as you cook, the more you do you'll start to get a feel if you want some salt, spice, herbs or something. But always keep it easy and simple. And you wife won't care that the first few meals arnt the best (they will be fine though) because she will just be super happy that you cooked!

Jars of sauce and rice and pasta are your friends to begin with.

I've been doing all the cooking for a good few years now. My issue now is more to do with wondering off and getting stuck into something else and forgetting about the chicken which just caught fire.

Beastyfella
Mar 5, 2008

I have lost all powers of reading comprehension and counting ability hours ago
Off to my primary today to discuss dosing of my Vyvanse and how I'm doing after about 6 months. My therapist got lung cancer over the holidays and so now I need to find a new one and start from scratch, too...

Was on 40 mg once daily but it didn't get me anywhere close enough to a full day. We tried splitting it into two 20 mg doses. While the effect lasts longer from the afternoon dose, I've found that I have a significant amount of "lump on a log" mornings that feel very much how I did prior to getting on any meds. Brain fog, irritability, hard to self motivate.

I have taken an extra 20mg a time or two from a small stock of forgotten afternoon pills and the difference is huge. I'm going to ask if we can try bumping up to 30mg in the morning and stick with 20mg in the afternoon or something.

YggiDee
Sep 12, 2007

WASP CREW
Honestly a good rice cooker has catapulted my cooking. Not only does it beep angrily when my food is cooked, even if I wander off because I saw a bird or whatever when I come back the rice is still good.

SUPERMAN'S GAL PAL
Feb 21, 2006

Holy Moly! DARKSEID IS!

When I cook I clean as I go (because I don’t really stop going, so it’s something to do), keep my laptop on a table nearby with some show or stream on, and set strict timers so I don’t forget I have food going. If I do have to walk away for an extended period I set a phone timer to remind me to go back before anything starts burning.

Sub Rosa
Jun 9, 2010




Sous vide is also a great cooking technique because food can't go over temperature/burn.

opie
Nov 28, 2000
Check out my TFLC Excuse Log!
Just dump a bunch of poo poo in an instant pot. It's pretty easy to clean too.

I tried quitting Vyvanse and on the 5th day I was falling asleep at work. There is something not right and i can't simply say "burnout" and quit my job. I also take Zoloft and maybe it just works too well. I like not giving so much of a poo poo about work but I do want to give a poo poo about the better things in life. It's like all I want to do is get laid off so I can take a drat break, but something won't let me get to that point. And I fight it with meds and alcohol. You know you're hosed up when you wish you had a real disability to excuse yourself from responsibilities but you don't and you just torture yourself knowing you're wasting potential others would kill to have.

Mechafunkzilla
Sep 11, 2006

If you want a vision of the future...

opie posted:

Just dump a bunch of poo poo in an instant pot. It's pretty easy to clean too.

I tried quitting Vyvanse and on the 5th day I was falling asleep at work. There is something not right and i can't simply say "burnout" and quit my job. I also take Zoloft and maybe it just works too well. I like not giving so much of a poo poo about work but I do want to give a poo poo about the better things in life. It's like all I want to do is get laid off so I can take a drat break, but something won't let me get to that point. And I fight it with meds and alcohol. You know you're hosed up when you wish you had a real disability to excuse yourself from responsibilities but you don't and you just torture yourself knowing you're wasting potential others would kill to have.

:therapy:

HappyKitty
Jul 11, 2005

After a long wait for a referral, I finally got in to see a psychiatrist, who put me on 20mg Vyvanse. I'm trying not to be too excited, but for the first time in literally years, I actually feel motivated to do productive things, and I can actually concentrate on work (I'm a PhD student, currently working on my thesis, which is the single longest project I've ever had to undertake in my life, and I am completely stalled on it because of brain problems).

My worry is that I'm honeymooning right now, and that it will stop working as well as it is. Like, right now, it's like a tiny drill sergeant moved into my brain and starting shouting orders at me for how to unfuck my poo poo. Does that feeling eventually go away? I kinda don't want it to, but I also want to be prepared for what happens if it does.

On the plus side, it has almost entirely killed my appetite, which is good, because I'm a big fat guy with a very recent diabetes diagnosis, which I'm hoping to get under control.

SuperiorColliculus
Oct 31, 2011

In my experience you might habituate a little, but the "can now unfuck my poo poo" ability never does. I'm on Adderall though, so YMMV.

I wish I had it during my PhD, but I would have eaten poo poo during this postdoc if I hadn't finally gone "this can't be right, I need to do this but I physically can't"

opie
Nov 28, 2000
Check out my TFLC Excuse Log!

Yeah, apparently my last therapist killed herself.

In other news, I was doing some testing on a very expensive AWS instance last week and apparently forgot to shut it down. I had to use my own account because work requires TFA and it has to go to my cell phone which gets no service in the office, so I tried using my VoIP phone which doesn't work at all and IT requires written permission from my manager to change it back, who was on vacation.
I don't know if it's better or worse that it's on my bill because I'd get in deep poo poo if work saw it.

Mechafunkzilla
Sep 11, 2006

If you want a vision of the future...

opie posted:

Yeah, apparently my last therapist killed herself.

drat, what did you say to her?!?

Hypnolobster
Apr 12, 2007

What this sausage party needs is a big dollop of ketchup! Too bad I didn't make any. :(

10 hours of feverish work on a project, and by the end I'm dizzy, achy, have a nice throbby headache and generally feel near death.
Oh wait it's because I haven't had any caffeine or really much water in ~12 hours because I forgot I have a body.

:eng99:

I really need to go see someone about managing this but I haven't actually gone and done a single thing about it yet.

Beastyfella
Mar 5, 2008

I have lost all powers of reading comprehension and counting ability hours ago
Haha, caffeine. The caffeine does nothing, you're just dehydrated.

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BoneMonkey
Jul 25, 2008

I am happy for you.

Hypnolobster posted:

10 hours of feverish work on a project, and by the end I'm dizzy, achy, have a nice throbby headache and generally feel near death.
Oh wait it's because I haven't had any caffeine or really much water in ~12 hours because I forgot I have a body.

:eng99:

I really need to go see someone about managing this but I haven't actually gone and done a single thing about it yet.

Hyperfocus feels loving great though, doesn't it?

Do you guys think normal brains can hyperfocus like us, and we are just more prone to it/have less control over it?

Or is that poo poo our superpower?
(I don't like this idea because it feeds into the I'm special idea, where my add isn't a disability at all I'm just different!)

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