ratboy

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[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The idea of a phone with panini grooves really gets me even though it would not be functional. Would it explode? Maybe. But it would be for SCIENCE

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ohhhh report back on how it goes! I do my pinto beans in the pressure cooker and it rules

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

Do long distance runners not wear pasties at this point?

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

That sounds so amazing, I hope its an incredible trip for you, you deserve it after putting in all that hard work!

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

I'm supposed to do a very important scary thing soon but my legs are fucking toast and I think it was from exercising beyond my capacity??? But it's so weird because my hammies don't feel sore, morelike the achey muscle feeling when you're sick, but its only my hamstrings and glutes. I hope I'm not getting sick and that the aches go away so that I can do the thing! screm-aaaaa

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

Thats still so weird, psychologists and even LCSW's can diagnose ADHD... But they may have to have specific training in that. It might vary state to state, maybe. Thats hella frustrating though I'm sorry.

I DO know that for insurance, practitioners need to give you a specific diagnosis and then create goals and plans to reach those goals based off of those diagnoses. I have had therapists who will diagnose me with something else but work on the ADHD/autism symptoms under the guise of the other DX... So idk if you trust your psych enough to pass that by them?

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Listen to 24 Hour Revenge Therapy by Jawbreaker, best album imo

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Fuck I havent listened to Lifetime in so long, just put them on and they're still sooo good

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Why the fuck does a psychologist need you to get an ADHD diagnosis? Its not like they are prescribing medication. That makes me very angry on your behalf I'm sorry

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

Damn thats so cool! I never got the chance, baby ratboy would've been stoked

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Did you see them when they were touring too?

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ahhh I really should've gone to that! Did they play with Rhododendron at the show you went to? They fucking rule as well

 

So I bought a Happy Lamp, which is one of those sunlight lamps meant to help with Seasonal Affective Disorder. I've used it for two days in a row, and it feels like it's replaced my SAD with super ramped up ADHD symptoms. This is totally anecdotal, and could be other factors. I'm rebounding from covid, so maybe it's my store of energy from being super duper sedentary, but I am usually pretty sedentary and that hardly ever happens. But holy hell it's been a wild two days.

Typically I'm pretty fatigued, always feeling like nappin', distracted while working and very, very unmotivated.

Since using the lamp, I feel like I have a ton of energy. I worked from home today and yesterday. I could NOT SIT STILL either days. Yesterday I had no caffeine, but I was up every five minutes or so, pacing, making food, thinking of things to clean or put away, fuck around on Hexbear, etc. Normally when I'm distracted I'll just stay in one place, or if I get up it's not nearly to the extreme that it has been. My brain also felt on overdrive, thoughts going a million miles a minute, multi-tasking on accident, getting up again, etc. But ended up being more productive than I had been in a while. Then today I had caffeine and that doubled the intensity. Sometimes caffeine doesn't work on me at all, other times it's way intense. But yeah, same stuff today, except feeling so out of control that I double checked my bottle of lamictal to make sure I didn't accidentally take my ADHD meds (I didn't). Jaw is still feeling tight, but I'm not clenching.

What the hell, guys, are these ADHD-Hyperactive symptoms? Cuz I am...on one and I don't know if I like it. Maybe it's a fluke, maybe it's a placebo, maybe my body will adjust but it is intense.

 

Another article about a town in Kansas that bought their own grocery store. It seems to have had success and motivated town residents to open up other stores and create programs. It sounds like it is also funded as a utility, so a monthly bill charged to the residents and they can shop for what the need.

Rural Kansas and Chicago embracing juche? We will see

 

TLDR: What is ADHD medication supposed to feel like? Is it supposed to feel like anything at all? Will someone with ADHD feel really gacked out/high? does it change based on food intake or other factors?

So I received an unofficial diagnosis from my AuDHD psychologist a while ago, and then my psychiatrist did a very short written assessment on me and determined a positive diagnosis. I really want to get a full assessment one day, but for now I was prescribed Focalin (dexmethylphenidate). I originally wanted it as a prn.

The first time I took it, I definitely felt "peppy", needing to stand while gaming, needing to move around more frequently, generally more awake. I didn't eat breakfast, and had coffee. My blood pressure was also very high. Within a couple of days I took it again, but being good and eating in the morning with no coffee. I couldn't even tell if it was working. I may have taken it another time soon after and did not notice a difference, so I stopped taking it. I've been extremely fatigued and my executive dysfunction has been off the charts so I tried taking it again. Yesterday I didn't eat right away, and I felt gacked. Tight jaw, jittery, like definitely felt like I was on stimulants. I felt like that today as well; I tried to eat a little something this morning but it didn't seem to make much of a difference. It kicked in during a client appointment, too. Jaw tight, jittery, making a ton of typing mistakes, my body feeling fuzzy.

So, is it something where you should be able to notice a difference when you take ADHD meds? I'm assuming that I felt it so intensely because I didn't eat, but when I do it it literally doesn't feel like anything has changed. I may also not even have ADHD at all and was misdiagnosed (I was informally dx'ed with ADHD, Autism and bipolar disorder).

 

I haven't owned a functioning laptop in like, ten years because my phone does most of what I like, but I (probably) have tendinitis and carpal tunnel and need something more ergonomic for my terminally online needs. Arguing with strangers on the internet is not as effective on a cell phone lol.

I'm mostly streaming media, researching online and screwing around on lemmy. I'm interested in toying around with linux just to try it as an OS but would probably want to keep windows because Im not super tech savvy as people here seem to be. That said I can figure things out pretty quickly if I put my mind to it. I would like the ability to game if I wanted, but that might mean a whole different beast so if I could even run at least SNES roms or something like that that would be cool. I'd also like a decent sized screen, 16 inches at least. Hoping not to spend more than 1k if possible but I'm old and don't know what the average price is really for something that's upper-middle quality so whatever clever.

Thanks for any recommendations!

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