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Cake day: October 15th, 2023

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  • For me or was definitely about the medication.

    The diagnosis did give me some vindication, but I wish so dearly that I was diagnosed and treated a long time ago.

    It sounds so dumb and fake when I say it, but I now have the ability to actually do what I know I need to do.

    It is not perfect, and there are some side effects, but if I had this ability 30 years ago, I would have avoided so many problems.

    That being said, they don’t let you take Adderall in the Navy and I loved so much about my time there.

    But to give you context. I am 50 years old now. I am a pretty smart guy. It still took me 9 years to finish my EE degree. I landed a fantastic job at an engineering firm but was flailing, trying to make my deliverables. I was almost fired.

    Then I was diagnosed, got meds, and suddenly I can actually work through the day without issues. I still struggle here and there, but it is nothing like it was before. I am doing well at my job now and don’t have nearly as much negative stress in my life.

    The main drawback I have is the increased heart rate and BP. Its not great at my age. Not dangerous, but not great. So I don’t take it on the weekends and sometimes not during the week either.





  • You need to let it go, or get over whatever this weird outrage this is that you are having.

    I can feel however I want, you don’t get to gatekeep that.

    I didn’t tell George RR Martin to do anything. I said a line on a social media forum.

    You are choosing to take my words in the way you are describing and not in the way I intended. That is a form of manipulation and gas lighting. Especially after I clarified.

    Who called me entitled? I guess I missed that. That’s a weird take, whoever said it.