why in cycles? | ADHD Information
Maybe somebody already said this. Couldn't get through all 10 pages to check.
I suspect it has something to do with the change in seasons. I find that I invariably perk up in the spring and start to crash in the fall. When you think about it, that makes good sense. People (although we seem to like to forget it) are just another part of nature.
I'm starting to learn how, however, to use my human affinitiy (another part of human nature) for predictability and the familiar to override this fall crashing business by sticking to new routines I've begun. So far, knock on wood, seems to be working pretty well.
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/sxi/index.html
Woo-hoo!
That reminds me of why no-KnADDs have such a hard time with me.
Their brain's on fire!!!
HJey! See the man in moon in the sun's face???
Oh darn! You got me so excited I posted in black.i def see the profile of a face with a rather evil halloween-type grin to it too. The spots in the pic david posted are the bright spots in the picture, caused by magnetic " looping" where an area of the sun appears dark in visible light . This photo was likely taken in the ultraviolet/x-ray spectrum > 300angstroms.hey but can i have another link?one to 'what a sunspot is and why it spots as it does' for children or in words of one syllable or less? hmmm?
[QUOTE=chjones]hey it wouldn't let me post! said "no spamming allowed" and i've posted too much! the cheek of it.
no i've never seen the Northern Lights. would love to one day, tho.
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Hey, what'd ya do? I'm getting spam slammed too. Just kidding. Not your blame.
Okay. Back to the thread that got me soo excited.
Never?!! I'd love to show them to you one day, too.
First and last time I ever saw them, it was at night.
And woo-hoo, they were amazing. I thought it was
a car's headlights coming around the mountain.
But it wasn't. Then they started moving, like dancing.
And changing colors. All before my very eyes.
magnetic looping??? cool. i'm just considering that maybe the world isn't flat after all.... so you know where i'm coming from![QUOTE=chjones]i def see the profile of a face with a rather evil halloween-type grin to it too. [/QUOTE]
Yeah, I know. It reminded me of shrim or orgasm the other day. Darn! What I wouldn't have done for that then...
but where did you see them - and when. i thought you had to be up in the Arctic Circle or something? Northern(and southern ) lights have been found on all planets with an atmosphere. Depending on the strength of a solar flare , they can be seen as far south as tennessee and parts of tejas.repairman38638.9729050926[QUOTE=repairman]The spots in the pic david posted are the bright spots in the picture, caused by magnetic " looping" where an area of the sun appears dark in visible light . This photo was likely taken in the ultraviolet/x-ray spectrum > 300angstroms.[/QUOTE]
Hey, that sounded intelligent!
OMG!...There IS life on Mars!!!
Too bad they dont have green smileys on board
[QUOTE=repairman]Northern(and southern ) lights have been found on all planets with an atmosphere. Depending on the strength of a solar flare , they can be seen as far south as tennessee and parts of tejas.[/QUOTE]
Hey, where'd that come from?
Hey, that sounded intelligent!
OMG!...There IS life on Venus!!!
I sorta got bored and read an astronomy textbookit did it again!this is hopeless for an ADDer site --- i completely lose my train of thought! ah well, probably for the best.
so cool.
lights are found on all planets with an atmosphere. hahaha. thas good. are you an astronomer repairman? thats one thing i would like to learn more about. stars and planets and galaxies and all..... lovely!
[QUOTE=chjones]but where did you see them - and when. i thought you had to be up in the Arctic Circle or something? [/QUOTE]
Well, Ripley's beleive it or not, I saw them in Spokane, Washington, in like October.
JES cause i'm nuts don't mean stupid, just crazee
i post too slow. obviously. i blame the spam blocker.so can i see them here in LA (providing i get out of the town a bit?) and any time of year. or only particular times of year.
I like space, it reminds me of home and its always where my thoughts are
Oh Wow ---- That is soo cool......never seen the Northern lights......I'm in smack damn middle of tenn-uh-see.......I can't say I ever really looked...we get what we call "heat lightning" is that even kind of what you're talking about ..I know NOTHING about the atmosphere...I do a lot of camping.....looking at the stars, am generally an outdoorsy type........what do I look for ??
Kimbo
[QUOTE=repairman]Too bad they dont have green smileys on board
[/QUOTE]
Who says they don't???
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http://www.sec.noaa.gov/sxi/latest.html
Hey! Can you see those little blue squares with little red x squares in their upper left corner? That's not what northern lights look like...
You guys are up way too late, it's 2:30 in the morning!Chj I haven't read this entire thread, sorry, I fell asleep after 2 pages . . Or did my monitor melt?
I'm a bit cyclical, too . . . Less so with the adderall. Eh.
HeidiMarie38638.9815972222"We are the aliens
" taking over the world. But we need supplements to keep our memory functioning[QUOTE=repairman]Your best bet is to get away from the smog(Cal) and
into the mountains/prairies. Away from large cities with light
pollution, desert is a good place because of vewry few clouds. Also
listen out on the news for solar flare warnings, the lights are a
diacharge from charged particles from the sun striking the Van - Allen
radiation belts( ionized gases trapped by earths magnetic field)[/QUOTE]well cool. and as D'o saw them in October i guess this'd be as good a time as any.... to spoik out to the desert and see if they turn up.
it's not always there right? or is it? or just sometimes if you're lucky?
hey heidi -- glad to see your up. its only 11.40 here in Hell-A. where are you??
No, you can predict when they'll be seen. It's dependent on solar storms.
I predict you can see one when the shrim in the sun turns it's face to the earth, and Jupiter lines up with Mars, and the Venus shines in the 4th quarter, with a touchdown by Joe, Montana.
Northern Maine. Maybe Canada. Just came down to get the husband and saw I left myself logged in here . . . aha. so when's the next one predicted to be?
anyway . . I'm off to bed again. Nite everyone.
If you watch the nasa site under solar weather, they have a forecast of sunspot activity. They track solar weather to help protect satellites from damaging overloads. If you can tell the "space people" are turning the sats. to protect them,you have about 6 to 8 hours to find a good spot to watch.Hei Hei,
Clean out your mailbox...
that was for heidi (the g'nite i mean)what is that yellow thing sposed to tell me? cos if it is when the next solar storm is --- i need a translator. i get the quarter past eight?????? but what day, brainache!
That spot has already passed and will be 24 days b4 it returns to point at us.
Cripes, I was sitting here earlier this evening depressed thinking no one loved me! How come my inbox didn't say it was full . . . ehhh well . . . Nite D'o . . you guys have a lovely evening. :Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2005 Oct 14 0033 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Environment Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 287 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Oct 2005 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 0814 S13W31 228 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Oct Nmbr Location Lo 0813 S08W88 286 II. Regions Due to Return 14 Oct to 16 Oct Nmbr Lat Lo Nonenot a good month for sunspotsG'nite, Hei Hei!
Darn that spam blocker! My alter had to say g'nite, Hei Hei!
fine.good. well that's that sorted then.
due to return 14 to 16 oct...
where - here? do i need to get out to the desert that fast. that's tomorrow. will i def see something or not?
not a good month?
oh.
Hi Anti ,,glad you could join us on our discussion of ADHD sunspots. It seems they forgot to show up this month, and theres one thats all alone
,poor little thing! 
Solar flares appear as spikes in the plot. The flares are classified according to their peak intensity and categorized as C, M, or X class. Class M5 or greater are considered major events. The largest event yet recorded was an X28 which occurred at 19:50 UT Nov 4, 2003. The following graph shows flare events which have occurred within the last 5 days.
OMG!...It's happening tonight!!! Run outside and look...
You really need an X 20 or above to get a good display down to thesouthern states,An X-28+ hit 2yrs ago and cooked a japanese comm.sat. (wonder how they taste) SOHO was blinded by the intensity and the report i read said it could've been as high as X-40+repairman38638.9948842593yeah well i def blame the sunspots then... very bad for ADDers productivity levels. DSL Speed for Dial upFrom .99/month, no setup fees. With ad blocker and anti spyware.
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Ooops, wrong graph...
so any X20s on the horizon (as it were?). spamming for DSL????? you moonlighting as a sales rep for internet access? They usually don't happen except in the peak of sunspot activity. the flare two years ago was a fluke . there should be flares starting in the next 2-3 years and peak in bbout 5 years 2009/2010.repairman38638.9973726852The Japanese are communists??? Why would they have a commie satelite? Shoot, what're we gonna call them? Not commies, not Chi-comms, not Americommies, nor Cannuckicommies, how about Japunists? hmmm. well i guess i'll just have to wait until i am in more Northern climes then. you can see it regularly up in Finland etc. can't you??? Jah, where they have the flukes...Only in the winter months as it needs to be dark to see clearly. But yes, you could watch them for months that way
ok. --- man, i've gotta crash. thanks for the crash course in
sunspot info etc. etc. still don't have it quite right but i guess i
can google it. see ya!
. you'll notice that the lines around the image of a forming magnetic loop looks just like iron filings sticking to a magnet.
[QUOTE=repairman]OOOHH!!! Glad ya didn't MOON us. you'll notice that the lines around the image of a forming magnetic loop looks just like iron filings sticking to a magnet.[/QUOTE]
You're a sick puppie.
woo-hoo! how was that for timing???!!!...
BUT it DOES look like magnetic filings and i am a sick puppie and thank god that didn't have a crack in itHeeeheee-
Davido - sorry, I tried that, the sex thing, it doesn't work....hahahaha..But it was fun trying........ ..........J/K
I have a LOT of allergies, too, hives and sinus probelms, a touch of asthma....
My dd does, too. She also has ADD....she takes Zyrtec and Singulair. I take Allegra (rx) and Claritin and Benadryl when I have a REALLY bad attack of hives. (UGGGHHH)
I had 5 sinus infections last year. It seems like I have one every Christmas or New Years.
Kimberly
OK-- That is a great idea...I hate those "planner" things...TOO much detail...I like the idea of a notebook...simple...Thanks !! Kimberly
Kimberly, what I meant was that people like to have predictability in their lives. A former colleague once told me that I was consistently inconsistent! The inconsistency or "spontaneity" (choose either "spaces" or "dots" - hee hee) is what's predictable for us and what forms our pattern.
I used to get up and before I knew it, my day had simply slipped away. No planning, no routine. Sometimes I'd get lucky and get a lot done--but no rhyme or rhythm when those days would come.
In August I almost died. Literally. A lot of it could be directly traced back to my affinity for my "spontaneous" existence. But was it worth my life? NOT! So now I have created some new routines.
Depending on how early I wake up, I allow myself some play time. Often that means coming here or otherwise messing around on the computer. But before 9, I do my "to do" list. I've chosen to simply hand write it on 3-hole paper and then stick them in a 3-ring binder. That way I can easily flip the page over for notes, phone numbers, etc. Seems to be working well for me. That list provides the structure for my day now.
What's coolest is that I DO NOT feel hemmed in by it like I thought I would. What a revelation! I feel like it's me, not my ADD that's in control of my life--if that makes sense. In fact, I start to feel "antsy" if I don't do my list pretty soon after beginning my day and that antsiness helps keep me doing it. That's what I mean by letting my natural human nature need for the familiar work on my behalf.
The hardest part is the motivation to change routines and patterns. Near death did it for me, but I wouldn't advise attempted suicide (not what happened to me--bad side-effects from chemo) as a way to provide that kind of motivation! (Trying to be funny here but may have failed miserably! )
Glen, from what you said about cycling, that sounds a little more like bi-polar than AD(H)D but I don't know enough about the differences to say with confidence. Are you seeing a doctor who might know? I think they prescribe different drugs for bi-polar cycling than for either ADHD or ADD.
In keeping w/ people's encouragement for you to write, maybe you could start out by journeling or blogging??? That might give you more data regarding your cycles, too. Just a thought.
sachetm38640.3591435185Hey ChicxOr,Or what?
Just kidding. Ore?
Hey, I'm like that. Not the femalie part, but the circumstantial part. I think I'm more sensitive to emotional stimulants, therefore outsiders see it as bi-polar like cycling. I've been tested by at least 4 different pros, and only one said it was bip, but he didn't believe in AADHD, either. Nor AADD for that matter. Kaiser witch doctor, still working with stones knives and catgut.
So, a good event triggers good moods, and a bad event sucks. Sometimes my cycles are diurnal...
So, I try to fit all the potential crappy stuff in one day of the week, and make sure it's followed by a few good ones. Weird? Maybe, but it's my copimech.
See you made Groupie~woo-houpie! Congrats for sticking a round...
D
[QUOTE=Davidornado]Hey ChicxOr,
Or what?
Just kidding. Ore?
[/QUOTE]
LoL, that took me a minute to understand.
x0r (0 = a zero) is just a geeky (1337 speak) way to say something is cool or better, you just add the suffix -x0r to the end of it.
My boyfriend is bipolar, and as I learned about it, I could see some BP in myself. But the more I learned, the more I realized I don't have BP. And that was partially the reason I charted myself, LoL. I wanted to see if there were any trends in my mood.
So, I have kept my diagnosis of ADD and mild OCD. But we were able to rule out BP, although according to my Dr's, I am more "sensitive" and moody than most people.
Ahhh, it was Ore. We both had to dig around for a while to find the nuggets...
x0r[QUOTE=seeker63]
i've been thinking about the cycles idea.
cycle infers a more or less predictable pattern.
much of what i experience is not predictable.
there is no time frame, or seasonality to it. not that i can see.
i am curious though as to why some days i'm not so bad, and others i can't make myself do what i need to.
more often than not, on 'those' days, i can't function on willpower regardless of the consequences if i fall short. on some of those days failure seems so inevitable, i just get furious and say, no scream, 'sc**w it! that's all you get!'
[/QUOTE]I actually kept track of my moods, energy, etc for a few months, just to see if there were any predictible cycles. The only 1 I saw was related to my being a woman, LoL. But the rest were only predictible when I looked at what else was going on in my life that day....fight with the boyfriend = lower mood, raise at work = good mood, etc.
I know my brain tends to either be in overdrive or standby mode. And according to what I know and my Dr, the way the brain & body works plays a part in that. In basic terms, we go from having too much of 1 thing/chemical, then not enough of another...instead of a more steady stream of both that our body can properly handle.
(I am VERY unmotivated today, otherwise I'd think and be more specific on that, LoL.)
I would think that predictible cycles, apparent on a timeline/chart, would possibly be indicative of something more than or other than ADD.
i see a big diff. btwn bipolar and adhd now.
chicxor and sachetm pointed it out.
my adhd overdrive works on my emotions too. get a little low, and overshoot. feel good, and it carries through a little. now is everything.
impulse regulation shot, therefore, get carried away with mood-based impulses.
poor self-esteem makes lows lower and more likely too.
sometimes i'm in a good mood for no apparent reason. this is how i imagine regular folks are most of the time. being so prone to depression, low or cautious about my mood is how i am most of the time.
my good moods might appear to the uninformed, or those that know my lows, as manic, esp b/c of the adHd. but i never go out and buy ,000.00 worth of inflatable beach balls, or have sex w/20 women in a week (tho it sounds fun), or try to get on t.v. claiming i've got the answer to world peace, if only you'll make me your emperor.
thx for the insight ladies!
"Moodiness" in relation to AD(H)D makes perfect sense. Thoughts and feelings are integrally connected--moreso when the executive function isn't working so hot.
Therefore, if attention shifts, so do ones typical emotions ("moods") that have been associated with the current thoughts. Seems a logical conclusion.
It then becomes a question of how bi-polar and AD(H)D really ARE different and how they're the same. Wasn't there an ADD shrink around here for awhile--ADDMD or something like that? I remember there was but he mostly lurked. Maybe if he's still here and sees this he might clarify--at least what the DSMIV has to say about it if its not his forte.
I have to go back to my own shrink for this reason but too many higher priority medical things going on at the moment and that one is on the back burner.
I do know that since I was diagnosed (or misdiagnosed as the case may be) as being bi-polar, I've gotten MUCH better at managing my moods, am rarely depressed now and when I am, they don't last long. Now that my counselor (LCSW) has suggested ADD and shrink thinks it MAY really be that and not bi-polar (although we need follow-up), AND I've started to understand more about ADD, am slowly getting better at managing that, too.
Point is that at least in my case, awareness is half the battle. Thank God the brain is as flexible as it is and you really CAN change the patterns if you make the effort. Meds just make it easier, but it's possible without them. (I have heart failure so ADD meds not recommended for me.) Just harder and probably takes long, would be my guess. Never underestimate the power of motivation!
Oh, yeah! Sorry all. That's what this thread was all about. How ADD of us.What happened is several of us are concurrently in a slump, and as we're so far apart, we were postulating global influences, but didn't get beyond the first idea which was sunspots.
However, we thoroughly enjoyed the sun tan we got studying them... (b-;
Sachetm-
I don't think anybody has said that yet. You make a great point and I totally agree. I have always been that way. I sometimes feel like I have 2 personalities, a summer one and a winter one, hahhaa. It's not that drastic, but I definitely feel different. And like you, I know what to do about it now. I stress out so badly at Christmas. I have to "coach" myself through it and tell myself that everything is OK and it will be over and I will have a good time seeing relatives, etc..and no one is going to remember what we got them for Christmas come April. I made myself get my entire house clean before Christmas last year and it helped IMMENSELY.......I felt like it was OK for us to take pics, cause there was no messes in the background.....etc......and then once it is over, I can look forward to spring and summer, the "fun" months. I think I correlate Fall with school..... I hated school and didn't do well until my high school years....and I correlate spring and summer with vacations and going camping and going out in the boat, etc...
That's great that you have found a way to deal with the "crashing". Can you share?? Thanks,
Kimberly
cycles is a bit rigid a concept - but it has typical frequencies - much like the weather. And like weather - you can't ever get a 100 percent forecast - but you can measure the trends. For me - it was 3 months give or take a couple months. Now that I know and I'm forewarned (and forearmed), I keep my wits up and get ready for the next onslaught. I reckon it to the old attacks by mongols - you couldn't predict it to the day (that would be no fun), but you always knew it was soon and you could rally the troops. I make sure to keep up on my meds - and to get the rest I sorely need. If I do - all goes well. If not - boy I pay and all around me!!i've been thinking about the cycles idea.
cycle infers a more or less predictable pattern.
much of what i experience is not predictable.
there is no time frame, or seasonality to it. not that i can see.
i am curious though as to why some days i'm not so bad, and others i can't make myself do what i need to.
more often than not, on 'those' days, i can't function on willpower regardless of the consequences if i fall short. on some of those days failure seems so inevitable, i just get furious and say, no scream, 'sc**w it! that's all you get!'
back to the northern lights- you have to be closer to the north pole to see them. i don't think your chances are good the further you are from the arctic circle..........OK.......thanks for the info !!!!!
I was wondering why they hadn't mentioned it during the weather segment of the local news...
Kimberly
SlugBug38641.7486921296okay for those few of us that are still struggling along unmedicated here....why does it seem to go in fits and starts. right now, i feel far more severly ADD than lets say two weeks ago. i can barely go out; i can't even open my stupid aol which has 128 messages on it (none trash - because i never get trash) so all things which i have been avoiding and can't face. i hid my answering phone in the cupboard so i can't see the amount of messages it is flashing. i can't bring myself to pick up the phone and luckily my cell doesn't work here in the mountains so i am not plagued by that.
i can't move. i can surf the web. i can pretend to edit. i can eat the remaining last few green beans i have (raw - cos who can be bothered to cook, right).
i know i am going to have to face the real world at some point but right now i just don't feel able to deal. i prefer to stay under the duvet. and peer out. from time to time.
why does it do this - come and go with various different strengths (is that more the bi-polar (if i have it) kicking in) or do others find a general ebb and flow to their symptoms too at all?
i mean i don't feel terrible at all at the moment i just feel paralysed - like unable to DEAL at all.
ah well - was just curious....
Hey There-
You're not alone !! I feel that way sometimes. Not as often now that I'm taking Adderall. I've been putting off checking my PO box. We get our regular household mail at home, but we get the business mail at the PO. We closed our business in June and I have only checked our PO box 2 times the past 2 months !! I know it's just bills in there. I just cannot force myself to look at them..I just can't deal with it right now..Like you said.........
I am like that about a lot of things....I usually have a "brave" day and psyche myself up for it and do all the "bad" things I need to do, but I really have to work at it....and keep telling myself it's not so bad, just get it done, etc!!! it is excruciatingly hard to do.....One thing that I keep telling myself is "this is the only "bad" thing going on right now"..."If I can take care of THIS, then everything else is not so bad"......do you kind of "count" the things you need to take care of ? and think that once you get them straightened out then you can start "fresh" and your life will be all right and you won't ever let it get "bad" again , but just end up repeating the cycle 'cause you couldn't "force" yourself to do one easy thing that would have prevented all of this mess in the first place, but you were too lazy???(OK, NOT lazy, but you KWIM) This is driving me nutz....chjones...is this kind of what you're talking about ?? But you just can't bring yourself to deal with ANY of it.....just blowing it off for a while...I know exactly how you feel.....The Adderall is helping..not perfect but better......
I have NO idea how come it cycles like that ..but it does...with me, anyway.....I'm not bi-ploar or depressed (yet) just ADD, so I don't know about that...
Kimberly
yup - that's it...
and i don't know whether it is cyclical by nature or whether something 'sets it off' as it were.
i mean, for me i have to put some cash into my bank because i wrote someone a check. but when i tried to get money from my english credit card to get some cash it was refused and then i just wonder whether, you know, that threw me... as it were. i couldn't do what i had planned and then i have to work out another way and yada yada yada....
and then everything spirals slightly and i think sod the check i'll deal with the bouncing when it comes my way...
or whether the ADd just comes and goes as it pleases regardless of external events. perhaps it is a combination - and it can be set off by something but equally turns up unexpectedly according to its own whim???
i dunno.... hmm,
so many things i have to do --- and finding it so impossible to even start to think about them. let alone actually do anything about them.
where's the dmn adderall when you need it, eh???
Maybe it's the sunspots.Okay, sorry. I know that sounds irreligous, but I cycle, too. Maybe not in the way you described, but certainly in my productivity. Maybe I'll start plotting it. What should we use as a metric?what do they do? metric???? are you turning European, Davido????? It certainly isn't menstrual in cycle, b/c I'm testosterated. Auntie Flo doesn't visit me. But if you're unproductive right now, and so am I, maybe it's magnetic flux, or Novartis' flux capacitor built up a charge and vented. On Auntie's cheeks, eh? hehe...i thought you were entirely miles, feet and inches (as it should be! stupid metric system - rubbish French invention) yeah --- it's probably the moon. but what is a sunspot???? i really don't know btw.
Let's not go there, chjo. I'd love to, but I got turned away last time I tried. Musta been the French's Fault. The one alongside the Shenandoah Fault. No, wait a sec, the San Andreas Fault. It's not my fault. But why should there be blame? I think chjo said...A sunspot. What makes the Earth's magnetic circles glow and flux. Ever seen the Northern Lights?dead right. blame is a fool's game. completely destructive and counter-productive. long live no blame!
Van Allen Belts. Sounds like a rock band to me.
Here, I'll go find us a link.
hey it wouldn't let me post! said "no spamming allowed" and i've posted too much! the cheek of it.no i've never seen the Northern Lights. would love to one day, tho.
.histamine huh? Hmmm.. Jack Handey moment here....
Well, I do take Flonase for allergies at my work. We have cardboard all over, and the resulting dust leaves me sniffling and congested. I can't take normal antihistamines (big no-no on dex) so the flonase does the job.
Histamine - wow that's wild. I'll check it out - thanks phony doc!!!
hey repairmancool theory. i am going to get myself allergised (i am not allergic to
anything as far as i know) but i think it could help with the whole ADD
thing too.
anyhoo - my wifi is down so i am using a very faint connection of
someone else in the neighbourhood which is driving me nuts cos i keep
on losing it. so i am quitting and taking to reading my book for the
night.
see yas later. [QUOTE=repairman] THIS IS JUST A PERSONAL THEORY AS I'M NOT A DOCTOR[/QUOTE]
Darn it, Jim! are you a miracle worker?
[QUOTE=GlenW]
histamine huh? Hmmm.. Jack Handey moment here....
Well, I do take Flonase for allergies at my work. We have cardboard all over, and the resulting dust leaves me sniffling and congested. I can't take normal antihistamines (big no-no on dex) so the flonase does the job.
Histamine - wow that's wild. I'll check it out - thanks phony doc!!!
[/QUOTE]Whoa! Whoa! Back the Truck Up!
Doc prescribes me a histamine (modafinil) for ADHD management.
Ha! Balanced was write!!! There's a confederacy between doctor's boni (plural of boners?) and the drugichemical companies!!! They pass out, then blame us!!!
I mean, they treat us with histamines, then tell us we have ADHD, so they can sully us Ritalin!!!
Then the Ritlain works sooo good, they treat us with histamines, so we keep coming back!!!
The solution to this PMDD like cycle is to treat us with hertamines instead... These are natural highs found in climactic environments...
You know, if I were to have sex all the time, I wouldn't have ADHD. I'd be worn out... I need to be treated!!!
i grew up in michigan. saw northern lights many times. they're beautiful. green swirls in the sky.
cycling- yes. cycles are different.
some cycles are recognised by unreasonable crankiness. short tempered, tempted to throw and break things. unrelenting angry thoughts. impatience.
some cycles are like chjones- can't face the world at all! can't take calls, discuss business, won't leave the house for days( or longer if i can get away with it).
some cycles, like now, cannot stay on task. brain even goes blank the harder i try to focus. i've had more work recently, and am struggling to keep after it. 5-10 mins. of work, then 5-10 mins. of walking in circles fighting urge to leave the job, or start something new before finishing what i am doing.
i like lots of this adhd, but it does get in the way of making a living/getting ahead.
like lots of this adhd, but it does get in the way of making a living/getting ahead.
amen to that. such a pain in the backside!
green swirls eh, can you see them now where you live? i think LA will
have too much light pollution. but who knows?
i am feeling better - i feel tomorrow i will be pro-active and not
procrastinatey. i am going to make it.
i just need so much more TIME to get there. i need one day on, four days
off to regain strength and sense of balance!
i should just marry a billionnaire then i'll have all the time in the world. i
would make an excellent lady-who-lunches - all day to wander around in
a daze, perhaps get my nails painted and hair done, perhaps take the dog
for a walk, perhaps pop into a shop (i hate shopping so not too much of
that) and pick out an outfit, get a massage or a facial or both, go for a
swim in the pool, have friends over for large glasses of rose, book a trip
to Lamu or Botswana, have the chauffeur drive me to the desert to watch
the northern lights, go skiing for three months over Christmas in Gstaad,
take a month to sail the caribbean on my yacht and then meet up with it
again in Corsica in the summer - what fun! why not?
oh hoh.
I know what has been said here about the "cycling" of ADHD unmedicated really well. I even have a good rythym figured out when it's bad.
Normall - it cycles good to bad every 3 months. I could talk - be "happy" to the unwashed masses and it would be ok. My gf (if I hadn't miffed her off again) would be reasonably happy with me and I would be content with the status quo.
at the end of 3 months though (I have been able to count it down to almost exactly to the day) things would begin to shatter again. I would become self destructive, the forgetfulness and bad behavior came back to wreck what took the last months to rebuild.
It happened over and over - for most of my life. There was an even longer duration phase too - every 2 years I found that I would become so antisocial and problem-causing that I would tear up my personal life like a wet tissue. That I always feared - it was something I didn't understand but I knew inside that it was coming.
I still feel the cycling on meds - has happened 2 times now. I end up lacking energy and hearing the chatter louder than normal. I don't mess up though - I've been keeping up on my meds and working hard at unlearning the bad habits that harmed me so much. Now I just count down the days - and soon after it begins it's gone!
I hope they'll figure out if this is a part of the ADHD - maybe a natural rythym of life that gets messed up by us even more. Interesting to know.