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Post by mc1250 on May 10, 2015 20:23:12 GMT
I totally get the issue with work and socialising! My last job suffered as I hot to comfortable and trie to socialise more and basically lot's of mistakes happened!
So now at my new place I keep telling myself I'm there to work and earn and if I come across as being a bit quiet and weird, well so be it as it's the lesser of the two evils!
Anyway going back to your question about how to get help. I initially first tried through my docs but as usual weren't keen or unwilling to help. By the time I started speaking to the docs I found some of them had no idea about adhd as one said that he's never understood why you'd give someone with adhd amphetamines!!
Anyway I eventually found out I could contact adult social services directly an 'access team' or something. I called spoke, got put through to a social worker, who then sent out the forms and the rest is history.
I can't remember if I was allowed to contact them directly sue already being known to them for anxiety and depression issues!
So basically see if your local authority has anything like that in place. Otherwise go down the self help route until your docs are able to help.
That's the best I can offer in terms of advice, sorry and all the best with it.
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Post by mc1250 on May 9, 2015 23:20:05 GMT
Yeah I know that's how it works but was just being lazy and hoping someone else would start it!
Also, these elements of darkness which may be a part of some of our lives are illegal. So what are the rules about discussing illegal activities/substances?
For me if it wasn't for certain illegal substances I would never have found out that I had adhd!
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Post by mc1250 on May 9, 2015 18:45:06 GMT
Is a thread being set up for this yet In the lounge then. As I have some issues with the 'darker' issues surrounding adhd!
I'm surprised there's not already a thread about this as I read add/adhd ers. Are considerably more likely to have some sort addiction issues or substance abuse issues then regular people.
Well I've certainly had some darkness in my life and continue to do so. So would be good to discuss these issues with anyone else in the same boat.
So if this does get set up I'm in.
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Post by mc1250 on Apr 23, 2015 21:56:54 GMT
I'd never thought about the stuborness thing before till you'd mentioned it!
But now that i think about it, its there, big time. I always make decisions on things and no matter how much people try to convince me it's wrong i never listen, coz i'm firm in my belief that i'm right and this from somebody who's really really uncomfident!
The thing is i don't listen to the advise believing i'm right until it messes up and then i think "oh shit, why didn't i listen to them or even forsee what they were warning me against!"
So is this an Adhd thing? and basically now i'm beggining to think maybe i need to start listening a bit more!
But then saying that on the flipside if i take someone advise and it goes wrong i'll end up hating or blaming someone else which in someways is worse for me then blaming myself coz of the way i'd feel towards them and ill feeling/tension it could cause... hmmmmm .....compicated one!!
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Post by mc1250 on Apr 23, 2015 21:30:28 GMT
Contrarymary - yeah it looks as dodgey as hell doesn't it, a bag of white powder like that. So i thought if ever i went on holiday, it would be best to find the tablet form or else i could get held up at customs!!
With regards to how to get the dose right, you should have got a small scoop in the pack. Everytime i've bought the powder it has come with a 100mg scoop. So double check the packet that it wasn't in there. If not look on ebay to see who's selling them or if you want you can send me your address and i'll mail you one as i have 3 currently at home.
The way i do it is get a little bit of water in a glass then put six scoops into it and wait for it to disolve completely ( you can swirl it around to help it along) then add cordial and more water and take it with the other 6/7 vitamin pills i take every morning. Even had to invest in a pill box to speed things up in the morning.
Oh and JJ and contrarymary thanks for reminding me again, coz even though i said it last time i forgot straight after so after reading your posts now i thought let me order mine before i forget again, so ordered it then came back here to reply! i bought another 50g and 120 x 200mg caps. as sometimes it's just quicker to swallow a couple of tablets plus when i was at work taking some capsules out my draw rather then a bag of white powder wasn't going to get any funny looks!
I relly do hope you guys have the same positive, (life changing even) benefits i've got from it. My only worry is i've bigged it up so much it may be an anti climax for you. Plus i don't know how bad your anxiety was and how it affected you but for me not to have that constant feeling of doom, the fear of taking my kids anywhere even the park due to me thinking the worse case scenario of them getting hurt or something else bad happening, that thing where when anyone rang i became tense straight away expecting them to tell me something bad has happened and then sighing with relief when it wasn't, the constant pre-ocupation of turning any little incident and escalating into world war 3 in my head and making myself shake with rage, the automatic fight or flight gut wrenching feeling everytime i heard a horn beep, or someone shout and think was that to do with me, i mean for gods sake i even used to get if the doorbell went or if my bloody mobile rang....can you imagine living like that (some may do some might not) .....All pretty much gone (some of it comes back when i'm on MP or hungover but not as bad).
Anyway i really wish you all the best with it and please let me know how it goes as to be honest eveyone i come across i tell about this stuff and get ignored and had sort of given up telling people in the real world that is, but the cyber world, obviously i still am.
Good luck peeps!
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Post by mc1250 on Apr 23, 2015 17:02:02 GMT
I'm glad your on route to where you wanna get to and even better that your seeing an expert in the field. As the first shrink I saw was a general one and it was obvious I knew more about the condition then she did! She was more interested about whether I'd been abused and all that Freudian physco-sexual bullshit he goes on about! Anyway she only asked me two questions on it and then prescribed me strattera! Anyway luckily a month after I saw someone who actually knew about it.
The only problem was he said all he can do is dish out drugs and couldn't offer any other alternative treatments like CBT etc as there wasn't enough adults in my borough for them to justify the cost of offering these other services and a referral to the mauldsly centre was out the question as it was to expensive.
So although it's good you're heading in the right direction don't expect to much. Expect bare minimum help and anything else is a bonus or else you'll feel worse coming out of it.
Anyway good luck with it and hope it all goes well.
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Post by mc1250 on Apr 23, 2015 16:51:41 GMT
JJ - the driving thing was one of my worst issues where I'd spend ages having a 'for and against' conversation in my head about whether to take the car or not even moat short journeys! Now i just get in the car and go (very rarely do I have to think about it)anyway glad that's behind me now.
Manson88 - to give it a bash you'd probably have to wean yourself off whatever your on now or can you just stop. But before taking my advice Google it till your fingers bleed! To be sure it's not just something that works for a couple of people. nearly all the user's account I found were positive maybe the odd one or two that said 'meh' but that was about it.
I mean I heard quite a good things about l-tyrosine which is meant to be a precursor to dopamine production which I had high hopes for, more then the l-theanine but just got headaches off the stuff!
Anyway guys you've just reminded I need to top up. So off to ebay. Thanks.
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Post by mc1250 on Apr 22, 2015 9:16:10 GMT
Not sure if you've had your assesement yet so if you have how did it go? Also you met with the shrink? I thought if you're meeting a shrink to discuss ADHD then that would be the assesment! Or is it in another format.
As for school i don't remeber havng any issues and neither did my friends but thats because at school all the way p to secondary i never gave a sh!t about anything so even though i was falling behind, being disruptive etc i never cared.
It's only in adult life when these issues started bugging me. And luckily for me i found a school report from secondary school and nearly all the teachers said i lacked focus/attention, was always late to classes always forgetting my books and stationary needed for the classes, dissruptive, would alwys need to be brought back mentally to the class as i was away witht he fairys etc and i was like "OH! so it has always been there.!"
To get my appointment for the actual assesment with the shrink i had to fill out a questionaire and so did my wife (it had to be close family member who could comment on your behaviour) and it was like a multiple choice thing, the whole agree, neutral, dissagree to certain statemants about day to day life and your attention. And basically my wife and mine strongly agreed to most of these points that indicated i could have adhd. Anyway have you got that for your mum to fill out as that would obviously help especially as she remembers your troubles from school better then you do.
Also the thing you mentioned about the your mum telling you the teachers said you 'might well ave not been there' as you never listened when called. I'm getting reports like that from my daughters tachers so pretty worried i've passed down my sh!t life to her! I've asked the for meetings with the SENCO (special educational needs cordinator) met with her once for 10 mins and even though i'd only met this woman she completely dissmissed me and told me she didn't think i had it and that my daughter def doesn't have it and it's just that shes young (august child). Anyway i think this is something i need to take to the parent forum about getting kids assesed properly, it's just that you reminded me of it with what you said.
Anyway good luck with assement if you've not had it yet and let us know how you get on.
By the way heart problems/palputations and stimulant meds hmmmmm not sure they'd be keen on giving them ot after they hear that. As before i could be put on meds they had to do a physical on me, blood pressure, ECG etc before thy could offer me the MP.
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Post by mc1250 on Apr 22, 2015 1:11:40 GMT
JJ - That whole "i'll get back to you by fri definately" thing, well....i should really know me by now and should have known that good intention was all it was going to be! Especially with my chaotic life right now!
Anyway to answer your questions,
Dosage! Why 600mg well i did try the recommended 200 at first and didn't really notice anything, then while reading other peoples accounts, i read some guy on an anxiety forum saying he took 600 in the morning and night so tried it and hey presto seemed to be right dose for me (without the night time dose)
What happens if i take higher doses, so far nothing really, i mean nothing adverse at least. Because sometime when i'm on the MP the anxiety symtoms seem to kick in so i'll take another 400mg now and again. The most i've probably taken over 24 hours is approx, rough guess 1200 - 1600mg and not had any weirdness or side afects.
When will you notice the affects - after about half an hour. It's something that crosses the blood - brain barrier very easily. I mean if i don't take it first thing in the morning i do notice i'm a lot more ratty, by that i mean getting easily annoyed and obviously anxious. So after you've taken it it should only take about 30 mins to ick in.
I mean at the beggining when i started taking it i had no expectations and wasn't expecting much so didn't really think about it but the situations where i'm most anxious like driving i found i was completely calm and even to a point of enjoying driving. Because before it, i absolutely hated driving as i was so anxious that i would crash or stall etc i used to think "how can people enjoy driving!" but now i understand what it's like to go onto the road like a normal person (without anxiety) and yeah it's good. Motorways used to be incredibly traumatic for me, passing lorries, accidently going over into the 80mph zone would scare the shit out of me and i'd start tensing up and panicking and i'd be sweating the whole route gripping the steering wheel so tightly my hands would ache by the end of the journey and you know what, i don't get any of that now, infact now i get annoyed when i'm in the middle lane and people are holding up doing 70mph! So average speed nowadays for me is about 80 - 85. I would love to start going into the 100's but don't as i'm not really that skillful a driver, plus getting caught at a 100mph equals points and points equals prizes..... for the insurance comapnies that is!!
You mentioned in your research you came accross it as a alternative treatment for adhd and thats exactly how i came accross it but found although it helped with some of the adhd symtoms of easily getting annoyed and mood swings and stuff it's main impact was on anxiety, to be honest i can't really tell if it helps with the focus side of things(dopamine increase). But i'm not that bothered about that as much as i'm generally alot calmer.
Have you tried it yet? If so, how goes it?
Manson88 - mate the stuff really doesn't cost that much. Like i said i buy 50grams for £10 of the powder and that lasts me 3/4 months. I think it's even cheaper now. Go onto ebay and type in l-theanine powder as the capsules and tablets cost more.
So you're on strattera then and it's working for you then? When i was first diagnosed thats what i was given, i didn't really know what i t was at the time so went hoem and researched it before taking it and the moment i found out it was a NRI and it could take 6 weeks for it to start working i refused to take it. And also you mentioned about eating like mad on some of these drugs you've been on and when i look back at the time when i was on the sri's thats when i was at my fatest! Almost 13 stone when i should be 10 and a half max. and then i was in my 20's and more active. Once i stopped i think i came back to 11 ish. so there that. And now that i'm in my late 30's and a lot more lazier going on any of those things would probably lead to obesity for me.
The thing is i'd love you to give it a shot or anyone else for that matter but you're already on various other drugs and as i'm definately not qualified to be telling people to stop taking prescribed meds and go onto the l-theanine, i won't. But maybe speak to your doc or shrink about it. But chances are they might not know about it as my shrink didn't. He only started looking into after i told him about it and on the next meeting he did say from what he's read so far it does sound promising and said as it's seen as more of as a supplement then a well known treatment for anxiety he can't really pay it as much attention as i would like him to.
Whereas other countries like japan that don't really like all the stimulant meds and sri type things use it a lot more to treat adhd and anxiety, they're actually the first ones that found it an synthesised it ad put it a lot of there foods.
Anyway i believe we may have the first chapter of a book above so i'll end it here!
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Post by mc1250 on Apr 15, 2015 18:30:37 GMT
JJ - thanks for looking into it as it means a lot to me that someone is At least considering my advice and hopefully may get some benefit from it's use.
I will be answering your questions but not now as I gotta prepare for an interview for tomorrow. and I know what I'm like I could end up typing a story and not doing any prep which is more important right now.
So I shall get back to you by Fri definitely. Just keep reading up on it for the time being as well.
All the best and catch cha later.
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Post by mc1250 on Apr 15, 2015 0:51:13 GMT
JJ, I had no idea how closely linked 'big pharma' was to the supplement/vitamin side of things, I honestly and obviously naively thought they were two separate entities on the whole. So thanks for the insight.
My whole thing was just based on this one thing, the l-theanine And not the entire health supplements market. My comment on them losing billions was based on the l-theanine powder I buy from a smaller company, off of ebay. Anyway a 50g bag will cost me about £10 and last about 3-4 months. Buy 50g worth of it from H&B and it'll cost 10x as much.
Anyway 3-4 months of those nasty ssri's or other chems from the big guys must cost ridiculously more (super vague pricing, (if you could even call it that) really not done any proper research, just know a pharmacist who used to tell me how much certain things cost, which again I was shocked to hear the prices as I only ever saw the standard prescription charge). But I do believe if all the people with anxiety turned to this on mass and bought how I do then big pharma would lose out big time with this, even billions like I mentioned. Maybe not go bust (that was probably a bit sensationalist from me!). As obviously like you've said they have other income streams and stuff. But they'd definitely get hurt on this front.
Anyway I think this might be going off topic slightly and making me sound like some anti capitalist looking to hurt big companies, which I'm Def not. I really just wanna get people away from the terrible sh1t they may be getting fed to deal with their anxiety and hope people get the positive outcome I've had And am still having.
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Post by mc1250 on Apr 14, 2015 0:18:31 GMT
Anxiety had been the bain of my existence for the past 15+ years. I'd tried everything CBT different med's, most of which I'd build a tolerance to quickly and then find the day I didn't take them then I'd be f**ked! More so then if I had never taken them in the first place. Then you couldn't just come off these drugs you'd have to spend months weaning yourself off them, which was even more traumatic. I decided thsee sri's were doing more harm then good, plus I've found out there's also a nasty side effect that will stay with men forever (I've not found concrete evidence for it but all roads point to ssri's being the cause! It's not good guys takes the fun out if things)
In the end I just decided to live with the constant feeling of dread and turning round and going back every time I came up against one of the giant imaginary brick walls that littered my paths. Luckily for me I had responsibilities for others so couldn't give into it or else I could have easily become aggro phobic or something.
Anyway I've said this countless times on here and I'll keep saying till all the co-morbid anxiety people start looking into it.
L-theanine, L-theanine, L-theanine!!! Honestly people if it wasn't for this stuff I'd be the shell of a person I was a few years back. My anxiety has been reduced by easily 90%. The stuff has no known side affects no harmful drug interactions apart from with med's that lower your blood pressure as this does that to. You can never build a tolerance to it (I've been taking it for a couple of years now and St the same dose). Doesn't make you drowsy like the benzo's that get pushed on you. It's even meant to increase dopamine levels (slightly).
Anyway people thinking of this stuffs so great why doesn't the world know about it (conspiracy theory time!) Because if everyone knew about it a lot drug companies would lose billions, absolutely billions and billions, I dare say even put some out of business!
I urge all anxiety sufferer's go forth and embrace this stuff as you'll never look back and if you do it will to look back and think "how did I ever manage before without this and how much different things could have been if I had come across it earlier!"
The only downside to the miracle of L-theanine (and this will only apply to me or very few people on here) is that my recreational drug use has increased considerably! As I've been a recreational user since over 20 years And what had limited the use to once or twice a month was the comedown and inevitable crippling anxiety that would follow the next day. Where I'd have to hide away from the world (even my own fanily) till all the drugs were out my system. But as the the l-theanine has pretty much killed off this side effect...The flood gates have kinda opened up! But luckily I have even more responsibilities and no time to Myself to even wipe my....or things could have got well outta hand!
Anyway many of you may have probably been on holiday, got married, had kids, rebuilt the kutty sark out of matchsticks, sailed around the world on a raft made from pound land rubber ducks etc during the time I've been writing this and may have missed all the gaff in the middle. So I'll summarise ...
Anxiety killer = L-THEANINE
P.s I take 600 mg ever morning and it does me fine. Some of the packets will say not to take more then 200 my a day. But according to the FDA you'd have to take kilos of this stuff before you can OD on it!
P.P.s anyone still awake or half way across the Atlantic on a bright yellow raft?
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Post by mc1250 on Apr 11, 2015 18:18:41 GMT
Same here I have to be in the right frame of mind to reply. Otherwise usually I force myself to try respond and write out a whole email or text then delete it and maybe do that several times. I waist so much time dithering with things like that. And by the time I am in the right mood to reply, replying seems stupid because of the amount of time that has lapsed and whatever I wanted to say would Now seem pointless and odd!
As for looking back on life now with the adhd goggles on and everything making sense. Yeah done that and think if only I had been diagnosed sooner things would have been different. But all that's doing is beating myself up over things that can't be changed!
People say you should never live with regrets but that's all I've got! Most of them so bad when I think about them I actually physically shiver out of embarrassment!
Oh what a wonderful uncomplicated world we live in hey!
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Post by mc1250 on Apr 9, 2015 0:48:09 GMT
I've only just read your latest post. As I started writing my previous one before your one a couple of hours back But due to the joys of parenthood I had to stop mid sentence and deal with nappies, bed times and usual parenting stuff.
Anyway I know exactly how you feel. Especially about being to afraid to look for work or try new things in case I mess it up.
Finding out and being diagnosed with adhd was a blessing and curse for me.
Blessing - I stopped hating on myself! As now I realised that the things that I messed up wasn't because I was a sh!t person but there were things which I had little or no control over. Impulses foe instance! So beating myself up over things was and making myself depressed stopped. And obviously started to help myself to deal with it.
Curse - 'self full filling prophecy' ... now by trying not to let the adhd get the better of me and constantly worrying about it, actually made me mess up more and blame things that might not have been a result of it on it.....which I've sort of calmed down on now.
The worst part was the work thing as I came to realise I had adhd after I got made redundant now I was terrified of getting another job and thought I can't go back to work, I won't be able to cope (Forgetting that I'd been working fine for the past 10 years. Didn't do great but was still working). Felt like giving up and hiding away from it all. But like I said once I started helping myself it gave me the confidence to get back out there and I did. and the two jobs I've had in between didn't go particularly well and had knocked my confidence back a bit again and I went through the whole "I'm sh!t and worthless and shouldn't even be working coz I'll just f**k it up again" thought process. luckily gets superceded by "You know what, so what if I screwed this job up. I'll just keep trying till I finally find a job I fit into, because I've done it before so it'll happen again!" And at the end if the day being broke and living off benefits will destroy anyone more then falling at a job.
Again another essay sorry. But the things you said I did relate to quite a bit and felt I needed to say something about it.so if you can stay awake for a little longer or harder still.... stay focused! Then i'll carry on.
Anyway my biggest issue was anxiety which I've had over !5 years which was the biggest barrier to things especially getting a knew job. As anyone with anxiety knows it create some pretty big walls that only you can see that are stopping you from a potentially normal life.
Anyway the l-theanine pretty much dealt with that. It got rid of my anxiety by about 90-95%. So where as before it I was like "I can't get a job because I'll be Sh!t at it and be ridiculed by my colleagues" but now that walls down I'm like "the chances are I might not be very good at this job but I'm going to do it anyway and hope for the best!".
You mentioned about staying up till the early hours then sleeping through the alarm and having to make up Bullsh!t exuses for being late! Snap! Story of my life and many others! How did I get over this. Routine/exercise - before bed 45 mins exercise tire me out and get me to sleep ( lost a stone and half over several months as well so felt even better).
Anyway I'm probably painting myself as super sorted but in truth this all lasted for about 6 months and I've fallen back into old bad habits. Plus all routines and stuff have gone out the windows due to new baby And losing my way as many do by being a lazy bar steward...not a great point to leave with I know.
The actual point is You can be a better person and not be governed by the condition you can have control over it I know as I've done it and i will do it again once things have settled down at home as in truth when I had been doing all the exercise/routines/vitamins etc (without the diagnosis and medication) I'd never felt better And more in control as I did then. I'll get it back as I miss the regular good sleep the not having to lie to the manager etc....Anyway I've done it am going to do it agian and I think you should give it a shot to. put the diagnosis and med's idea in second place For now and see how it goes.
I should be asleep right now!! So bye for now.
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Post by mc1250 on Apr 8, 2015 23:28:49 GMT
Hi. Just read up here and thought I'd weigh in a little especially about your idea for self medicating with speed!
As I went down down that dangerous route pre diagnosis and guess what?.....I ended up being an even bigger mess then I was before. It took one of my mates who saw me one day to call me up and say "you looked a complete f**king mess, what's wrong with you!?" For me to realise I need to knock that one on the head straight away.
Anyway bottom line is that, that brief moment of clarity you may get out of it will be dwarfed by the anxiety, paranoia and sleepless nights which could easily lead to phycosis!
I understand that once you realise you have adhd nothing else matters other then getting it sorted! That hyper focus that makes you chase a diagnosis like your life depended on it! It doesn't! You've survived this long without it you can easily survive a few more months going through the long winded and frustrating nhs route.
This is turning into a bit of an essay!
Anyway I'll try be quick. .....knowing I might not get help or that it could take a year or so to get it, actually helped the most! Because it meant I had to help myself. So I did. Started exercising, taking supplements omega 3's, l-theanine etc building and sticking to routines and by the end of it when I got my diagnosis and medication. I didn't even end up taking the medication at first or wven that rwgularly cos I was in such a good place already. Sure I still had the symptoms but I felt like I could cope with them better or at least not let them rule me Like before.
Could go on forever but I'm not sure if you've fallen asleep or started day dreaming About other stuff.
So I'll leave at this ..... Help yourself first as the primary option to getting better and the external help as the back up plan ....or something along those Lines....I'm sure you get the jist of what I'm saying.
Good luck and don't give up!
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Post by mc1250 on Apr 8, 2015 19:05:02 GMT
Yeah! Had those thoughts big time during the depressive years. But nowadays I just wish I was different. Not completely different just a better version of me, one without all the flaws!
I probably spend to much time day dreaming about better versions of me.
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Post by mc1250 on Apr 8, 2015 19:04:24 GMT
Yeah! Had those thoughts big time during the depressive years. But nowadays I just wish I was different. Not completely different just a better version of me, one without all the flaws!
I probably spend to much time day dreaming about better versions of me.
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Post by mc1250 on Apr 7, 2015 22:14:07 GMT
Thanks For the reminder. I had every intention of coming tonight and had it marked in my phone calendar.
What has scuppered my plans and general social life, is new baby! I knew the baby would be here by now but forgot how much hard work new borns are. Add to that a five year old and an insanely jealous 2 year old... well basically it would be unfair to leave my wife to deal with all that by herself even for one night.
So anyway hopefully once we have some routine back in our lives I may make it down for a couple of hours. Hopefully being operative word!
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Post by mc1250 on Mar 12, 2015 16:46:58 GMT
Thanks for that. I did put in my phone diary but it looks like it's buried under other things I have to remember for that day. So hopefully I'll still be able to spot it on the day.
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Post by mc1250 on Mar 11, 2015 22:58:51 GMT
This question has probably been asked 100 times before but when's the next meet. And this time i'll put it in my phone diary! As every month i think "hmmm i think i'll pop along!".....but never remember so never do!
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Post by mc1250 on Feb 8, 2015 23:16:35 GMT
No one should pay attention to this woman (she's probably a genetic experiement by the daily mail). She's made a job out of being nasty and courting contraversy and god knows people love to have a central hate figure and she knows it. And she laughs all the way to the bank everytime she's paid to go on a show and be her nasty self. So she'll be nasty and pick on the minorities she can pick on which won't get her lynched and completely shunned but get her just enough bad press to keep the jobs and cash rolling in.
Bottom line is there's no such thing as bad attention for her coz it all adds to her growing bank balance. People need to start ignoring her completely and let her 15 minutes die out quicker rather then giving her anymore credance. Please everyone just ignore her and let her fade back into insignificance. I just switch over when ever she's on!
I personally feel signing any petetions making complaints about this woman only adds to her career. To take the wind out of someones sails you just need to stop blowing into them!
I've found the best way to deal with arguments with people, especially spiteful ones is to just agree with them and walk away....'yeah mate, you're right, well done, goodbye'....rather then arguing withthem for the next god knows how long giving them the attention they actually want! If there's nothing to lose in an argument then just your pride, then just agree with someone like her and move on with your life coz your time can be better spent anywhere else rather then arguing with people like that.
The thing about the sails from earlier, was about taking someone's power away from them, their power to hurt you. A little story for you here..... Back in the 70's when we first moved here my mum used to daily face racist abuse from this teenage girl down our road, the usual fuck off you dirt p@ki's etc.... one day my mum told my dad about it and asked what she should do about it. My dad said. "smile and wave back to her and thank her for comments"!.... so my mum did just that!.....and gues what? the abuse stopped! Why?? this girl had nothing left to hurt my mum with....whats the point of being hurtful to someone if they're not going to get hurt!
So if katie does what attention then lets give it to her when she says all these hurtfull things lets phone her up on the show and tell her she's right and thank her for it. And when she's finally got no one to offend then no more car crash format TV shows are going to want her!
Not sure if everyone will agree or accept what i have to say but just what i've found from my personal experience.
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Post by mc1250 on Feb 8, 2015 22:41:00 GMT
Look into something called L-tyrosine, which is meant to be some kind of precurser to dopamine production. I did buy some which was a cocktail of others things like 5htp, magnesium, complex B's etc. The problem was for some people it creates headaches and i was one of them so had to stop it (which was a waste as the stuff was quite expensive!). I've mentioned here before L-theanine even though that says it increases dopamine levels i don't think it comes near the the normal stim meds but it does help with co-morbid anxiety and your general getting annoyed/angry sypmtoms.
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Post by mc1250 on Dec 27, 2014 16:53:11 GMT
I just stick to rolling tobacco far cheaper the cigs. the last time I bought cigs was when they were about £4ish I hear they're about £9 now....ridiculous.
Anyway I do have one of those e-cigs but after a meal or when i'm drinking it just doesn't feel right so will continue to torture my lungs with tar and all the other cr@p that's it them.
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Post by mc1250 on Dec 21, 2014 18:43:41 GMT
I've had this issue quite a few times where my memory of things events have been completely different to others. Where I'd swear blind my version was correct so much so I'd put money on it! So have been out of pocket a few times! So stopped backing my memory financialy and now just listen more and argue less about my version!
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Post by mc1250 on Dec 20, 2014 19:01:42 GMT
Amphetamines will always cause anxiety as I read something about how it creates the whole 'fight or flight' thing in you and with no where to go it turns into anxiety! Can't remember if that was entirely correct but there is a clear link between apmhet and anxiety.
Anyway I had severe anxiety before taking meds and the way I've got over it is by taking 600mcg of L-theanine every morning and sometimes a bit more at midday and night.
People who have co-morbid anxiety really need to look into this l-theanine stuff like I've probably said on here countless times before it has reduced my aniexty by about 90% and now can live as close to normal life as possible. the best part of it the constant feeling of dread that I used to walk around with all the time has gone.
Plus the automatic anixiety response where you get that gut feeling everytime something happens. I mean I used to get if I heard a horn beep, a load noise, someone shout and worse still even when the door bell used to go off! weird but yeah it used to drive me up the wall having these random anxious feelings. I mean I was to scared to go anywhere or do anything I didn't have to coz I was always fearing the worse case scenario, like kids getting kidnaped, crashing the car etc......all pretty much gone now thanks to l-theanine.
I couldn't live my life without it so look into it people. It has no side affects and creates calmness without any drowsy affects it actually is meant to increase dopamine levels. That's how I actually came across it when I was looking for alternative ADHD treatment....never looked back!
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Post by mc1250 on Dec 20, 2014 18:48:20 GMT
Quick question - what kind of comedians do you like or drawn to?
I've always been drawn to people like paul merton with his randomness and other comedians that aren't you usual observational comics, it's not that they're not funny, just find weirdness and the darker humour more appealing!
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Post by mc1250 on Dec 14, 2014 21:54:55 GMT
To be honest I would have thought the opposite of what your saying would happen due to my experience of stimulants legal and illegal and that it's always made me last longer if anything.
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Post by mc1250 on Dec 14, 2014 16:27:11 GMT
A man goes to the doctors
Man: when I press on my foot it hurts When I press on my knee it hurts When I press on my chest it hurts When I press on my head it hurts What's wrong with me?
Doctor: you have a broken hand!
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Post by mc1250 on Dec 12, 2014 23:13:05 GMT
A friend of mine was in a bad accident and lost the entire left side of his body! But he's all right now!
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Post by mc1250 on Oct 22, 2014 23:59:48 GMT
These dreams sound more like night terrors. Where you can't tell if you're awake or not because like you said the room might be normal but one thing in there just isn't.
I've had times where I've woken or thought I'd woken up multiple times into different layers of the dream. By the time I finally wake when I'm 110% sure it's the real world I feel exaushted and slightly scared to go back to sleep. Kinda reminds of me of that DiCaprio film.
Anyway I thought it might just be me but it's beginning to sound like yet another symptom of this lovely affliction I have.
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