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Posted by DSCH on September 26, 2003, at 13:41:37
OK, this the social board, if it's not medication related it can be brought up here.
Ask away. :-)
Posted by Francesco on September 27, 2003, at 9:41:37
In reply to You wanted to ask me something, Francesco?, posted by DSCH on September 26, 2003, at 13:41:37
Ehm ... I'm a bit shy now ... How are you ? Where do you live ? How old are you ? (oh, s**t, it seems like ICQ-chat ;-)
Posted by DSCH on September 28, 2003, at 10:57:03
In reply to Re: You wanted to ask me something, Francesco? » DSCH, posted by Francesco on September 27, 2003, at 9:41:37
> Ehm ... I'm a bit shy now ... How are you ? Where do you live ? How old are you ? (oh, s**t, it seems like ICQ-chat ;-)
I gained five pounds this past week as a result of not sticking to the Atkins diet (friends came over and we had a big feast, setting off the relapse).
Mentally I'm doing OK as I have stuck to the protein drinks. I don't know why I would need so much additional phenylalanine and tyrosine when I eat meat, fish, or poultry with virtually every meal. I suppose something has happened to my neurotransmitter synthesis, as a generalized problem with protein catabolism and amine synthesis strikes me as a rather extreme explanation (wouldn't that lead to muscle wastage?).
I'm 30 and I live close to Chicago with my parents as there were no good prospects for me after I lost fellowship support at university (partly due to ADD and burnout, partly because I started losing interest in the discipline I was in, not that those are all unrelated of course). I am considering taking up non-fiction writing, partly on somewhat unrelated topics (as you can see in a thread up above I am interested in how philosophy and culture intertwine) but also using my own experience with ADD as a springboard. I will need to find part time work to bring in cash flow soon though.
Posted by francesco on September 28, 2003, at 15:13:54
In reply to Re: You wanted to ask me something, Francesco? » Francesco , posted by DSCH on September 28, 2003, at 10:57:03
I gained five pounds this past week as a result of not sticking to the Atkins diet (friends came over and we had a big feast, setting off the relapse).I've never been so thin but I'm going to take a lot of weight with my tryciclics-diet.
Mentally I'm doing OK as I have stuck to the protein drinks. I don't know why I would need so much additional phenylalanine and tyrosine when I eat meat, fish, or poultry with virtually every meal.
Where did you learn all this stuff about proteins, supplements and so on ? i have found something at the library but this kind of books are often published in the same collection of "How to talk with your dead husband" and similar ;-)
I'm 30 and I live close to Chicago with my parents as there were no good prospects for me after I lost fellowship support at university (partly due to ADD and burnout, partly because I started losing interest in the discipline I was in, not that those are all unrelated of course).
I'm 27, I live in Rome and my future is very similar to your past !!! Since I quit meds I lost all the interest I was used to have in philosophy ... I was used to study many hours per day and now it seems to me a complete waste of time ... Sometimes I think that if they take my PHD scholarship away they will do me a big favour ! Some other time I think that I wouldn't be able to do anything else : /
I am considering taking up non-fiction writing, partly on somewhat unrelated topics (as you can see in a thread up above I am interested in how philosophy and culture intertwine) but also using my own experience with ADD as a springboard. I will need to find part time work to bring in cash flow soon though
I think ADD is very good for writing, you just have to put all the stuff you have in your head on the paper ! I could write for days and days but I feel a bit guilty about it ... It seems to me like I'm not doing anything "constructive". There must be a very rigid mind under my adhd surface ;-)
Posted by DSCH on September 28, 2003, at 16:48:26
In reply to Re: You wanted to ask me something, Francesco? » DSCH, posted by francesco on September 28, 2003, at 15:13:54
> Where did you learn all this stuff about proteins, supplements and so on ? i have found something at the library but this kind of books are often published in the same collection of "How to talk with your dead husband" and similar ;-)
Larry Hoover, Ame Sans Vie, and others kept bringing up this site, and it kicked off almost-obessesive web research on this stuff.
http://www.mind-boosters.com/> I'm 27, I live in Rome and my future is very similar to your past !!! Since I quit meds I lost all the interest I was used to have in philosophy ... I was used to study many hours per day and now it seems to me a complete waste of time ... Sometimes I think that if they take my PHD scholarship away they will do me a big favour ! Some other time I think that I wouldn't be able to do anything else : /
Been there! Done that!
> I think ADD is very good for writing, you just have to put all the stuff you have in your head on the paper ! I could write for days and days but I feel a bit guilty about it ... It seems to me like I'm not doing anything "constructive". There must be a very rigid mind under my adhd surface ;-)
You did say once you had OCD traits when you were young?
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