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Learned about yourself in 2024?

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Nothing yet! 🤞

But the year is young, and the election cycle carnival is set to arrive. That's usually good for shaking loose some things probably best left buried. 😰

Crystal said:
If a certain friend is to be believed, I learned I'm easily disposable :)
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Certain friend is a dumdum.

Hopefully they stub their toe. Like, really badly. 👀
 
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Raine said:
Hopefully they stub their toe. Like, really badly. 👀
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Corner of a metal bed frame right before bed badly.

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Nebulous said:
What’s something new you’ve learned about yourself in 2024?
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I feel like saying I learned something about myself this early in the year isn’t accurate… it’s too young, what I think I may be learning now may end up something completely different by the end of the year.
 
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Mark said:
The only thing disposable about you is that shitty attitude you have about yourself. You can do away with that.
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Kat said:
I took some Adderall yesterday and the reaction confirmed my suspicion that I have ADHD. So that's fun. I haven't decided if I'm going to do anything about it yet.
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Didn’t do shit but make you “normal”? That’s what I hear from everyone with ADHD the first time they take something like that or Vyvanse.
 
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Gloom-is-good said:
Absolutely-fucking-NOT! I'm tearing up just thinking about some asshole making you agree/feel like you are easily disposable. Don't you EVER for a second believe that shit. You are SO loved. The world would be a darker place without you in it.
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I'm fine being easily disposable, I learned when I came out that I was a hot potato commodity. Never seen so many friends just vanish.
 
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Learned in 2024? 🤔

Maybe that despite how much I think I want to have alone time with the family gone (to see grandparents without me or something), without anyone around that I have to actively think of and care for, my executive function goes bye-bye and stop doing stuff like eating, or sleeping. You know, minor things.

I've probably know that before now, but it became more obvious again earlier in January.

Kat said:
I took some Adderall yesterday and the reaction confirmed my suspicion that I have ADHD. So that's fun. I haven't decided if I'm going to do anything about it yet.
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In my experience so far, it's been... Hard to tell? Certainly at the very start of taking Vyvanse I was cleaning all the shit and organizing everything, etc. But after a week or two I stopped getting that. They also started me on anti-depressants at the same time too, though, so who knows which did what. I switched to Adderall because it's more readily available, but haven't seen any difference one way or the other.

I would say, whatever you took was probably extended release so it would have been a long-burn thing. I don't know that anyone would necessarily get prescribed the immediate-release stuff, but maybe @shortkut can lend his knowledge here.

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Didn’t do shit but make you “normal”? That’s what I hear from everyone with ADHD the first time they take something like that or Vyvanse.
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Kat said:
Yep, pretty much. It was nice to be able to refill my water glass without getting distracted and losing it multiple times in the process.
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Pfft, hydration. But yeah that's where I was at with it. Same with the very first time where a friend slipped me one of her extras at a gathering, and nothing.

Honestly that's one of the things that's made me think I might be wired more differently than most, is the fact that Adderall could have a huge hyper effect on some fancy-pants neurotypical person, but whatever my (our) brain's lacking, it's just chill? Like, how far below 0 is the gauge on my brain's attention meter to not hit a positive number when taking something similar to meth? :shrug
 
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Ben said:
In my experience so far, it's been... Hard to tell? Certainly at the very start of taking Vyvanse I was cleaning all the shit and organizing everything, etc. But after a week or two I stopped getting that. They also started me on anti-depressants at the same time too, though, so who knows which did what. I switched to Adderall because it's more readily available, but haven't seen any difference one way or the other.
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Yeah, agreed. I didn't feel an urge to get a lot of stuff done, but simple tasks were a lot easier and less tiring.

Ben said:
I would say, whatever you took was probably extended release so it would have been a long-burn thing. I don't know that anyone would necessarily get prescribed the immediate-release stuff, but maybe @shortkut can lend his knowledge here.
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All I know is I was told it should last about four hours. I didn't notice it kicking in or wearing off.

Ben said:
Pfft, hydration. But yeah that's where I was at with it. Same with the very first time where a friend slipped me one of her extras at a gathering, and nothing.

Honestly that's one of the things that's made me think I might be wired more differently than most, is the fact that Adderall could have a huge hyper effect on some fancy-pants neurotypical person, but whatever my (our) brain's lacking, it's just chill? Like, how far below 0 is the gauge on my brain's attention meter to not hit a positive number when taking something similar to meth? :shrug
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Hahaha, right? I had avoided trying it because I generally don't like how stimulants make me feel and I was afraid it was going to make me high for half the day, but nope. "Chill" is a good way to describe it. If I hadn't known what to look for, I probably would've thought it did nothing at all.
 
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Quagmire said:
It really is and I love my therapist, she's perfect for me.

Like she could easily be my friend, I'm that comfortable with her and I hate when I have to go over a week without meeting.
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It's amazing when you connect with your therapist, isn't it? Someone that gets it and truly understands what you're going through. It makes you feel safe and takes a huge weight off your shoulders at the same time.
 
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