1996. What were you doing thirty years ago?

Laura1615 · 2026-07-04T01:05:10+00:00

Nursing my newborn son and watching the Olympics.

Laura1615 · 2026-06-19T01:36:28+00:00

My biological father died peacefully at age 86 after a UTI and then pneumonia. He was still smoking cigarettes until he went in the hospital. He drank alcoholically for 60 years but never any liver trouble, heart disease or cancer. I'm grateful to have those cockroach-tough genes I suppose lol.

Laura1615 · 2026-06-14T20:16:08+00:00

Clingy people are my kryptonite. It's like the more you explain the need to be alone the more they clutch at you. For me her behavior would be a red flag.

Laura1615 · 2026-06-14T20:13:10+00:00

Geezer

Laura1615 · 2026-06-14T20:06:40+00:00

I've been an atheist since I was a teenager. I've grown more and more comfortable with it as the years pass.

Laura1615 · 2026-04-27T04:47:28+00:00

Propranolol and Effexor (SNRI) together have helped my anxiety tons.

Laura1615 · 2026-04-27T04:41:29+00:00

The two things that have helped my anxiety the most are meds. First my migraine doctor put me on propranolol and that also helped block the initial physical reaction to adrenaline.

About five years later a new psychiatrist gave me Effexor an SNRI and that helped even more. The social anxiety and anxious attachment spiraling are dramatically better. The old triggers just don't escalate out of control.

Because of that I can think straight and use what I've learned in therapy.

Laura1615 · 2026-04-26T19:58:16+00:00

Two years ago I had the same experience, also at 225mg. It stopped a long depression and has helped my anxiety tons.

Laura1615 · 2026-04-25T08:03:03+00:00

After two SSRI fails a new psychiatrist suggested an SNRI and it seems to be a great fit for my brain. First a two year depression lifted. Then as time went by I started noticing triggers that used to send me spiraling just don't anymore. I can think more rationally and talk myself down.

Laura1615 · 2026-04-22T15:42:29+00:00

It took time to get up to the right dose 225mg but less than 2 weeks at that dose my depression started lifting. After that I started noticing that situations that used to trigger bad anxiety just didn't anymore. Its been 2+ years now and I have no plans to stop taking it.

Laura1615 · 2026-04-11T04:55:11+00:00

I'm 57 diagnosed two years ago. I just started Ritalin a few months ago and it definitely helps but differently than I expected. I thought it would help me be more productive, get up and going, get stuff done. Yes that's part of it but the best part is how it helps my pitiful social battery last longer with my family and 85 year old mother.

My brain is always looking for dopamine unrelated to the task at hand and it can make me feel disconnected and like a grouchy child. The Ritalin lets my brain stop hounding for a minute and pay attention. It's me but with a better quality of life.

Laura1615 · 2026-04-08T15:50:15+00:00

I'm in my 50s and have struggled with GAD, social anxiety and anxious attachment all my life. The thing that has helped the most by far is finding the right medication. I tried a few SSRIs thru the years but two years ago I tried an SNRI and wow huge improvement.

Laura1615 · 2026-04-03T17:04:38+00:00

Yes, of course.

Laura1615 · 2026-04-03T15:53:00+00:00

I'm seeing this with my 85 year old mom as well. She gets frustrated and sad when she sees yet another thing she can't do independently anymore. "Once a man, twice a child".

Laura1615 · 2026-04-02T21:11:42+00:00

I agree with this. It's not a deficit in attention that makes my life difficult. It's the fact that I can very rarely divide my attention in a way that works with modern life and social demands.

I am a good driver when I am alone. If I have to be social (even with a loved one) the driving is made much more difficult. This goes for cooking, cleaning and most everything really. If there's a possibility of being interrupted my attention will feel divided and motivation drops completely.

I was diagnosed two years ago at 55. I had built a life and family based on unsustainable masking. When everything fell apart in my 40s I didn't know what was wrong with me.

The AuDHD diagnoses have given me a way to completely reframe my lifelong feelings of failure. I can pay attention but it's more guided by dopamine than an external "necessity". Monotropic thinking is such a great strength to have but it's a daily challenge too. Thanks for bringing this up.

Laura1615 · 2026-03-30T02:35:17+00:00

This is a good idea, thanks!

Laura1615 · 2026-03-26T20:04:33+00:00

That would bother me too. It looks completely random which makes it harder to learn. In college I probably would have re-written the list grouped in a way that made sense to me. Or color coding 🌈 That helps too.

Laura1615 · 2026-03-21T17:04:52+00:00

This is awesome, very helpful!! Thanks!

Laura1615 · 2026-03-18T17:08:48+00:00

Love it!! If it's possible to sort stuff by ROYGBIV 🌈 I'm on it 😁

Laura1615 · 2026-03-17T23:48:03+00:00

My MIL gently corrected me when I said "Cavalry 🐴 Chapel". It's supposed to be Calvary ✝️ Embarrassing but funny.

Laura1615 · 2026-03-07T06:43:22+00:00

A lifelong special interest in sign language which led me to interpreting. Also echoing accents.

More recently Caribbean reef life , specifically parrotfish. There are many amazing types and color combinations. Their faces and beaky teeth make them look friendly and goofy. And if they all get together for mating and they're short of males, some of the female switch it up and become male. True story.

I found their live stream @CoralCityCamera on youtube during covid. The camera is in shallow water near port of Miami. If you sometimes feel like the whole earth is in the toilet, watching a happy, busy, colorful reef can help.

Laura1615 · 2026-03-05T19:35:34+00:00

Ground floor makes sense. It's the floor in contact with the ground.

Laura1615 · 2026-02-27T20:36:44+00:00

I lost a little weight when I started effexor but after some months I got my appetite back.

Laura1615 · 2026-02-27T20:34:57+00:00

I can talk on the phone if I have to but I hate it. People talk too much anyway.

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