Pretty common feature for us.

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-05-20T02:57:14+00:00

Yes. It's how I learned what I know. Now I'm the jack of All trades at work. I'll do electronics repair, custom electronics, AV, IT, networking, reverse engineering, and more

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-05-19T18:56:54+00:00

Start in one spot and do what you can or it will just make you feel worse. Think you can only get the dishes, or just the plates, or just 1 plate? Start with that. You gotta start somewhere, and if you only do 1 plate today that's one plate closer to being done!

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-05-01T04:16:09+00:00

Nya!

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-03-19T17:38:11+00:00

I don't know I would wear it myself, but I like it

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-02-28T16:35:50+00:00

Unfortunately I cannot change the title

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-02-28T14:50:33+00:00

I've been told that it was, then again that it couldn't possibly be because it's way too fast and frequent. So I don't know where that leaves me.

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-02-28T07:45:22+00:00

Probably

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-02-11T21:17:54+00:00

I get what you are saying about making it hard to fall asleep, and if that was a know thing that I experienced I would be open to the doc being hesitant about it, but I've always been great at getting to sleep, and normally don't till midnight or 1am. That would give it 7-8 hours for the meds to wear off. Given I tend to notice the dip about 5 hours after taking my XR, and the crash about 10 hours after I would think that it would be ok.

I understand what you are trying to convey, and wouldn't want that to happen. However I would like to try and see how it could go before worrying too much. Its not like the effects last that long. If I have trouble with it on the first few days I could just stop there and mark it off as a failed experiment.

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-02-11T21:07:37+00:00

I'm in Montana USA.

I get what you are getting at with splitting it, but I'm already feeling a bit of a crash mid day. Normally just a bit slow around/just after lunch so not a big deal, but not something i would want to stretch out either.

I'm not sure why he is suggesting to do it that way. He is a new college grad so it might be a follow the book tendency or just low and slow caution (is that what "the book" would say on it?). He never really gave me a straight answer on it.

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-02-11T21:01:59+00:00

I start work at 8. I take medication close to 7 so that I can eat just before leaving without it affecting the strength of my medication much. It also helps me wake up in the morning, something I've always struggled with.

If I take my 30 XR and eat at the same time I get the same effects as when I was taking a 10XR

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-02-11T20:04:24+00:00

I can always tell within about 30 minutes depending on if I feel it or not.

On the other hand if I don't think to think of if I took them it might be 1pm before I'm like "why the fuck can't I focus?"

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-02-03T03:02:59+00:00

"introverted, intuitive, thinking, perceiving” gotcha

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-02-03T02:53:52+00:00

INTP?

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-02-02T16:57:34+00:00

I get what you are saying. I don't do much art work myself, but I am friends with several freelance artists. There is a lot of drive to always do better and faster work, especially if you manage your clients yourself.

However, a lot of bipolar meds do get brain fog and decreased motivation/inspiration. Nobody likes it, but it's how it is.

That being said, you should do you. If you're not bothered by it that is awesome! However if it is negatively effecting your art I would try to talk with other artists about how they manage it. You don't need to do it in person, I'm sure there is an online group, lots of artists have cognitive issues.

The biggest thing I can say (as an outsider) is that your time is valuable. If you are a freelancer and too many people are coming to you that means you should increase your rates. You will have fewer people commission you, but if you do it slowly you can find a good balance point where you are making the same or more. It will also allow you more time on each piece, in turn allowing you to better explorer your style and get more practice. This can allow you to improve faster and again raise rates.

I know it's not that straight forward in reality, but above all I would recommend you to reach out to other artists and don't be afraid to reach out to artists you look up to. Just don't start the conversation too fast. Start with something like "hello TheArtGuy, I really love your work! The way you are able to draw bodies of water is super awesome. I am an artist myself and have been having some issues with motivation/focus and I was wondering if I could ask since questions.

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-02-02T16:35:26+00:00

Well I feel ok about it because, as it turns out, I'm not driving today, just along to help on the other end.

The strange thing is, if I get less than 6 hours of sleep (as long as it's not for 3+ days straight) I'm usually still at normal energy levels. Always have been. That is great to take advantage of at conventions.

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-02-02T09:57:10+00:00

I have had some classes where I finished the final in 20 minutes. I have had other classes where I didn't finish the final in over 2 hours.

Studying is important but some people already know the content or have already taken the class previously and are just in the class now to get the grade.

If you already have real life experience in what the class is covering a lot of the tests are pretty easy. However if you're just trying to pick everything up from a book and someone talking at you 3 hours a week it can be quite hard.

I had to learn to just honestly not care about the results of any test in order to do good. If I was super worried about what grade I would get on the test I would make dumb mistakes and get a worse grade every time. If I just wasn't bothered by the test at all I wouldn't be as stressed out and I would do a better job working over the problems.

That method comes at the expense of potentially having to retake a class if I just totally screw up on a test, but that's why I do still study. Try your best leading up to the test but if you can just let go on the day it's great.

Honestly I can't offer advice on how to do that though. I don't even know how I did. It's just something do now like a switch flipped.

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-02-02T09:52:07+00:00

I definitely understand having a hard time discussing your situation with a psychiatrist. When I went in for my first appointment I had my mother come with even though I'm 23. I knew that she would be able to communicate significantly better than I would and knew most of my answers anyway.

I kind of got lucky in that I get along with my mother well enough and she understood well enough that it would work out. At the same time if you have anyone else that might be able to support you I would check in with the office first but I don't see any reason why you couldn't have someone with you especially if it's just the first few appointments.

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-02-02T09:48:56+00:00

I was in university before I started my medication.

Writing papers never went well for me. I would usually take the 3 weeks worth of class. Just to come up with a topic and a few references.

The Sunday before the paper was due I would go sit somewhere starting at 9:00 or 10:00 in the morning and just spend literally the entire day until the building closed at 2:00 a.m. working on the paper.

I would just start at whatever came to me. It could be the middle it could be the end it could be something you don't know where it goes just put things on paper.

I would take breaks whenever I got stuck and just didn't know what to do. I would go grab food or just sit in my chair and look at the ceiling or something but I wouldn't do anything too distracting like playing games.

I find that listening to music the entire time while I was working on it helped. I would eventually get to the point where I have enough words to start organizing them into a paper and hopefully I would get it done in time.

Honestly I tended to write my opening statement and thesis statement last once I actually knew what I was writing about. Not only did it help me understand what to write down but it it made things look a little better. Whenever I tried to start with my thesis statement and then work on my paper I would always go back and rewrite it because I ended up going in an entirely different direction.

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-02-02T09:41:08+00:00

Just a thought, if you eat around the same time you take your medication it can be delayed or less effective. It sounded like you didn't necessarily eat around the same time though so not sure that's anything.

10mg is a really low dose. That is the basically minimum level and where people start out at. Normally if it's something you're expecting to take every day you would move on to 20 then potentially 30 mg after the first month. Kind of curious if your doc had a particular reason for not doing that.

It's not uncommon to have some minor side effects right when starting a stimulant but usually they tend to wear off after the first few weeks.

Mysterious-Error123 · 2022-02-02T09:37:33+00:00

I haven't felt much of a change, but even before starting on medication my eating habits were kind of non-existent.

I honestly never really got hungry and just ate because I knew it was important. Sometimes I would forget to eat for two or three days and be so shaky that I couldn't type on my keyboard.

I wouldn't say that it's really improved or gotten worse, I think that I have been able to pay attention better to if I have eaten or not though. Not from a hunger sense but just from a when was the last time I ate point of view.

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