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Re: How are you feeling right now?
« Reply #8685 on: January 20, 2011, 12:54:02 PM »
Tired. And processing and pondering.
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Re: How are you feeling right now?
« Reply #8686 on: January 20, 2011, 12:54:21 PM »
My head doesn't feel right.

In what way?   :nerd!:

My head doesn't feel right.



Aside from,  "You have a hole in your mind,"  what else is gong on?

For a while now, I've been getting an itching/burning sensation in a specific region in my head when I take dexamphetamine, and I can sense that parts of my brain aren't functioning properly; it's like there's a few instruments missing from the orchestra of my mind, and although the music is playing, I can tell that it's incomplete.  I'm used to experiencing a wide range of mental states, and even before I started taking dexamphetamine, those brain regions had a tendency to slip into a dormant state or explode into hyperactivity for days, weeks or months at a time, but the dexamphetamine seem to be directly suppressing them at the moment.  Taking a break from the dexamphetamine has the effect of reactivating the problematic regions, but also decreases my overall alertness and causes me to sleep excessively, which is another problem that I've had since before I started taking dexamphetamine.  Caffeine also tends to give me unpleasant sensations in my head and shuts down certain brain regions with long-term use, but the onset is more rapid than has been the case with dexamphetamine and it's easier to take long breaks from caffeine when I need them.  

I'm waiting for an appointment to have a sleep study done at the hospital, to investigate why I have difficulty staying awake.  I'll have electrodes stuck to my head and I'll have to stay in a room at the hospital for 24-48 hours, but if all goes well, I'll get put onto modafinil, which hopefully will keep me awake without the side-effects and creeping tolerance issues of dexamphetamine and caffeine, and I won't have to choose between the orchestra playing with a few missing instruments, or playing with a full compliment but only for half the show.
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Re: How are you feeling right now?
« Reply #8687 on: January 20, 2011, 09:44:08 PM »
I feel relaxed and happy. The work day is over and my laundry is done.  :)
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Re: How are you feeling right now?
« Reply #8688 on: January 20, 2011, 11:40:08 PM »
Anticipatory and steady.
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Re: How are you feeling right now?
« Reply #8689 on: January 21, 2011, 02:00:03 AM »
A bit better.

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Re: How are you feeling right now?
« Reply #8690 on: January 21, 2011, 02:49:51 AM »
Buzzed and sleepy , I drank coke all night and spoke to people over teh intarwebze  :orly:
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Re: How are you feeling right now?
« Reply #8691 on: January 21, 2011, 03:28:17 AM »
Worn out. And crampy.

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Re: How are you feeling right now?
« Reply #8692 on: January 21, 2011, 12:28:15 PM »
Hungry. :(
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Re: How are you feeling right now?
« Reply #8693 on: January 22, 2011, 07:05:45 PM »
My head doesn't feel right.

In what way?   :nerd!:

My head doesn't feel right.



Aside from,  "You have a hole in your mind,"  what else is gong on?

For a while now, I've been getting an itching/burning sensation in a specific region in my head when I take dexamphetamine, and I can sense that parts of my brain aren't functioning properly; it's like there's a few instruments missing from the orchestra of my mind, and although the music is playing, I can tell that it's incomplete.  I'm used to experiencing a wide range of mental states, and even before I started taking dexamphetamine, those brain regions had a tendency to slip into a dormant state or explode into hyperactivity for days, weeks or months at a time, but the dexamphetamine seem to be directly suppressing them at the moment.  Taking a break from the dexamphetamine has the effect of reactivating the problematic regions, but also decreases my overall alertness and causes me to sleep excessively, which is another problem that I've had since before I started taking dexamphetamine.  Caffeine also tends to give me unpleasant sensations in my head and shuts down certain brain regions with long-term use, but the onset is more rapid than has been the case with dexamphetamine and it's easier to take long breaks from caffeine when I need them. 

I'm waiting for an appointment to have a sleep study done at the hospital, to investigate why I have difficulty staying awake.  I'll have electrodes stuck to my head and I'll have to stay in a room at the hospital for 24-48 hours, but if all goes well, I'll get put onto modafinil, which hopefully will keep me awake without the side-effects and creeping tolerance issues of dexamphetamine and caffeine, and I won't have to choose between the orchestra playing with a few missing instruments, or playing with a full compliment but only for half the show.


I have had week long sleep studies done twice. None of what I was wanting to find out about happened in either of the weeks when I slept in public.


I hope you can let go of the dex.  I only used it in the past "socially"  (well, OK, that is stupid, since I am NOT social) and never daily as a medicinal. I can only think of bad times associated with dex.

Caffeine is another story. I have to take care how I use it, but one cup to sleep and two cups to wake is about as far as I can go. Three cups in the morning and I begin to go back to sleep. TO me, it is like alcohol, in a way. Just a bit and it has one specific effect, but go more and the effect changes. Go farther and you might as well have not even started at all.

That is why I spend big bucks buying fancy, imported coffees. I find it more easily controlled if I am more satisfied with the intake.


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Re: How are you feeling right now?
« Reply #8694 on: January 22, 2011, 07:10:18 PM »
Tired, my OT short call lack of sleep seems to be catching up to me.

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Re: How are you feeling right now?
« Reply #8695 on: January 22, 2011, 07:19:20 PM »
Like I need to brush my teeth

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Re: How are you feeling right now?
« Reply #8696 on: January 22, 2011, 08:25:11 PM »
Sore worked over head too much today
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Re: How are you feeling right now?
« Reply #8697 on: January 22, 2011, 08:31:28 PM »
Sore worked over head too much today

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Re: How are you feeling right now?
« Reply #8698 on: January 22, 2011, 08:32:18 PM »
"Eat it up.  Wear it out.  Make it do or do without." 

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Re: How are you feeling right now?
« Reply #8699 on: January 22, 2011, 09:32:52 PM »
Happy to be relaxing at home after a long day.  :)
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