Argh

15 thoughts on Argh

1. If I may ask, Lauren, do you take medication for ADD? I was recently evaluated for that, and the psychologist thinks that medication would be worth trying, but I’m still not sure.

2. I just started on a small dose of ritalin twice a day. It does help quite a bit, but some of the side effects are bizarre. Right after I take it I have the urge to gnash my teeth and bit my lips. So weird.

   I’m going back to the doc in a week to talk about how it’s working.

3. Thanks. The psychologist referred me to a couple of psychiatrists who deal with ADD quite a bit, and now that I have health insurance, I think I’m going to go see one of them.

4. Did you try using Auto-Recover to get back what you lost?

5. Ouch.

6. Boy, do I ever know what you mean.

7. Sometime, I’m going to corner you for a full report, Lauren.

   I almost spoiled the milk I brought home from the store today because, depsite the fact I’d just brought the bags in from the car, I found myself (ready for this?) relpacing the belt for the brush roll on my vacuum cleaner. As I went to put it back in the closet, there was the milk (and every other damn thing I brought in) sitting on the kitchen counter.

   And after I’d put the groceries away, I realized I’d left the bag with the eggs sitting in the trunk.

   This has not been a good weekend in that regard.

8. The real to-do list:

   Every time you stop to ponder, hit save.
   Every time you rise, hit save.
   If you want to scratch, first hit save.

   Really.

9. Dammit, Scorpio. Where were you last night?????

10. I don’t know that this will make you feel any better, but I do feel your pain!

    (Que music) Eons ago, when I was but a young reporter at my first newspaper job…we had this electronic word processing system (sort of a primitive network). Anyway, I had been slaving away for hours and hours on a huge (and not particularly interesting) story, and of course, there was a system hiccup, and of course I hadn’t saved my story. Hours of work down the tubes. Since that day, I save every few (less than five) minutes or so, and in addition, if the program I’m using has an Auto-Save feature, it’s turned on and set to save no more than every five or ten minutes. (And I got out of newspaper reporting, too, which helped my self-esteem and financial situation. I refer to myself as a “recovering journalist”.)

    I never had much luck with meds for my ADD, but the antidepressant I’m currently on seems to ameliorate the ADD somewhat. I am glad you’re getting some results, and I hope that works out for you.

    Is this too much information? I’ll stop now.

11. That isn’t stupidity. That’s flakiness. There’s a distinct difference.

12. I was just about to inquire about the medication you’re taking for ADD, but I see Linneaus got to it first. I’ve been on Adderall since May, and it helps just a bit, but that little bit is good enough for me so far. It does make me feel a little anxious sometimes, but that’s not surprising, considering that it’s a stimulant – and I think that it’s well worth the occasional bit of anxiety, because that’s nothing compared to the constant feeling of helplessness and failure when I can’t seem to focus long enough to get anything done in school.

13. Like Harrison said: Enable autosave, and set the interval to 5 min. I’ve lost track of all times this has saved me at system-crashes and power outages.

14. Maybe if you go into the application data there will be recovery files in there. Good luck!

15. Hi!

    I was just a little curious about this ADD-thing, I believe it is the same thing tha we call ADHD here in Norway. (Yes I’m a stupid norwegian) I’ve been thinking about writing something about it on my blog, so if there is anybody reading this who has ADD and would be interrested in answering a few questions from me, please contact me on my e-mail
    hjortheblogg@gmail.com

    regards
    Hjorthen

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