Sweet. Shoot me your address at my profile addy. Should be able to send them media mail, so it shouldn't be much. Damn, I have five packages to send out. I should do some of that tomorrow.
The Bay City Rollers, now that's music.
Giles ,'Sleeper'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
smonster - May 24, 2011 4:44:27 pm PDT #21967 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Strix - May 24, 2011 5:14:08 pm PDT #21968 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
smonster, I would pay postage for Bust and Bitch, as they are On The List of mags I want to eventually pitch to.
I think you know my profile addy...
Steph L. - May 24, 2011 5:33:42 pm PDT #21969 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Huh. I went to Tim's ADHD meeting tonight, because the presentation was on medication in adults with ADHD, and that stuff interests me.
Wellbutrin is often used off-label for ADHD because it's a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, and norepinephrine is basically the neurotransmitter responsible for vigilance and arousal (not sexual arousal, but arousal in the sense of "I'm awake! I'm WIDE GODDAMN AWAKE AND AWARE OF EVERYTHING THAT MIGHT BE CREEPING THROUGH THE WINDOW TO KILL ME!"). And people with ADHD often have deficiencies in that area -- not so much, I think, with the arousal thing, but more with the vigilance thing -- if you have low levels of the neurotransmitter responsible for being aware and attentive, then of course your attention is going to be diminished.
But really, what I was most struck by (hello to the egoism) was Wellbutrin's clear ability to OVER-amplify arousal and vigilance in people who were already okay on that front.
In other words, it's no fucking surprise that it can give people (and by people, I mean me) insomnia and JACK UP THEIR ANXIETY.
That's (1) super interesting from a nerdy POV, and (2) makes me even more sure that going off it is the right decision. Holy moly.
smonster - May 24, 2011 5:46:45 pm PDT #21970 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
smonster, I would pay postage for Bust and Bitch, as they are On The List of mags I want to eventually pitch to.
Awesomecakes. I still have that other package to send you, guess it just got a little bigger! Or wait, I guess I'll ship them separate so I can do media mail for the mags.
Steph, not just you. I also find that interesting.
billytea - May 24, 2011 6:11:55 pm PDT #21971 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Wellbutrin is often used off-label for ADHD because it's a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, and norepinephrine is basically the neurotransmitter responsible for vigilance and arousal (not sexual arousal, but arousal in the sense of "I'm awake! I'm WIDE GODDAMN AWAKE AND AWARE OF EVERYTHING THAT MIGHT BE CREEPING THROUGH THE WINDOW TO KILL ME!").
I have just watched Up, and I read this as saying "norepinephrine is basically the neurotransmitter responsible for SQUIRREL!!"
Steph L. - May 24, 2011 6:13:20 pm PDT #21972 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh my god IT TOTALLY IS!!!!!
Seriously. That is brilliant.
Theresa - May 24, 2011 6:16:54 pm PDT #21973 of 30000
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
In other words, it's no fucking surprise that it can give people (and by people, I mean me) insomnia and JACK UP THEIR ANXIETY.
That is interesting. I'm still pissed at the doctor that was experimenting with meds and tried Wellbutrin with me. I never want that feeling again. I won't have that feeling again. I promised myself that.
Strix - May 24, 2011 6:32:31 pm PDT #21974 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Also find it interesting. It sounds like D might be a good candidate for trying Wellbutrin for stopping smoking with his ADHD, but I would definitely NOT, with my anxiety and insomnia.
I ALREADY have problems getting Le Brain to switch off.
Pix - May 24, 2011 6:38:26 pm PDT #21975 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
Huh. My doc told my up front that the Wellbutrin could amp up my anxiety but would help my ADHD, and for the first 18 months or so, it worked really well on the ADD without affecting the anxiety too much. Then? BAM! Panic. I just wonder why it took so long to change its mind.
Anyway, that's when I switched to Pristiq. Which, ftr, likes carrots.
Zenkitty - May 24, 2011 6:47:33 pm PDT #21976 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
My theory, which I have just now pulled out of my ass, is that neurotransmitter reuptake inhibitors can work well for a while - while the brain is building up a little stockpile of neurotransmitters it didn't have enough of before - and then a magic tipping point is reached at which the brain has enough NTs now but the drug is still giving it more, so suddenly it seems the drug has stopped working because now there are side effects that weren't there before, side effects that come from having too much of said NTs.
I think this is why serotonin reuptake inhibitors worked for me for a few months and then plunged me into a black misery. Because suddenly I had too much of something that's essentially a downer. Welbutrin worked for a while, and then, bam, worse anxiety, nightmares, and a fucked-up sleep cycle.