This morning I can see!!!!

That is just cool!

because I don't remember handling stevia well in the past.

Stevia hates me. And products like to stealth it in.

One of the books is at the university library! And I was able to request the other from interlibrary loan.

And products like to stealth it in.

It's natural, donchya know!

I thought when True Citrus talked about that, they meant the cane products, but no, not in what they market as drink.

One of the books is at the university library! And I was able to request the other from interlibrary loan.

Right on! I'll ask Tim for more recommendations. And, like -t said, there are *some* non-stimulant meds for ADD. I have notes somewhere from one of the meetings that was specifically about meds -- I'll look for them after work.

I can only speak for Tim, not all people with ADD, but his experience is that meds are not a magic bullet all by themselves. There are a lot of things he does to help that have nothing to do with meds -- building structure into his day, using timers for tasks, things like that.

The meds help him, definitely, but I think most people with ADD would say that the meds don't make them "normal" (that is, the meds don't make their brains work like the brain of someone without ADD). The meds just help them to focus, and/or organize their thinking.

pot, pot helps some people. just sayin.

MECT

SQL Server has been bent to my will.

ION, this is very freaky:

Scientists Work To Unravel Mystery Behind Woman Who Doesn’t Grow | Singularity Hub

Twenty year old Brooke Greenberg hasn’t grown since age five. For the last 15 years mystified doctors have been unable to explain the cause for Brooke’s disorder that has kept her aging in check. At age twenty, she maintains the physical and mental appearance of a toddler.

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As far as Shadt knows Brooke is the only person in world with this condition. Its singular rareness means it doesn’t even have an official name. Doctors have taken to calling it Syndrome X.

Brooke’s early life was complicated with a number of medical emergencies. Before reaching six she had undergone several surgeries for seven perforated stomach ulcers. She had also suffered a brain seizure which had caused a stroke, but the stroke had no lasting effects. At four years of age she fell into a coma for 14 days. The doctors identified a brain tumor, but by the time she’d woken up the tumor had disappeared. There’s a sense that, despite her arrested maturation, she has an uncanny ability to overcome other medical complications. It’s hoped that this is real and not just a coincidence, and is in fact more evidence that elucidating the genetics underlying her disease may help others overcome their diseases as well.

It's natural, donchya know!

So is lye. And that'll dissolve a corpse. Which could be useful but I just want a sweetener that doesn't make my gut burn like a fiery sun. Which is what stevia does. Lye probably would too. But that's not my division.

hey, they fixed my computer! Yay, so I'm back at my regular desk, which is nice.

Being at someone else's desk was kind of like spending too long in a hotel: it was interesting and fun at first, but eventually just became uncomfortable. I wanted MY SPACE. (Also, one of my neighbors there didn't like me to talk on the phone. Bah.)

Quick, someone forcefully remind me that no matter how tempting and delicious extra coffee sounds right now, I will REGRET IT tonight because I have to go to bed early. (Morning meetings tomorrow, bah.)