Lisdexamphetamine keeps me compatible with the cadence of my peers, comfortably this side of normal.
Do you have ADHD or do you take this stuff without a diagnosis?
ADHD and a diagnosis are correlated, but many people have one without the other!
Energy, and How to Get It
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Re: Energy, and How to Get It
#12> A lean Montrealer, with a gentle yet poised intensity that one might classify as medium-energy, Picard came at the question of vim and vigor from a near-cosmic vantage. His office, high above the Heights, had a commanding view down the Hudson, a receding sun-blanched shorescape of skyscrapers and tidal swirl that lent his pronouncements an oracular air. Did this assignment have a minimum word count? I know it's the…
While we're bashing the style: Is 'scrip' really what they meant in "If a patient says, ‘I want more energy,’ maybe the doctor should just write a scrip for methamphetamine"? I just checked the dictionary to confirm, and 'scrip' is definitely a financial term; surely they meant 'script'? Or is this a situation where they flaunt common practice to be quirky, like their superfluous umlauts?
I think “scrip” is short for “prescription”, given the context.
Re: Energy, and How to Get It
#13> A lean Montrealer, with a gentle yet poised intensity that one might classify as medium-energy, Picard came at the question of vim and vigor from a near-cosmic vantage. His office, high above the Heights, had a commanding view down the Hudson, a receding sun-blanched shorescape of skyscrapers and tidal swirl that lent his pronouncements an oracular air. Did this assignment have a minimum word count? I know it's the…
Normally the question is vim and emacs not vim and vigor.
Re: Energy, and How to Get It
#14> A lean Montrealer, with a gentle yet poised intensity that one might classify as medium-energy, Picard came at the question of vim and vigor from a near-cosmic vantage. His office, high above the Heights, had a commanding view down the Hudson, a receding sun-blanched shorescape of skyscrapers and tidal swirl that lent his pronouncements an oracular air. Did this assignment have a minimum word count? I know it's the…
While we're bashing the style: Is 'scrip' really what they meant in "If a patient says, ‘I want more energy,’ maybe the doctor should just write a scrip for methamphetamine"? I just checked the dictionary to confirm, and 'scrip' is definitely a financial term; surely they meant 'script'? Or is this a situation where they flaunt common practice to be quirky, like their superfluous umlauts?
Scrip is probably a typo of Script, an abbreviation for Prescription. Script is a common word in the medical profession. Scrip I've never heard
Re: Energy, and How to Get It
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
While we're bashing the style: Is 'scrip' really what they meant in "If a patient says, ‘I want more energy,’ maybe the doctor should just write a scrip for methamphetamine"? I just checked the dictionary to confirm, and 'scrip' is definitely a financial term; surely they meant 'script'? Or is this a situation where they flaunt common practice to be quirky, like their superfluous umlauts?
Scrip is probably a typo of Script, an abbreviation for Prescription. Script is a common word in the medical profession. Scrip I've never heard
I always thought of it as currency.
Re: Energy, and How to Get It
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
While we're bashing the style: Is 'scrip' really what they meant in "If a patient says, ‘I want more energy,’ maybe the doctor should just write a scrip for methamphetamine"? I just checked the dictionary to confirm, and 'scrip' is definitely a financial term; surely they meant 'script'? Or is this a situation where they flaunt common practice to be quirky, like their superfluous umlauts?
Scrip is probably a typo of Script, an abbreviation for Prescription. Script is a common word in the medical profession. Scrip I've never heard
It is possible to qualify as a doctor and be unsure if the abbreviation for prescription is Px or Rx
Now you can just check on the internet but back in the day it's something that's apparently so basic and assumed that you could be too embarrassed to ask.
Re: Energy, and How to Get It
#17My daughter has always needed her sleep, ever since she was a tot she'd get incredibly ratty and would be out of sorts the next day if she didn't get her full eight hours of undisturbed sleep. I on the other hand have always been able to get away with only a short night's sleep even staying up all night when necessary. My totally subjective opinion is that you only have so many awake hours in your life and I'm running through my ration more quickly and will have a shorter lifespan as a result
Re: Energy, and How to Get It
#18The guidelines are easy on paper. Eat healthy, sleep a lot, work out multiple times a week and you’ll magically have a lot of energy.
It is the same kind of guidelines I've seen for fighting poverty. The problem: you need investment of energy/money to have more energy/money. If you don't have them in the first place, good luck. With energy it's even more insidious, because if you have the energy, at least you could spend some more time working for money.
Re: Energy, and How to Get It
#19Don't smoke, don't drink, don't use drugs, get enough sleep and exercise, eat enough fruits and veg and not too much junk and you've got like 90% covered, if not all.
Most people (without serious medical issues) moaning about a lack of energy know exactly what's causing it but refuse to change their habits. Whether it's drinking, smoking, junk food, staying up late, etc. they've just become too attached to that way of living.
The article wastes a lot of words on basically nothing.
Re: Energy, and How to Get It
#20Don't smoke, don't drink, don't use drugs, get enough sleep and exercise, eat enough fruits and veg and not too much junk and you've got like 90% covered, if not all. Most people (without serious medical issues) moaning about a lack of energy know exactly what's causing it but refuse to change their habits. Whether it's drinking, smoking, junk food, staying up late, etc. they've just become too attached to that way o…
That is an excellent list of lifestyle factors, but suggesting that genetics impacts 10% or less of biological outcome is pretty bold.
Put another way: everything is nature, nurture and “random”. It’s rare to find an outcome where one of those three completely dominates the causal equation.