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Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by nonbirithm »

moreaccountspls wrote: post #249
nonbirithm wrote: post #234

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> Live every day like it could be your last. I've apparently been doing this, and you know? I'm thinking it's not going to work out. If I followed those words to the letter, literally believing that I was going to die of a heart attack at any moment, I would go insane. Maybe I am going insane, then. There are a lot of things we take for granted. Sure. I'm incredibly grateful to have both my hands, because if I lost e…

It sounds like you're experiencing panic attacks.

My personal impression is ADHD or at least something involving a deficiency in executive function after reading this article.

https://gekk.info/articles/adhd.html

It really opened my eyes to what AD(H)D is really like from someone actually suffering from it and speaking his mind without mincing words, and how hyperactivity is sometimes overemphasized in the diagnosis. So some people get the impression that if you're not hyper it doesn't apply.

And for me specifically this was so ironic because ADHD was the one disorder that my parents insisted I never had, so I just ended up believing them the entire time I was with them.

But at least now I can think for myself and revisit the possibility for once without being shut down.

And they had once been wrong about me not having this other disorder that, surprise, I actually did have, which is the only reason I was hired into a position specifically seeking those with a diagnosis of said disorder, allowing me to pay my own rent.

And it certainly has something to do with anxiety.

I might have had panic attacks at one point when the pain was new and I wasn't sure if I was in immediate danger. Even after I sort of got used to it and it became "normal," it still stresses me out but not in an "am I going to die in 5 minutes" sense, spurred on by late-night WebMD binging.

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by neilpanchal »

glouwbug wrote: post #214
pixelface wrote: post #47

Grant was part of a group of people who showed us how engineering could be more than cubicles and paperwork, and inspired my childhood dreams which turned into fulfilling careers in both tech and entertainment. To this day Grant and his coworkers are my 'what do i want to be when i grow up' answer.

We don't even get cubicles these days

I'd kill for a bog standard, completely depressing, tall walled, beige colored cubicle taken out of an Enron office building.

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by mywittyname »

throwaway287391 wrote: post #239
mywittyname wrote: post #233

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That's peanuts compared to a similarly popular sitcom. I honestly expected Jamie and Adam to each have net worth in the $50-100MM range because of the syndication potential of that show, which will absolutely be on TV in 30 years. Being engineering types, maybe they all didn't really understand how to negotiate. Given the net worth of Grant, Tori and Kari, I'm guessing they didn't have huge salaries from the show, ma…

> That's peanuts compared to a similarly popular sitcom. Is it actually? Do you have particular sitcom(s) in mind? I tried to look for this myself and couldn't find much (beyond ratings for anything beyond the top ~20 highest rated shows in a given year). I know very little about this, but I'm a little skeptical because I feel people tend to vastly overestimate how much money the average person they see on TV makes.…

Jerry Seinfeld is almost a billionaire due to his eponymous sitcom. The starring cast of Big Bang Theory fame were earning nearly a million dollars an episode by the end of the series. Similar story with Two and a Half Men, Gilmore Girls.

Jamie and Adam were stars of a wildly popular television show that ran for 14 seasons, spawn numerous spin offs and runs in syndication even today. I'd expect them to have hit at least $500k per episode.

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by moreaccountspls »

nonbirithm wrote: post #251
moreaccountspls wrote: post #249

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It sounds like you're experiencing panic attacks.

My personal impression is ADHD or at least something involving a deficiency in executive function after reading this article. https://gekk.info/articles/adhd.html It really opened my eyes to what AD(H)D is really like from someone actually suffering from it and speaking his mind without mincing words, and how hyperactivity is sometimes overemphasized in the diagnosis. So some people get the impression that if you're…

I very well could be wrong, but that's almost completely besides the real point [as well the self diagnosis regarding ADHD].

The amount of anxiety you're experiencing in your day to day life is grossly abnormal. I would suggest not waiting another day to start seeking out the help [therapy or working with a psychiatrist] you deserve. I also you suggest you research hallucinogenic medications as something to possibly relieve your existential anxiety: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/hallucin...

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by tannedNerd »

nonbirithm wrote: post #234
jeffrallen wrote: post #76

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> I still don't have a great way to digest loss I'm about double your age and don't either. And I would be surprised if someone double my age claimed to. Live every day like it could be your last. Don't hold grudges, and tell people you love them. That's the best we can do. And it is apparently what Grant did, as his colleagues all have fond memories of him. RIP, Grant. You were cool.

> Live every day like it could be your last. I've apparently been doing this, and you know? I'm thinking it's not going to work out. If I followed those words to the letter, literally believing that I was going to die of a heart attack at any moment, I would go insane. Maybe I am going insane, then. There are a lot of things we take for granted. Sure. I'm incredibly grateful to have both my hands, because if I lost e…

Have you considered Acid Reflux? When I was going through a lot of stress, consuming too much coffee and not eating enough I had a similar thing happen.

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by Teknoman117 »

nonbirithm wrote: post #234
jeffrallen wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I still don't have a great way to digest loss I'm about double your age and don't either. And I would be surprised if someone double my age claimed to. Live every day like it could be your last. Don't hold grudges, and tell people you love them. That's the best we can do. And it is apparently what Grant did, as his colleagues all have fond memories of him. RIP, Grant. You were cool.

> Live every day like it could be your last. I've apparently been doing this, and you know? I'm thinking it's not going to work out. If I followed those words to the letter, literally believing that I was going to die of a heart attack at any moment, I would go insane. Maybe I am going insane, then. There are a lot of things we take for granted. Sure. I'm incredibly grateful to have both my hands, because if I lost e…

I'm literally in the same boat as you on this one. I've had random chest pain for years (27 now, started when I was 22). I've had my heart imaged, tested, basically everything that they can do non-invasively (no angiogram, odds of me having a problem is less than the odds of the test itself killing me). All the tests come back telling me I have a perfectly healthy heart for a 20 something. It's just never enough.

It's driven me insane for years. At this point they say I have acid reflux that's in part triggered by anxiety, but I've never had the probe done (they run a probe through your nose and down your throat. Push the button when you feel pain and they can see if it correlates with increased acid or acid backflow). Doctors put me on medication for it but it hasn't done anything for me. Everytime I see the doctor it just sounds like he's annoyed at me being back.

Part of this whole thing is that I'm very overweight, it's something I've struggled with my whole life, and it got bad in college and now my adult life. Needless to say I missed out on your typical college social experience. Being alone with your thoughts can be a dark place.

Knowing I'm at higher risk for these things and seeing many of the HAES people dying young has me very worried. My dad's boss's son died at 28 earlier this year from undiagnosed heart issues. He also struggled with weight his entire life.

Going to start seeing a therapist and see if it helps and possibly consider anxiety medication. The fear has been paralyzing and I need to get over it so I can start making changes to my lifestyle.

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by throwaway287391 »

mywittyname wrote: post #253
throwaway287391 wrote: post #239

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> That's peanuts compared to a similarly popular sitcom. Is it actually? Do you have particular sitcom(s) in mind? I tried to look for this myself and couldn't find much (beyond ratings for anything beyond the top ~20 highest rated shows in a given year). I know very little about this, but I'm a little skeptical because I feel people tend to vastly overestimate how much money the average person they see on TV makes.…

Jerry Seinfeld is almost a billionaire due to his eponymous sitcom. The starring cast of Big Bang Theory fame were earning nearly a million dollars an episode by the end of the series. Similar story with Two and a Half Men, Gilmore Girls. Jamie and Adam were stars of a wildly popular television show that ran for 14 seasons, spawn numerous spin offs and runs in syndication even today. I'd expect them to have hit at le…

You said "similarly popular sitcom". I loved Mythbusters but it's a geeky Discovery Channel (cable) show, it never came anywhere close to Seinfeld ratings...

Re: Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by petercooper »

bigmattystyles wrote: post #237
petercooper wrote: post #203

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As a sibling response says, false positives are a big issue. Understanding risks is another issue (consider if you're told you have an aneurysm with annual risk of spontaneous rupture at 0.1% versus an operation with 10% mortality rate.. do you choose the op?) In some people, indulging anxieties around health can be problematic in itself or have mental health repercussions. Anxieties could also be aroused by benign f…

Oh man, this is me right now! I had some minor but constant back pain and got an MRI. They found a bulging disc which had shrunk (a good thing) since the last MRI 5 years ago (when I presumably injured the disc, though there's no way to even know that for sure). I CANNOT stop worrying about it. Ever since the doctor labeled it, even though she says it's not cause for concern, I cannot stop worrying about it and imagi…

Yes, that's exactly the downside to screening, although it sounds like it was necessary in your case nonetheless :-) I hope it continues to get better! Maybe a third improvement will set your mind at rest.

I went through with screening because I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have similar concerns over such findings, but it's quite hard to know that for sure until something comes up, I suspect. If I had a benign, but growing, tumor somewhere in my body, it's hard to know how I'd take it, though I do tend to be pretty prosaic.

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