The Hair Dryer Incident (2014)

Post by beernutz » Sat, Jun 19, 2021, 9:13 PM UTC

blowski wrote: post #229

robotresearcher wrote: post #138

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There's a very helpful method for being confident that you did something right, and while it may not be enough for people with compulsive disorders, it's great for many situations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_and_calling I think it works by recruiting more of your body & brain to the task of attending to something. Maybe the anxious could video themselves doing it, and watch it back later.

I don't suffer with this too much, but while the "point and call" method works well for one-off activities it doesn't do much for regular ones. I end up asking myself "I remember pointing and calling... but was that today or yesterday?" Is there a way of using point and call, or a similar method, for helping with that?

Post by hidroto » Sun, Jun 20, 2021, 1:55 PM UTC

Gatsky wrote: post #224

This is the medical version of 'A Short Story for Engineers': https://userweb.cs.txstate.edu/~br02/cs1428/ShortStoryForEng...

Post by gwbas1c » Wed, Jun 23, 2021, 1:05 AM UTC

gwillen wrote: post #221

gwbas1c wrote: post #206

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Maybe find another doctor? The couple that referred me to my primary care doctor likes our doctor because it's very quick for them to renew their ADHD prescriptions. BTW, I once tried 30 mg of Adderall and I felt like I would go crazy if I took it every day. I took it at 6:00 a.m. and I had heart palpitations, euphoria, and crazy insomnia past midnight. It's not really something that's as safe as coffee for the avera…

FYI, 30mg IR (immediate release) of Adderall is an absurdly high dose. If it was all-day it's merely a very high dose, much too high to start on.