Sunday, 9 July 2006
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| Desipramine works great for me, but the side effects are too much. Ideas? Guest 07:48:27 |
| | Hi
I lurk this group from time to time.
Diagnosed as ADD without the H.
Desipramine works WONDERS for me for the ADD - it's like I have come
out of a fog. I can get things done, do work (with is technical in
nature and requires a lot of attention to detail), make plans.
anyway - the bad part - I get very anxious, especially around people
when I'm on desipramine. I get angry a lot and very snappish and
irritable. I feel at some level very depressed - and I seem to always
have a scowl on my face - its even hard to force a smile.
Is there anything I can take along with the desipramine that will
mitigate this, without affecting the beneficial action?
also - I have never been above 25-50mg. Does anxiety go away at a
higher dose?
(and straterra didn't really work for me)
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| Doctor Offers Alternative To Ritalin For Kids With ADD, ADHD Jan Drew 02:00:28 |
| | http://www.local10.com/health/9483114/detail.html
Doctor Offers Alternative To Ritalin For Kids With ADD, ADHD
Program Uses Exercise, Movement
Excerpt:
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- The use of drugs to treat mood and behavior disorders in
children is rising dramatically. It's estimated that nearly 10 million
school-age children are on stimulant drugs such as Ritalin to treat
Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
While some experts say medication is the best treatment option, a South
Florida doctor is pushing a different approach.
Boca Raton psychologist Dr. Brian Sheen has developed a program called Clear
Minded Children.
"We teach them how to relax," Sheen said. "We teach them how to focus. We
teach them how to concentrate and direct their mind -- how to interact and
make better choices."
The program focuses on exercise and movement. Kids mimic some of their
favorite activities and relax through fluid yoga poses.
"Every parent with a kid who's been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD knows if you
want to get a quick change in their behavior and attitude, get them out
doing a bunch of exercises," Sheen said.
More at link.
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| ADHD prescriptions may face govt inquiry Jan Drew 01:21:10 |
| | http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/ADHD-prescriptions-may-face-govt-inquiry/2006/07/08/1152240496900.html
ADHD prescriptions may face govt inquiry
The federal government wants an investigation into whether doctors are
prescribing Ritalin to pre-schoolers against the advice of drug makers.
Parliamentary secretary for health Christopher Pyne said he was "very
concerned" by revelations that some doctors were prescribing the medication
to children under six to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD) and would ask the Therapeutic Goods Administration on Monday to
investigate the use of the drugs, The Weekend Australian newspaper reported.
Pharmaceutical maker Novartis told the newspaper doctors should not be
prescribing Ritalin to children under six as the "safety and efficacy in
this age group have not been established", but a Sydney pediatrician and
ADHD specialist said it is common for young children with serious ADHD to be
put on the stimulant drug.
Novartis also warned against the long-term use of methylphenidate - which
covers drugs branded Ritalin, Attenta and Concerta - because of incomplete
safety data.
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Saturday, 8 July 2006
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| The Raving Loonie is a USELESS TURD. Raving Loonie 11:23:24 |
| | Joe Parsons wrote:> On 4 Jul 2006 18:31:15 -0700, "Raving Loonie" <raving.loonie@gmail.com> wrote:
Like trusting, accepting and respecting people?
... wife ?
... psychiatrist ?
... accountant ?
... Lawyer ?
... Bank ?
Like trusting, accepting and respecting you?
Like trusting you to perceive and say this?
There is always something to be done. Forgive me for saying this, but it appears> to me that you are virtually paralyzed by self pity.
Sure, I even respected you enough to email you. ...
I really am a useless turd.
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| Twittering One TheschizsmKoala 01:15:13 |
| | Yes????
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Friday, 7 July 2006
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| ASAD quote 12/5/02 (repeat) MothWrangler 21:16:29 |
| | Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly
quarrel with.
--Thomas Carlyle
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Thursday, 6 July 2006
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| ASAD quote 12/4/02 (repeat) MothWrangler 22:49:13 |
| | Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every
moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of
the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous, half
possession.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
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| The insanity of making believe some people don't matter is infectious. Sue me for posting facts 19:23:44 |
| | Below is an article that included the names of 10 business people who
mattered so much Business 2.0 included them on a list of 10 people who
don't matter. 
http://www.bivingsreport.com/2006/10-people-who-dont-matter/
People Who Don't Matter
Posted on June 22nd, 2006
By Rita Desai in Other, Technology
Along with it's list of 50 People Who Matter Now, Business 2.0 has
also released its list of 10 People Who Don't Matter.
The former corporate A-listers include:
Steve Ballmer, CEO Microsoft
Jeffrey Citron, Chairman & Chief Strategist, Vonage
Reed Hastings, CEO Netfix
Ken Kutaragi, President, Sony Computer Entertainment
Warren Lieberfarb, Senior Consultant, HD-DVD Promotion Group
Rob Malda, Slashdot.org
Arun Sarin, CEO, Vodafone
Jon Schwartz, CEO, Sun Microsystems
Linus Torvalds, Creator, Linux
Mark Zuckerberg, Founder, Facebook
Business 2.0 editors said that this list was composed of, "people
whose power had peaked, whose influence had waned, or whose true
importance we felt was overstated."
Here's to the hope that those executive perks help ease the sting of
having the media inform you (and everyone else in the world) that you
don't really matter.
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JoeLeBlanc said,
on June 23rd, 2006 at 8:22 am
I'd agree with most of this list, but Linus Torvalds? Before most
people had ever heard of Linux, he was delegating tasks (and rather
effectively), so the argument that it's "out of control" seems a
bit ignorant.
Rita Desai said,
on June 23rd, 2006 at 8:34 am
Noted. We will continue to heart Linus.
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| Independence Day-UDP Mark Probert 08:12:57 |
| | I have offered Jan and Ilena to end this war on more than one occasion.
Neither have accepted.
Jan has clearly said:
The peace must come from you. Your LIES and postings with FAKE names
show you are DESPICABLE.
[Happy anniversary to me. Then you post as Freddie. It was NOT your
wife who e-mailed me. It was YOU]
You have repeatedly LIED. Your so-called *peace offer* was also FAKE.
Posted for the sole reason, you wanted the websites which are a result
of your behavior and LIES...to disappear.
If YOU want peace. STOP LYING. Stop accusing others of what YOU
yourself are guilty of. Change your despicable behavior. Sadly this
behavior IS why you were disbarred. STOP these newsgroups for your
insane need to argue.
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Clearly, with Jan's standard of accusing and anyone with whom she
disagrees of lying, since she does not understand what a lie it, it
would be impossible for me to "stop lying" unless I either 1) stopped
posting and/or 2) merely posted, "Yes Jan, you are correct."
Neither is going to happen.
Further, Ilena has flatly refused refused to even consider peace. In
fact, she has demonstrated that she will continue her relentless attacks
even when she gets her answers. Thus, with her, there is no peace.
The ONLY solution to this is to impose a modified (modified in the sense
that it is not done with software or for spamming) Usenet Death Penalty.
They are Usenet polluters, polluting Usenet with their bile.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_Death_Penalty
where no one, under any circumstances, respond to any of their messages,
for any reason. If they post something that needs to be refuted,
commencing a new thread without reference to them, would be proper.
If everyone signs on to this, they will be left like a junk yard dog,
barking at passing cars that do not care about them.
To be truly effective, everyone should either explicitly or implicitly
sign on to this.
Thus, as of tomorrow, the 230th Anniversary of the Declaration of
Independence, Ilena Rosenthal and Jan Drew are subject to
Usenet Death Penalty.
May they Rest in Perfidy.
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Wednesday, 5 July 2006
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| Math (was Re: Why do ASAD's polymorphous parade......) Sumbuny 23:25:16 |
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"Ann" <annbal@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:uitka21dcoujkf4cnpgt5oj9r99rt9vdi5@4ax.com...> "Sumbuny" <Sumbuny@THISSHOULDBEGONEcox.net> expounded:>
And...there's something wrong with that? (Says the blonde <G>)> Actually geometry was the only math I had in high school I could> understand. Don't even bother me with algebra. Hate it with a> passion!
<nodding> As someone who is more visual/kinesthetic, I could totally
agree....if I could "draw a picture" of something, I could understand it
much better...it was not until halfway through Algebra II in high school
that I finally "got it"...my teacher compared it to Helen Keller finally
understanding what "water" meant! <BG>
When I went to college (some 18 years later..."life" intervened <g>), I took
"college prep algebra" because it had been so long since I had math...and
talked to the teacher beforehad....she was this little lady from India, and
I suggested that I treat it like I foreign language--it has its own
spelling, syntax, etc...if you "mispell" a word, (i.e., "2+3=6") you get it
wrong...she thought about it for a moment and said she could work with me
using that concept...
It helped a lot....I passed it with an "A" and went on to intermediate
algebra (over the summer) with the same grade...and on to college algebra
with the same....it is not my "favorite" by any means...but using that idea
has helped me....
But geometry has always been stronger for me....
<sigh>
My soon-to-be 11th grader (the one who is 16 and dealing with
ADHD/gifted/aspergers/SID) has signed up for physics and calculus-prep...I
have already told him he is beyond me (though his brother took physics...and
each quarter they do a project....and he is looking forward to
that....especially the one that they do the catapult/trebuchet--and yes, I
am going to look for a little stuffed cow for him to fling <G>...the teacher
had not heard of "...the Holy Grail" when his older brother took it--I
highly suggested she rent the movie before they do that one, since the whole
class would be quoting lines--and I knew that younger bro would be if/when
he ened up in her class later <BG>)
--
Buny
" Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be
normal."
~ Albert Camus
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| (no subject) Lori 22:42:38 |
| | *Hiya kiddo!
Here's the post from that group...
Luv,
Mom
*
Hi,
I've been depressed for about a year, before that it was undiagnosed
ADHD. I just recently started taking a stimulant med, Adderall. It
does good things, but I get this really crappy "high" feeling that
won't let me think while I'm on it. I do get a little bit of a focused
feeling as well, moreso right after a dose increase. The focus is
GREAT - takes a hammer to the depression like nothing else, however,
it's fleeting and overwhelmed by the crappy high feeling.
I'm guessing this is from the Adderall stimulating Dopamine vs.
Norepinephrine, respectively. Has anyone else had experience with
drugs that stimulate Norepinephrine exclusively? I've tried Strattera
(not a stimulant, I know.), which was fantastic for about 2 days
before it pooped out (then again, that was with a fast doseage
increase, 25 for 2 days, then 40 - could that be the problem?). Like
how do Dexedrine or Ritalin stack up in this regard? Thanks!
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| ASAD quote 11/30/02 (repeat) MothWrangler 21:05:42 |
| | I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that
it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
--Paul McCartney
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| Re: I got it! SMFP is really Dr. Frager reincarnated! Sir Arthur C.B.E. Wholeflaffers A.S.A. 12:32:59 |
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stan wrote:> Hee hee. Just thinking out loud here....>
-stan ;)
You're not a well person. Stan. ;)
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| ADHD Drug Abused By College Students To Study, Party Jan Drew 05:40:52 |
| | http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=60264
Excerpts:
"At first it made me feel jittery," says Kelly, who has asked us not to use
her real name. Kelly is in her 20s. She is a college graduate and a
businesswoman here on the First Coast. Kelly says she uses Adderall several
times a week. At first, she says it was to lose weight.
"I've lost 40 pounds in six months," says Kelly. But weight loss isn't the
only thing Adderall does for her. "Concentration, you wouldn't believe how
much I got accomplished at work."
Kelly doesn't have ADHD nor does she have a prescription for Adderall. She
says she doesn't need one. "I got it from a friend of a friend."
Finding the drug on college campuses is easy to do.
"So many people can get it from their doctor and then they sell it," says
Cameron Petrie, a sophomore at UNF.
Dr. Burnakis says those who use Adderall might as well be using another
amphetamine called meth, because Adderall causes the same affect on the
body.
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Tuesday, 4 July 2006
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| Suggestions for Bringing Peace to ASAD Caitriona Mac Fhiodhbhuidhe 23:07:10 |
| | I thought we could just start a thread on this, rather than have it all
over the place in several other threads.
So far, we've had several folks arguing with quidnuncs.
We've also had people suggesting that all quidnuncs be deemed "net
dead."
I propose that those of us who have become targets institute option
number 2. Not that any one of us can force that choice on others, but
it seems to be the most viable option for many of us when dealing with
quidnuncs.
Any other suggestions, viable or otherwise?
(Of course, I can think of some "or otherwise," but I'm choosing to
keep those to myself. <weg>)
Kitten
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