[-] gundog48@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I didn't think for even a moment that it would be that simple, thank you so much!

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Not sure if this is okay here, but I feel like you guys will understand and be able to help!

I've just realised how much I hate how everything is done via browser these days, it really slows me down and kills what semblance of organisation I have.

For example, I mostly use WhatsApp to chat with my gf, I don't reply too much because I don't like interrupting what I'm doing to type on my phone's crappy keyboard when I'm at a computer, and my ADHD makes switching between phone and PC really disruptive.

I can use WhatsApp we, but it's always logged out (need my phone again, though this won't fix it), but mostly, I just can't find the bloody thing among a bunch of tabs and windows. The same goes for tons of stuff I need to switch between a lot that are accessed via browser.

I just want the programs I'm using to be open, and appear in the task bar with their own icons so I can switch to them.

What I want are basically containers for a browser. So I hit the button for the 'program' which really just launches a browser that goes to the specific address, and ideally, can retain login information, and appears as a distinct item in the task bar, with it's own icon, and cannot simply be merged with my browser.

Give that loads of desktop software is just chromium in a container, I feel like this shouldn't be too much of a technical hurdle. Any ideas? I didn't realise that this was such a problem until I thought about it!

[-] gundog48@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Have they actually got something in the pipeline.

Tough fucking luck. If healthcare is private in the US, it's none of their business, the state doesn't get a say.

[-] gundog48@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I've used this for distilling too, when people start talking about methanol. Even with the worst distiller in the world, you'd have to drink something crazy like 10L before it would kill you.

Obviously by that point you'd be dead with alcohol poisoning. But saying "you can safely drink 14 cans of coke a day before the carcinogenic effects of aspartame become an issue" is completely valid, and not the same as saying "drinking 14 cans of coke a day is a healthy way to live".

[-] gundog48@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Weirdly it's the other way for me. I love Cyberpunk and am trying to replay it, and my favourite games have always been long and story driven, I love turning over the rocks and seeing how deep it all goes, playing KOTOR as a kid was just fascinating.

But, they're a slow burn that take some engagement to really enjoy. When I'm tired I miss all the details and nuance, find I've not been listening to dialogue and stuff.

But I can fire up something like Overwatch and can play well effortlessly almost instinctually. I often don't get much time to game, so the fact its full-on actually helps, whereas in an RPG, you can easily burn half an hour on what's basically just dialogue and travel. It's hard to take your time to enjoy it when you don't have time.

But it's fine, it's something to look forward to occasionally. You don't watch a movie every night, and ultimately I could find time, but I feel better spending that time on other things usually, or just letting off steam on a less thinky game.

[-] gundog48@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

*exist for the good of those in power. I really don't see the value of concentrating power into a single point of failure.

[-] gundog48@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

A company is much easier to crash than a monarch or government. A government will lock you up or kill you for planning to overthrow them.

[-] gundog48@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Efficient and not necessarily too neutral, classy. But coiling that condenser/feed through every single plate must have been a real fucker!

[-] gundog48@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

That's usually worked 100% for me. Either listening to an audiobook, or listening to a genre of video on Youtube I can only describe as "long-form space and quantum physics shit that I don't understand but find weirdly soothing".

Usually works great, but I just can't seem to switch off, if anything, it can actually start adding to the discomfort. Weird really, maybe I need to find something that fills the same gap, but is different.

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submitted 1 year ago by gundog48@lemmy.world to c/adhd@lemmy.world

Sorry for being dramatic, but I feel absolutely awful right now and things seem to be moving in the wrong direction, I genuinely don't know what to do next.

So please forgive a long rambly message to people who struggle with just that! I got ChatGPT to make a TL;DR, which I found quite amusing:

  • The poster is a 27-year-old who was diagnosed with ADHD this year and has been taking medication for the past 6 months, with a stable dosage for 3 months without issue, and generally positive outcomes.
  • Following that, they have experienced disrupted sleep patterns for the last 3 months, finding it difficult to fall asleep before 3AM even when going to bed at 1AM, which is negatively impacting their routine and work schedule.
  • Despite struggling with sleep and consistently waking up late, they manage to maintain productivity at work, which they value greatly. However, this is leading to further sleep deprivation, exacerbating the problem.
  • This disrupted sleep pattern is making them feel constantly tired, disorganized, and slow but they still seem to function effectively during the day.
  • Their work-life balance is skewed as their hours are shifted back, finishing work later, and they continue to be active until late at night, often forgoing relaxation time for themselves to deal with personal admin, projects, and other work.
  • They have devised a new strategy to cope with the situation:
  • They acknowledge that their biggest challenge will be stopping activities by 12PM, given their heightened productivity levels at that time.
  • Despite the plans to manage their situation, they are feeling increasingly stressed out and overwhelmed, fearing the consequences on their health and personal relationships.
  • They are seeking advice from the ADHD community that goes beyond typical sleep hygiene tips.

I'm 27, diagnosed this year, on meds for ADHD for around 6 months. All was going well, and was stable on my current dose for 3+ months before this became an issue.

I take 20mg dexamphetamine at 7AM when I wake, then take 70mg of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate at the same time or a bit later. I've tried halving the 70mg for a week or so, but no change. (on sleep)

Over the last 3 months, my sleep pattern has completely gone to shit. I've always been a night owl, and naturally gravitate to a 3AM-9AM sleep pattern when I don't have to be up. But I've worked a full time job for years, which means me waking up at 7AM. So I will usually go to bed at 1-ish, sometimes later. This has always worked quite well.

However, recently I've found it hard to get any sleep before 3AM. Usually, one I'm actually in bed, I've always fallen asleep quickly. My job is fairly physical, so I'm usually at least physically tired. But even when I'm going to bed at like 1AM, I'm literally just lying there unable to sleep. It feels unnatural, like trying to sleep at noon. I have energy, thoughts, and a nice sense of calm and quiet. It's gotten to a point where I haven't had more than 4 hours of sleep in the last couple of months more than a handful of times, and in the last two weeks, on two occasions I've simply opted to stay awake, because it's 0430, it's basically daylight (I bloody hate Summer), the birds have been at it for hours.

Maybe the worst thing is that I can generally get by okay. Morning is hell, always has been, but after about an hour I'm feeling the same as almost any day. I've been struggling to wake up, and have gotten progressively later at work over the last 12 months, where I'm now showing up 30-60mins late as standard. Nobody really cares, I have always worked lots of overtime, so I don't take lunch and work an hour or so later until my work is done. But my work is both important to me, and important to my colleagues. As much as walking away from it for a while may be a good idea, I'd be leaving everyone in the shit. It's a small business, if they had enough redundancy for nobody to be essential, none of us would have jobs!

When I get less than 5 hours, I notice it, but I don't think anyone else does. I feel slow, disorganised and very typically 'ADHD'. But I'm very functional. I'll do a full day, do overtime, come home, work on some other things, get caught up on the bare minimum, look at the clock, and see that its 1AM, and I haven't even done any 'relaxing' stuff for me yet, so that is, of course, the right time to playa few rounds of intense competitive games....

Even 420 doesn't seem to be able to calm me down enough to help.

I'm writing this after getting less than an hour's sleep again.

I've come up with some ideas on how to proceed, I'm just worried that it's the same kind of approach I always take that rarely works, basically schedule everything, ignoring the fact that the schedule will feel miserable, unnatural and that I can ignore it. I've tried to make this a bit more human. Current planned changes:

  • Must finish work by 6PM, unless we are truly in crisis mode
  • I will not eat anything after 11:30PM
  • At 12PM I will have a shower, which I hope will prepare me for bed
  • No computer after 12 (sorry me)
  • Reducing morning lisdexamfetamine to 35mg. I don't think it's the medication, but it can't help!

The hardest bit for me is going to be stopping at 12. I have lots to fit in, and not a lot of time, plus I feel really awake and productive at 12. So just walking away from whatever I'm in the middle of is going to be hardest, when I know I could just not. I may shift all of this forward an hour for the first week, otherwise it may simply be too much at once. I'm hoping that, by resting better, I won't have things I still need to do by 12.

But mostly, I just feel like shit. I hate being late every day, I hate days like today where I don't even know what to do, should I go in to work? How to I make sure everything will be okay without me on such short notice? I know this is awful for my health, I feel very 'thin', and my heartbeat is so much more noticeable when I'm on no/little sleep. My BP was fine when I checked after a month of this. To be honest, I almost don't want to check again, because it will be high, and I don't know what I'd do with that, I already know I need to fix this.

Everything just feels like a chore at the moment, every nice plan with my gf is just stressing me out more, because all I see is even less time, more shit building up, and I don't even know how to prepare for a holiday when I'm living like this.

I've never really engaged with the ADHD community, even after my diagnosis, which is pretty dumb. I'm sorry to just dump all this at you, but I really need advice from people who realise that just repeating the same cliches about 'sleep hygiene' may not actually be helpful in this case.

[-] gundog48@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Can someone fill me in on wtf is going on with drag in the US?

I'm from the UK, drag is like our longest running joke, and families go to pantomimes all the time. Recently theres been a more direct association with the LGBT community in the popular understanding of it. I'd say that most people's view on drag here is:

  • not necessarily an LGBT thing, though it very often is
  • kinda traditional
  • can be funny, or just a fun performance
  • pretty lighthearted
  • not expected to be overtly sexual by default, depends on context

Some of the stuff I see out of the US is bizzare. I realise that the weirder stuff is always going to be amplified in the news, and people are not necessarily trying to show the full context in photos. But I've seen shit like

  • rightoids getting so worked up that the pickets outside resemble the Gaza Strip or, as I'm reliabily told, the average us abortion clinic
  • performances in weird places like libraries
  • people watching a clearly sexual show in dive bars with their kids in tow that look like they're starting at a painting in a gallery pondering the meaning of nothingness and looking way out of place

Like, wtf? Drag isn't the problem, it's the weird-ass way that people seem to be responding to it. Go to a show if you think you might enjoy it, read up on the performance or use context ques to understand what kind of drag performance it's going to be. Certainly don't go for political reasons and ruin the fun for performers who are just trying to have a good time. But equally, don't plan shows that are meant to provoke a reaction for political reasons, for the same reason.

And why the right wingers care so much if fucking beyond me. Imagine having enough free time to consider that important enough to spend your precious free time protesting it rather than doing literally anything else.

Just chill, it's a fucking stage show. It's like the whole toilet thing again, just hysterics over something inconcequential. I'm trans and fabulous as fuck and don't seem to consider these issues nearly as important than a middle-aged cishet blue collar dude from Texas who may never have met a single trans person or encountered anything like this outside of the Internet.

Is only fun show, why you heff to be mad?

[-] gundog48@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I thought that too, but Wagner have stated they expect a new President, and ~~Pompey has sided with the senate and declared Caesar an enemy of the state~~ Putin has sided with the MOD leadership and declared Prigozhin a traitor and criminal.

Wagner seem to be facing little resistance from garrisons, and may snowball.

I just hope it lasts a long time and everybody loses. We don't want Prigozhin in charge. But right now Wagner are disrupting logistics and doing AD behind Russian lines. If they can pose a credible threat to Moscow, they will have to redirect at least some forces from Ukraine, which is what really matters.

We know that Wagner have been effective in Ukraine against hardened defences, no matter the number. With virtually all Russian forces committed in Ukraine and their swift progress so far, Wagner definitely won't be able to be ignored. But I also hope they will eventually be destroyed.

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Been running for months now in a heated chamber! These cameras should be easy to adapt to most printers. It was only supposed to be a temporary addition to fit for troubleshooting, but it's holding up to almost constant use really well!

[-] gundog48@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

You're right, what excuses do the Russian invaders have for Ukraine? It sure blew up in their faces. And I hope it continues to until the invaders return to their miserable little circle of hell thry built for themselves.

[-] gundog48@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Not always, but it is when you go public. I work a lot at small businesses, lots of them have shareholders who are mostly hands-off, or would prefer a more conservative approach to protect their investment.

People who invest in non-public businesses are usually in for the long haul, and come with much greater risk.

But when you go public, your business just comes a commodity, nothing but a vehicle for a fund manager to use to try and get a higher return for their clients so they get more business and commission.

In theory, it's a really democratic system, but the reality is that we've lost track of what an investment is meant to be, and the number of private individuals actually holding shares in a company directly is very low, it's mostly fund managers who literally just want to pump their numbers for a few years, because long term, they never really beat the market.

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