Finally have my coffee and ready to post general discussion topic

[Davemeister]

Hello and welcome,

There's pistacio nuts, Toblerone, and hot beverages here. Help yourself to the kettle and grab a bowl for nibblies, on your way back from the kitchen...

I drove a long way tonight, for notepads and pens. I tend to do things while I'm enthusiastic otherwise those things simply don't get done. I've yet to label the covers because whlie I have them for planning fiction writing projects and for getting organised with some routine/structure, I'm not sure where to begin. I suppose I'm still trying to decide what time I'd like to get up of a morning so I can at least plan ahead for sleeping hours and in so doing know what time I'm taking this medication that should help with getting that sleep.

For all of you who aren't familiar with my situation. I haven't been sleeping much. For the last 6 - 8 weeks, I've been sitting up for anywhere between 24 and 48 hours, between a singular sleep of anywhere between 4 and 12 hours. The main reason for this is that I'm suffering withdrawals from Flupenthixol, (an antipsychotic medication).

I've been thinking about things a lot lately and I'm not sure what sort of future I'd like for myself. Becoming unwell is out of the question, as I've done this for over 15 years, I'm through with it. I'd like to take writing fiction as seriously as I did many years ago but I'm finding some problems with getting down to putting any serious amount of time into completing any tasks I've set for myself. Hence, the notepads/notebooks I bought tonight.

I just had an idea for the fictional story colaborative thread on sf. I'm gonna enjoy this! *homer5

On a side note, I self confirmed that I'm most likely ADHD after doing some research into it during my down time. Although I was quite sure I did suffer from ADHD previous to this investigation, I had no idea its effects were so far reaching into behaviours, etc. I'm a little devo about it tbh. I'm honesly thinking that my only option for medications to treat this syndrome will have to be by illegal means. Because of my history, the mental health care team members are refusing me all sorts of medications.

I'm probably going to head over to youtube for a while. Take care, y'all and enjoy the food and drinks!

Dave

 

[Daphna]

Happy for you Dave. You are taking the steps to overcoming your obstacles in this life. I am a published writer myself and I highly recommend draft2digital. My book is under my websites in my profile. This will give you an idea what to expect. I did the cover myself. Anyways, here’s to your success. *Cheers*

 

[MisterBGone]

I love, love, love pistachios! I was so out of it when they were playing the Gangnam (sp?) style song with the Syi (again sp?) guy — I had no idea who they were referencing. . it’s good that you write, it is a noble discipline that I certainly do not have. And that you’ve done so with authority previously is good, from an experience factor sort of way (as opposed to having to start from scratch). Maybe in some ways this makes it harder to get going (because it is then easier to either over think things, or just wait until everything is perfect, or just right in order to start? In any case, with your sleeping difficulties and med withdrawal s I personally wouldn’t be making any big decisions if I were you (which I am not!). I hope that you are under some sort of “expert care” to over see your difficulties, or help navigate the troubled waters. As for th e presumed or assumed diagnosis. It is very tempting and very easy to look somethjnf ip, research it to the point of exhaustion, and think that we’ve found it - the answer. But it takes a professional to truly accurately diagnose. I think that when we do it there’s an innate or unconscious tendency to, “see what we want to see (ah-ha!).” I could be wrong. Completely. But at least with them, they can read you more objectively and independent ly. Sort of unrelated but I don’t think they’re allowed to (any physician) diagnose and prescribe medication s for them selves. And this could be part of that reason (though certainly not all). Good luck!

 

[Davemeister]

Hey MisterBGone,

Pistachios are a rare treat for me and I haven't had them for ages! I've been out for the last 24 hours. Went drinking at my mate's place. He got so drunk - haha! One of my mates, Tom works in mental health and gave me a couple of pdoc recommendations so I'll give one of them a call on Monday and see whether they're able to test and diagnose ADHD and if so book an appointment for some time after my payday. I don't manage money very well, it seems.

Thanks so much for your supportive comments relating to my writing. Here's a song that has some lyrics I've found conincidental to this topic:

I like a bit of something from every genre. My struggles with writing at the moment is that I'm unsure of how I feel about writing fiction because of its untruthful nature. Maybe I'm just used to writing more factually based content.

I think you're right about leaving the poor decision/choices alone for a while. It's important to me to stay clean and I'd rather not go back down that road unless it's my last and only option. You might very well be right about me jumping to conclusions of being ADHD but I did discover I'm Asperger's the same way - and did get myself tested for that and was diagnosed several visits later. So who knows.

Take care,

Dave