I just checked my email and found this email from my chemistry professor:
Dear Johanna,
Having now written the exam, I expect to allow the class a little extra time tomorrow. You may start at 6:45 if you wish.
Cheers,
Prof. T.
Although, one has to be insane to get a Ph.D in Organic Chemistry.
(Disclaimer: Professor. T is the best professor I have ever had, he's just fucking insane!)
Anyway, I was going to start this post with an explanation of the title, but got sidetracked by the email. So, back on track
I have ADHD. I have and anxiety disorder. what do you get when you mix Ritalin with an anxiety disorder and add pressure? A constant anxiety attack. Something in the Ritalin aggravates the anxiety disorder so that whenever I'm on my meds and under stress (Read: all the time) I have a constant sense of anxiousness, with accelerated heart rate, tight feeling in my chest etc. It's not a severe, find-me-in-the-corner-in-the-fetal-position anxiety attack, but its not pleasant. And it sucks.
I was going to write more but I now realize that it is 9:30, I still have to write my lab report, and be up at 6. So that's it for now. I'll be back on Tuesday when I get back from my "midterm break" which is simply Columbus Day weekend, but they have to give us a midterm break, so, hey, why not combine the two?
6 comments:
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When you have negative thoughts,
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This is a hard one, but after
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a week or two, you begin to think
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- Reading
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