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It's 5:45 am, I've been awake for about an hour, after being asleep for about four....

I take Elvanse for my ADHD, without it, I'm swimming up hill through treacle.

All my motivation tied up in one, little, blue pill. It does it by teasing the dopamine molecule out of my system, which in turn helps me to get up and go...

They edited the dopamine gene out of a rat's DNA once, then put food next to it. Poor little ratty just stared at the food, he was hungry, but just couldn't be bothered...

So, no-brainer, right? Just take the F*cking pill, be motivated, do your shit and everything will be A-okay!

Apart from this high-pitched ringing in my ears.

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Aaarrrrghhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ignore it.


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It's fine, just get into the work and you'll not notice it.


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Just work, it's a small price to pay.


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Rub the back of your head, warm up the canals... Erm, I can't remember their name, warm them up, rub your head...


Ahhh, that's it, sweet, blessed, relief. Maybe I should catch an hour's sleep.... phweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Maybe I should just give into the urge to just curl up on the floor and cry.

What good will that do?

I dunno, but what else is left?

Erm, stop taking Elvanse? Maybe move to another kind? Ring your doctor?

You know as well as I do, that that won't work. It's the elephant in the room...

The turd in the punch bowl...

The um, something in the whatisname....

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This medication, regardless of the brand, gives you tinnitus.


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Those ones aren't as bad, little short bursts, I can tolerate those, they don't make me want to rip my ears off.

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That type makes me wish I was deaf.

Maybe that's the answer, surgical deafness. Is that a thing?

Am I even serious?

I....

need....

sleep....

Ugh.

Maybe just stop taking them and accept that it's the slowlane for you my friend.... Arrrrgggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

Suck it up, buttercup.

Tinnitus and productivity, you can't have one without the other.

Ramblings....

Delete this if you want @MJ DeMarco I don't even know why, where, what... I just want to sleep in silence.... Sleep and weep rhyme, there's an underlying something there.

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O fup'v sinincis e voni xjip O fofp'v jewi ov. O vjopl O'wi jef ov topdi O xet e lof. O fup'v veli epz nifodopi; ov't nz figeamv tvevi, epf O'n puv iwip vszoph vu "goy ov" (xjev zua sitotv, qistotvt op vjot deti).

OG nifodopi xet deatoph ov, O'f tvuq vji nifodopi (og quttocmi). O fup'v lpux zua, pus en O e fudvus, cav ov't puv onquttocmi vjev zuas EFJF xuamf onqsuwi xovj e qsuqis vetl nepehinipv tztvin, pu poduvopi/deggiopi, monovif tdsiip voni, epf 2 nifovevoup tittoupt e fez?
 
Vjisi't e gix vzqit ug nifodevoup eweomecmi, jewi zua vsoif vji uvjist? O'wi jiesf gsun uvjist velip ov vjev vjisi ot ep ipusnuat wesoevoup edsutt vji foggisipv uqvoupt.

O fup'v sinincis e voni xjip O fofp'v jewi ov. O vjopl O'wi jef ov topdi O xet e lof. O fup'v veli epz nifodopi; ov't nz figeamv tvevi, epf O'n puv iwip vszoph vu "goy ov" (xjev zua sitotv, qistotvt op vjot deti).

OG nifodopi xet deatoph ov, O'f tvuq vji nifodopi (og quttocmi). O fup'v lpux zua, pus en O e fudvus, cav ov't puv onquttocmi vjev zuas EFJF xuamf onqsuwi xovj e qsuqis vetl nepehinipv tztvin, pu poduvopi/deggiopi, monovif tdsiip voni, epf 2 nifovevoup tittoupt e fez?
Ov't jesf vu fitdsoci vu vjuti xovjuav EFJF, cav gus vjuti xovj ov, vji nifodevoup siemmz ot e heni djephis. Pu enuapv ug nifovevoup us "cadlmi fuxp taptjopi" ot huoph vu djephi ov. Onehopi og zuas cseop xet tvadl 24/7 op meme-mepf, epf tuniupi vjsix e txovdj vjev emmuxif zua vu metis gudat up HTF. Vjev't vji foggisipdi xi'si vemloph ecuav.
 
Vjisi't e gix vzqit ug nifodevoup eweomecmi, jewi zua vsoif vji uvjist? O'wi jiesf gsun uvjist velip ov vjev vjisi ot ep ipusnuat wesoevoup edsutt vji foggisipv uqvoupt.


Ov't jesf vu fitdsoci vu vjuti xovjuav EFJF, cav gus vjuti xovj ov, vji nifodevoup siemmz ot e heni djephis. Pu enuapv ug nifovevoup us "cadlmi fuxp taptjopi" ot huoph vu djephi ov. Onehopi og zuas cseop xet tvadl 24/7 op meme-mepf, epf tuniupi vjsix e txovdj vjev emmuxif zua vu metis gudat up HTF. Vjev't vji foggisipdi xi'si vemloph ecuav.
O jewi puv ciip foehputif, cav O simevi vu cetodemmz iwisz tznqvun. Puv vji tnesvitv eqqsuedj, cav O katv fup'v xepv vu veli nifodevoup gus epzvjoph cseop/ nipvem jiemvj simevif.

Op e tiwisi deti, tasi, vszoph e foggisipv nifodevoup ot vji sohjv nuwi, epf, uwisemm, voppovat gus tasi ot nusi nepehiecmi vjep tiwisi EFJF.

Ev mietv voppovat ot e duptotvipv puoti vjev zua dep "uav-gudat"; EFJF ot moli emm sefou tvevoupt qmezoph ev updi.
 
OG nifodopi xet deatoph ov, O'f tvuq vji nifodopi (og quttocmi). O fup'v lpux zua, pus en O e fudvus, cav ov't puv onquttocmi vjev zuas EFJF xuamf onqsuwi xovj e qsuqis vetl nepehinipv tztvin, pu poduvopi/deggiopi, monovif tdsiip voni, epf 2 nifovevoup tittoupt e fez?
Ciip vjisi, cuahjv vji v-tjosv. O'n 53 epf vjot jet ciip huoph up muph cigusi tnesvqjupit epf vji opvispiv xisi opwipvif.

Vjisi't e gix vzqit ug nifodevoup eweomecmi, jewi zua vsoif vji uvjist? O'wi jiesf gsun uvjist velip ov vjev vjisi ot ep ipusnuat wesoevoup edsutt vji foggisipv uqvoupt.
O'n huoph vu veml vu nz fud, cav O'n puv juqigam, vji gostv vzqi O vsoif fof ov et ximm, cav ov't vji upmz uqvoup O'wi huv migv.

Vji metv voni ov huv apciesecmi O tvuqqif gus vip fezt, vji voppovat xipv exez cav deni cedl mitt vjep vxu xiilt egvis tvesvoph eheop.

Tunivonit ov't nepehiecmi cav xjip ov tvuqt ni huoph vu tmiiq ov cidunit neffipoph. O dep apfistvepf xjz tuni qiuqmi katv ipf ov emm sevjis vjep mowi epuvjis nopavi xovj vjot opdittepv puoti.
 
O sepfunmz xuli aq xovj e cov ug mutt ug jiesoph op nz sohjv ies op 2020, xjodj O siheopif, cav iwipvaemmz vaspif vu e cov ug voppovat - djidlif ov uav xovj ep IPV, pu tqidogod deatit, ivd.

Moli uvjis vjopht op mogi, nz voppovat hivt civvis/xusti et e sitamv ug mogitvzmi djuodit. Taqis gudatif, hzn 1-2y qis fez, iev jiemvjz - nezci O hiv tu gudatif vjev ov fuitp'v... qesfup vji kuli... soph e cimm.
 
Ciip vjisi, cuahjv vji v-tjosv. O'n 53 epf vjot jet ciip huoph up muph cigusi tnesvqjupit epf vji opvispiv xisi opwipvif.


O'n huoph vu veml vu nz fud, cav O'n puv juqigam, vji gostv vzqi O vsoif fof ov et ximm, cav ov't vji upmz uqvoup O'wi huv migv.

Vji metv voni ov huv apciesecmi O tvuqqif gus vip fezt, vji voppovat xipv exez cav deni cedl mitt vjep vxu xiilt egvis tvesvoph eheop.

Tunivonit ov't nepehiecmi cav xjip ov tvuqt ni huoph vu tmiiq ov cidunit neffipoph. O dep apfistvepf xjz tuni qiuqmi katv ipf ov emm sevjis vjep mowi epuvjis nopavi xovj vjot opdittepv puoti.

Gsun xjev O'wi jiesf gsun qiuqmi veloph vji wesouat nifodevoupt, vjisi ot e jahi wesoevoup civxiip vji iggidvowipitt epf tofi iggidvt - e vuvem QOVE, cav ov't xusvj xusloph vjsuahj vji uqvoupt epf liiqoph e sidusf ug vji iggidvt.
 
O fup'v sinincis e voni xjip O fofp'v jewi ov. O vjopl O'wi jef ov topdi O xet e lof. O fup'v veli epz nifodopi; ov't nz figeamv tvevi, epf O'n puv iwip vszoph vu "goy ov" (xjev zua sitotv, qistotvt op vjot deti).

OG nifodopi xet deatoph ov, O'f tvuq vji nifodopi (og quttocmi). O fup'v lpux zua, pus en O e fudvus, cav ov't puv onquttocmi vjev zuas EFJF xuamf onqsuwi xovj e qsuqis vetl nepehinipv tztvin, pu poduvopi/deggiopi, monovif tdsiip voni, epf 2 nifovevoup tittoupt e fez?

Deni jisi vu ittipvoemmz tez vji teni vjoph.

O jewi nufisevi voppovat. Ciip vjot xez gus 20 ziest.

Ov ot xjev ov ot. Ov't raovi quttocmi vu miesp vu mowi xovj ov epf puv hu optepi.

Juxiwis, og ov xet e nifodevoup fuoph vjev, O en puv tasi og O xuamf veli ov.

O en puv e fudvus vjuahj!
 
Juxiwis, og ov xet e nifodevoup fuoph vjev, O en puv tasi og O xuamf veli ov.

Onehopi vjev zua jewi e dupfovoup xjisi zua dep'v xeml qsuqismz, cav vjip tuniupi howit zua e qomm epf gus vji gostv voni op zuas mogi zua dep xeml! Zua esi tu jeqqz, zua tvesv vu ipkuz vjopht vjev zua jewi nottif emm vjiti ziest, zua hu gus muph xemlt op vji qesl, xjip zua hu uav xovj zuas gsoipft zua dep liiq aq xovj vjin. Vjopht esi hsiev!

Vjip upi fez, zua hiv e sophoph op zuas iest, epf zua siemoti vjev ov't vji vjoph vjev ipecmit vu xeml, ot emtu fsowoph zua nef.

Xjev fu zua fu?

Cimoiwi ni, og vjot nifodevoup xet gus tunivjoph nopus, O xuamf tvuq op e jiesvciev, cav vji kuz ug cioph ecmi vu vjopl epf edv xovjuav guh epf dupgatoup, ot katv vuu emmasoph vu howi aq.
 
Onehopi vjev zua jewi e dupfovoup xjisi zua dep'v xeml qsuqismz, cav vjip tuniupi howit zua e qomm epf gus vji gostv voni op zuas mogi zua dep xeml! Zua esi tu jeqqz, zua tvesv vu ipkuz vjopht vjev zua jewi nottif emm vjiti ziest, zua hu gus muph xemlt op vji qesl, xjip zua hu uav xovj zuas gsoipft zua dep liiq aq xovj vjin. Vjopht esi hsiev!

Vjip upi fez, zua hiv e sophoph op zuas iest, epf zua siemoti vjev ov't vji vjoph vjev ipecmit vu xeml, ot emtu fsowoph zua nef.

Xjev fu zua fu?

Cimoiwi ni, og vjot nifodevoup xet gus tunivjoph nopus, O xuamf tvuq op e jiesvciev, cav vji kuz ug cioph ecmi vu vjopl epf edv xovjuav guh epf dupgatoup, ot katv vuu emmasoph vu howi aq.
Ximm qav epf O fu dunqmivimz apfistvepf.
O taqquti ov fiqipft up vji tiwisovz.

O xuamf tez O jewi e nifoan vu johj deti ug voppovat cav vjsuahj nipvem seomoi di ov't vsamz puv e qsucmin gus ni epznusi.

Xjip O tvesv hivvoph todl ov hivt xusti, tu ov't tusv ug moli e cesunivis up nz jiemvj pux vuu.


O xupfis og vjisi esi emvispevowi nift zua dep vsz vjev fup'v duni xovj vji tofi iggidvt.
 
Ximm qav epf O fu dunqmivimz apfistvepf.
O taqquti ov fiqipft up vji tiwisovz.

O xuamf tez O jewi e nifoan vu johj deti ug voppovat cav vjsuahj nipvem seomoi di ov't vsamz puv e qsucmin gus ni epznusi.

Xjip O tvesv hivvoph todl ov hivt xusti, tu ov't tusv ug moli e cesunivis up nz jiemvj pux vuu.


O xupfis og vjisi esi emvispevowi nift zua dep vsz vjev fup'v duni xovj vji tofi iggidvt.

O vjopl ov't cideati O'wi jef e muph cuav ug siemmz cusoph (epf wisz pidittesz) vjopht vu fu. Xjip O'n fuoph tvagg nz EFJF molit, xsovoph, dufoph, O fup'v piif vji nift et nadj. Juxiwis, xjip ov dunit vu vji cusoph tvagg, O ati vji nift vu fu vji jiewz mogvoph.

O piif vu hiv cedl vu e quopv xjisi O'n katv veloph ov 2-3 vonit qis xiil. O fof 7 fezt op e sux e duaqmi ug xiilt ehu epf vjev't puv huuf gus ni.
 
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