Posted by crazy teresa on September 3, 2005, at 14:46:07
In reply to Re: describe executive functioning for me again, posted by linkadge on September 3, 2005, at 7:08:48
> People with executive function (ADD ADHD etc) often experience reward deficiancy. Basically even if they finish a task, it is hard for them to take pleasure in what they have accomplished.
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> Sometimes stimulant treatment can reverse this effect, whereby a patent treated succesfully can take more pleasure in completing tasks.
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> Linkadge
Okay, please anylize this for me:At home, I don't care if anything gets done or not. There just seems to be no point in doing it. I've been thinking it's some kind of rebellion against my family for being so ungrateul all these years, that I'd just given up on being Suzy Homemaker.
I'm not angry or disapointed, I really don't care one way or another. It seems to me a great burden has been lifted as I no longer struggle to have everything perfect or stress over what needs to be done or what doesn't get done. My family, however, is pretty upset with me. Maybe they really did appreciate what I once did--or are they just spoiled? No difference, I should still do some of it; there is no joy in doing it, but I don't seem to have a problem about not doing it either.
This attitude is surfacing about other things I used to do. I was always busy doing work in the church, baking for the neighbors, blah, blah, blah. Now I do nothing. I always enjoyed all of that and I'm not sure why I've stopped. I just did. I've not replaced these tasks with other tasks. I still think about doing them, I just don't.
I don't this notice too much at work, but I'm really busy there with customers, so I probably don't have time to be this way. I did think the other day perhaps the new is wearing off the job... it's not as much fun. But wouldn't I have felt like that before being there for 2 yrs. if this was the case? I adore my job and what I do.
Effexor seems to work fine for me, I am not even close to being as depressed as I was, but was wondering if it was mellowing me a little too much when I began noticing all of this.
BTW, linkadge, what is your profession? I hope what you charge me for your analysis is reasonable! ;~} Will you work for homemade fudge?
crazy teresa
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