Posted by Medusa on December 16, 2002, at 12:21:39
In reply to Re: I'm afraid to say..., posted by gabbix2 on December 11, 2002, at 14:14:47
I'm helping my sister do her university apps, and tonight's another deadline. Six weeks ago I pulled a late night for one of these, kept drifting, couldn't keep things straight ... and our parents had hauled her off for a "family night" at a place with no phone, so I had to meet the on-line deadline without verifying a few things with her. Our parents are fighting her tooth and nail on this ... they "messed up" with me, which resulted in me attending an Ivy school, and they're paying all costs to avoid the same "mistake" with her.
This following paragraph is SOCIAL, not meds. Yes, it's about meds, but in a social kind of way. It's about how I *feel* about the meds.
I'm thinking about reaching for 5mg of Ritalin - it was Rx'd while I was in uni, and did wonders, night and day, for my concentration. It gave me fevers though, and for some reason I rarely took it.
I feel bad about self-medicating, but frankly, I don't do any worse than when "supervised" by the so-called professionals I've dealt with in the past. I don't seem to react to meds in an addictive way.
I'm getting over a cold, and am just plain tired. I have to call the uni in question and ask for another week for her transcript ... she was "anti-schooled", and the "transcript" she put together just doesn't give a clear picture.
So I'm rambling into the darkness here.
By the way, today sister-in-question rec'd acceptance to the school we did the app for 6 weeks ago ... strange to realise that an effort I made actually _helped_ and made a difference.
poster:Medusa
thread:33125
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