Posted by francesco on September 28, 2003, at 15:13:54
In reply to Re: You wanted to ask me something, Francesco? » Francesco , posted by DSCH on September 28, 2003, at 10:57:03
I gained five pounds this past week as a result of not sticking to the Atkins diet (friends came over and we had a big feast, setting off the relapse).I've never been so thin but I'm going to take a lot of weight with my tryciclics-diet.
Mentally I'm doing OK as I have stuck to the protein drinks. I don't know why I would need so much additional phenylalanine and tyrosine when I eat meat, fish, or poultry with virtually every meal.
Where did you learn all this stuff about proteins, supplements and so on ? i have found something at the library but this kind of books are often published in the same collection of "How to talk with your dead husband" and similar ;-)
I'm 30 and I live close to Chicago with my parents as there were no good prospects for me after I lost fellowship support at university (partly due to ADD and burnout, partly because I started losing interest in the discipline I was in, not that those are all unrelated of course).
I'm 27, I live in Rome and my future is very similar to your past !!! Since I quit meds I lost all the interest I was used to have in philosophy ... I was used to study many hours per day and now it seems to me a complete waste of time ... Sometimes I think that if they take my PHD scholarship away they will do me a big favour ! Some other time I think that I wouldn't be able to do anything else : /
I am considering taking up non-fiction writing, partly on somewhat unrelated topics (as you can see in a thread up above I am interested in how philosophy and culture intertwine) but also using my own experience with ADD as a springboard. I will need to find part time work to bring in cash flow soon though
I think ADD is very good for writing, you just have to put all the stuff you have in your head on the paper ! I could write for days and days but I feel a bit guilty about it ... It seems to me like I'm not doing anything "constructive". There must be a very rigid mind under my adhd surface ;-)
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