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ashleyspencer, to random
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First day of the new dosages of Strattera. Don't notice a difference.

There are numerous factors that could have stopped it from working today, so process of elimination. Will try removing factors tomorrow and see if it gets any better.

Side note:
Maintenance came by to replace my bathroom light, and I hid the fish tank behind a bunch of boxes lol

ashleyspencer,
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@Cassandra Every rental in Texas forbids aquariums because if they leak they can cause water damage. Most people just have the fish tanks anyways and hide them lol. Much like how people hide their cats from their landlords haha

ashleyspencer,
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@Cassandra It’s pretty standard across the US, really. No fish tanks in rentals. People have them anyway. Saw a post on Reddit earlier today where someone had two 36 gallon tanks on stands and covered them with table cloth to hide the tanks during an apartment inspection.

ashleyspencer,
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@Cassandra It’s understandable. I’m lucky that no one ever comes in here from the office or maintenance, so the risk of them finding it is very very low. Especially since the office is rarely open.

arcadetoken, to coffee
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Me on coffee: LET'S GOOOOO
Me when the coffee wears off: o_o ......
Me after another coffee: LET'S GOOOOO

#ActuallyADHD #InattentiveADHD #UnmedicatedADHD #Coffee

ashleyspencer,
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@arcadetoken I wish coffee did that to me. It’s more like let’s go to sleep lol

ashleyspencer, to random
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My fish aquarium is complete!

Time to add water and start cycling the tank!

Lucky little Betta fish will get a big pretty 20 gallon home.

And 6 different kinds of food to choose from with shrimp, fish, insects, and bloodworms.

Shall be a very spoiled betta living a lavish lifestyle lol

ashleyspencer,
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Person I know who sells aquarium plants at her job said to get a moss ball to give a little bit of an ecosystem to the tank. So much to learn!

I really need a step stool because kneeling on my bar stool to get my arm inside the tank is not safe.

ashleyspencer,
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@pathfinder @dyani lol yes, it requires standing on the stool a bit to get on the countertop haha.

ashleyspencer, to random
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Finally got my ADHD meds!

Walked in the grocery store and instantly

✨ meltdown ✨

Zero cashiers. Only self-checkout. My hands are shaking a lot from the heat and struggled to bag my small amount of groceries. Kept dropping everything.

Going in grocery stores: zero stars, do not recommend 👎

ashleyspencer,
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@pathfinder Yes, definitely a relief! I can start the new dosages tomorrow.

ashleyspencer,
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@johne I felt like saying that to the people watching self-checkouts lol. Like come on my hands are shaking a lot this is not my responsibility.

ashleyspencer, to random
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I got so mad at all these cold emails and 4 to 6 cold calls every day Monday through Friday. Yesterday I basically told them all to F off and stop emailing me. Today my phone has only rang once.

ashleyspencer,
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@pathfinder I ordered a SIM card yesterday so I can change my number. My business email, number, and LinkedIn are in those stupid leads databases where businesses pay to get leads from. Learned that yesterday when someone emailed me through one of those databases.

ashleyspencer, to random
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Got my 20 gallon fish tank. It looked so gigantic in the store, and looks so tiny on my counter lol.

The fish will go from a tiny closet (the cup) into a 900sqft apartment (the tank).

I’m getting a neat house thing with lots of little caves in it to put in the tank.

Good living space for one fish. :)

ashleyspencer, (edited )
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@thomas This house thing I ordered from Petsmart just shipped so it should be delivered today it says. I’m waiting for this thing to get here before I add water to the tank.

Those spiky things look a little stabby, so may need to try to cut them off.

Edit: says it won’t be here until Tuesday next week. May order another one with same day delivery and then return the online order when it gets here.

ashleyspencer,
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@thomas I ordered the house thing and another silk plant with same day delivery. Figure I’ll return the other one when it gets here next week, or whenever I go to pick out a fish.

I don’t know how long to let the tank cycle. Some on Reddit said 4 to 6 weeks, someone I know says 2-3 months, and the bottle of Quick Start says it makes it so you can add fish sooner. Don’t know which is right.

ashleyspencer,
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@thomas Ah makes sense. The person I know says to add food and wait for the food to dissolve and create the bacteria, but that sounds complicated. Another person I know said to add live plants, but I think that’s beyond my skill level.

I got that freshwater master test kit. Looks like it comes with different bottles of chemicals.

I need to check that betta fish book again. It had level ranges everything needs to be in the water for a betta.

ashleyspencer,
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@thomas Makes sense. Good explanation.

I’ve been watching these simplified YouTube videos and my autistic brain still felt confused after watching them. One said there’s no set amount of time your tank needs to cycle without fish, it just depends on when the levels are safe.

FantasticalEconomics, to Economics
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We really need to rethink our capitalistic obsession of running things like a business. Cutting costs to increase profits obviously doesn't make sense in areas of education, healthcare, public utilities, and prisons, to name just a few.

Hell, Boeing is making a strong case that it doesn't even make sense for businesses to be run like a business, much less these public goods...

ashleyspencer,
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @rythur @FantasticalEconomics @dlakelan @philip_cardella Business degrees prepare you for being corporate middle and upper level management. College is there to teach people to be worker bees.

ashleyspencer, to actuallyautistic
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Autistic burnout + untreated ADHD =

impulse control issues + inability to force yourself to do anything + drained by no ability to function

Lots of walking pass a mess unable to make yourself clean it, then blame yourself for it.

Distracted, can't focus enough to do fun things and/or take care of yourself.

Forgetting everything. So burned out you can't remember important things + made worse by ADHD.

1/3

@actuallyautistic

ashleyspencer,
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@pathfinder @actuallyautistic well said :RedHearts:

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