obvious disclaimer just in case any random folks who don't know me well are worried: yes, I absolutely discussed w my psych before I started taking seroquel as a backup if the mirtazipine didn't work to be sure I wouldn't hit any terrible med interactions.
this ain't my first rodeo being sick in the head.
My psych suggested I try mirtazipine instead, but the one time I tried it, the results were minor (if anything), so I'm still over here just taking from my backlog of stored up Seroquel bc I prefer to actually sleep than gamble on if I'll sleep.
Besides, I have 7 mirtazipine, but I have insomnia pretty much 365...
After decades of trying everything under the sun I could access for #insomnia, apparently the real answer was low dose Seroquel.
It's awesome to actually feel sleepy, but nothing is perfect, so tonight I'm torn between
"I need to take something if I wanna try to be asleep before 5 AM"
and "I don't wanna wake up after the sun goes down again."
I'm sure there are plenty of folks across many branches of neuro(a)typicality who benefit more from video and find that content the easier to take in. I want that content to exist for them too!
But ALSO, sometimes, a list doesn't need to be a five minute video with the contents of the list.
At least knowing I don't need to carve 5 minutes out of my nebulous void of ~things that are happening~ (official adhd block of time) when my NP tells me, "It's less than a minute long and won't stress you out" helps
but like, oh shit y'all, I am REALLY tired of how many Minecraft LPs I have to sit through and then rewind through just to figure out how to build something.
I APPRECIATE the info exists. I need a text list and that ain't it.
whether it's on a video inline or an external link to one...
like, we do all acknowledge that there is a segment of people who will not actually start the video at all, right?
Independent of other access needs like captioning and audio description,
you'd be amazed at the myriad reasons your friends, not even just your #ADHD friends, are not actually watching the video you send with info.
My NP had to start being like "it's 30 seconds, not loud, funny animal vid". 😅
re LRT: https://metalhead.club/@bestiaexmachina/109476684872809432
Seriously one of my least favorite internet changes in the last decade.
Do I want video options available to those they benefit? Yes, 100%.
But please, rest of the internet, my lil #ADHD brain begs you, don't stop doing things like:
writing text guides!
updating how-tos/wikis!
writing blogs and forum posts!
I PROMISE y'all are excluding ppl from the conversation by pivoting to video-only.
Huh, I wonder what [thing] is. *searches online* *opens article* *article is actually a video* WELP, guess I'll never know! *closes tab*
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