It took a year to get the insurance to approve mine. Then all they did was send a wearable pulse oximeter to my house for one night. The really crazy thing was the oximeter could only be used once and then thrown away, I think entirely just to boost the device manufacurer’s revenue. So it’s totally an outrageous racket, but it happened to help in my case.

Only time will tell. It has been about 10 monthe so far.

Also, I think it’s probably more the oxygen deprivation that is relevant in my case. Sleep apnea refers to just stopping breathing while sleeping, which may or may not result in a significant decrease in blood oxygen saturation. In my case, it was causing a big drop in blood oxygen saturation and I suspect this was the case for decades. Once that was corrected, I found it much easier to be “productive” in the narrow sense that normies use that word.

I’m not suggesting that the CPAP cured me, just that I’ve found it to be a more effective treatment than medications, in my case.

If your theory of the disease is such that it has a singular cause, then I suppose this may be true and we could conclude that I was misdiagnosed. But if you view it as a set of symptoms that may have multiple causes, then we could conclude that I had a different form of ADHD than the one you describe. Regardless, I had the lived experience of someone with ADHD for a very long time. I’ll also note that ADHD was not a diagnosis that existed yet when I was a child.

Give her a medal.

What thing? Why are you being so vague? WHAT ARE YOU HIDING FROM US???

Or is it insane that it isn’t? I think life would be way more fun with buttons like that.

The examined life with all its critical thinking and guarding against bias is hard. The dark side is easier.

Something I did wrong for many years, decades even, was to focus exclusively on trying to improve the areas where I struggle compared to normies. I always felt bad because I found it so hard to do simple things that were easy for most people.

Gradually, I realized there are things I can do that the normies can’t. So instead of constantly trying to redeem myself by improving the things I suck at, I focus on those things I’m really good at.

For example, if I do a job that is all delivery, where I’m just executing rote tasks that someone else has defined, I’ll struggle. If I do a job that is strategic and/or creative and involves very little rote delivery, I’ll excel.

The problem was that school is mostly rote delivery according to a fixed schedule, and early-career jobs tend to be the same. I really struggled during those times of my life. But once I got to the point where I could get more creative/strategic work, the way my brain works finally became an asset rather than a liability.

Avoiding situations that allow others to define me on their terms.

No one knows, but for sure the reason is something rotten. I’ve never ever heard a reasonable argument against it.

I’m not wearing my glasses and whatever this is looks terrifying.

Early for next year

So I take it that you interpret “no stupid questions” to mean “don’t post stupid questions.” The way I interpret it is “there’s no such thing as a stupid question.”

The sidebar says “No such thing. Ask away!” So I think the idea is that people should feel free to ask any question assuming they really want an answer. However, joke or troll questions (and I don’t think this is either one), are allowed on Fridays.

Long wait times for the toilets

Traffic is gonna be a nightmare.

It appears to just be EU countries on the list.

It’s a conspiracy by Big Dairy to keep us udderly focused.

Phew, for a moment there I thought you were trying to take the gratuitous murder out of games