aspergers and vaping.

[AXIOM_1]

Been electrocuted many times in my life.

that's why your hair is so curly

 

[AXIOM_1]

Why am I not surprised?

one time in school one of the "pesky" students charged a very large capacitor up to a very high voltage and intentionally left it on a desk --- well, guess who came along a couple of days later and grabbed onto both leads? Yep, you're right -- it could only happen to me -- needless to say it felt like my arm was getting blown off --- The other student got into some trouble over that ordeal.

 

[Atchafalaya]

Just a thought. I'm going to start my exercise workout soon and it made me think.... I always shoot for over 10,000 steps in a day... What if you were to slap a pedometer on and when your feeling like you have too much energy just start walking it off. It might not feel so disconcerting if you are channeling your excess energy into some good for you "exercise".

Ok, I'm going to start next week too. Not smoking has added a few extra pounds I do not want.
Fit-bits are pretty cool.

 

[Atchafalaya]

Sorry to hear that -- yeah I cannot take Prozac either -- I tried it once and it did the exact same thing to me that it's doing to you -- they ended up trying me on various ones until I settled with Zoloft as that doesn't do that negative stuff to me.

Hope you're feeling better!

 

[NoFumus]

one time in school one of the "pesky" students charged a very large capacitor up to a very high voltage and intentionally left it on a desk --- well, guess who came along a couple of days later and grabbed onto both leads? Yep, you're right -- it could only happen to me -- needless to say it felt like my arm was getting blown off --- The other student got into some trouble over that ordeal.

I don't know whether you're extremely lucky or extremely unlucky. Unlucky accidents that, luckily, could have been much worse. I guess we're lucky to still have you with us.

 

[AXIOM_1]

Hope you're feeling better!

I'm ok --- actually I hurt lots more than yesterday oh well, it will heal in a few days -- the pain is to be expected since I was basically crucified and the nail pierced all though my muscles and cartilage

 

[Atchafalaya]

I taught myself basic electronics at the age of 15 by reading books and working on old tube type TV's and radios. Learned about basic Radio as well. After HS I took 2 years fo technical education in Industrial electronics, got my FCC 1st class license and later became a CET.

One can learn that an old tube type TV CRT will hold a charge for days after powering off. A rather startling lesson to be sure

Cool! I learned how to repair those old tv's too. Those capacitors hold that charge a long time. I used to pop the charge out of them with a rubber ended screwdriver before working on them. Hurts BAD when they pop you.

 

[AXIOM_1]

I don't know whether you're extremely lucky or extremely unlucky. Unlucky accidents that, luckily, could have been much worse. I guess we're lucky to still have you with us.

You are way kind for sure --- no, we are lucky to have you!

 

[Atchafalaya]

yeah I am formally schooled in Electronics and I even did some home schooling in that field as well as regular colleges. I studies both consumer electronics and Electrical Engineering as well.


That is awesome -- my kind of person for sure



30" -- sounds about how the commies (gvt) would do things.



Excellent!




Denver? Hey I was born not far from there (Colorado Springs) --- plus in my earlier electronics days I got an electronics job there in Denver and worked there. Denver is a very large city and much too big for this ole country boy. I am glad you like it there though.

Same here. I have a degree in Computer Electronics Technology. Started out on the hardware side of things.
It was only 11 years ago I got into programming. It got thrown in my lap and I had to learn it and sink or swim.

 

[Atchafalaya]

Been electrocuted many times in my life.

I hear ya.

 

[Atchafalaya]

@MaenadMoogle --I love the caffeine LOL! I have that one saved in my slide show screensaver.
Restlessness is really hard to deal with. For me, it's the most frequent symptom of PD. Ropinirole kept me from going crazy. When it works. But it probably wouldn't work in your case.

Drug side effects are a real puzzle once you have a few of them running around in you system. You can also face difficult choices.

I take levetiracetam and lamotrigine for seizures. They eventually gave me manic episodes. Still do, but less frequently now. But Parkinson's also causes depression. It was getting debilitating, so they started me on several AD's before finally settling on citalopram, which works well with few side effects.

Except that it interacts with the lamotrigine to make the manic episodes worse. During one of these earlier this year, I decided that I should discontinue the citalopram. Big mistake. Got severely depressed. Had huge headaches getting back on it.

And more restless, which was actually the Parkinson's getting worse. So now I'm on sinemet and ropinirole, and it's just getting hard to sort out which side effects are caused by what.

Lots of info about me to tell you that I feel for your trials in getting the meds right.

Take care.

I'm out of my Citalopram. Switched doctors and it's like pulling teeth to get my new script. Hopefully I'll get them today, or I'll turn into a basket case. A bigger one than I already am.

 

[Atchafalaya]

I'm ok --- actually I hurt lots more than yesterday oh well, it will heal in a few days -- the pain is to be expected since I was basically crucified and the nail pierced all though my muscles and cartilage

Poor thing! Hang in there.

 

[Atchafalaya]

You are way kind for sure --- no, we are lucky to have you!

I second that!!!! She's the bomb digity.

 

[AXIOM_1]

Cool! I learned how to repair those old tv's too. Those capacitors hold that charge a long time. I used to pop the charge out of them with a rubber ended screwdriver before working on them. Hurts BAD when they pop you.

yeah but what's even worse is those old CRT's (picture tubes) -- those things operated on high voltages that were produced by step up transformers -- usually in the range of 20kv - 40kv --- 40,000 volts is one heck of a lot of voltage and it is so high that even getting your hand close to where the high voltage transformer plugs into the CRT can cause a miniature lightening bolt to jump from the jack and shock you. Thank goodness for advanced micro electronics that has enabled the use of smaller voltages along with longer component life.

 

[AXIOM_1]

I'm out of my Citalopram.

What is Citalopram? Anti-depressant?

 

[Atchafalaya]

What is Citalopram? Anti-depressant?

Yes. My 'mental' issues are depression and probably ADD. Maybe I should give the ritalin a try too.
Hey Ax dude, were you every stationed at Fort Hood, Texas when you were in the Army?

 

[Atchafalaya]

yeah but what's even worse is those old CRT's (picture tubes) -- those things operated on high voltages that were produced by step up transformers -- usually in the range of 20kv - 40kv --- 40,000 volts is one heck of a lot of voltage and it is so high that even getting your hand close to where the high voltage transformer plugs into the CRT can cause a miniature lightening bolt to jump from the jack and shock you. Thank goodness for advanced micro electronics that has enabled the use of smaller voltages along with longer component life.

Yea, there was a guy in one of my classes, that had one of those 'bolts' hit his thumb. Permanent scare. I hated working on those. I was the only woman in that class and the guys would come up behind me and scream "ZAP!" because they all knew how afraid I was of that high voltage.

 

[Atchafalaya]

yeah but what's even worse is those old CRT's (picture tubes) -- those things operated on high voltages that were produced by step up transformers -- usually in the range of 20kv - 40kv --- 40,000 volts is one heck of a lot of voltage and it is so high that even getting your hand close to where the high voltage transformer plugs into the CRT can cause a miniature lightening bolt to jump from the jack and shock you. Thank goodness for advanced micro electronics that has enabled the use of smaller voltages along with longer component life.

Anyway, I had no idea you went to school for the same thing I did. That's cool. And now we both program. You're my brother from a different mother. lol!!!!

 

[AXIOM_1]

Yes. My 'mental' issues are depression and probably ADD. Maybe I should give the ritalin a try too.
Hey Ax dude, were you every stationed at Fort Hood, Texas when you were in the Army?

I would say you are ADD like myself -- our weirdness is similar --- yes the Ritalin is working absolute wonders for me -- I had always "wrongly" assumed that since I am an anxiety ridden person and quite nervous that the Ritalin would compound my anxiety problems -- but it was exactly the opposite -- Yes, it seems to speed my body up a bit but at the same time it helps me lots mentally.

ummm - I don't know which duty station you are referring to but for basic training and AIT training I was stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia .... I was then doing duty in the National Guard in the State of Idaho -- trained with lots of folks from Fort Hood though.

 

[AXIOM_1]

Anyway, I had no idea you went to school for the same thing I did. That's cool. And now we both program. You're my brother from a different mother. lol!!!!

that's my other Brother

well, I also did advanced engineering studies in electronics as well -- spent lots of years fiddling with electronics components and circuits for sure.