Living with ADD is one of the most annoying things I have had to deal with. One thing I have learned since being on, and off medication in my life, is that it is a much more refreshing feeling, and that I feel much more confident about myself when I don't take medication. It may seem difficult from time to time, but the side effects from the medication suck, no matter what you take, and it hurts my ability to buckle down and really work. The effects for everyone from the medication are different, but in my experience it is better if you learn how to deal with the ADD, so that you can learn how to handle it in general. Don't use the crutch of medication if you don't have to, remember if you can learn how your brain functions, you can control a lot of it on your own, or develop ways to compensate.
One of the ways that I compensate is I do most of my work after 2am. There is nothing on TV, no one is awake, and it is completely quiet in the city. Another way I handle it is to work on what I enjoy. It is much easier to focus on what you love to do, than it is to focus on some boring repetitive P.O.S. thing that work forces you to do (or Homework, same thing).
After all that has been said if you find yourself as Hyperactive seriously consider being medicated. Hyperactive ADD individuals can be very reckless, although I suspect they can work on controlling it too. As a final note, it is your body understand what you do to it. The medications (well the stimulants), are basically speed, so read up on what the drugs will do to you and make an informed decision. Have fun, and be safe, but don't assume you must medicate at any time.
Personally I agree with this, there isn't a compelling reason to buy the stock for me. There are betterways for users to support the company and thats to improve it via any way that you can. Investing money in the market is not something that is for "fun", its to make money (at least it is for me). I am not going to give money to mandrake and not expect some financial improvement on the position. And in addition to this, the market isn't ready for this stock. Maybe 3 or 4 months down the road the market will look better, but for now I have better uses of my money.
Dude, honestly chill. Mandrake is a decent Linux distribution for someone learning Linux for the first time. I recently started using linux, and it takes a little bit of time before you feel comfortable with any OS that feels like a radical change. Windows for workgroups->win95 is an example of this. I was in HS at the time, but I remember people who worked in the IT field saying they would NEVER use win95, but would stay with workgroups.
In a couple of months I fully plan on changing over to slack or debian, but for newbies to linux I know no one who recommends a distro besides Mandrake.
This isn't in the actual city of Boston yet, its in the Boston Metro area (I know its in Winchester). According to a friend of mine, however, it is going to be in the Boston area before the end of 2002. You may be able to get it sooner, it just depends on when AT&T rewires your place.
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Living with ADD is one of the most annoying things I have had to deal with. One thing I have learned since being on, and off medication in my life, is that it is a much more refreshing feeling, and that I feel much more confident about myself when I don't take medication. It may seem difficult from time to time, but the side effects from the medication suck, no matter what you take, and it hurts my ability to buckle down and really work. The effects for everyone from the medication are different, but in my experience it is better if you learn how to deal with the ADD, so that you can learn how to handle it in general. Don't use the crutch of medication if you don't have to, remember if you can learn how your brain functions, you can control a lot of it on your own, or develop ways to compensate.
One of the ways that I compensate is I do most of my work after 2am. There is nothing on TV, no one is awake, and it is completely quiet in the city. Another way I handle it is to work on what I enjoy. It is much easier to focus on what you love to do, than it is to focus on some boring repetitive P.O.S. thing that work forces you to do (or Homework, same thing).
After all that has been said if you find yourself as Hyperactive seriously consider being medicated. Hyperactive ADD individuals can be very reckless, although I suspect they can work on controlling it too. As a final note, it is your body understand what you do to it. The medications (well the stimulants), are basically speed, so read up on what the drugs will do to you and make an informed decision. Have fun, and be safe, but don't assume you must medicate at any time.
Personally I agree with this, there isn't a compelling reason to buy the stock for me. There are betterways for users to support the company and thats to improve it via any way that you can. Investing money in the market is not something that is for "fun", its to make money (at least it is for me). I am not going to give money to mandrake and not expect some financial improvement on the position. And in addition to this, the market isn't ready for this stock. Maybe 3 or 4 months down the road the market will look better, but for now I have better uses of my money.
Dude, honestly chill. Mandrake is a decent Linux distribution for someone learning Linux for the first time. I recently started using linux, and it takes a little bit of time before you feel comfortable with any OS that feels like a radical change. Windows for workgroups->win95 is an example of this. I was in HS at the time, but I remember people who worked in the IT field saying they would NEVER use win95, but would stay with workgroups.
In a couple of months I fully plan on changing over to slack or debian, but for newbies to linux I know no one who recommends a distro besides Mandrake.
This isn't in the actual city of Boston yet, its in the Boston Metro area (I know its in Winchester). According to a friend of mine, however, it is going to be in the Boston area before the end of 2002. You may be able to get it sooner, it just depends on when AT&T rewires your place.