@djsmiley2k TY. Google brought me to that easy account setting too, which worked as expected the first time I actually did it. Had I read your question 2 hours ago, I'd be in a much better mood right now :D
Tbf, even if it weren't open to the public, given my academic connections at the university (having been alumni and staff) I probably could have blagged my way in
Been a while though... given my recent ADHD awareness I've come to recognize why I'm pretty much incapable of paying attention to and through any form of lecture or talk that's not a stand-up comedy show
And then there's the literature society with their slam poetry events.... Edinburgh has a lot of intellectual events throughout the year, one of the many reasons I like the place.
Apparently trying to get legitimate treatment if you're not diagnosed as a kid on the NHS is pretty much futile
> Some adults wait more than seven years to be diagnosed with ADHD because of huge waiting lists, a charity has said.
Dr Louise Theodosiou, from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, said an adult with the condition was more likely to take drugs, commit crime or end up in prison.
"ADHD is connected with higher rates of suicide, depression and other mental health needs and untreated ADHD can also impact physical health," she said.
"People can be in a very serious condition while they wait for treatment."
@bertieb Yeah, it's pot luck. Some people manage to get to see a specialist with less than 3 GP appointments, and as per above article, some people sit around for seven years or just give up
@djsmiley2k Officially I have that diagnosis too, which in itself took over a decade, but given the overlap, I suspect ADHD may be a more accurate one. Yet given the stretched NHS mental health resources, I've kinda given up on any help until I'm rich enough to seek private treatment.
I was suspected of it since I was at nursery, but didn't get a psychiatrist to actually give a formal diagnosis until 22, after docs spent 4 years trying different antidepressants that didn't work and finally acknowledged there might be something else...
And thus here I am, basically self-medicating and whinging on an internet forum.
I have similarly considered, if I ever get rich enough, doing some of my own research in a fMRI machine with private money on the effects of some Ketamine-related dissociatives as a treatment for executive dysfunction.
@djsmiley2k Already have, to some extent. It's what helped me get technical jobs requiring comp-sci degrees at the age of 18, and doctorates when I had a Biotech BSc
@bertieb Yeah, I'm aware of that, but it's a) slow going, b) most likely to remain US-focused for the near future and c) Not all that relevant or effective for me personally, at least compared to related substances that were patented in the 50's but never made it to market
Mentioned to a bunch of random strangers in Germany once I was from Cambridge, one of them literally offered me their drink to pour over the head of their mate from Oxford, on the assumption I'm supposed to prejudicially hate everything Oxford related.
Y'know, about a decade and a half ago the Scottish government were seriously considering a maglev project that would've linked Edinburgh and Glasgow with a sub-15-minute journey time
(12 minutes, to be precise, 15 including a stop at the airport)
@Dog if you wouldn't mind indulging me by dropping the name of the aforementioned pharmaceutical (Riot or here since it's all purely hypothetical) I'd be gratified to brush up my pharmacology (its been a while)
Bitcoin's about to make a price break, but I'm too fed up with myself after already losing $150 today due to drug-withdrawal-induced bad trading decisions. Ironically, I always make 100% profitable trades while on drugs, but really bad ones as they're wearing off.
I'm suddenly tempted to jump on a first class flight to Dallas tomorrow, but have nobody to take with me to use my 2-for-1 flight voucher
But the fact that I can is somewhat mood lifting
Life's not so bad, even if I used to travel all the time, but now haven't set foot outside Scotland for almost 2 years
> Michelle Beckett, 45, from Harrogate, was diagnosed with adult ADHD in 2017, after being misdiagnosed in her early 20s. Since then she has required support from mental health services and set up ADHD Action following her diagnosis.
"ADHD nearly killed me," she said. "I was suicidal. How many people have lost their lives because they haven't been able to access the treatment, and understand the way their brain works?"
A girl messaged me on Instagram to take boudoir pictures of her at her house. I went to her house, took her pictures. I went home, edited, and sent them. She said she loved them, but she asked me not post the sexy ones because her boyfriend found out about the pictures and wasn't happy about it. ...
