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FifthView

FifthView

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Chessie2 said:
I puked twice while writing a sex scene tonight. Yeah, I'm hella sick and also way stubborn. Gotta do what needs to be done, even at the cost of my sanity. Not the best sex scene I've written either. It's too short (like 3 or 4 paragraphs) but I couldn't manage anything longer with overwhelming f*** nausea.
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I just wrote a "morning after" scene, to open my Chapter Two, in which sex almost happens again—but for the proverbial knock on the door. Alas. Didn't puke, but I was surprised that the scene came so well to me. I'd been dreading trying to write it. Is this a decent way to introduce the new POV character, in a second chapter opening? We'll see. Turned out well so far, because I managed to introduce the things I wanted to introduce, to that point in the chapter.
 
Chessie2

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FifthView said:
I just wrote a "morning after" scene, to open my Chapter Two, in which sex almost happens again—but for the proverbial knock on the door. Alas. Didn't puke, but I was surprised that the scene came so well to me. I'd been dreading trying to write it. Is this a decent way to introduce the new POV character, in a second chapter opening? We'll see. Turned out well so far, because I managed to introduce the things I wanted to introduce, to that point in the chapter.
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Morning after is basically mandatory #2. That's where I'm at today, too.
 
DragonOfTheAerie

DragonOfTheAerie

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Looking into short stories. Read I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream. Being the great friend that I am, I texted my friend, "Want to never sleep again?" He said "sure."

I'm kind of an awful person.

On a different note, i'm a little fascinated by how little incredibly f**ked up bizarre shit bothers me in books, when I can barely get through scenes with abusive parents, animal death, any kind of injustice, etc. I have had literal panic attacks over hearing about things that happened to other people because I'm what's called hyper-empathetic. Can't put my stuffed animals on different shelves because they'll get lonely. Can't kill bugs. Literally cannot stand the entire world because I feel like I am feeling the pain of every person alive. I react viscerally to the feelings of others. Yet i somehow find myself seeking out the most messed up and horrific stuff in the weird/speculative realm and just being like, "cooooool." Also some of my story ideas have people, and me, like. "Holy shit. What's wrong with you."

Maybe I should check on that friend...
 
TheCrystallineEntity

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^I know how you feel. I'm hyper sensitive and hyper emphatic, yet it's a constant struggle to keep dark elements out of my books and to keep the books themselves from spiraling into depressing slogs.
 
DragonOfTheAerie

DragonOfTheAerie

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I'm on this new medication (for ADHD) and it's definitely not supposed to do this but a few hours after I take it it puts me right to sleep. Knocks me out cold. It makes me super dizzy and lightheaded and kind of brain-foggy before putting me to sleep, as well. Needless to say I'm going off it. It's not supposed to make me fall asleep or do anything of the sort but when I take it i end up literally being unable to hold my eyes open within a few hours.

So earlier today i slept like 3 hours in the middle of the day and now it's the wee hours of the morning and I don't feel like sleeping. I guess thats what happens when you sleep the day away.
 
Tom

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DragonOfTheAerie said:
I'm on this new medication (for ADHD) and it's definitely not supposed to do this but a few hours after I take it it puts me right to sleep. Knocks me out cold. It makes me super dizzy and lightheaded and kind of brain-foggy before putting me to sleep, as well. Needless to say I'm going off it. It's not supposed to make me fall asleep or do anything of the sort but when I take it i end up literally being unable to hold my eyes open within a few hours.

So earlier today i slept like 3 hours in the middle of the day and now it's the wee hours of the morning and I don't feel like sleeping. I guess thats what happens when you sleep the day away.
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I'm glad you've got a diagnosis, but that really sucks that your meds aren't working for you. What medication were you prescribed, and what dosage? I'm currently on 60mg of Strattera, which is working amazingly well. It's a non-stimulant so it doesn't have a lot of the side effects of stimulant meds.
 
DragonOfTheAerie

DragonOfTheAerie

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Tom said:
I'm glad you've got a diagnosis, but that really sucks that your meds aren't working for you. What medication were you prescribed, and what dosage? I'm currently on 60mg of Strattera, which is working amazingly well. It's a non-stimulant so it doesn't have a lot of the side effects of stimulant meds.
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Omg, Strattera is what i'm on lol. Its only 25mg, so i'd hate to see how unconscious 60mg would make me...

I'm really sensitive to lots of medications. I'm on 5mg of lexapro for anxiety, which is a lot lower dose than is usual, but it works.
 
Tom

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DragonOfTheAerie said:
Omg, Strattera is what i'm on lol. Its only 25mg, so i'd hate to see how unconscious 60mg would make me...

I'm really sensitive to lots of medications. I'm on 5mg of lexapro for anxiety, which is a lot lower dose than is usual, but it works.
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My doc started me at 20mg, and I had to ask to have the dosage bumped twice because it didn't have any effect on me at all. I'm tolerant/resistant to a lot of medications, so I have to have high doses of anything (even anesthetic, which I learned after waking up in the middle of surgery).

With Strattera, I'd try it for a little while longer and see what happens. It tends to manifest side effects like drowsiness, nausea, etc, for the first few days, but once you adjust they usually go away. The first weekend I started taking 20mg I was low-level nauseous and lightheaded for hours, and just like you I'd just pass out after taking a dose. It took maybe 3 days for my body to get used to it, but after that it was smooth sailing. When I started the 60mg dosage I was dizzy for a couple days, but again it went away pretty fast. Hopefully it'll work out for you too.
 
DragonOfTheAerie

DragonOfTheAerie

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Tom said:
My doc started me at 20mg, and I had to ask to have the dosage bumped twice because it didn't have any effect on me at all. I'm tolerant/resistant to a lot of medications, so I have to have high doses of anything (even anesthetic, which I learned after waking up in the middle of surgery).

With Strattera, I'd try it for a little while longer and see what happens. It tends to manifest side effects like drowsiness, nausea, etc, for the first few days, but once you adjust they usually go away. The first weekend I started taking 20mg I was low-level nauseous and lightheaded for hours, and just like you I'd just pass out after taking a dose. It took maybe 3 days for my body to get used to it, but after that it was smooth sailing. When I started the 60mg dosage I was dizzy for a couple days, but again it went away pretty fast. Hopefully it'll work out for you too.
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Hmm. Hope so.
 
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CupofJoe

CupofJoe

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Had a great [nearly lucid] dream with multiple characters and and interweaving story line. I woke up so excited but by the time I found something to write with, it was all fading away. There was a woman [queen, goddess, priestess, magician] riding an enormous phoenix, I remember that much... it left sooty foot [claw? talon?] prints in the snow.
 
Chessie2

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This morning I woke up to tiny claws pawing at the back of my neck. Our 2 month old tortoiseshell was fast asleep wedged between my husband and I underneath our pillows. Life can be really sweet sometimes.
 
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