{"id":818,"date":"2003-10-29T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2003-10-29T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=818"},"modified":"2003-10-29T10:33:00","modified_gmt":"2003-10-29T16:33:00","slug":"why-i-take-meds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/29\/why-i-take-meds\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I take meds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/lordandrei\/144155.html\">previously mentioned<\/a>&#8230; I am on Straterra. I&#8217;d stopped taking it for a few because it really seemed to be doing less and less over time.<\/p>\n<p>Monday, after several a few weeks of scattered focus and lowered productivity I went back on.<\/p>\n<p>This morning I sat down with breakfast and my pills. Normally, I take the pills with food or I get that horrible, hollow feeling.<\/p>\n<p>After breakfast I looked at the pills. Had I taken them with the food? Had I forgotten to take them? Have I forgotten that I took them.<\/p>\n<p>Grr, the the mind spins, if I don&#8217;t take them, I may not have taken them and my focus will be off. If I did take them and I take them again I don&#8217;t want to OD on meds.<\/p>\n<p>Grr.<\/p>\n<p>Blah.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-818\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/29\/why-i-take-meds\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-818\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/29\/why-i-take-meds\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-818\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/29\/why-i-take-meds\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/29\/why-i-take-meds\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As previously mentioned&#8230; I am on Straterra. I&#8217;d stopped taking it for a few because it really seemed to be doing less and less over time. Monday, after several a few weeks of scattered focus and lowered productivity I went back on. This morning I sat down with breakfast and my pills. 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