The Journey of I, Dream, the man...

Dream said:

Would you mind me asking what meds you're on which make your AS worse in some way? Obviously that's just a "request" with no "obligation" to answer, it's just that I've found the Concerta XL don't make me feel any different, and yet my mother, sister and one guy I've known a while think I've been different since I've been on them. SSRI's just make me feel more nauseous (and I've had stomach problems since I was a child) or they make me sleep for 16+ hours a day (so a chemical cosh is supposed to "enable" me?!?).

Not at all.  It's Sertraline, which is used for anti-anxiety in my case, although it's also used for depression and OCD behaviours as well.  It is also an SSRI.  I "needed" a higher dose than I am on, but as soon as they upped my dose I got the most awful side-effects (you may know that we are more sensitive to medication) so I had to reduce back down.

Dream said:

Anywayz, many thanks for "engaging" with me IntenseWorld, it's great to interact with another mind of similar ilk, albeit through the aetherial intangible world of "cyberspace".

I am finding it most interesting myself.  Somehow, communicating in the ether makes it all the more otherwordly, and as they say we feel like aliens on the wrong planet.

Dream said:

Would you mind me asking what meds you're on which make your AS worse in some way? Obviously that's just a "request" with no "obligation" to answer, it's just that I've found the Concerta XL don't make me feel any different, and yet my mother, sister and one guy I've known a while think I've been different since I've been on them. SSRI's just make me feel more nauseous (and I've had stomach problems since I was a child) or they make me sleep for 16+ hours a day (so a chemical cosh is supposed to "enable" me?!?).

Not at all.  It's Sertraline, which is used for anti-anxiety in my case, although it's also used for depression and OCD behaviours as well.  It is also an SSRI.  I "needed" a higher dose than I am on, but as soon as they upped my dose I got the most awful side-effects (you may know that we are more sensitive to medication) so I had to reduce back down.

Dream said:

Anywayz, many thanks for "engaging" with me IntenseWorld, it's great to interact with another mind of similar ilk, albeit through the aetherial intangible world of "cyberspace".

I am finding it most interesting myself.  Somehow, communicating in the ether makes it all the more otherwordly, and as they say we feel like aliens on the wrong planet.