Yesterday was a Fun Adventure! Mostly related to my ongoing quest for ADHD treatment that Actually Works(TM).

I went to the pharmacy to pick up pills: the last appointment bumped the bupropion, so I don't have any buffer yet. (Even though I renewed as soon as I remembered to.) Then I went to the appointment. We talked about the two Terrible Things I had been worried about actually happening, some Dental Fuckery (he winced gratifyingly) and then my dad dying. I didn't mention the mini-splits install, but that was also incredibly disruptive.

Helpfully, I'd written down some things, and saved them in the calendar appointment so I'd have them at the correct place and time.

ADHD Gothic, or, one of my mornings over the last month.

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After that, my psychiatrist kind of winced. Then he started talking about options for adding a medication. Score! I picked Strattera, because the other one was for anxiety, and generally the current meds on that end of things are working out. He went into a general lecture about how it would not Magically Make Me Organized, and how I should work with my therapist about learning to make lists. (I did not immediately have a page from my bullet journal situation to wave at him, so I sat there and nodded. The mini-splits install plus my dad dying kind of did a combination cannonball and belly flop into the peaceful pool of my organizational system, and we're still mopping up.)

He is taking vacation after Christmas, so he said I should check in before that to see how the medication is doing. I asked what "before that" meant, and we picked a general time for me to call for an appointment so there would be time, and I explained that I've got a calendar system so that I will remember to do things at times.

He sent the prescription, and handed me a note to take to the front desk to schedule our next appointment assuming I didn't have feedback on the new med (end of January). That got scheduled. I explained my system to the front desk lady. (Three calendars: deadlines and medical appointments, with the actual time of the appointment in the subject, length of the appointment plus fifteen minutes early in that calendar; duplicate to personal calendar but include drive time, duplicate to household calendar but include prep time, was how I did it this time.)

Then I was off to the pharmacy, but I considered that they might get started on it and there was a thrift store on the way back, so I poked into there and found some athletic tops that look like they will work nicely for my current War On Bras.

Then to the pharmacy! I grabbed a motorized shopping cart, with the expectation that the prescription would not be ready for at least a half-hour after I inquired, so I might as well be ready to do some shopping. But they said an hour. I thought I might do a good browse, but I thought wrong.

This morning, I wrote a customer service note to explain the situation.

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After I got the meds, I went by the taqueria on the corner. Sadly, the shrimp in the thing I got for Alex were Questionable. ( Read more... ) We are not getting shrimp there again, and I may write a review. Tails are not what is wanted when the shrimp are integrated into the dish and covered with sauce and not super finger-grabbable.

After that I managed to elbow my container wrong, and distributed nacho over a narrow but intense blast zone involving my desk, my arm, all of my clothing, and the floor. Sour cream side on my skirt and elbow.

So ... a day, amirite?

Belovedest has installed a pi-hole to deal with a number of ad networks. This is good except for three games that give me free stuff for experiencing ads. I've determined that for two out of the three, I just turn off wifi on my phone for the narrow window I need. The third one is extremely less playable without the extras, and it's built in a way that you basically have to start the game with access to the ad server if you're going to want to use an extra during a level. Which you don't always know until mid-level. Fortunately that's not one of the games with any real daily bonus that I care about, so I leave it until I would appreciate that particular variety of Soothing Game.