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lyc. So, this is weird. I have been trying to absorb it for a few days. apparently I have a learning/reading disability.

Posted by loosi (aka loosilu2) Jan 15 '12, 21:30

something called an Executive Function disorder. for me it affects reading, attention, "set shifting" (letting things go), and organization. weird, and yet, many things make sense now.

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A propos of nothing, but drug companies have to create disorders before the FDA will allow them to create medications for it. - Mop Jan 15, 22:21 2
- restless leg is real. I have it... - Mel Profit Jan 16, 01:09
- yeah, I know. doesn't seem as if meds help this one. -- nm - loosi Jan 15, 22:40
How is that diagnosed? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 15, 22:19 2
- we shall email. :) -- nm - loosi Jan 15, 22:40 1
  - Aw crap, where do I email you? - loosi Jan 15, 22:41
That was mentioned today in my special skooling as something potheads have to deal with. - Qale Jan 15, 21:39 16
- As in, the potheads are self-medicating because of it? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 15, 21:42 9
  - No, that prolonged users get tunnel-vision and have trouble focusing using certain functions. - Qale Jan 15, 21:55 8
    - huh,interesting. do you recall which functions? -- nm - loosi Jan 15, 21:55 7
      - I cannot since it didn't pertain to me. I get to bring home the book after finishing tomorrow, if I remember, I'll post it then. -- nm - Qale Jan 15, 22:00 6
        
        short term memory :)) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 15, 22:01 5
        
        Nice. - Qale Jan 15, 22:04
        
        that is the one that kills me, fwiw. Apparently I have very bad "working memory". I'm very weirded out, and yet it makes much sense. -- nm - loosi Jan 15, 22:04 3
        
        i'm dreadful with people & faces -- nm - peglegpete Jan 15, 22:07 2
        
        I recognize faces all the time but can't place them, nor their names. So I nod politely to a lot of people I may not even know. - Mop Jan 15, 22:24
        
        face memory is yet another thing. I'm totally fine with that. -- nm - loosi Jan 15, 22:08
- lol. just to be clear, I am not a pothead. :) -- nm - loosi Jan 15, 21:39 5
  - Eh. I ain't judgin' either way. -- nm - Qale Jan 15, 21:53 2
    - it's good, some of my best friends are potheads. I just can't do that. -- nm - loosi Jan 15, 21:54 1
      - It's not my vice of choice either. -- nm - Qale Jan 15, 21:56
  - Is it similar to ADHD? Or something completely different? -- nm - Flavorize Jan 15, 21:41 1
    - there are some components in common. Executives functions are affected in ADHD. apparently I just have trouble with some specific functions. -- nm - loosi Jan 15, 21:49

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lyc. So, this is weird. I have been trying to absorb it for a few days. apparently I have a learning/reading disability.

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