Here the hypomania (hypermotivation) starts. I think I took the first increased dose on the morning of this day and memory is a bit hazy from here.
Here the hypomania (hypermotivation) starts. I think I took the first increased dose on the morning of this day and memory is a bit hazy from here.
[2025/06/02, 15:43:07] James: So I keep bouncing back and forth.
[2025/06/02, 15:43:21] James: Post on LinkedIn now? Wait? Later? Is it real yet?
[2025/06/02, 15:43:31] James: Met the doctor. He was surprised. Then interested. Then excited.
[2025/06/02, 15:43:42] James: Then I suggested he try it on some other patients and he said he would.
[2025/06/02, 15:44:07] James: Emailed the guy who posed the problem. I thought it was too much dopamine. He said he thought it was rapid flushing.
[2025/06/02, 15:44:13] James: Rapid flushing? Plug the sink!
[2025/06/02, 15:44:33] James: I was a recruiter for 20 years. Best in Tokyo. Finding missed matches.
[2025/06/02, 15:45:06] James: Anyway.
[2025/06/02, 15:45:20] James: If it’s flushing too fast then it doesn’t matter how much water you throw at it.
[2025/06/02, 15:45:29] James: If anything I’d think that makes the problem worse.
[2025/06/02, 15:45:48] James: My dopamine hacking certainly seemed to
[2025/06/02, 15:45:58] James: Didn’t really bring anything good and in hindsight probably bad.
[2025/06/02, 15:46:08] James: The problem is the flushing. The moments where the power goes out.
[2025/06/02, 15:46:20] James: That’s the issue. So all you need is a little something to tide you over.
[2025/06/02, 15:46:22] James: A plug.
[2025/06/02, 15:46:27] James: I dunno.
[2025/06/02, 15:46:39] James: It seems so … obvious. Surely someone else has seen it.
[2025/06/02, 15:47:10] James: But this is an old drug. Used to treat autistic aggression in children who can’t report their subjective experiences.
[2025/06/02, 15:47:30] James: It is tarnished by the unfortunate category of antipsychotic.
[2025/06/02, 15:47:49] James: The old candidate that nobody has looked for in 20 years.
[2025/06/02, 15:47:54] James: But fucking perfect for the job.
[2025/06/02, 15:48:04] James: Not sure how long I can hold on to be honest.
[2025/06/02, 15:48:14] James: But the fact that I’m holding on at all is evidence in my mind.
[2025/06/02, 15:48:20] James: Tick tock.
[2025/06/02, 16:40:16] James: Maybe most people have a capacity for information limited by the quantity in a single thread, while mine is limited by the number of threads.
[2025/06/02, 16:40:38] James: So while another person could weave 5 threads into an answer, I can run with one thread to the moon.
[2025/06/02, 16:40:53] James: Sometimes turn around wondering where the fuck I am but hey. The analogy holds. Done.