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how introverted are you?
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since you're on here there is a good possibility that you are more introverted than extroverted.
as for myself i would say i'm probably around 6-8.
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cthoolhu
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probably around a six for me
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7-8 I suppose
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: MyStIcAT]
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It really depends on my mood. A lot of the time, I'm happy and communicate everything on my mind. Other days though can be shitty, and don't have much to say. Sometimes I'm out of my mind, and everyone understands how I'm feeling without me having to say a word. I'd say about a 6 or 7.
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6. Sometimes I like to socialize. After which time, I need to recharge. If I socialize too much, I get really irritable.
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probably a 6-7 for me normally.
a 9-11 if i'm high.
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: Big Worm]
#14341440 - 04/23/11 11:55 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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a 9-11 if i'm high.
same goes for me too lol
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About a 7 or 8 for me. I don't have a wide circle of friends, just a few close ones, and I enjoy being alone most of the time. I'm happy with this.
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: Le_Canard]
#14342263 - 04/24/11 05:39 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Sometimes i like being around around people even though i dont feel like talking i wonder if the silence makes them uncomefortable lol
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: cthoolhu]
#14342289 - 04/24/11 06:09 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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INFJ
Quite introverted. Apparently only 1% of the pop are this and 1/3 of these are males.
I'm male.
I'm also a systemizer, rating on SQ as 104. Asperger scale = 34, EQ (Emotional quotient = 46 (normal))
What does that all mean?
Jack s*it
Just human, sadly.
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I am very introverted.
I moved around every couple years as a kid, changing schools almost every year, and being homeschooled and pulled out of school alot pre - jr. high.
So i am very independent and do not look outside to find people with which to occupy myself.
It's a trade off. Although i am very independent, my lack of desire to socialize makes me a bit of a stick in the mud at times...
I've been in a new city since August and have made no friends. I am 100% content with my girlfriend and the people i work with.
That said, i am good at communicating abstract or complex thoughts/ideas to others, and can be very vocal in the right situation. I am just too pigheaded to involve myself with most small talk.
It is getting better though, as i grow into my 20's, i am finding people are more mature and worth socializing with...
I do find it very hard to meet people though, despite being approachable and friendly.
Anyways, what scale are you using to calculate these numbers?
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: PDU]
#14344085 - 04/24/11 03:55 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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EQ and SQ relate to "brain type". Hans Asperger in 1944 observed groups of males who lacked empathy but were highly systematic toward others; they had intense interest in a single subject, found it hard to make friends due to this and so it was termed a triad of impairment. It is also known as a developmental problem. And there's a hypothesis that these have evolutionary foundations.
EQ = The female (empathizing) brain - 17% of males have this SQ = The male (systemizing) brain - 17% of females have this
You can take the questionnaire online at www.eqsq.com - This Q'aire contains the same questions and rating method that clinical, dev, personality and forensic psychs use. So it's validated and considered a standard part of battery.
Im majoring in psych and I was the only one who scored so high on SQ in the whole class (n=97).

In determining whether someone has an autistic spectrum condition, a scale from 1 - 36 measures the likelihood.
I however don't have any ASC, my empathizing ability is too high..
I do though, have a differential (very similar) diganosis, just branded with a different label...
I LOVE to be alone, though I am dating an EXTREME extrovert (I know, go figure... right) but it does have it's payoff, although sometimes she sticks her foot in it through thinking by talking
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Interesting. I have the empathizing-type brain. No real surprise there.
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: Le_Canard]
#14344155 - 04/24/11 04:12 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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It would be interesting to know how many introverts here are E's or S's - there is also the "balanced" type.
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: Le_Canard]
#14344171 - 04/24/11 04:14 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Very introverted, 8-10. Iv become very sick of people constantly wanting to waste my time with their own interests and wonder why I dont enjoy them. Too many people incapable of understanding me, especially when Im high/tripping.
I got sick of looking for someone out there who is open minded, intelligent, and in general able to think for their self. Too many of them falling for the same thing over and over again, conflicting personalities and interests. After all that I left my friends, dumped my girlfriend(also had to do with how many questions she was asking about the shroomz equipment), just gave up and found that I am much happier alone.
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: Wise Toad]
#14344184 - 04/24/11 04:17 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Wise Toad said: Very introverted, 8-10. Iv become very sick of people constantly wanting to waste my time with their own interests and wonder why I dont enjoy them. Too many people incapable of understanding me, especially when Im high/tripping.
I got sick of looking for someone out there who is open minded, intelligent, and in general able to think for their self. Too many of them falling for the same thing over and over again, conflicting personalities and interests. After all that I left my friends, dumped my girlfriend(also had to do with how many questions she was asking about the shroomz equipment), just gave up and found that I am much happier alone.
So do you think you've overcome the dilemma of isolation/intimacy?
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I got 62 EQ, 31 SQ, brain type balanced.
I really thought I was going to score much higher on SQ than I did though. I feel I'm a bit more analytical than most women, but I guess not. I guess I'm only extremely analytical about a few things, like organic chem and neuro chem, but I don't look at a peice of furniture and wonder how it's made. 
I'm still extremely introverted, but not because I can't understand interaction. It's because I'm desperately shy.
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Im not sure, given that Im talking to you right now this is a form of interaction. If your talking intimacy in terms of a "everyday" friend, while I have given up looking if I ever find one enough like me its quite possible I would take him as worth spending time with; I guess thats what this site is to me in a sense.
So far every relationship I have had has been like a middle school group project, I am the only one who seems to learn anything in the time between each meeting and the only one who can both teach and make intuitive/imaginative discoveries simply through talking.
Iv had all the sex and girls I want for one life and just don't see anything in them; I cant stand relationships of the sort(as well as kids/pets so that completely rules out families)
Slipping into my third eye has been mind blowing
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: BothHands]
#14344377 - 04/24/11 05:00 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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BothHands said: I'm still extremely introverted, but not because I can't understand interaction. It's because I'm desperately shy.
Same here. Like I said, I have a small group of close friends but I'm certainly no social butterfly.
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: Wise Toad]
#14344384 - 04/24/11 05:02 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I know this is gonna be a long shot, but I think you have overcome it by what you convey in words.. What I understand the dilemma to be is the analog of finding "the one" whether it's a partner or yourself.
I'm kinda the same in terms of what relationships mean. I could just as easily stop having sex this day forth and quit the family life (I have 3 kids). Just take each day as it comes. As for feeling like relationships are projects, I can identify with that, more times than not mine have revolved around plasticity.
I'm looking forward to tripping very soon
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: BothHands]
#14344446 - 04/24/11 05:10 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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BothHands said: I got 62 EQ, 31 SQ, brain type balanced.
but I don't look at a peice of furniture and wonder how it's made. 
I trace and follow imaginary lines from the edges of tables or any other straight surface and look for parallel relationships between irrelevant objects like shadows, sad but true.
I guess this type of thought process is linked somehow to trying to figure out how many dovetails or dowels are used in the chair Im sitting on and how they support each other for strength, hence systemizing.
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Anonymous said: EQ and SQ relate to "brain type". Hans Asperger in 1944 observed groups of males who lacked empathy but were highly systematic toward others; they had intense interest in a single subject, found it hard to make friends due to this and so it was termed a triad of impairment. It is also known as a developmental problem. And there's a hypothesis that these have evolutionary foundations.
EQ = The female (empathizing) brain - 17% of males have this SQ = The male (systemizing) brain - 17% of females have this
You can take the questionnaire online at www.eqsq.com - This Q'aire contains the same questions and rating method that clinical, dev, personality and forensic psychs use. So it's validated and considered a standard part of battery.
Im majoring in psych and I was the only one who scored so high on SQ in the whole class (n=97).

In determining whether someone has an autistic spectrum condition, a scale from 1 - 36 measures the likelihood.
I however don't have any ASC, my empathizing ability is too high..
I do though, have a differential (very similar) diganosis, just branded with a different label...
I LOVE to be alone, though I am dating an EXTREME extrovert (I know, go figure... right) but it does have it's payoff, although sometimes she sticks her foot in it through thinking by talking

I just took that test and I scored 42 EQ and 102 SQ.
Test seemed kinda long and annoying for SQ.
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Anon 2 said:
I trace and follow imaginary lines from the edges of tables or any other straight surface and look for parallel relationships between irrelevant objects like shadows, sad but true.
I guess this type of thought process is linked somehow to trying to figure out how many dovetails or dowels are used in the chair Im sitting on and how they support each other for strength, hence systemizing.
I can relate, I find myself fascinated or more interested in certain stuff like that, not the chair so much but just earlier I was visualizing building a picnic table and outlining the frame in my head.
The plane question caught my attention more though, I used to be an aircraft mechanic.
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Welcome to the extreme male brain group, enjoy your stay!
If anything, you get to confirm things to yourself (rarely or) never put in words before..
There's even a theory of EMB floating on the surface of the interwebs
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: Le_Canard]
#14345097 - 04/24/11 07:41 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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ToiletDuk said: About a 7 or 8 for me. I don't have a wide circle of friends, just a few close ones, and I enjoy being alone most of the time. I'm happy with this.
same, same. i've become more introverted as the years go by.
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well i took the test & got 17 EQ and 76 SQ - i've got the 'Extreme Systemizing' brain type. as for how introverted i am, i'd give myself an 8-9/10 when im sober. doing certain drugs change that though.
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Wise Toad said: ...Iv become very sick of people constantly wanting to waste my time...
this is how i feel 90% of the time, though there are a few people who i really get on well with and enjoy spending time with, it just doesent happen too often. im happy with this.
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: gerryjarcia]
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My introversion is completely different. I long for connections with other people, but I'm just to shy to start them. Sure, there are a lot of people out there who aren't worth my time, but there are also a whole lot of people who are. I hate being introverted. I hate the lonliness. If it wasn't for animals and alcohol, I really don't know what I'd do.
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: BothHands]
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I'm kinda with you on that, I long for that connection at times but feeling I have no self worth is what limits me.
I rarely hang out with anyone ever. I dont really like people either but I really think its cause I have low self worth that makes me not wanna hang out with anyone and make me feel possible jealousy, or anger towards them thus me making myself not want to even hang out with them because when I do I just end up wanting them to leave because I feel uncomfortable anyways.
Most the time I just work on things, or read on here. Should be going back to school soon which I like because I love to learn but also hate because I have to see people which I hate. It's really retarded though cause I'm one handsome lookin feller.
I guess even tho I scored so high on SQ I still think I'm more empathetic then it claims I am.
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: BothHands]
#14345612 - 04/24/11 09:01 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I was expecting to be MUCH more emphasizing.
EQ 43 SQ 89
Extreme systemtizing
Must admit, i am quite surprised.
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nutsmcbo said: I guess even tho I scored so high on SQ I still think I'm more empathetic then it claims I am.
Ditto.
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Well 39 is the average male EQ, and you scored 42.
I don't hate people though. I did at one point, and funnily enough, I had tons of friends when I did. Maybe it's because I didn't seek their approval. I didn't give a shit what they thought of me, because I didn't really value their opinions. I don't know what changed. Maybe it was the 2 years of antipsychotics, maybe it was eating all that acid. But I'm a completely different person.
I don't hate anyone. I hate a lot of things that a lot of people do, but I love a lot of things that a lot of people do too.
I don't feel worthless either. I'm no supermodel, but I'm about average, thin, healthy, smart, compassionate.. I have good qualities, and I know that I do. For me, I think my shyness stems from fear of rejection. I care so much about pleasing people that I'm always afraid to force my way in where I'm not wanted. I don't want to inconvenience them by trying to join into a conversation that was going along fine without me.
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: PDU]
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PDU said: I was expecting to be MUCH more emphasizing.
EQ 43 SQ 89
Extreme systemtizing
Must admit, i am quite surprised.
Maybe you misread something. emphasizing is completely different to empathizing.
Maybe that's where the confusion came from?
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: BothHands]
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BothHands said:
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PDU said: I was expecting to be MUCH more emphasizing.
EQ 43 SQ 89
Extreme systemtizing
Must admit, i am quite surprised.
Maybe you misread something. emphasizing is completely different to empathizing.
Maybe that's where the confusion came from?
Oh man, i seen that error when it occured, but didn't bother pondering on it.
Thanks for pointing that out, a mistake like that would usually drive me bonkers.
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: BothHands]
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Tcm19277 said: well i took the test & got 17 EQ and 76 SQ - i've got the 'Extreme Systemizing' brain type. as for how introverted i am, i'd give myself an 8-9/10 when im sober. doing certain drugs change that though.
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Wise Toad said: ...Iv become very sick of people constantly wanting to waste my time...
this is how i feel 90% of the time, though there are a few people who i really get on well with and enjoy spending time with, it just doesent happen too often. im happy with this.
Drugs exacerbate my introversion. I enjoy all of you, many people here are very similar to me
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BothHands said: Well 39 is the average male EQ, and you scored 42.
I don't hate people though. I did at one point, and funnily enough, I had tons of friends when I did. Maybe it's because I didn't seek their approval. I didn't give a shit what they thought of me, because I didn't really value their opinions. I don't know what changed. Maybe it was the 2 years of antipsychotics, maybe it was eating all that acid. But I'm a completely different person.
I don't hate anyone. I hate a lot of things that a lot of people do, but I love a lot of things that a lot of people do too.
I don't feel worthless either. I'm no supermodel, but I'm about average, thin, healthy, smart, compassionate.. I have good qualities, and I know that I do. For me, I think my shyness stems from fear of rejection. I care so much about pleasing people that I'm always afraid to force my way in where I'm not wanted. I don't want to inconvenience them by trying to join into a conversation that was going along fine without me.
For me it started out with being so empathetic that just being around others hurt, when I started chilling with people they just made me want to since all they would talk about is people who were utterly destroyed by the weight of this world. I started out too outgoing as a young ADHD child then I became rather shy throughout middleschool.
Then I just went with the flow for a few years but was disappointed at every turn that noone I knew had anything to bring to the table. Sports, fishing, hunting, movies, talking to girls just to talk to them; these are all things that my friends did that just drove me away. Once I got into psychs I decided I could be much happier by myself, I could have pumped them full of drugs but feel that most of them are not ready and the others are scared. The curse of living in the south, so glad to finally be graduating and going to college far far away; even then I don't think I will associate with anyone, I have come to enjoy life in complete anonymity "another freak in the freak kingdom"
Why anti psychotics if you don't mind me asking, shizo ?
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: Wise Toad]
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No, it was for bipolar disorder. I cycled very very quickly between manic and depressive. I used to call it "happy day hangovers." I would get manic, though I didn't realize it at the time, have an amazing time, and then go home for the night and just cry all night because I was so bitterly depressed for no reason at all. I would be manic every day, and depressed every night with no inbetween.
I'm not sure if people outgrow bipolar disorder, or if it can be cured. Maybe I didn't have it. Maybe I had bipolar-like symptoms that were caused by something else. But it's gone now.
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: BothHands]
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Im in the middle, Ive been on the shroomery way more now that I started college, just to pass the time
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Sounds like the answer could have been only taking the antipsyches at night In that case it could be a benefit. Since bipolar affects serotonin I have to wonder if you tripped and how crazy that must have been
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I LOVE to be alone, though I am dating an EXTREME extrovert (I know, go figure... right) but it does have it's payoff, although sometimes she sticks her foot in it through thinking by talking

Take this morning for example;
She had an aspiration (inhaling some stomach acid) during the night and this morning told me she was thinking about going to the hospital during the night, but didn't know if the area we lived in had the same emergency number as our hometown DUH!
^^ Exactly like this, fucking extroverts!
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Maximum introversion. I'm not socially anxious at all but I get fucking bored of talking about nothing to fill the time.
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: Wise Toad]
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Wise Toad said: Sounds like the answer could have been only taking the antipsyches at night In that case it could be a benefit. Since bipolar affects serotonin I have to wonder if you tripped and how crazy that must have been
I did only take them at night. 300mg seroquel before bed. But it's such a huge dose with a 6 hour half life, and a metabolite that also acts as an even more powerful antipsychotic, it ended up effecting me 24/7.
I'm not 100% sure I was really bipolar. Because I don't think bipolar disorder can be cured, and mine has been gone since I was 17.
As for psychedelics, my very first psychedelic experience was on 7 gel tabs. It wasn't on purpose though. A friend of mine was selling them, and left a message on what she thought was a buyer's phone number. Turned out it was a buyer's mother's phone number. So the mother called back and said she was going to have the police come to the school. So she asked me to hold onto her whole stash. Well, 30 minutes before school is over, I get called down to the office. I panic and eat all 7. Turns out I was just being called down to talk about the schedule change I requested. 
It was extremely intense. I had just come off my antipsychotics about a week ago. Antipsychotics are the anti-psychedelic. They're a 5-HT2A antagonist, while psychedelics work and a 5-HT2A agonist. So just like if you take psychedelics every day, you develop a tolerance, taking antipsychotics every day causes the exact opposite effect. An anti-tolerance. Of course if you take the psychedelics while the antipsychotic is still in your system, they'll stop the trip because they work exactly opposite as psychedelics. But I had just recently gotten all the antipsychotics out of my system.
So yeah, I don't know if antipsychotics cured my bipolar, or if psychedelics cured my bipolar, or if it was using an antagonist for years, and then suddenly using a massive agonist dose. Or maybe I had something else. We'll never know.
Well, there's my life's story for ya..
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: BothHands]
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did you enjoy the trip?
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: bigmike7104]
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It was the most significant moment of my entire life. I've eaten 10 strips, and 15+ grams of mushrooms, and never come close to that experience again. I doubt I ever will. It was the start of a whole new life and a whole new me. My life was put into perspective. Not everything was life or death. And the beauty of life and being has never and probably will never be as clear to me as that day.
I was immune to bad trips when I was young. Like every other teenager, I thought I was invincible, and nothing scared me. My first bad trip was in my 20s.
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Damn, Iv always wondered about combining the two; what a way to get into psyches tho. I love the 2Cs because I am completely impervious to neg thought while on them. Shrooms are only for when Im in the most stable of times. Hey at least you weren't taking any SSRIs which could have resulted in serotonin syndrome.
Psyches are like my introversion maintenance medicine, without them I wouldn't be nearly as assured of my choice. At this point I cant imagine a world without them, so bland. Of course there's always lucid dreaming but that takes a bit of luck
The other reason for the introversion has been mycology, started out with only the intent to trip now I have isolated lions mane and a whole bunch of cloned/isolated active strains mainly for the fun of the hobby; every moment I spend with friends is one less moment on here where I could actually learn something to make these systems more efficient; sounds kinda hypocritical since Im socializing with all of you but I think of this as a much different situation.
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: Wise Toad]
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combining the two? The two what?
you mean anti-psychotics and psychedelics? If you combine them, you won't trip at all. Anti-psychotics block the receptors that psychedelics work on. But when the receptors are blocked all the time, they gets more sensitive. So when you come OFF the psyches, and still have sensitive receptors, that's where you could possibly intensify your experience.
I've also been on every SSRI known to man, but I came off those about a month before I came off the antipsychotic.
Haha, yeah, 2C's don't just make me impervious to bad thoughts, they make me impervious to ALL thoughts. Nothing goes through my head at all. I feel really good, but I'm not thinking "wow, I feel good." It's just a completely still state of being with no thought whatsoever.
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: BothHands]
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Yeah thats what I meant, I had just never heard of anyone using the two at the same time. What you say makes perfect sense since thats the job of anti psyches, yet, I wondered since instead of taking just an anti psyche to curb your naturally abnormal level of serotonin you would be taking two drugs with conflicting effects; have you ever taken the two in combination or heard of anyone who has?
SSRIs made my IBS worse back when I had it, those doctors could use a good:facepalm2:
2C-I does for sure, been meaning to try 2C-B, however, 2C-T-7 has given me some of the most amazing introspective mind trips ever; It was on a completely different level than all other psyches Iv been on. I wish I could find some more
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Actually, I have combined them. In fact, I use trazadone to kill bad trips. And that's what it does, it lessens or eliminates the intensity of the trip. And puts me the fuck to sleep. 
I got the same thoughtless stillness from 2C-I, 2C-E, and 2C-P. Only tried 2C-B once, but it was with MDMA, so I can't comment on its effects alone. Haven't tried any of the others.
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Heres wishing they were legal, both the anti psyches and the 2Cs. Im still debating whether or not to try MDMA, I have heard mixed reviews, the most important thing to me is my mental state afterward. Iv talked to friends who tried it and were slow for days, maybe thats just him
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Yeah, the last time I took MDMA I feel in love with my best friend. Knowing I could never have her on top of the serotonin depletion ended up being the worst crash of my entire life. I didn't get out of bed to stop crying for 5 days.
But usually it's not that bad. Usually just a bit of sadness for one or two days. MDMA is the most euphoric substance I've ever done in my life. Have you ever eaten bridgesii? It's got the exact same type of euphoria, but even more powerful.
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you mean mescal? No, I haven't tried any form of cactus but its been on my hit list for some time. Hmm, thats legal right, I might be able to get some then but I really want some peyote
The most euphoric drug Iv ever used is HBWR, take five seeds and a bowl or two of weed an hour after dropping and every two subsequent hours. Ineffable suffice it to say I had a philosophical conversation with the sun(in an old N64 video game called paper mario, no I didn't go blind). Shit just starts talking to you and every sound, taste, and color is a mental orgasm. I just ordered some more from tranceplants, should be here in a day or two
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: Wise Toad]
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No, mescal is a mexican alcoholic beverage.
bridgesii does contain mescaline though. But it also contains a whole lot of other alkaloids that make it better than ordinary mescaline.
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Really, hmm. I will have to check both out then. I always thought mescal was short for mescaline since thats how one of my friends used it when talking about different cactus's he was trying to get his hands on(which he never did)
Just looked up mescal, your right there is nothing psychedelic about it. On the other hand I just found a whole bunch of sites selling bridgesii As soon as exams are through and summer hits experimentation begins and by experimentation I of course mean mixing different kinds of psychedelics and testing them out on friends. Gotta be careful with the MAOI aspect tho
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: Wise Toad]
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Why test on friends when you can test on yourself?
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No, mescal is a mexican alcoholic beverage.
I can vouch for this. Drank plenty of it. Mescal is tequila with the worm in it, real tequila.
I've never heard of bridgesii tho.
Last summer at badfish I took shrooms with Molly ,K and mescaline. It was the most amazing experience ever. Had slight bad vibes from the K but it didn't last long. Its just cause I was at the tip of a k hole then snapped out and was tripping balls. I had obliviated oev's. I remember walking through the woods at night peeling my eyes open and all I could see were these mayian/aztec type faces and symbols morphing insanely and I couldn't see anything but that.
Once that seized the mescaline took over and the forest came to life. My blind spot kept moving in front of me and I couldn't find my tent because of this. Every time I'd find it I'd try and walk towards it and POOF it was gone so I just lied there holding on to the tree moving my feet and body in the mud cause it was raining while the forest was breathing coming to life turning into a jungle in ecstasy. It was a very good festival. Best trip of my life.
Sucks a couple months after I tried hbwr and had a bad trip, I laid there cold, sweating and blue for hours without going to the hospital. I couldn't eat for months after, if I tried my nerves would act up horribly. I had some really bad symptoms for a long time I won't go into detail about. For 6 months I did not smile, all I did was lay in bed and hope that tomarro I would feel better. I'm still not perfect yet. I couldnt see a physician for a long time due to no insurance but now that I'm insured I've seen a good physician and now kno my thyroid's out of whack. One of my symptoms are my sex drive being gone, it seems to slightly be coming back now but the thyroid and adrenal gland work closely together.
Sucks but I've learned from it. No more new drugs. I have a good enough selection as is. I'm a lot better then I was when this started tho. I was really bad for a long time, it was really sketchy. I'd stand up out of bed and get so weak immediately, I'd start sweating and feel like I was gonna collapse and that would happen even occasionally when trying to do simple tasks. Felt like I was gonna have heart failure but its not my heart I know it. Just not having the right proteins being through bio-synthesis and stuff like that I think is what cause those problems. It appears my metabolism has been altered. I have to constantly eat thick starchy foods now or I feel fucked up. Thyroids main purpose is to control the bodies metabolism. My tsh was up 8 and t3 was up 1.6 with a normal t4 indicating hyperthyroidsm, opposite of fat people but I see a specialist(endocrinologist) may 4th so not much longer.
Blah sorry for the rant but that's been me for the past 9 months and what I've been coping with. Sucks cause I wanna dose, Haha.
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No, mescal is a mexican alcoholic beverage.
I can vouch for this. Drank plenty of it. Mescal is tequila with the worm in it, real tequila.
I've never heard of bridgesii tho.
Actually, it's not tequila at all. Although it's also made from agave, it's a different drink. And it doesn't always have a worm in it either. The worm originally meant that the mescal was poor quality because the agave was infested at harvest time. But now the worm is added as a marketing ploy.
And bridgesii is just a type of mescaline containing cacti. Much like San Pedro, Peruvian Torch, and Peyote. Bridgesii is the scientific name though, but it's more commonly known as Achuma.
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All Mescal I've drank at the bar was tequila with worm. Every time at the bar I ask for "Mescal" instead of patron that's what I get.
I'm familiar with the agavi plant use for fermentation to make tequila.
Didn't know that about the worm tho. I thought all good tequila was from agavi.
Now bridgesii rings a bell tho.
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It usually has a worm in it, especially in the US. It's done as a marketing ploy. But if you buy mescal in Mexico, you're much less likely to get a worm because the mexicans know it's supposed to indicate poor quality.
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All tequila is made from agave, and all mescal is also made from agave. But that doesn't mean mescal is tequila.
I believe mescal is also made from a different type of agave, but I may be mistaken.
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Ill test it out on some friends who come back in town from college. They will pay for their portion of the drug, with only 12 weeks in the summer and tolerance to psyches I will need some lab rats to find out what works best. Believe me I don't plan on missing out but 48 experiments is much better than 12. I found a deal of 4 12" cuttings of bridgesii on amazon. How have you taken these in the past, what was the dosage. Ill look into it on erowid after this, considering I just dont have the time/concentration right now as its taken me 15 minutes to type this far in between a whole bunch of other stuff.
Nutsmcbo: How was K, Iv heard good things from friends but seeing as they only shot it up I didn't want to try.
The HBWR did that to you? Damn man, exactly why I have things lying around now to kill bad trips. Going blue on anything is generally bad ipecac is my last resort. Its among my favorite drugs, I usually do cold water extractions since the seeds themselves don't go to well with my colon.
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I usually use 2 feet and make a tea.
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Nutsmcbo: How was K, Iv heard good things from friends but seeing as they only shot it up I didn't want to try.
The HBWR did that to you? Damn man, exactly why I have things lying around now to kill bad trips. Going blue on anything is generally bad ipecac is my last resort. Its among my favorite drugs, I usually do cold water extractions since the seeds themselves don't go to well with my colon.
The k was cool. I just blew it but it doesnt take a lot. I was camping at a badish concert for that experience and i have to say it was amazing. I'd like to give the K a shot by itself. It was hard to gauge really what it did. It was kinda like a blur and I had anxiety cause I lost some time and when I came to I was tripping hard so for a few brief seconds I was like WTF, where am i you know. But I really wanna try it again by itself.
Yea man I was surprised those hbwr seeds did that to me. It was really bad man. Pain in my head and all kinds of shit. Idk if I got some seeds that were sprayed or what. The psych effects weren't even that strong BTW if you ask me. Not compared to the physical things I had going on. I'm tough to man, I still don't know what they screwed up yet but I see the specialist in 9 days I'm sure I healed up from most of it by now but Im still not 100% man.
I got the hbwr from iamshaman. I heard they were cool but Idk man. Maybe I just had a really potent batch. I bought the more expensive ones they had, Idk? I couldn't believe those did that to me tho, I mean especially with the other drugs and combinations of psychs I've done and totally been cool with.
As for the k I'm not sure cause I did it and I was already tripping on shrooms for a bit then dozed more shrooms and blew Molly with it and took a dose of mescaline at the same time. After we did everything in the tent we all went walking towards the stage and I don't remember much. I snapped out of it at the stage and my dude was like you k holed, don't worry and that's when i was like whoa cause of the tif of brief anxiety but realized what happened and was cool but after that I saw some crazy visuals. Idk if it was a combination of the K with the shrooms but there's no way the mescaline kicked in yet cause it had only been 20 mins and that's when I was seeing wall to wall oev's. I seriously was peeling my eyeslids open with my hands walking man. I couldn't see anything but the mayian/aztec stuff morphing. It was pretty awesome.
I wanna give k another go by itself. I've taken it easy for the last 9 months since hbwr. They fucked something up and I'm not sure what yet. I tried blazing pot after the experience and I couldn't even really tolerate it. It seems to mess with my nerves, like muscle skeletal type shit. I don't care but it doesn't feel good so I don't now.
I've drank like 3 times cause its the only thing I can tolerate now. I did try dosing mush in like Feb drunk to null it but it wasn't pleasant at all and it was a low dose so I didnt get anything out of it really.
I have a good enough selection of drugs to do that I've already done so once I'm better I have a rule no new drugs now. And I have xanax and ativan that quack docs gave me that I didn't need when I didn't have insurance because when things got real bad like heart failure type symptoms I had to go to the ER. So I do have that now if I ever do dose or someone around me needs it which is a good idea. I'll pick up some ipicac as well for last resort, good thinking 
I'm a lot better now tho then I was for that first 6 months so don't worry anyone. I'm almost 100% again but just not quite.
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If you weren't getting any mental effects from the HBWR then either they were Specosa or sprayed. True nervosa is very mental but that mental aspect plays heavily into the physical, its hard to explain.
Keep that xanax around, it being a benzo you can use it to terminate bad trips since your still getting back on your feet after that donkey punch of a horrible trip. The ipicac wont cancel a trip if your already into it but it will flush any poison out thats still left in your stomach, so if you feel anything that shouldn't be(poison) quickly use it.
So you snorted the K, I think I could handle that. Never snorted anything before but fuck it; for K I might be willing to try. Of course this will be a one time thing, I cannot risk getting addicted to anything. In the past I have had fun messing with friends who like to snort things. Got one friend to snort hot sauce and another to snort piracetam; Im sure that must have been one brain boosting dose since its a nootropic but damn. Speaking of which, any time I trip/smoke now I swallow a small bit of piracetam and it potentates the hell out of any experience.
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: Wise Toad]
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Yea I'm just takin it easy til I see the specialist to find out exactly whats wrong cause I'm still having issues with muscular skeletal type stuff, feels like my nerves and if I don't eat a lot all the time it acts up and I feel like my brains cooking from fever. It can develop into confusion and forgetfullness but after dealing with it for 9 months going from not knowing why I'm fucked up til.now figuring out how to manage it by eating it definitely seems like hyperthyroidsm. Plus thats what the initial labs are indicating. It fits the bill. But that whole Endocrine system thing is touchy you know, one things off you got other things off or trying to compensate. We'll find out soon, I'm not worried about it 
When I ate those seeds I did feel some weird popping in my throat and spine and stuff like I was being choked. Idk if they were sprayed or what but I got argyeria nervosa for sure, the hawaiin hbwr seeds off iamshaman but who knows. You live you learn. As long as your still living is what I say. I'm sure ill finish healing up from whatever this is with me being young an all(25) or get whatever needed to be fine. I don't really stress it much cause I'be delt with alot worse compared to what its like now.
Yea I understand how benzo's work. Ativan would work to just not as strong and fast acting. I have both. ER quacks are the ones that gave them to me. They didn't even kno what was wrong with me cause at the time I wasn't insured and they just ran very basic blood tests and didn't see anything. They suggested I had anxiety and everything was in my head, i even told em I hope it is anxiety and all in my head and gave the benzos an honest shot but that wasn't the case.
They made me really depressed after a few weeks. I was prescribed to take them 3 times a day as needed for anxiety but I used them sparingly. After a few weeks one day I took it and just felt so depressed I could almost see how someone becomes suicidal from being prescribed the wrong meds. I stopped taking it and had slight withdraws for about 5 days. Just was restless, felt like I needed more kinda how a smoker fiends for cigerettes, was irritable, mean, couldn't sleep for shit, night sweats, couldn't keep my feet still like my nerves were going nuts.
But it just sucked having that on top of my very real symptoms that I was told was anxiety. I was stupid for even going along with it. I knew better but everyone in the ER looked at me with dirty looks and were assholes so w/e I gave it a shot. I guess that's what you get when you don't have insurance,lol.
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With hypothyroidism you would probably be depressed regardless. When I said they may have been specosa, well there are two types of nervosa: argerya nervosa var. nervosa and argyria nervosa var. specosa. They are both advertised as nervosa and since no one can directly complain that they didn't trip they may exploit it to help their profit margin(since specosa is much easier than nervosa).
Depending on the system they may just get it from the farmers and have nothing to really do with the seeds aside from selling them to people like us. In that case I doubt they would take a test sample from each batch and see how hard it makes them :trippingballs:.
One too many quack doctors out there, the only patients who get the care they need are those who are knocking on deaths door and many of those they keep alive for too long. Euthanasia is much better than what many go through. Anyway, I went through something similar; going from doctor to doctor and finding no relief, thats when I discovered www.curezone.com which helped me immensely. In my case it was more of a GI track problem but it addresses many issues that the doctors would brush off; those at that website quite literally saved my life
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: Wise Toad]
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I'm pretty introverted. I have awesome friends and awesome fun with them, but I don't meet new people daily. Hell, I have like 4 people I hang out with.
I just have trouble with conversation. I used to be the loudest, funniest, craziest guy. Then I smoked some pot, calmed down a little bit, grew up, and learned all the bullshit. I also live in the bible belt, so meeting cool people who are down to party is difficult sometimes.
I'm not worried about it though. I work odd hours, smoke lots of pot, and am currently living the easy life with good friends. I'm not worried about having a lover or any of that.
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Hyper not hypothyroid but I didn't have it before man. This all happened after I took those seeds. It's all good tho I'm getting the right help now, Cleveland clinics are really good. Hell they're sending me to a specialist (endocrinologist) so I can get this corrected. The physicians I saw that helped reffering me to the specialist and actually running some tests and finding the probleam were D.O.'s and did a good job. It was the ER quacks that sucked and just handed me drugs like candy not even knowing whats wrong.
I'm not so depressed as in sad but hypo-hyperthyroid can cause a lot more messed up things then depression. The whole Endocrine system is connected, some people can become OCD because the hormones and bio-synthesis of proteins/synapsis and all kinds of things get thrown off. I have yet to show any symptoms of ocd. Depressed maybe as in not as much go power right now yes but as in sad no. If I was suffering from that type of depression youd think the ativan or xanax might of helped instead of making me feel depressed and understanding how someone gets the wrong meds and becomes sucidak but idk.
The D.O.'s didn't seem concerned with depression or me being a nutcase or anything like that and I told them what I took, how long ago and everything. I explained how I feel my rationalization and judgement etc all seem ok and that its just physical problems and explained to them the problems so they ran the tests accordingly to my symptoms and voila they found something that fits the bill and they're not just prescribing me something that shoukd work but they're sending me to a specialist.
I really just am getting tired of this shit but hey its been 9 months. Mentally I'm solid as solid can get which is good, Hell I wanna dose some boomers but physically it wouldnt be good,lol. I used to be in extremely good shape physically before this happened training mma at a few gyms one being Jason "dynamite"dents who's fought in the UFC. I'm not advertising for em tho just saying I was in top physical condition when this happened. It's cool man I'm not worried tho. It'll be taken care of soon
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I believe they "fix" hyperthyroidism by nuking your thyroid. They kill it completely. Now you have hypothyroidism which can be maintained safely with medication. But you'll likely gain a lot of weight.
At least that's what they did to a friend of mine, but that was a good 8 years ago. Maybe the treatment is different these days. I hope so.
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: BothHands]
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We don't know if my thyroid is the root of the problem yet and depending why your thyroid is over producing hormones would depend on the form of treatment they would use. I've never heard of them "nuking" anyone's thyroid but I have heard of surgical procedures to remove a small portion of the thyroid that's not functioning properly and most the time the healthy portion will compensate enough.
I've also heard of them removing the whole thyroid by surgery and using medication "hormones" (TSH) to control your old thyroid function.
They may be able to use some sort of blocker if its signals of over production(TSH) coming from the pituitary gland. All depends on what it is.
I jog 5 miles a day now for the past couple months since I've been showing inprovement even tho I'm not at my best, same I'd run when training. It actually bothers me cause my metabolism is to high as is and I have to eat thick starchy foods so I have plenty to burn. But it hasn't been diagnosed that my thyroid is the problem but just that its off for now.
My adrenal gland is messed up as well because of this. Since the thyroid and adrenal gland work so closely together making my sex drive almost non existent. It's coming back tho as I heal. I'm about 90% better then when this started. Seriously it was really sketchy for 6 months and I was basically in home bed rest with symptoms of heart failure just doing simple tasks and not being able to eat. I suffered from extreme confusion after eating even a bite of food along with my body temperature raising to the point where I'd slam 12-14 16 oz. Bottles of water and still keep drinking, possible thyroid storm which is a bombardment of tsh which causes the hypothalmus to overact and your body temperature to sky rocket. It's why I was burning so much water.
I've had some really intense and a really wide variety of symptoms that I brush off. I won't go into detail because I'd sound like a hypachondriac, I took notes of symptoms and when they'd occur, how I was feeling, what I ate, how long after i ate, what I was doing, etc. to before seeing the doctors to help diagnose me. I just dealt with everything as it came. My bodies healed a considerable amount since I ate those, I mean I could live like this forever if I had to now, 6 months ago I wouldn't be saying the same thing tho. Symptoms seemed dangerous at times, especially after eating making it seem like a metabolism problem primarily. This may be corrected since it was drug induced tho and not anything hereditary. It may heal on its own, don't know yet but so far that seems like what its doing .
I will let you guys know what comes of this when I find out if your interested
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Edited by Mr. Anderson (04/26/11 01:52 PM)
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BothHands
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Yeah, they irradiated his thyroid, rather than removing it.
Hope you do ok. Good luck.
Edit: I found a link. He told me they irradiated his thyroid, so I assumed they nuked it from the outside like they do with cancer, but it turns out they use radioactive iodine orally.
http://www.endocrinologist.com/Radioactive.html
Edited by BothHands (04/26/11 02:11 PM)
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Mr. Anderson
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: BothHands]
#14355846 - 04/26/11 03:31 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yea that sounds about right, but they use the iodine orally to prevent from a goiter (enlarged thyroid) forming but yea, it usually kills the thyroid then they would take it out. I suppose they could use it to just destroy the gland as well. I'm pretty sure they would still want to remove it tho lol.
I can let you guys now via Pm how it goes. I see the specialist no longer then 8 days from now, may 4th. I've been waiting almost 2 months but that's good for a specialist. The D.O. was worried I might have to wait 4 months, she said if so to call her so they can get stuff going for me so I don't have to wait so long for the Endocrinologist. I guess its good being young cause they definitely don't wanna see me go downhill you know, especially since I've showed 90% improvement on my own without any help.
She's caring, she'll take care of me.
The only thing that sucks is having to eat so much all the time now but its getting better. Now its like every other day I load up on carbs then the next day nuts and health stuff but what does suck is I've been eating meats for the amino acids because it really does help. Don't know if this is a protein issue or if it has an effect on the thyroid but it seems to help. Before this I was a vegetarian even tho i didnt call myself one I didnt eat meat or any animals period.
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Edited by Mr. Anderson (04/26/11 03:40 PM)
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my score on the test was
Your Score EQ:39 / SQ:92 Extreme Systemizing
if feel surprised, I was sure to get high empathizing but apparently not! lol
I score 7-8 in introversion, and I really just consider myself a combination of introverted, aloof, and detached. When I finally understand where my place is in the world I still feel I'd be around a 7 in introversion.
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Re: how introverted are you? [Re: Le_Canard]
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ToiletDuk said: About a 7 or 8 for me. I don't have a wide circle of friends, just a few close ones, and I enjoy being alone most of the time. I'm happy with this.
Yeah, pretty much this
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