@Andrew, I am not met anyone here yet who wasn’t detail oriented at least in the past. And we still strive for that but I don’t think it helps our stress. From what I know of others here I think we’re all fairly accomplished, knowledgeable and passionate about the things we do. However I do not see us as competitive, at least not with others perhaps with ourselves and trying to always do better.
Mentioned your wife noticed your movement was faster. I don’t notice in myself when I’m doing better, but when I see therapists or doctors who have seen me over time but I only see every few months or so, they can point out what’s different. And I can tell you from watching other people here through a few years now, I can see their many improvements quite easily. Perhaps I should note it more often to them. It’s odd how some of us can forget how far we’ve come from what we had before. In my own experience, the more I work on different things, the better I get them. Sometimes I just don’t feel like working on them and other times I just forget. And everyone here serves as a reminder to me of things I need to do to get where I want to be. Thank you so much for your input.
My emotions are more under control than they were early on. It has been almost 3 and ½ years now for me. I do speak quite more often than I did before strokes. Sometimes when I’m afraid I will forget something I will be rude and interrupt. I’m better at catching myself now, but please stop me because sometimes I get on a soapbox. I also have occasional impulsiveness. I have thought I had it under control very well and then discovered the Chinese online shops right at Christmas time. I have been bad. And I don’t recommend them at all. Usually a melancholy mood handles itself by going away when another mood takes over or as emerald mentioned distraction. I have a hard time staying on task these days and sometimes that’s good. I do take an SSNI, duloxetine. I have just recently update from 60 mg to 90.
