Comments for Hamarana http://hamarana.wordpress.com Still here Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:07:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on I Quit! by kyte http://hamarana.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/i-quit/#comment-2610 kyte Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:07:48 +0000 http://hamarana.wordpress.com/?p=1356#comment-2610 Thanks, Michael. Not there yet, alas, still a few thousand to pay off, but I feel "lighter". I was grabbed by one of the other managers within minutes of leaving the previous job, and have been doing work for them ever since. Still in the community which suits my health, and on short term contracts which means I can't get involved in the political crapola, I just do the job. I'm working with the oldies now, too, and that also suits me better than the adult general stuff. Thanks, Michael. Not there yet, alas, still a few thousand to pay off, but I feel “lighter”. I was grabbed by one of the other managers within minutes of leaving the previous job, and have been doing work for them ever since. Still in the community which suits my health, and on short term contracts which means I can’t get involved in the political crapola, I just do the job. I’m working with the oldies now, too, and that also suits me better than the adult general stuff.

]]> Comment on I Quit! by Michael http://hamarana.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/i-quit/#comment-2609 Michael Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:10:33 +0000 http://hamarana.wordpress.com/?p=1356#comment-2609 My mother was a mental health nurse. It's a tough job, I think. Best wishes for retirement. My mother was a mental health nurse. It’s a tough job, I think.

Best wishes for retirement.

]]> Comment on Modafinil by kyte http://hamarana.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/modafinil/#comment-2588 kyte Sun, 24 May 2009 13:48:41 +0000 http://www.hamarana.com/?p=38#comment-2588 <a href="#comment-5003" rel="nofollow">@Noelene Giles </a> Noelene, thats wonderful news about the boys... its been months now.. so how's it all going? (Hope you still get back here to read once in a while) @Noelene Giles
Noelene, thats wonderful news about the boys… its been months now.. so how’s it all going? (Hope you still get back here to read once in a while)

]]> Comment on Modafinil by kyte http://hamarana.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/modafinil/#comment-2592 kyte Sun, 24 May 2009 13:22:03 +0000 http://www.hamarana.com/?p=38#comment-2592 <a href="#comment-5037" rel="nofollow">@A </a> Its not a conspiracy: dexamphatamine is relatively cheap, and has side effects and withdrawal symptoms should you decide not to go for it on the long term. I have never been able to find any side effect from modafinil although it can interact with other medication you might be on. I have excessive daytime sleepiness too, as a result of the OSA (and, as it transpires, a healthy - or rather NOT healthy dose of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) but I don't have narcolepsy and so do not qualify for PBS listed modafinil. Modafinil is still expensive because the one company that invented it obviously still holds the patent. And it will keep renewing it as long as it can, because the other pharma have not made the same drug under a different name... except those like Cipla in India (who make mine) and who have basically told the patent owner to shove off. Obviously it was an oversight not to take a worldwide patent. So yeah, maybe it is a conspiracy. One thing I do know and that is that health and medication have nothing to do with people getting well and everything to do with Big Pharma making more and more money. @A
Its not a conspiracy: dexamphatamine is relatively cheap, and has side effects and withdrawal symptoms should you decide not to go for it on the long term. I have never been able to find any side effect from modafinil although it can interact with other medication you might be on. I have excessive daytime sleepiness too, as a result of the OSA (and, as it transpires, a healthy – or rather NOT healthy dose of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) but I don’t have narcolepsy and so do not qualify for PBS listed modafinil. Modafinil is still expensive because the one company that invented it obviously still holds the patent. And it will keep renewing it as long as it can, because the other pharma have not made the same drug under a different name… except those like Cipla in India (who make mine) and who have basically told the patent owner to shove off. Obviously it was an oversight not to take a worldwide patent. So yeah, maybe it is a conspiracy.

One thing I do know and that is that health and medication have nothing to do with people getting well and everything to do with Big Pharma making more and more money.

]]> Comment on Modafinil by kyte http://hamarana.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/modafinil/#comment-2593 kyte Sun, 24 May 2009 13:16:28 +0000 http://www.hamarana.com/?p=38#comment-2593 I've had to change the date of the original publication, so as to reopen comments (they are autoclosed at a certain point because of the spammers delight in making "comments" on old posts). I’ve had to change the date of the original publication, so as to reopen comments (they are autoclosed at a certain point because of the spammers delight in making “comments” on old posts).

]]> Comment on Australian Democrats: Back again by kyte http://hamarana.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/australian-democrats-back-again/#comment-2606 kyte Sat, 23 May 2009 07:49:26 +0000 http://www.hamarana.com/?p=1339#comment-2606 Glad to *be* back :) Glad to *be* back :)

]]> Comment on Australian Democrats: Back again by Kathryn http://hamarana.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/australian-democrats-back-again/#comment-2605 Kathryn Sat, 23 May 2009 03:48:38 +0000 http://www.hamarana.com/?p=1339#comment-2605 Great to have you back. :D Great to have you back. :D

]]> Comment on Australian Native Mynah by kyte http://hamarana.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/1336/#comment-2601 kyte Fri, 22 May 2009 12:26:16 +0000 http://www.hamarana.com/?p=1336#comment-2601 Yeah, I know, Michael... just couldnt find the right theme and when I did, it didnt work. I guess I was looking for 90% photo and 10% text but most themes assume a different balance. Thanks for your comment :) Yeah, I know, Michael… just couldnt find the right theme and when I did, it didnt work. I guess I was looking for 90% photo and 10% text but most themes assume a different balance.

Thanks for your comment :)

]]> Comment on Australian Native Mynah by Michael http://hamarana.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/1336/#comment-2600 Michael Fri, 22 May 2009 11:56:16 +0000 http://www.hamarana.com/?p=1336#comment-2600 Very nice. Photos can be just as easily posted in a regular WordPress theme. Very nice. Photos can be just as easily posted in a regular WordPress theme.

]]> Comment on Modafinil by A http://hamarana.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/modafinil/#comment-2587 A Thu, 21 May 2009 07:40:16 +0000 http://www.hamarana.com/?p=38#comment-2587 Well, I finally got the MSLT done and it seems that I "officially" suffer from excessive daytime sleepiness. The Dr wants me to go on dexy although he will prescribe modafinil for me if I'm willing to pay the non-PBS price. He doesn't seem to think modafinil is actually superior to dexy in effectiveness or side effects, so I dunno what to do - is it all a massive conspiracy? Or is he right, and dexy's not that bad (or modafinil's not that good)? Well, I finally got the MSLT done and it seems that I “officially” suffer from excessive daytime sleepiness. The Dr wants me to go on dexy although he will prescribe modafinil for me if I’m willing to pay the non-PBS price. He doesn’t seem to think modafinil is actually superior to dexy in effectiveness or side effects, so I dunno what to do – is it all a massive conspiracy? Or is he right, and dexy’s not that bad (or modafinil’s not that good)?

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