Daily Journal

Embracing:

Living the Four Agreements in Life and in Business

Be impeccable with your word.
Don't take anything personally.
Don't make assumptions.
Always do your best.
As a result, becoming interested in don Miguel Ruiz and Toltec Phiolsphy & art.

Sender, New Word; New Path

Noun. sonder (uncountable) (neologism) The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it.

Read about hero's Journey and bringing back elixir to so the community can heal.

Dealing with chronic pain

 Problem: The Pain – Fatigue Cycle

The NIH tells us 126 million American adults live with chronic pain. When you live with chronic pain, you are exhausted before you even start your day. In addition, pain makes it hard to sleep and you wake up with increased pain. Poor sleep causes an increase in inflammation that makes your pain worse and then fatigue follows.

How To Break The Cycle

Address Your Sleep

It’s important to fall asleep and stay asleep all night. Beginning a specific routine and sleep schedule is one way, and making your bedroom conducive to good sleep is another.

Make Yourself Do Some Light Exercise

Gentle exercise is crucial in improving painful conditions. It will improve muscle strength and reverse any deconditioning that has occurred. It will also help decrease inflammation. Walking or riding a stationary bike are helpful if done in moderation. Build up your strength slowly.
Eat Better

Eating better will help you feel better!

Most of us remember mom saying something similar. Eating more whole foods and plant based foods will reduce inflammation in the body. Make fruits and vegetables your friend. Stop smoking and reduce alcohol consumption.

Don’t Overlook Your Mental Health

Find The Root Cause

One way to combat fatigue is to get to the root of your pain. Find out the source of the medical condition causing the pain and begin treatment.

Blood Pressure W/O Conventional Meds

125/68 12:17  
152/80 7:20am 2/21/23  217.8lbs Steady, bit too high, going back to 1xday Losartan/HCTZ  50/12.5
143/73 08:00am 2/20/23  Steady

Start   Average for week 1: 149.5/75.5
148/79 12:00pm 2/19/23  Steady  2/19/23: 1/1/4m
  Pumpkin Loop to check energy; Same/Low
151/72  4:00pm  2/17/24  OK highish
132/76 4:00pm  2/16/23  Low  (Losartan x2 (100mg/HCTZ 12.5mg) Stopped cold turkey

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Non-CPAP Dreams

 Pre-focusing in the Park

I am in a park, possibly with Cindy. I take a shot when I have to focus manually with a precise distance between an object in the foreground and one in the back ground. I realize I can save the precise setting and it will be useful later. I am now back at home and I am reminded that my daughter would benefit from this knowledge. I remember as I am leaving and wonder if a similar image on a poster of two you women would demonstrate the same thing. The poster is a drawn graphic.

Did you Help Me Connect with History?

I am watching my daughter and a friend cut some's hair together. The man's hair they are cutting seems to be of special importance. I see the process it acute detail, like through a magnifying glass. He suddenly turns to me and say,  di you help me connect with history? It seems to be a reference to something he has asked me to do, but I have forgotten. I say I will start immediately and I realize the first step will be to connect to humanity, I am so startled by the intensity and immediacy of his question it wakes me up.
Note: I wake up feeling startled

Odd Shot with a Pool Cue

I am at a pool table with a friend and a que in my hand. Instead of shooting at a ball on the table I shoot at a small object right next to the table. It goes up in a 10 foot arch and very slowly descents a few feet from the pool table.

Notes: The dog ate my CPAP mask and I had difficulty sleeping. The images in the dream were exceedingly detailed, bright and clear. At one point as I was falling asleep I was seeing dream images but able to interact with them without waking up. Very nice.

Taking on Too Much?

 Continuing ADHD group coaching

Taking intense guitar lessons

Gearing up Dog Training Elite

Being more consistent and deeper meditation

Get back to walking 2 miles+, gym and eating well.

Keeping up with house cleaning and catching up on deferred maintenance.

Growing psilocybin mushrooms.

OR

Personal Super Powers

 Inspired by Dynamic Duo dream this morning.

David
Name: Super Dave
Superpower: Make it real by making it fun.
Tag line: Make it look easy, make it fun, make it so. (Super Dave Osborne & Jean-Luc Picard)

Cindy
Name: The Little Engine that Could
Superpower: Try harder.
Tag line: Sled Dog Cindy or Push till your bushed. 

Charles
Name: Builder
Superpower: Manifests reality by building it piece by piece.
Tag line: Get a grip.

Steve
Name: Nostalgia
Superpower: Lament the lost past.

Tag line: Lament the past, obliviate the present.

Tactical Service Dog

Can Rory qualify as an official Service Dog for David for ADHD? Open Question

Definition/Qualifications: A person is disabled under the Act if they can't work due to a severe medical condition that has lasted, or is expected to last, at least one year or result in death. The person's medical condition(s) must prevent them from doing work that they did in the past, and it must prevent them from adjusting to other work.  Hummm... Lost two careers, Sales & Nursing. I'll take it.

The law defines disability as the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity (SGA) by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment(s) which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.

How do you get diagnosed with a disability?

The best way to make an appointment is through your general physician. Explain to your doctor that you are applying for disability benefits and that you would like to be examined by a specialist. Once your doctor has made a referral it is easy and vital to follow up with the specialist.

Do I Need a Doctor’s Note for a Service Dog? – Service Dog Requirements
https://www.servicedogcertifications.org/do-i-need-a-doctors-note-for-a-service-dog-service-dog-requirements/#:~:text=Although%20doctors%20and%20mental%20health,to%20have%20a%20service%20dog.

"Although doctors and mental health professionals can recommend a service dog, you do not need a doctor’s note in order to have a service dog."

Service Dog Proof for Landlords, Airlines, Restaurants, etc. 

The American’s With Disabilities Act does protect the privacy rights of individuals with mental or physical disabilities. In fact, there are only two questions a landlord or an airline employee can ask you.

• Is the dog a service dog?
• What task(s) does the dog perform for you?

The Americans with Disabilities Act Official Site
https://www.ada.gov/

 Is ADHD a Disability?

Yes. Whether you view attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as neurological — affecting how the brain concentrates or thinks — or consider ADHD as a disability that impacts working, there is no question that the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) covers individuals with ADHD. (Likewise, students with ADHD are protected by state and national laws guaranteeing them a free and appropriate public education.)

Benefits of service dogs for ADHD

Service dogs are trained to help people with disabilities manage their daily lives. For example, they might alert a blind owner when it’s safe to cross the road, or they may be trained to retrieve medication for a person who has limited mobility.

In some cases, service dogs can help people with ADHD too. That said, there are strict criteria for who is eligible to have a service dog. To qualify for an ADHD service dog, your symptoms must be debilitating. Most people with ADHD are able to live fulfilling and successful lives with other types of treatment, like medication and behavioral strategies.

However, if ADHD symptoms are debilitating, then a service dog may be able to help.

Autistic people and people with severe anxiety disorders often use service dogs. Although ADHD isn’t the same thing as autism or anxiety, these highly-trained animals could help people with severe ADHD in similar ways.

Some of the ways that service dogs can help people with ADHD include:

• keeping the owners’ attention on track
• preventing or stopping meltdowns
• providing an outlet for excess hyperactive energy (dogs need to be walked regularly)
• leading parents to a missing child if a child with ADHD has wandered off
• applying physical pressure to decrease anxiety
• retrieve ADHD medication

Do I qualify for a service dog?

To qualify for a service dog, you must meet specific criteria. According to the Official Service & Support Animal Registration in the United States, these criteria include:

• being older than 12 years old (unless you are using a service dog for autism)
• having a diagnosed physical disability, anxiety disorder, neurological disorder that affects at least one limb, or debilitating chronic illness
• being able to care for a service dog
• being able to independently command a service dog
• living in a stable environment
• having no other dogs in your home
• being able to meet all the dog’s needs

Since ADHD is not a physical disability, does not affect limbs, and is not an anxiety disorder, the only way people with ADHD could qualify for a service animal is by proving that ADHD is a “debilitating chronic illness.”

For most people with ADHD, symptoms are not debilitating. This is especially true if they are receiving ADHD treatment.

If you don’t qualify for a service dog for ADHD, then you may want to consider getting an emotional support animal.