Depressed, heavy feeling when not projecting/meditating

[XxGuardianKnightxX]

This is really strange.

I am on a new medication called Vyvanse to help with my ADD, known for one of its side effects being depression, but I find it strange how I am not depressed when I am astral projecting, in fact I feel amazingly great, but when I'm in the physical world I feel heavy, mournful and depressed. Mom commented that I seem "serious" and not my usual, humorous self. It's really sad because in the past two days I've projected again and it was some of the most epic, fulfilling projecting sessions I've ever done!

I dunno - is it my meds? Is it an addiction to staying in the astral world? What might it be?

[Xanth]

This is really strange.

I am on a new medication called Vyvanse to help with my ADD, known for one of its side effects being depression, but I find it strange how I am not depressed when I am astral projecting, in fact I feel amazingly great, but when I'm in the physical world I feel heavy, mournful and depressed. Mom commented that I seem "serious" and not my usual, humorous self. It's really sad because in the past two days I've projected again and it was some of the most epic, fulfilling projecting sessions I've ever done!

I dunno - is it my meds? Is it an addiction to staying in the astral world? What might it be?

I believe that's because when you're "There" the filter which is your "physical brain" isn't present to filter the world you're perceiving.  That filter is being "adjusted" by the chemicals of the medicine they're giving you.

~Ryan

[personalreality]

the physical body is what is being chemically affected, not the 'mind'.  When you AP you aren't perceiving through the body's sensory filters so naturally the same effects of the medication won't be felt.  Have you tried non-pharmaceutical methods for relief from ADD?

I personally don't believe in ADD.  I don't think it's as much of a disease as it is just habitual programming.  I mean, think about it.  The whole problem revolves around lack of focus.  You can't focus on one task for extended amounts of time.  In "extreme" cases people are so flustered all the time that it can lead to anxiety and other things.  Now, notice the rapid increase in ADD/ADHD diagnoses over the last 20 years.  What else has rapidly increased over the past 20 years??  Technology, a life that has been digitally infused.  TV, Internet, Cell Phones, Video Games, PDAs, ipods, and on and on it goes.  What is the one thing all of this has in common?  They are all training us to perceive super fast.  There is always something moving and changing.  Flickering lights, flanking commandos, instant video streamed from anywhere, a phone call anywhere at any time, 20,000 song library on demand.  How could anyone possibly expect the generation who is growing up with this kind of lifestyle to be able to sit still and concentrate?  Everything is go go go these days.  Kids are trained to live in the world of instant entertainment in any form they choose.  Now ask one of them to sit down and do a math problem or just simply focus enough to eat dinner with the family.  Good luck with that.

So instead of teaching our children meditation as early as we can, let's pump them full of drugs that are widely abused as stimulants.  That used to be a friday night for me and my friends.  Pop a couple adderall and you can drink all night.

[The Present Moment]

You should talk to your doctor about this if people around you are noticing changes in your behavior.

[Everlasting]

Big pharma drugs do all kind of strange things to the brain, quit it.