‘a burst of energy when the sun goes down’ WELP THAT’S ME CALLED OUT
?????? Wow!!! This definitely spurs me on to research this further!!!! I was dx with classic narcolepsy back in 1996, which had explained soooo much. And at the time, no one would have ever considered ADHD, bc I wasn’t a kid, and obviously not a hyperactive kid. How ironic that every time I changed Rx insurance plans, I had to get a letter from my doctor to prove that I had narcolepsy, bc otherwise my Rx was only authorized for kids under 16. There was no adulthood ADHD back then, or it was as rare for insurance companies as narcolepsy was.
I struggle with serious sleep issues right now and 4 o’clock in the morning is exactly the time when I’m finally feeling ready to fall asleep.
Well. I was aware of the first two, but 3 is eye opening. Huh.
Had to go research this thing, and the answer to what to do if it stings you is scream.
from Wikipedia-
“One researcher described the pain as “…immediate, excruciating, unrelenting pain that simply shuts down one’s ability to do anything, except scream. Mental discipline simply does not work in these situations. In terms of scale, the wasp’s sting is rated near the top of the Schmidt sting pain index, second only to that of the bullet ant, and is described by Schmidt as “blinding, fierce [and] shockingly electric”.“
Soooooo…dissociate to escape or?
It’s laying eggs in you.
Let’s back up a second and fully appreciate that description.
The Schmidt sting pain index, a widely used classification system for the bites and stings of ants, bees and wasps, is literally the personal ranking system of a guy named Justin Schmidt, who goes around letting bugs sting him for science. Like, that’s this Thing as a scientist.
In one entry, he describes the sting of the common bee as “almost pleasant, [like] a lover just bit your earlobe a little too hard.”
In another, the sting of the yellowjacket is described as “hot and smoky, almost irreverent. Imagine W. C. Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue.“
So when the Schmidt sting pain index characterises the sting of the tarantula hawk as “blinding, fierce [and] shockingly electric”, well, now you know what your standard for comparison is!
this is fascinating but when do we kinkshame Justin Schmidt
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