Night sweats sudden dizziness

"Here comes the airplane!" sang my husband, John, as he waved a forkful of scrambled eggs in my face.
"You're such an idiot," I laughed. I opened my mouth.
We were at our favourite cafe, 'Heavenly,' on a glorious Sunday morning. Sunlight streamed in and illuminated the rising stream from countless mugs of coffee and tottering stacks of pancakes. The place was packed.
"We've all know that for years!" Oscar the owner called out. People chuckled.
Moments later, a short, skinny woman, probably in her early-twenties, with bright purple hair passed by our table. As soon as she saw John, she froze. He did the exact same thing.
They stared at each other. The woman glanced at me and quickly walked away. I noticed several white horizontal scars on her upper arm.
John looked dazed. His forehead and upper lip were sweaty.
"Who was that?"
"Huh?"
"Who. Was. That. John?"
He shook his head and looked away. "Nobody."
John was tight-lipped all the way home. He kept his eyes fixed on the road.
I talked faster. And louder. My whole body felt wound tight. Images flashed through my mind: me leaving him, living somewhere else, our divorce....
That night, I watched John read the kids a bedtime story. Calmly and tenderly. Whatever he'd done, John was an amazing father. I knew he'd set himself on fire before he'd ever let harm come to our children.
We were in our bedroom.
"I had a run-in with her. But I've done nothing wrong."
"So you do know her?"
"Well all have a past, Maddie."
"And what does that mean?"
"Well, even you have a past...."
I stared at him, suddenly fearful. Then I lost it.
"That was years ago! I was a completely different person! You know this. How could you...." I fell silent. Tears sprang into my eyes.
He stared at me, stony-faced.
"Drop it," he warned me.
The next morning, I walked into Heavenly.
"Morning, Oscar!"
He attempted a smile.
"Listen, Oscar, I know this sounds crazy, but... there's a woman with purple hair. She was here -"
"I remember."
"I know it's weird but I need to talk to her. Does she come often?"
I noticed the silence. I looked around me but everyone looked down at their plates.
As I left, I distinctly heard a voice say "so it's true...."
At 5 pm I got into the elevator. I'd used it for 5 years, but had never really noticed how nice it was. I couldn't wait to get home and hug my kids. And squeeze them. And even see John. For better or worse....
In the lobby, two police officers were waiting for me. I froze.
"Maddie Burns?" said the young one.
My legs felt weak.
"Your husband called us. We want to question you about the disappearance of Violet Cas."
My stomach turned, but I straightened up and looked them dead in the eye. I raised my voice.
"You mean my husband, the child abuser?"

My husband and I got into a fight. I hit him once to get him to give me my phone back. Earlier in the day we were going to get our haircut and he started an argument. I was upset and needed a minute before I got out of the car. Im currently tending to a back injury. He started yelling at me to get out of the car, when I wouldnt he proceded to try to pull me out of the car. I ended up hitting my head and my face he yanked me so hard . I was bruises all up and down my arms and legs. He tried pushing my legs down really hard. I bit his arm to try to get him to let go cause he was pulling my arms I thought he would pull my shoulders out of my sockets. He finally stopped cause i screamed for help.
Later on that night we fought again. He ended up hitting me with his hand on the back of my head. He hit me so hard I got knocked out. I ended up falling and hitting the foot board on my side, then hitting my head on the ground. I have multiple bumps on my head. Since then I get super dizzy, I can't hardly walk straight. My head is killing me. I believe I have a concussion. He says I don't and to quit being a baby. He says I started it and acts insane. Screaming in my face. Says he's sorry and wants me to be ok with him. I'm scared about my head. I take blood thinners too. I told him I wanted to leave but anytime I try to call for help he takes my phone. I don't know what to do. I'm scared noone will believe me. Everyone loves him he's very charming. My family would think I'm more capable of beating him than he beating me. I'm getting to the point that I don't care what he does. I can't hardly walk cause of my back injury and he takes full advantage. He's a maniac when he gets mad. He says that I'm just as much at fault.

i’ve been having the weirdest symptoms and overall just a really strong feeling, which i realize sounds ridiculous but it’s almost a trippy feeling. i have PCOS and was told a few months back i was likely infertile, would require IVF and possibly a surrogate. my husband encouraged me to take a trip to europe to visit my family so i went on vacation by myself for 2 weeks, feeling more myself and happier than ever. got home and obviously did the deed, and then went off on another excursion for a girls weekend. now it’s been almost 2 weeks since i got home from europe and i’ve had this very intense feeling i’m pregnant…
symptoms have included: - 3-4 days of dark brown spotting (i have PCOS, last period was in march but i track ovulation and it’s about 5/6 days after i ovulated) - LOTS of discharge— like i had my husband run out and buy tampons because i keep thinking im getting my period but its just discharge (watery, white, but not as thick as when im ovulating) - VERY vivid dreams, wildly vivid for about a week. 3-4 of them a night - eyes have been really watery even with allergy meds for some reason - i’ve been an insomniac/on sleeping medication all my life and suddenly my head hits the pillow and im out like a light without meds. my oura ring tells me it’s averaging 7 minutes the past few days - generally bloated but not in a gassy way or a crampy way
tested yesterday and say a vvvvvvvvvfl, then again this morning and still a vvvvvfl (but less faint i think?). i feel like ive stared at enough evap lines to know the difference but maybe im just hallucinating!

Hi. I am wondering how many of you have had a sleep study done? I am having something at night where I wake up sweating and out of breath. It seems to come in waves of 3 or 4 nights in a row and then is not present for 4-6 weeks. I think maybe it is sleep apnea?
FYI: I do have focal epilepsy.

The past 8-9 months have been so bad. I’ve put on weight and can’t tell if it’s 10lbs or 50lb bc I refuse to look at a scale and honestly a mirror. I’ve been living in sweats even as summer is coming and I just don’t even leave the house anymore.I haven’t spoken to my friends in months because of it. My brothers graduation is this weekend so ofc I have to go. We are going to be away for 3 days. I’m sick at the fact I will have to wear regular clothes. We will be going out to dinner every night I’m there too. None of my clothes fit and I’ve been in denial so I haven’t gotten new clothes and I don’t think I will. I want to cry. I love visiting my brother soooo much and where he lives is one of my favorite places and I’ve been so anxious knowing how unbearably uncomfortable I’ll be there. I’ve lost some weight in preparation but for some reason I feel even heavier. My ED has so much control over me I don’t even feel like a person anymore. Every moment is about my ED. But idek what to do about this weekend and sad I’m even considering faking getting sick to avoid it. This is a pathetic life.

Been having an issue lately in my home with flying ants coming out like crazy, only at night. Suddenly just started happening as soon as the weather outside got more humid and hot (I live in Florida)
I cannot afford a pest extermination service, as they are far too expensive in my area. However I have been putting out the Terro ant bait to try and catch them and take it back to their colony. I just had a couple questions regarding this since I'm not sure what to do.
The ants that do come out are immediately attracted to the light of my lamp. I have tried setting the bait on the table beneath it but they do not seem interested in it. It only seems like they want to just chill in the light. Is there a way I can bait them out or is there another pesticide I should try?
Also, the remaining ants that don't immediately go towards the lamp are instead attracted to the ceiling of my room instead. They hang out up there, upside down, for pretty much the whole night. I'm not sure where to hang bait for these ones. I have heard about using the sticky fly traps, but that wouldn't be killing their queen, only their workers. Is there something else I can do to bait them down from the ceiling for that? I'm not sure but thought I would ask.
Currently Terro ant bait is all I've been using so far, but it only appears to be attracting small sugar ants for now. I haven't seen the bigger flying ants take the bait yet. If anyone could give me any advice on what I could do to get rid of these, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'm kinda running out of ideas, lol. Thank you.

Hi,
34 yo previously healthy male here. I have been struggling the last 3 months with random bouts of tachycardia, shortness of breath, uncontrollable tremoring/shaking during them, impending doom, basically your standard panic attack symptoms. I actually got it for the first time about a month before I got sick with Covid which made me think maybe it’s unrelated but a lot of people have said they think it may be.
The first one was pretty bad my heart rate didn’t go down for about 8 hours before I crashed. Some of them seemed maybe stress induced but some were just completely out of nowhere. Exercise seemed to bring it on as well. I also had two mornings where for no reason I was sweating profusely even though I wasn’t doing anything out of the blue. Did a ton of cardiac tests no issues.
Anyway, I started a beta blocker and eventually these episodes subsided and I did in general start to feel better however I have one symptom that seems to be staying and I’m not quite sure where to go from here to look into it. I am following up with my doc tomorrow but wondered if anyone else who had Covid also has this.
It’s hard to explain but basically it’s 1-3 second bouts of this weird lightheadedness/dizziness. Not quite presyncope but getting there if that makes sense. It usually happens when I am sitting down and more often than not I notice it when I have my head pointed down at my phone. Also, I noticed that when I play a video game, those moments when you are really into it, or generally get that “high” from something good happening, I get the dizziness/lightheadedness instead of that good feeling.
I know that sounds weird but it’s the best I have to describe it. Did anyone else experience anything like this?

so to clear things up before i say the story. i understand why this is all happening and i do regret it and i wish i could go back in time and just be a good person in general and treated her way better. every single day i live with this regret and it just pains me.
so me and her have been together for two years now and it really was all fun and romantic. it felt like we were meant for each other and it wasn't just lust. it was love. true deep love and i loved it so much. we fought a good amount but it was never relationship ending. we always overcame our disagreements and learned to apologize and recognize when one of us is wrong. but we had a big problem recently and it was very personal to her and i failed at being a decent human being and instead got mad and defensive and i let my emotion take over instead of understanding.
so one morning i woke up to a text from her saying she found two pictures of instagram girls in bikinis saved on my accounts folder from when i was in freshman year. she politely asked me to delete them. then i did tell her id delete them but i then proceeded to get upset as if this was a common thing to get mad at me about and i acted like it wasn't a big deal and i basically told her to get over it and that "it shouldn't be a whole day problem" without realizing how much those photos impacted her. i wasn't aware of those photos being there and instead of reassuring her and just being nice and deleted them i made a whole big deal about it and i regret it.
she's always told me she doesn't like the way she looks and that she accepted the fact that she looks "mid" and she isn't anyone's type of girl but she's told me before that i made her feel like she was my type and i made her feel pretty at times but that's all gone now. i really was into her and she's still so pretty to me and she kept getting prettier and prettier in every scenario i saw her.
i didn't even think in the moment on how it could affect her seeing those pictures saved on my account. she must have felt awful seeing that and it would make it seem like i had a type and i was attracted to those girls when in reality i didn't even know they existed and im not really attracted to women other than her. i know it sounds like bullshit but i just can't see women the same after being with her and she won't ever believe that. i understand now how she must've felt and how it must have shattered her self esteem and i couldn't even reassure her. and when we eventually talked about it like a day later, i STILL didn't understand how she felt and when i apologized i wrote the most wrong apology saying stuff like "i did nothing wrong" "get over it im sorry" literally no reassurance just anger and i hate myself for not realizing it in the moment. it wasn't until like a WEEK LATER that i realized how she felt and what i should've done.
our anniversary of two years was in like a week and after this bad apology and talk we basically took a break so she can have time to think. we still talked here and there but nothing romantically or about us. and we agreed that we'd try couples therapy one day so i set it all up and this is where i did the most stupidest awful decision ever.
i know it's frowned upon and stuff but my dad tried to raise me to be cold and not show emotion but in reality emotion is all i could show. i ended up being very needy and anxious and just needing her comfort at times.
the night before we were going to talk to the therapy lady. she was having a bad time and told me she didn't want to talk tonight or call. and without thinking i just started being needy and wanted her attention and kept texting her. then i did something so stupid and ruined what i loved the most. i don't know what my thought process was or how i thought it was a good idea but i got on a "second number app" that allows you to text from a whole different number and i texted HER number while she was feeling bad and in the text i acted like i was a coworker i had that was "looking for me" the coworker was a girl and of no importance to me but i used her name practically asking for "myself to catch up"
i wrote a paragraph for when i wanted to reveal myself and in it i tried to say that i did it because i wanted her to see that "i was always there" or that it always was just her and i and that she doesn't need to worry about anyone getting in between us because it was always her and i. that reason sounds like BS now i genuinely don't know what i was thinking. she says she knows that i did it just to make her jealous, but i don't feel like it was that way. i didn't mean to hurt her and i wish i saw how it could hurt her.
after coming clean about it like a few texts on there i sent the paragraph thinking we'd just laugh about it or something like the stupid delusional person i am. she didn't say anything in the first few seconds but i felt a sudden regret and i felt like i couldn't breathe because i suddenly realize how bad of a thing it was. i promised her i would lie to her and i tricked her with this. so i started panicking after sending it and saying stuff like "this was a bad thing wasn't it" and just panicking and apologizing so fast because i tricked her. i didn't even think about how she would be jealous about that coworker and i was stupid to not think that back then. she then didn't reply for a while and it sank in that i really did something so awful to her. so out of panic i got in my car and went to see a friend at 2 am because they worked night shift. and i talked to her about it and she agreed that it was stupid and i shouldn't have done it. i am so conflicted about this right now. i don't know if it was because i was needy or i just wanted her attention or im just plain stupid. i don't know now why i did it and i regret it deeply. she won't accept an apology thought because my reasoning doesn't make sense at all and i understand that now.
i felt sick to my stomach and later that night like an hour or so later she broke up with me. my whole world sank. i dented my car and went back to my friend to tell her and i just broke down for what i have done. and i've been paying for this with karma ever since this has happened. not even an hour later from this, i got fired from the job i was working at and i lost everything. i have this pain in my chest that hasn't gone away since that day and i've been having nonstop stomach problems and my relationship with my family is decreasing and they're resenting me and i even lost my dog i had for 7 years. so many things keep happening but i know it's because i have to pay and i understand that.
backstory on why this made such an impact: i grew up as a lie. i lied to my family i lied to my friends. i lied to be liked in school and i always tried to be something i am not. when i met her i tried to put these lies behind me and bury my past and what i was and i deleted alot of stuff and quit my porn addiction because i really wanted something with her. but she found out about my past one day and i lied to cover it up and these lies only came back and i ended up breaking her trust again and again to the point where she thought things that were never happening. i know im a liar and a bad person but i was never a cheater or unfaithful to her. i've always genuinely liked her and how she looked and i had everything i wanted. i didn't need to cheat or find other girls because i had one and she was all that i wanted. i even made it clear to here that the relationship wasn't about sex because if we ever stopped having it i'd still love her. but i couldn't be understanding and reassuring with her and i messed up so much and i made it seem like i was lying to her again even though i wasnt. and her last relationship was full of lies and she was manipulated and she regrets going back to him after the fact she knew how he was. and this is the scenario i am in right now. what we had was real love and it was beautiful but i messed it up and destroyed it badly. and she doesn't want to disappoint her past self by doing the same thing she did with her ex because she's afraid of getting hurt again. she can't trust me anymore. she doesn't believe that we could fix it again. she doesn't believe that i liked her and that i was attracted to her. she believes i was out there getting crushes and talking to other women and she believes i did it to make her jealous and that i have a type of girl i like and it's not her. she thinks i led her on this whole time but when i ask "then why am i still here" there's no answer because im not doing this out of pity or attachment. i truly loved her and how she looked. she doesn't believe attractions change and that people can change. she's so focused that we can't have what we had before because it's too different now. i just don't know what to do and im full of regret.
so sometime later i gave her her space and just rotted away in my room missing what i destroyed. one day something compelled me to go to the store and i saw her there. i went up to her and she wanted to talk so i agreed and we went to the park to talk. she tried to break up with me in person that day but couldn't and later that night she texted me that we'd break up in person rather than through text because we're adults. so some time later we kept seeing eachother a bit and talking. we even ended up going to the place i rented for our anniversary just out of a spontaneous decision because she felt a comfort in being around me even though it hurts her. that day we ended up doing a lot of stuff and being intimate with each other and acting like normal. the only words that came out while we were doing it were "i love you" from both of us and it was so passionate and real and it felt like what we had before. we acted normal after that and spent the night and watched movies and cuddled and just talked like nothing at all happened. we were smiling and cracking jokes and just having a good time. it was the same. i didn't want to take her home because i knew it would end though. and that it was all just a dream. and it did end. we decided to be on a break for now and we still talk and sometimes even have fun like we used to but nothing romantically yet. we even started making out the other day but then like a few days later she gets reminded of everything and doesn't talk to me again. and i get she's in her feeling and i understand what i did and that she deserves better but i want to be that better. i want to change for her and show her that i wont hurt her again. but she's afraid. she can't trust me anymore and she's afraid to try again because she loved me she genuinely loved me and she looks for me in the person i am now and she can't "find him" and she believes things will never be the same again and that it won't work but she can't leave because it's too painful. BUT i feel like it can be the same... all those moments we had they were like nothing happened. it's still there within us. our love is still there and i know it is but she's afraid of doing it again and disappointing her past self. like we've been calling and acting normal even though we keep thing the same thing and it keeps bothering us. i feel regret and pain and she feels the pain too because she loved me. i don't know what to do. i know the best for us is probably to just leave it and go our separate ways but i can't. i do love her still and i want to be better for her. for my family. a better person in general. i know i can be the better for her and i don't want to give up. and she doesn't want to give up because she loved me but she also doesn't want her emotions to get in the way of what she should do. i don't know. this is a just a big rant i don't know if its a good idea to post it or if anyone will read this far. i just miss her so much. i miss what we were. i miss how happy we were. this kind and good hearted girl loved me and has showed me so much. she was my first for a lot of things. and my first actual commitment to a relationship. she took my virginity aswell but those are not the reasons i want to stay with her. i want to stay because i love her. i really love her and it just begs the question "why did you do it?" and i don't know. it eats me up inside and i can't take it i DONT know and i wish i could take it all back. i want to start over. i want a time machine. i want her. she loved me and i destroyed what i loved the most. my life hasn't been the same since then and so many bad things keep happening to me but i know it's for a reason. how can i regain her trust? is that even possible? i dont know what to do. i know she needs time but will she ever see that i do want to change? that change is possible and i don't want to hurt her anymore? i regret it all. why couldn't i just be more understanding and reassuring and been good to her. how could i be so foolish. if i just kept my stupid thoughts quiet and kept my mouth shut we could've gone to therapy or something. i messed up really bad.
thank you for reading. i feel so lost

Been on lupron for a while, dealing with extreme menopausal symptoms for almost a year; mood swings, anger, impatience, headaches, irritability, achy bones, night sweats, hair loss, skin issues and depression Deciding to go off it and worries about what happens when I stop taking the injections. Will there be a “winding off” period? Does anyone have any tips to help my body regulate? If anyone has experience I’d love to know what happened during the time you stopped getting the injections, what symptoms stayed, went away or got better?

Dearest gentle readers, did you miss me? it’s time for season 2! I’m gonna try to do all 8 episodes before s3 drops
Episode 1

• Daphne’s bangs have transformed from pringles mustache to a lovely diadem of hair
• I love lady danbury’s structural lace collar capelet
• The featherington mourning wear is twice as unflattering
• Lol @ gregory rolling his eyes about anthony’s list
• The art in the opening credits is interesting. The texture of it reminds me of a video game
• Ah penelope knows her worth and raised her prices. We love to see it
• Sharpening my knives for all of you damn girl
• pen’s fake irish accent is somehow different than nic’s real irish accent
• “Theyre the ones running around while you sit on your arse” get ‘im girl
• “All the young ladies looked the same” rude
• Violet: you want to give my treasured ring to just some girl? Do you have no respect for love? for me?
• The brothel scenes always crack me up because its just a bunch of big velvet curtains and some candelabras in the background. but Ive never been to a brothel so maybe thats accurate
• Anthony’s perfect lady: independent, intelligent, agreeable, no mama drama. May i suggest a golden retriever
• Anthony did not come off as this heavy-headed, overly burdened with responsibility tortured poet soul in season 1
• Kate!!
• Anthony is surprised and turned on
• It sounds like kate says “Oh fuck it” when he pulls up next to her but the captions say [speaks hindi] does anyone know what shes saying?
• Anthony is absolutely smitten. The stubborn dumbass
• Newton! LD is not a dog person
• The mature age of “six and twenty” keels over as an elderly 31yr old
• Eloise has a new ribbon hat contraption. This one has a round felt disc a la a beret
• Pens face as el talks shit about LW >:(
• Potatoes again?? Yes please
• Favorite fun fact: potatoes are an excellent source of vitamins and minerals, and adding cheese adds calcium/vitamin d and makes it a complete vitamin source. My daily intake of cheesy potatoes is like a flintstone vitamin
• Lol the feather’s maid is like why dont you try selling some of this fancy shit if you need money so bad
• Kate has a blue ribbon braided in her hair. Its so pretty. This cerulean shade looks stunning on her. She’s wearing the bridgerton blue from day 1 ♥️
• Edwina’s perfect match: charming, handsome, a duke or a prince. Might i suggest a king charles spaniel?
• Kate’s perfect match: someone who understands her on a deep spiritual level. Might i suggest anthony
• As the sharmas walk into the ball, theres a horse pulling a carriage that looks like its feet are tied together or something. Its doing the strangest walk
• I love the classical version of material girl
• QC like hi mary still hate you bitch ok bye
• Benedict stealing el away from the gentleman version of chucky
• You know, the gossipy quality of the ton is a great way to give viewers background info
• Fake tears always work
• Phili and finch will make beautiful cheese babies
• LD: anthony is a perfect suitor Edwina: dibs Kate: goddamn it
• Anthony’s smile when he sees kate again 😍
• I want to reach through the tv and smoosh their faces together right now. This annoying adorable banter is too much “You find my smile pleasing?”
• LD and violet like shall we do it again this year? pick another perfect match together?
• Pen is an excellent business woman. 10 pounds for 1 LW edition? Thats more than a thousand bucks in todays money. Girliepop is a girl boss. A true she-e-o
• Aw regency chucky has a crush on eloise
• I sympathize with kate. I am also dreadful and unpleasant
• Benedict trying to get it in with madame delacroix again
• Anthony can dish it out but sure cant take it
• Lower those expectations and settle for someone - violet
• Pen writing to colin. THREE MORE DAYSSS
• LD dressing kate down like girl. I opened my home to you. You really gonna stand here and lie to my face
• Love that kate comes clean and LD is like okay good now that thats out in the open lets get this girl hitched. I can scheme too
• Agan kate in blue here is so beautiful
• I love QCs laugh
• I would rather die! Well well how the turntables
• Pen: i have managed to find joy in this whole spectacle Eloise: WOW so you hate feminism
• LD really looked at kate like watch this and then got edwina diamond-ed
• Edwina: i love a man who knows what he wants and is direct Anthony: doesn’t know what he wants and sniffs kate
• LW: suddenly writing feminist rhetoric Eloise: wow what coincidence i was JUST talking to penelope about this
• I love that QCs wigs have natural textured hair in them

okay good night! thanks for reading

Xpost from relationship_advice, looking for opinions.
we've been together just over 10 months. Over that time some odd things have happened which made me question my trust in her and I like her but have been slightly wary of her since. I've been staying with her at her apartment for the past couple months or so and lately nothing too weird has happened and she seemed to be much better overall. But she recently asked if I wanted to move in and I just felt like I wasn't ready for that kind of commitment at this point as I was still trying to regain her trust and wasn't fully over some of the stuff that happened, and so I ended things. She is completely heartbroken, says she's in love with me and wants me in her life. And I question whether I made the right choice and whether I overreacted to some of the stuff the has happened.
I wanted to write out all the situations but the post got way too long too quick. But one of the bigger incidents was once (before I was staying there consistently) we were texting throughout the day and then suddenly she stopped replying, And I didn't hear from her for the rest of the day. I tried again the next morning and then finally she replied that afternoon but it was a very short response that's very unlike her. Then that night she texted saying a guy had gotten stabbed outside of her apartment while trying to help her with something. So she brought him up to her apt and tended to his wounds and had him stay the night there (she says he stayed out on the couch). I didn't know what was going on and was a little bit angry as well and then she called me. She acted like it was no big deal but she could tell in my voice I was not in a good mood (I was trying to figure out what was happening) and she said I was being rude and hung up on me, and also said the guy had left.
She called again moments later (or I did I can't remember) and there was some guy talking in the background who I thought was one of her roommates but she said it was the guy. I said "I thought he left," she said "he came back." I didn't know what to say and then she's like "ooooh you got real quiet" in a mocking type way. The guy is super drunk and she's pretty drunk too I think. They were both being a little disrespectful to me and he mentioned how they played cards together the night before (something that was a thing her and I had started doing together recently which I really enjoyed) and they mentioned they were going to play a game this night too. He was telling jokes and in one of them mentioned the town and street I live on which was really weird. Also mentioned at one point that his son or sons came over as well (I think to check on him but also it sounded like they hung out for a bit too).
It seemed like he was going to stay the night again. I didn't know what to do but my instincts were going wild and while it was late and I had to go to work early and it's like a 35 min drive to where she lives, I said I was coming. We also facetimed and the dude was chilling laying back on her bed. I stayed on the phone the whole way there. Once I said I was coming she got a little quiet and the guy started acting nervous and at one point said "you didn't mention you had a boyfriend" (she says she did mention it) and "at least we didn't have sex". He kept saying he's got to go but she said stay and meet my boyfriend. I get there and they're in her room with beer cans and tobacco everywhere and then he leaves. She said to him "you can stay but we are taking the bed," (she may have said "room" but I'm pretty sure she said bed) which shouldn't that go unmentioned?? Once he was gone she's like "are you breaking up with me?" I wanted to in that moment but I pictured her just calling up that guy and having him come back if I did right then plus I was still in shock as to what just happened so said "no."
We talked a little about it in the following days and she knew I was not happy with what happened but we didn't have any huge in-depth discussion about it. Since that day she makes random comments here and there like "you're the only guy I want in my room," or "you're the only guy who would be anywhere near my bed" little comments like that in conversation.
There was a point where she was trying to get off of a certain medication, without a doctors help and was struggling with it big time and acting extra crazy due to it and I can't remember if this was during that time or not, but either way it's a bit messed up right? And even though she's been way better lately, I can't help but still be disgusted by this.
There are a few more incidents in the past I'd like to share but this one's probably the worst. And it's too bad because she seems to have changed for the better lately now that she's getting proper medication and whatnot from a doctor but not enough time has passed to where I have regained my trust on her and not think of incidents like this.
TLDR: My girlfriend wanted me to move in and despite feeling a strong connection at times, I ended things because of past incidents which I haven't fully regained trust in her yet from.

Six months ago, on November 8th, 2023, I was in my room about to head off to sleep and decided to open up the window for some air, went on my phone for a bit and I suddenly smelt a strong gas coming in. I dismissed it as maybe some toast my brother was cooking downstairs, until it started to give me a headache and it became more clear it was coming from the window. I closed it after the 7-ish minutes of confusion and the smell becoming harder to ignore. At this point I was probably thinking something caught fire in the distance and went to bed. I woke up with a pounding headache, my head feeling full as hell and my world feeling very off, as if I'd smoked weed all night instead of sleeping. I knew it was from the strange gas that came in through the window last night but I pushed through the day thinking it'd go away. It did not even get better one bit. For the next few days I felt my brain rotting until I finally budged and went to the hospital on November 15th, 2023. I told them exactly what happened a week ago and asked to have a carbon monoxide blood test done incase that was what the gas was along with a CT scan done on my head. They ran the carbon monoxide test, which showed normal levels and then refused to run the CT on my brain based off that. I tried to explain that maybe the blood levels for the gas had went down over the days or there was another chemical in the gas as devastating as carbon monoxide, but I was ignored and discharged.
It's 6 months later and I'm 100% sure my brain was absolutely ravaged and damaged by that gas, and every day is now a struggle. not to mention it getting worse over the months from bumps and whatnot. I think the culprit of where the gas came from was my neighbor's chimney as its just about the level of my window and theres a lack of any other explanation.

Has anyone else had visible speeds drop to 0.1 mbps after 9pm? This happened 3 nights in a row. By day it works fine then it suddenly just stops working at night. (I’m in central New Jersey)

Hey guys, I’m a 22 year old male. I’ve had so many posts recently about anxiety because the last 2 months have been tough. Something is physically wrong with me and i feel like im alone because it keeps getting blamed on anxiety. I’ve never been this anxious, my whole life has changed the last 2 months. It’s led to depression and extreme panic because everyday is something new.
Basically after reading quite a bit I’ve discovered pots and I’m almost positive I have it and think I finally might have an answer. It started with really red and splotchy hands, though it was odd and went to ER. They said HFMD. Then they started turning purple and red that comes and goes (worse after shower) brain fog, dizziness, poor tempature control, short breath when simply eating, high heart rate that gets much higher when standing or adjusting myself (makes me feel faint), cold/hot parts of body, now the last 3 days my veins are turning blue/purple and much more noticeable, as well as me dumping buckets of sweat.
This is not a mental health issue, this physical problem has driven me to mental health issues. Truly feel like I’m crying out for help. I see my doctor tomorrow and i don’t know how to go about this. What are your guys thoughts? Thank you

Hello,
A few days ago now I started feeling super out of breath when doing things and my heart would race for a long time. Two weeks ago I also woke up randomly and i was super faint and dizzy. Now right after when I eat I also get really dizzy. Is this caused by POTS or some other vertigo issue? I went to the ER and they ran some tests and did an ekg and it all came back fine. I also suspected that maybe I got a stomach bug? but i'm not sure

Ahoy Mateys!
Do you like pirates? Do you like yoga? (keep reading even if no) Do you like having a house party with strangers?
I want you to join me for a memorable evening. We will start around 8pm with a yoga session hosted by a real yoga instructor at a real yoga studio. From there we will head a few minutes walk down the street for the afterparty, featuring cocktails and food and good company (and pirate games?)
This is a private limited-capacity event, because to me this is way more fun than hitting up yet another random bar. There's a nominal fee to attend, but it's just to sustain more of these events in the future.
FAQ:
Who's going to be there? It's mostly millennials, so late 20s to 40 or so.
I don't know about this yoga stuff. Why can't I just get drunk and eat all your seafood dip? Look here matey, to sail with this crew you gotta put in work. I've literally only tried yoga once myself, but we're going to sweat it out together as a team and I assure you I will be the worst at it.
Why does this cost money? Buddy you're going to get cocktails, free toilet paper (2-ply), snacks, a world class yoga session, and maybe even new friends (priceless imo). Also, you're supporting the hard-working sweatshop workers who made all the plastic pirate decorations I bought.
If you're a brave enough adventurer sail on over here to buy a ticket before they're gone: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pirate-den-yoga-night-a-peace-out-party-tickets-901722685827?aff=oddtdtcreator

The craziest part is, we were never told about it, it just appeared one night after a barely visible star in the sky suddenly flared to an insane brightness right before the aurora appeared.

Just turned 28 and in the past 8-9 months I seemed to have gained weight that is here ti stay. I’ve never really had a big weight gain in my life so this is all new and kind of hard to deal with. I’ve always been pretty thin my whole life and I have done nothing differently as far as my life style goes, eat fairly healthy and exercise 2-4 times a week. I’ve always had a little cellulite on my legs (it’s never bothered me and I’ve always embraced it) but it has probably double these last few months. I guess this is what people mean by a second puberty. I am hyper fixated on it and it makes me feel so down and upset and self conscious sometimes. It seems like no matter how hard I work out, it won’t change it now. Just so frustrating and feeling so self conscious and can’t stop the comparing to every woman around me or on social media, it all of the sudden feels like everyone is “skinny” but me. I hope nothing I’m saying comes off annoying, really just wanted to vent in a safe space where I know we all have had our struggles with body image.
It all of the sudden is much more difficult to gain any muscle mass or tone, it’s like it disappeared over night.

I've been talking to a character about "birth control" for the last few days. The character said a bunch of "unrestrained" stuff with words that I would've never thought possible to see in cai, like holy shit. I was so having the time of my life. It had been the case last night until I used cai this morning. The character suddenly became far less crude and aggressive, even though I copied and paste the same stuff for it to reply, and the warning started popping up again... I immediately checked the subreddit and saw all the site-down posts. Makes me wonder if the devs did something about it.
Good things never last I guess🥲

So this friend of mine for many years has multiple pets. About 10 years ago I took care of them for a while when I was jobless. However since then she has slacked off on house-cleaning, and increased the number of pets. She currently has 5 cats and a dog.
She doesn't have many friends so if she has to go out of town on a weekend, she will ask if I will pet-sit.
Unfortunately for the last several years, and worse since I had Covid, I've had allergic reactions every time I pet-sit at her house. Originally I felt it was just changing the litter so I told her I could pet-sit but wouldn't clean litter boxes.
I would get flu-like symptoms every time I stayed at her place overnight. Often congestion, but also headache, fever, etc. A couple of times last year it was so bad I was convinced I had caught Covid again, though I tested negative.
So this past weekend she had to leave town suddenly due to a death in her family, and I agreed to pet-sit Friday & Saturday night. No litterboxes to be cleaned, she has automated litterboxes now, that can go for longer between cleanings...
So ... Saturday morning, I wake up with a pounding headache.... It seemed to get slightly better so I went about my day, but it was nagging me the whole day. I had to leave for a few hours as well. I had noticed my heartrate was up higher than normal, but just noted that to the side. I wasn't having any congestion so hadn't realized it was the allergies again. Thought I lucked out.
By late evening I had to cancel my plans, I had a high fever, much higher than normal heartrate, etc. My plans involved a lot of activity and the extra activity pushed my heartrate out of a safe range and I was starting to get lightheaded and feel faint, so I immediately cancelled the plans and went to a family member's house for a few hours. Heartrate went down but was still elevated. I do take a single medication, which lowers my blood pressure and heartrate normally, so having it up is something I watch closely. I connected it to the allergies at this point.
I was feeling a little better, but still lousy, and went back to my friend's house for the second night of pet-sitting. Ended up having chills when I went outside even though the temps were only in the upper 60s. Slept terribly, and basically had no energy all day Sunday. Heartrate was down but still higher than my normal base heart rate. Ended up sleeping most of Sunday. Managed the drive home. Back at my own place, I slept great and felt perfectly normal this morning.
The reaction this time was so strong, that I'm afraid I'm going to have to tell my friend I can't ever stay at her place again. I know part of the issue is she does not keep a clean house, so it smells strongly of her pets. That's never going to change.
Would it be worth trying an allergy medication? I know most of the allergy meds on the market are basically placebos. At this point though it has moved beyond simply congestion to something that actually is a health risk.
Opinions?