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2024.05.17 13:30 bdliar I [21m] have been slightly lying to my bf [22m] about my date of birth the whole time.
My now bf and I started out as FWBs. You have to understand that i already loved this guy, he was my bi awakening and remains, the only boy ive ever been intimate with. However, I wanted to see if he'd even be interested in anything romantic with me so i poked around and got him to mention among other things that he wouldn't want to date someone who was a full year or more younger than him. His only interest for guys "that young" is sexual.
We already knew each other's ages but not our birthdays so i asked him his. Turns out he's 1 year and 6 days older than me but I didnt wanna lose him and i knew we'd be good together if he could just look past that. So when he asked for my birthday, I lied by slightly adjusting the date by 8 days. He laughed at the coincidence and later that evening I asked him on our 1st proper date.
Fast forward 10 months, and things are beyond great between us, the relationships ive had with girls dont even come close to comparing to what we have. Our birthdays are coming up and my friends and family are in on the lie and they think the situation is hilarious and are fully prepared to throw a party on my fake birthday to keep up the ruse. However, this has led to a ton of stress for me. I’ve had to hide all forms of ID from my boyfriend so he doesn’t discover the truth, which is getting increasingly difficult. We both still get carded so if we're going somewhere with alcohol where they might quiz me on my ID, either I get there first or I drop him off at the entrance so he gets seated to look for parking. I always pay so I'm also paranoid that one of my IDs will fall from my wallet and he'll see it.
Idk how or if to come clean at this point I don’t think the tiny age "gap" would bother him now that he loves me but ik 100% he'd be upset abt the fact that I lied to him for so long abt a basic information about me, he always says abt bad relationships "it all starts with a petty lie".
tldr: lied to reduce an already insignificant age gap so he would date me, everyone's in on it, it's been 10 months and our birthdays are coming soon
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We already knew each other's ages but not our birthdays so i asked him his. Turns out he's 1 year and 6 days older than me but I didnt wanna lose him and i knew we'd be good together if he could just look past that. So when he asked for my birthday, I lied by slightly adjusting the date by 8 days. He laughed at the coincidence and later that evening I asked him on our 1st proper date.
Fast forward 10 months, and things are beyond great between us, the relationships ive had with girls dont even come close to comparing to what we have. Our birthdays are coming up and my friends and family are in on the lie and they think the situation is hilarious and are fully prepared to throw a party on my fake birthday to keep up the ruse. However, this has led to a ton of stress for me. I’ve had to hide all forms of ID from my boyfriend so he doesn’t discover the truth, which is getting increasingly difficult. We both still get carded so if we're going somewhere with alcohol where they might quiz me on my ID, either I get there first or I drop him off at the entrance so he gets seated to look for parking. I always pay so I'm also paranoid that one of my IDs will fall from my wallet and he'll see it.
Idk how or if to come clean at this point I don’t think the tiny age "gap" would bother him now that he loves me but ik 100% he'd be upset abt the fact that I lied to him for so long abt a basic information about me, he always says abt bad relationships "it all starts with a petty lie".
tldr: lied to reduce an already insignificant age gap so he would date me, everyone's in on it, it's been 10 months and our birthdays are coming soon
2024.05.17 13:29 joelgsamuel 651 eVisitor to Bridging Visa A - when does BVA 'kick in' ?
I've seen cases where people arrive on a 651, then apply for an onshore visa type which does grant a BVA during processing.
Does the BVA* kick in...:
It's a little unclear to me from research. I have done some searching and reading, but see conflicting comments and info.
Thanks in advance.
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Does the BVA* kick in...:
- immediately?
- after the 3 month stay (3 months from date of port entry)?
- after the expiry of the full 651 (12 months from date it was granted)?
It's a little unclear to me from research. I have done some searching and reading, but see conflicting comments and info.
Thanks in advance.
2024.05.17 13:29 Kitchen_Ad_591 Is save state in TMJ considering a cheat or an exploit
Basically I just found out that my saved files (on PC) is stored my current process of the TMJ: if I quit out at floor 80 - stage 5, I can later open the game then it came back at floor 80 - stage 5 and I go again. So if I make a copy of my save file (state saved) and later I die or using all of my hoof, I can parse the state saved and I back all the hoof and tried again (of course I lost all the loot). The difference is I'm playing TMJ with very strict rules that makes TMJ feel impossible, because of the trying again with hoof spend. I just reach floor 90 and it took nearly 2 month: reach 80 for nearly 2 and reach 90 in 1 day with saved state so it's crazy time and resources saved. But here is the debate in my mind: saved state in TMJ (play normally) is considered as exploit because it's has down Side and using game mechanic (saved game mechanic) but it's break TMJ design so it can be considered as cheating. Idk maybe some opinion on this?
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2024.05.17 13:29 Snushy_101 WhatConverts Pricing Plans and Features
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2024.05.17 13:28 ask4ever Skin reacting to topical minoxidil
I started topical solution (5% min+ 0.1% fin) about a month ago because I noticed recession on the front. Crown and overall density is still fine but I wanted to catch it early. Everything was going well and I started noticing new miniature hair on the hairline a week ago. Around the same time, I had an allergic breakout/flare up all over my face resulting in redness, hot ears, itching,hives and all that which has never happened in my life. It started spreading to my arms as well. I suspected some foods so I eliminated them but that didn't help but then I finally cut out topical for a few days and the rashes went down and I've been healing. But, I am disappointed because the topical was working so well. Coming to my actual question, given that my facial skin is thinner and more sensitive and the crown area is thicker, would applying it on the crown help with the hairline as an indirect application due to the systemic absorption? Foam resulted in a reaction as well so that's not an option either way for direct application.
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2024.05.17 13:28 OutlandishnessOk466 Universe Mode Wrestlemania 41 Main Event.
Am I the only person who plans their Universe Mode months in advance? I'm thinking about my WrestleMania 41 match card, and I'm in June in my Universe Mode. I have some ideas for my Night 2 main event. The Night 1 main event will be Roman Reigns vs. The Rock, but I can't decide on the Night 2 main event. The Night 2 main event will be a match for the WWE Championship, and Cody Rhodes is the champion. His opponent will be the Elimination Chamber winner. Here are my possible matches: Option 1: Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton, Option 2: Cody Rhodes vs. Bron Breakker, Option 3: Cody Rhodes vs. John Cena, or Option 4: Cody Rhodes vs. LA Knight.
What do you think is the best match for a WrestleMania 41 main event?
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2024.05.17 13:28 Pristine_Contact5132 I don't know where to apply, help.
Please suggest some universities(US) with good STEM programs where I have good chances of being accepted.... :)
Demographics: male Asian, international
Intended major: CS (not decided)
SAT - will take next month, expecting 1500+
Grades: above 90% in freshman and sophomore, 70% in junior 💀, around 90% predicted in senior.
Awards/ECs: 1. Student council head 2. Award winning non-profit on menstrual health 3. Silver medal on a national tech Olympiad(50k+ students) 4. Exclusive aerospace event at national aerospace laboratory(20 teams out of 300+) 5. Won a few regional STEM competitions 6. Science exhibitions 7. Mentored underprivileged students in academics and activities. 8. Two awards for community service 9. Top 10 in a national level business and entrepreneurship competition (3k+ participants) 10. International rank 97 on a global hackathon with more than 2 million participants. 11. Photographer at a bunch of educational events (personal hobby) 12. Academic proficiency award(up till junior year)
LORs: solid recommendations from a bunch of senior teachers(department heads) and school counselor.
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Demographics: male Asian, international
Intended major: CS (not decided)
SAT - will take next month, expecting 1500+
Grades: above 90% in freshman and sophomore, 70% in junior 💀, around 90% predicted in senior.
Awards/ECs: 1. Student council head 2. Award winning non-profit on menstrual health 3. Silver medal on a national tech Olympiad(50k+ students) 4. Exclusive aerospace event at national aerospace laboratory(20 teams out of 300+) 5. Won a few regional STEM competitions 6. Science exhibitions 7. Mentored underprivileged students in academics and activities. 8. Two awards for community service 9. Top 10 in a national level business and entrepreneurship competition (3k+ participants) 10. International rank 97 on a global hackathon with more than 2 million participants. 11. Photographer at a bunch of educational events (personal hobby) 12. Academic proficiency award(up till junior year)
LORs: solid recommendations from a bunch of senior teachers(department heads) and school counselor.
2024.05.17 13:27 Professor3000 Need advice
 | Hey everyone. New to mutual funds, still learning. I started investing very small amounts (500/month) as a student. Now I'm earning about 4-5L/month, out of that majority amount goes to clearing some family debts and paying salaries for my employees. submitted by Professor3000 to mutualfunds [link] [comments] I'll have aorund 50-80k a month(can push to 1.5L by August) to invest in MFs. Please suggest me how much amount to allocate to which funds. My goal is to buy a house by 35. I'm 25 as of now. |
2024.05.17 13:27 AccomplishedHeight98 Intended date of travel for F2
So I’m filling the DSO-160 with my spouse. He’s applying for F-1 and intends to travel on 4th September, I intend to join him in December but we are doing the application together now. Should I fill my intended date of travel as September(same as his) or as December ( when I actually intend to travel)
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2024.05.17 13:26 doubleoeck1234 [EFL] Fabio Carvalho wins the EFL young player of the month for April
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2024.05.17 13:26 LurkingOmenFromValo I(16m) was made by my crush/friend(16f) to confess to her, what are my chances here and how to not make it weird
So my friend and I have been friends for a bit, around a 1 year and a half since grade 9, she approached me one time in choichoral, and we talked about something I can't exactly remember what, maybe something about our social lives and such, may not remember what we were talking about much but, I quite liked her, the way she talks, her looks, and her charm to me in general.
We've talked more and I quite realized that I liked her demeanor, her humour(sussy stuff) she seemed really confident and collected, which is quite the opposite of me, being quite shy and with similar humour. I remember her buying me small snacks back then, we talked about a variety of things throughout the duration of the year, rather on and off on messenger, or in person if chances arise, talked about anime/manga,(had rather different tastes but its cool) nsfw videos and manga apparently she likes something similar to my body type, and we've played some roblox in the past, she got me to play this wave shooter called contact A-888 in which you shoot demons and stuff. Heck she even did me makeup a few times last year<_>
These past month or so we've been meeting up in recess and talk, I'd share my food and she'd share her juice or whatever to me, and sometimes she'd touch my arms or just toy with me which I enjoyed, but her talking about her crushes were starting to take their toll on me, made a post about it before but, I can't get myself to exactly talk to her about it
Now just earlier, she got me to follow her to her friend's section and asked to hold her phone and wallet and, a friend(16f?) of ours came up, she said "what are you doing here?" "You courting someone?" I must've said something along the lines of "heh? Nothin, is none of ya business alright?" In my kinda joking kinda westerner italian whatever accent I'd usually do, She went up to my crush, she whispered something, i didnt hear, to which my crush responded by shaking her head, and something like "I dont think so" our friend said somethingI heard like "I think there's something else, something more" Then there, she asked me "hey do you like me?" And said "hey come on tell me!" When I kinda tried to dodge the question, Said "a little bit" and to which she said "damn" We walked down from where her friend's section is from, and ended up with my our other friends, joked around, and I don't remember whether we said bye to each other or whateves. I think I'll see this through. I hope I'm fine here, I'll try to talk to her like normal after I finnish writing this, Imma be optimistic bout it.
TL:DR Been friends with this girl for awhile, I enjoy being around her, our friend gets her to ask wether I like her or not,to which i say a "little", and I get a "damn"
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We've talked more and I quite realized that I liked her demeanor, her humour(sussy stuff) she seemed really confident and collected, which is quite the opposite of me, being quite shy and with similar humour. I remember her buying me small snacks back then, we talked about a variety of things throughout the duration of the year, rather on and off on messenger, or in person if chances arise, talked about anime/manga,(had rather different tastes but its cool) nsfw videos and manga apparently she likes something similar to my body type, and we've played some roblox in the past, she got me to play this wave shooter called contact A-888 in which you shoot demons and stuff. Heck she even did me makeup a few times last year<_>
These past month or so we've been meeting up in recess and talk, I'd share my food and she'd share her juice or whatever to me, and sometimes she'd touch my arms or just toy with me which I enjoyed, but her talking about her crushes were starting to take their toll on me, made a post about it before but, I can't get myself to exactly talk to her about it
Now just earlier, she got me to follow her to her friend's section and asked to hold her phone and wallet and, a friend(16f?) of ours came up, she said "what are you doing here?" "You courting someone?" I must've said something along the lines of "heh? Nothin, is none of ya business alright?" In my kinda joking kinda westerner italian whatever accent I'd usually do, She went up to my crush, she whispered something, i didnt hear, to which my crush responded by shaking her head, and something like "I dont think so" our friend said somethingI heard like "I think there's something else, something more" Then there, she asked me "hey do you like me?" And said "hey come on tell me!" When I kinda tried to dodge the question, Said "a little bit" and to which she said "damn" We walked down from where her friend's section is from, and ended up with my our other friends, joked around, and I don't remember whether we said bye to each other or whateves. I think I'll see this through. I hope I'm fine here, I'll try to talk to her like normal after I finnish writing this, Imma be optimistic bout it.
TL:DR Been friends with this girl for awhile, I enjoy being around her, our friend gets her to ask wether I like her or not,to which i say a "little", and I get a "damn"
2024.05.17 13:25 Avionics_Engineer06 VA CHAMP as primary insurance for my dependents
Hello I am 100 P&T and currently use CHAMP VA as secondary to my employers insurance for my dependents health care....
I am considering dropping my employers healthcare and going strictly with CHAMP VA for their healthcare. I will keep my employers Dental and Vison plan for my dependents.
All of my providers/pharmacies take VA CHAMP.
I get my care through the local VA clinic.
Have any of you switch from secondary VA CHAMP coverage to primary?
If so what has been your experience?
I looked at the booklet that comes with the CHAMP VA packet and my private health plan information. I do not see any gaps in coverage. Have you all seen any other than making sure the provider accepts CHAMP VA?
Is it true I only need to call them up and notify them of the change/effective date of the change?
Here is my healthcare plan details for reference
Cigna Open Access Plus HSA
I am in my open enrollment period for my job. My primary insurer has a monthly premium of $800 dollars.
Annual deductible for that plan is $3,200. Max out of pocket is $7000.
20% coinsurance up to the out of pocket maximum
To add to the complication my employer donates $2400 per year to an HSA if I go with their health care plan. If I do not select their plan I do not get the HSA match.
To Recap:
Removal of costs:
$800 per month in health care premium
$3200 Deductible
$7000 out of pocket max
Additions of cost:
$50 deductible
$3000 Out of Pocket Maximum
Although they do pay for everything after my insurance as you can see my primary insurance is not cheap either. Looking for feedback thanks!
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I am considering dropping my employers healthcare and going strictly with CHAMP VA for their healthcare. I will keep my employers Dental and Vison plan for my dependents.
All of my providers/pharmacies take VA CHAMP.
I get my care through the local VA clinic.
Have any of you switch from secondary VA CHAMP coverage to primary?
If so what has been your experience?
I looked at the booklet that comes with the CHAMP VA packet and my private health plan information. I do not see any gaps in coverage. Have you all seen any other than making sure the provider accepts CHAMP VA?
Is it true I only need to call them up and notify them of the change/effective date of the change?
Here is my healthcare plan details for reference
Cigna Open Access Plus HSA
I am in my open enrollment period for my job. My primary insurer has a monthly premium of $800 dollars.
Annual deductible for that plan is $3,200. Max out of pocket is $7000.
20% coinsurance up to the out of pocket maximum
To add to the complication my employer donates $2400 per year to an HSA if I go with their health care plan. If I do not select their plan I do not get the HSA match.
To Recap:
Removal of costs:
$800 per month in health care premium
$3200 Deductible
$7000 out of pocket max
Additions of cost:
$50 deductible
$3000 Out of Pocket Maximum
Although they do pay for everything after my insurance as you can see my primary insurance is not cheap either. Looking for feedback thanks!
2024.05.17 13:25 EmbarrassedPoem242 Asking for advices, opinions tips on treatment and nootropics for Panic Disorder + new meds for PD + ADHD, qutting benzos and on SSRI
Hi,
I have marked most imporant parts as how long I use each meds in what dose, info of me, my questions, supplements used, nootropics thinking of, new meds for panic disorder treatment, plan to quit benzos, advice about Memantine. If you want, there is whole story and treatment:) Thx I have a lifetime nonmedicated ADHD + OCD (will finally have atomoexin in july after like 8 docs) but mainly severe panic disorder since 12/23 caused by badly burning out and not stopping work + too much stress from all sides, mostly family and workspace/company. It started close to xmas and wanted to finish year and worked until my body completely disabled to it to me but right after it came xmas, which is not my fav time of year ending in keeping me in attacks 24/7. Btw Im 29yo man, 193cm, 90kg, sporting, financial advisor self employed, living alone, used to be really busy all the time, multiple addictions behind me mostly because depression (alcohol),pain (kratom) and stimulants bcs its so addictive with adhd :D But I dont abuse anything since 02/23 when I barely survived WD from forced CT a lot of alcohol every day and I want to be healthy and drugs free!
I am currently getting off xanax and on SSRI, starting my new recovery plan below as previous didnt help enough and asking if you know anything that could help me get my full life back sooner I work as I can/want, mostly 2-6 h/day and only from home, going to multiple types of therapy, investing insane money to get recovered and looking for every possible way. I am open for any tip or advice on nootropic, peptide, maybe even SARMs that could help me get over this. Even if you dont have time or dont want to read all previous treatment and new plan and have idea what could help me, write it please. But I have to be careful with anything interacts with SSRI as I will be also on buspar, I have a safe med for serotonin syndrome if needed.. Also if you see gaps or risks in my meds plan, some ideas, useful info or better ways, I will be glad to know it:) Mostly about Memantine - when to use, in which part of protocol it will be most beneficial or what to expect.
I use/tried almost every useful supplement including adaptogens, herbs, expensive vitamins, mushrooms, gotu kola, NAC, tyrosine, inositol and just anything that could be useful + basics use all year. Also have Alpha GPC which made my adhd brain supercomputer before I got beaten but now doesnt work. Tried before noopept and a lot of racetams, idra21 and some more but with no effect and modafinil before with effect, but mostly anxiety, too much concentrating on one thing and severe insomnia.
I am already pretty sure about Agmatine, Sulbutiamine instead of Benfotiamine (any difference?), not sure of Bromantane on ssri (?), 9-me is no go, maybe NALT (?), Theacrine as Im tired from SSRI all the time and too much coffee makes me axnious, maybe Vinpocetine or Uridine triacetate? centrophenoxine? dihexa?
My treatment from december to now:
I had no idea wth is this, told my psychologist what is happening to me and asking many times if its serious and casually replied that is probably from stress. So I treated it as burnout by resting, then removing original causes and triggers, removing problems from my mind and life, reducing stress to minimum, even leaving my pretty good paid job after 9 yers. But nothing helped besides benzos which made me not feel attacks so much and when I went off after 6 weeks, symptoms came back the same day.
I always said no to ADs but this time I didnt see any other option so I got SSRI citalopram 20, later 30mg now 6 weeks, first weeks were hell of anxiety and tiredness, last 2 weeks they help but effect is enough to keep me attack free only at home, outside flat still almost instant PA + side effects are still bad.
Same with benzos now again for 6 weeks afte break from previous cycle, mostly xanax 1,5-2mg a day, when Im home with no problems I can stay on 0,5mg with no WD. But want to quit asap, Im standing on the edge of little discomfort or living hell WDs. Also it makes me dumb, careless and not caring, but dont have cravings or abuse them, until now there was no other medication in my country :/ Also I already had GABA WDs pretty bad from alcohol many times and from phenibut in february by mistake (3 weeks of 2-3x a week before I had benzos). I would rather skip this opportunity to be on boat walking simulator with scary shadowy guy in my bedroom.
Next week I will make a big changes:
Will to add Buspar in small doses to SSRI, probably 30mg citalopram + 2x7,5mg buspar for long term and propranolol over benzos before I leave flat for panic attacks - I have mostly physical symptoms and over these months my brain has learned to go panic mode when I go around people or noise but im not scared, wanting to hide or anxious, want to go out. Hope this will allow me to relearn the BIOS of my brain and body they wont start panicking as it has learned over months of nonstop attack (january until end of april, just moving on scale 1-10 but never off). Propranolon as beta-blocker should not allow my body to go panic defense mode and mental anxiety I can handle now. My mind is still quite ok, not much depressed or in bad mood, last days even thinking a bit sharper and can handle it but body/brain program are stuck. Hope this will allow me over time to get off SSRI to just Buspar + non addictive anxiety aid as needed or at least switch to SNRI or Wellbutrin as im energetic person but with this SSRI im meeeeeeeh all the time.
As propranolon arrives I will cut benzos to lowest dosage where I wont feel WD, probably 0,5mg/day and switch to Clonazepam (have benzos and can ask doc anytime), keep this dose for 2-3 weeks, taper to 0,35mg, wait and this until i go down around 0,2mg/day. Maybe slower if it will be painful or risk worse WDs when i cut them off.
For quitting benzos I have clonidine (WD reduce, camling, ADHD), pregabalin (GABA substance replacement, anti seizure but addictive), baclofen (GABA substance replacement, anti seizure also addictive)), Etifoxine (nonbenzo anxiolytics, I guess mostly PAWS) and Topiramate (seizure and migraine prevention, WD reduce) and Hydroxyzine (sleepy antihistamine nonaddictive) to get off them asap with no risk seizure and suffering for weeks in terrible WDs. I wont use all the aids together but as needed for current symptoms and not get hooked on none of them as only atarax is safe.
Also finally will get ADHD meds atomoxetin, but as I have no energy, even adhd is not so present and clonidine also helps for adhd. And I have found one super special med you will be interested about- Memantine (bgpharm), do you have experiences about this so called miracle drug? It make you feel softly with unlimited brain power, also it shall lower tolerances to almost all substances and by 30-60% over 7-14 days and then make WDs easier + also helps ADHD. But have no idea when to use it in my plan, I got 2 packs and its cheap so can buy more but dont want to mess with getting off bzs and learning to manage going out. Same question with atomoxetin - when to start? its not stimulant so it should not affect attacks nor benzo WD but idk.
Just in case there would be too much serotonin I will have Cyproheptadine for SS. It should not happen from SSRI+Buspiron but some nootropic or WD med can cause it. And just remembered I shall take some ephedrine/yohimbine if my BP or HB goes too slow from propranolon/clonidine... :/
I will still go for checks to doc and psychiatrist but the medical procedures in my country got stuck in time in year when producers of SSRI/benzos gave some gifts for doctors or politics. So they just give you this combo announcing you it will work (didnt) and you wont get addicted in 3 months of xan (would). Also propranolon is not approved med for anxiety in my county, only bzds and buspirone, but after trying several ADs on you :/
Thank you so much for any knowledge you share with me!
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I have marked most imporant parts as how long I use each meds in what dose, info of me, my questions, supplements used, nootropics thinking of, new meds for panic disorder treatment, plan to quit benzos, advice about Memantine. If you want, there is whole story and treatment:) Thx I have a lifetime nonmedicated ADHD + OCD (will finally have atomoexin in july after like 8 docs) but mainly severe panic disorder since 12/23 caused by badly burning out and not stopping work + too much stress from all sides, mostly family and workspace/company. It started close to xmas and wanted to finish year and worked until my body completely disabled to it to me but right after it came xmas, which is not my fav time of year ending in keeping me in attacks 24/7. Btw Im 29yo man, 193cm, 90kg, sporting, financial advisor self employed, living alone, used to be really busy all the time, multiple addictions behind me mostly because depression (alcohol),pain (kratom) and stimulants bcs its so addictive with adhd :D But I dont abuse anything since 02/23 when I barely survived WD from forced CT a lot of alcohol every day and I want to be healthy and drugs free!
I am currently getting off xanax and on SSRI, starting my new recovery plan below as previous didnt help enough and asking if you know anything that could help me get my full life back sooner I work as I can/want, mostly 2-6 h/day and only from home, going to multiple types of therapy, investing insane money to get recovered and looking for every possible way. I am open for any tip or advice on nootropic, peptide, maybe even SARMs that could help me get over this. Even if you dont have time or dont want to read all previous treatment and new plan and have idea what could help me, write it please. But I have to be careful with anything interacts with SSRI as I will be also on buspar, I have a safe med for serotonin syndrome if needed.. Also if you see gaps or risks in my meds plan, some ideas, useful info or better ways, I will be glad to know it:) Mostly about Memantine - when to use, in which part of protocol it will be most beneficial or what to expect.
I use/tried almost every useful supplement including adaptogens, herbs, expensive vitamins, mushrooms, gotu kola, NAC, tyrosine, inositol and just anything that could be useful + basics use all year. Also have Alpha GPC which made my adhd brain supercomputer before I got beaten but now doesnt work. Tried before noopept and a lot of racetams, idra21 and some more but with no effect and modafinil before with effect, but mostly anxiety, too much concentrating on one thing and severe insomnia.
I am already pretty sure about Agmatine, Sulbutiamine instead of Benfotiamine (any difference?), not sure of Bromantane on ssri (?), 9-me is no go, maybe NALT (?), Theacrine as Im tired from SSRI all the time and too much coffee makes me axnious, maybe Vinpocetine or Uridine triacetate? centrophenoxine? dihexa?
My treatment from december to now:
I had no idea wth is this, told my psychologist what is happening to me and asking many times if its serious and casually replied that is probably from stress. So I treated it as burnout by resting, then removing original causes and triggers, removing problems from my mind and life, reducing stress to minimum, even leaving my pretty good paid job after 9 yers. But nothing helped besides benzos which made me not feel attacks so much and when I went off after 6 weeks, symptoms came back the same day.
I always said no to ADs but this time I didnt see any other option so I got SSRI citalopram 20, later 30mg now 6 weeks, first weeks were hell of anxiety and tiredness, last 2 weeks they help but effect is enough to keep me attack free only at home, outside flat still almost instant PA + side effects are still bad.
Same with benzos now again for 6 weeks afte break from previous cycle, mostly xanax 1,5-2mg a day, when Im home with no problems I can stay on 0,5mg with no WD. But want to quit asap, Im standing on the edge of little discomfort or living hell WDs. Also it makes me dumb, careless and not caring, but dont have cravings or abuse them, until now there was no other medication in my country :/ Also I already had GABA WDs pretty bad from alcohol many times and from phenibut in february by mistake (3 weeks of 2-3x a week before I had benzos). I would rather skip this opportunity to be on boat walking simulator with scary shadowy guy in my bedroom.
Next week I will make a big changes:
Will to add Buspar in small doses to SSRI, probably 30mg citalopram + 2x7,5mg buspar for long term and propranolol over benzos before I leave flat for panic attacks - I have mostly physical symptoms and over these months my brain has learned to go panic mode when I go around people or noise but im not scared, wanting to hide or anxious, want to go out. Hope this will allow me to relearn the BIOS of my brain and body they wont start panicking as it has learned over months of nonstop attack (january until end of april, just moving on scale 1-10 but never off). Propranolon as beta-blocker should not allow my body to go panic defense mode and mental anxiety I can handle now. My mind is still quite ok, not much depressed or in bad mood, last days even thinking a bit sharper and can handle it but body/brain program are stuck. Hope this will allow me over time to get off SSRI to just Buspar + non addictive anxiety aid as needed or at least switch to SNRI or Wellbutrin as im energetic person but with this SSRI im meeeeeeeh all the time.
As propranolon arrives I will cut benzos to lowest dosage where I wont feel WD, probably 0,5mg/day and switch to Clonazepam (have benzos and can ask doc anytime), keep this dose for 2-3 weeks, taper to 0,35mg, wait and this until i go down around 0,2mg/day. Maybe slower if it will be painful or risk worse WDs when i cut them off.
For quitting benzos I have clonidine (WD reduce, camling, ADHD), pregabalin (GABA substance replacement, anti seizure but addictive), baclofen (GABA substance replacement, anti seizure also addictive)), Etifoxine (nonbenzo anxiolytics, I guess mostly PAWS) and Topiramate (seizure and migraine prevention, WD reduce) and Hydroxyzine (sleepy antihistamine nonaddictive) to get off them asap with no risk seizure and suffering for weeks in terrible WDs. I wont use all the aids together but as needed for current symptoms and not get hooked on none of them as only atarax is safe.
Also finally will get ADHD meds atomoxetin, but as I have no energy, even adhd is not so present and clonidine also helps for adhd. And I have found one super special med you will be interested about- Memantine (bgpharm), do you have experiences about this so called miracle drug? It make you feel softly with unlimited brain power, also it shall lower tolerances to almost all substances and by 30-60% over 7-14 days and then make WDs easier + also helps ADHD. But have no idea when to use it in my plan, I got 2 packs and its cheap so can buy more but dont want to mess with getting off bzs and learning to manage going out. Same question with atomoxetin - when to start? its not stimulant so it should not affect attacks nor benzo WD but idk.
Just in case there would be too much serotonin I will have Cyproheptadine for SS. It should not happen from SSRI+Buspiron but some nootropic or WD med can cause it. And just remembered I shall take some ephedrine/yohimbine if my BP or HB goes too slow from propranolon/clonidine... :/
I will still go for checks to doc and psychiatrist but the medical procedures in my country got stuck in time in year when producers of SSRI/benzos gave some gifts for doctors or politics. So they just give you this combo announcing you it will work (didnt) and you wont get addicted in 3 months of xan (would). Also propranolon is not approved med for anxiety in my county, only bzds and buspirone, but after trying several ADs on you :/
Thank you so much for any knowledge you share with me!
2024.05.17 13:25 femaleswitch Unlock $1000: Thrilling Startup Program
Hey Reddit fam,
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Read the complete "Unlock $1000: Thrilling Startup Program" article here:https://femaleswitch.app/post/startup-program-unlock
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Ever dreamt of being the next big thing in the startup galaxy but felt like you're just a tiny star in a vast universe? 🌌 Hold onto your keyboards, because I'm about to beam you up with some cosmic insights from our latest MeanCEO Blog article that'll have you shooting for the stars, solo style. 🚀
The piece, "Unlock $1000: Thrilling Startup Program," isn't just your average blog post; it's like finding a golden ticket to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, but for startups. And the head honcho, Violetta Bonenkamp, a.k.a. Mean CEO, is handing out these tickets like they're going out of fashion. 🎟️
Here's the lowdown: You don't need a squad to launch a startup that's out of this world. And that's where we come in with Fe/male Switch, the game that's flipping the script on female entrepreneurship. 👩💻
- Get Creative with Miro: Imagine an endless canvas where your ideas can run wild. That's Miro for ya, and with a sweet $1,000 credit, you're basically Picasso with a business plan.
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Read the complete "Unlock $1000: Thrilling Startup Program" article here:https://femaleswitch.app/post/startup-program-unlock
2024.05.17 13:25 andreidevo A Bootstrapped SaaS Story: from $0 to $113K MRR
Hey everyone, it’s Andrei, from Inspo Stories!
I love to do deep researches and interviews with successful founders and their businesses on how they got started
Today, I have a super inspiring study on Typefully Bootstrapped Saas: From $0 to $113K MRR
Fabrizio reach out to Francesco about building a camera app for iOS. He took the offer but, after a short collab, they dropped the project. Nothing came out of it in the end
After that, they kept following and interacting with each other for months.
At some point in 2015, Fabrizio tweeted about a concept of a Mac app wrapping Inbox by Gmail and Francesco DM’d him a prototype after a few hours.
That project was Bboxysuite, their first successful project together. They sold it with a good exit🎉 After that, they kept working together on bigger and bigger projects.
The traffic breakdown reveals what happened:
The perfect formula was:
We put a 4 hours into this research and it’s covering mostly all aspects:
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I love to do deep researches and interviews with successful founders and their businesses on how they got started
Today, I have a super inspiring study on Typefully Bootstrapped Saas: From $0 to $113K MRR
How was the idea born?
Typefully exists now because Fabrizio (co-founder) wanted a tool to write twitter Threads. So he started build one 4+ years agoHow the cofounders met?
They met through Twitter in 2011. They were part of the same bubble of Italian teenagers interested in tech (specifically Apple at the time). They had tons of micro-interactions throughout the years via Twitter and were both passioned about apps and great UX.Fabrizio reach out to Francesco about building a camera app for iOS. He took the offer but, after a short collab, they dropped the project. Nothing came out of it in the end
After that, they kept following and interacting with each other for months.
At some point in 2015, Fabrizio tweeted about a concept of a Mac app wrapping Inbox by Gmail and Francesco DM’d him a prototype after a few hours.
That project was Bboxysuite, their first successful project together. They sold it with a good exit🎉 After that, they kept working together on bigger and bigger projects.
Getting first 1000 users in one day
Launch day: 16k page visits, 1,432 Signups, $155 RevenueThe traffic breakdown reveals what happened:
- Hacker News: 6.3k
- Twitter: 2.1k
- ProductHunt: 1.9k
The perfect formula was:
- interesting product
- no-bullshit title
- sparking a controversial discussion in the comments.
When it comes to Twitter, we have been building a following there for some time, so it was a matter of publishing the right tweet, at the right time, and getting the right people to retweet it
For Product Hunt, we partnered with our friend Chris. His followers got a notification when he hunted us, but we also did our part and emailed our lists. That helped to get fast on the front page and to kickstart the discussion
How got to the HackerNews front page three times in a row
What's the point, though? Those articles took me 1-2 hours to write and resulted in 40k+ visits to this blog, hundreds of signups for Typefully and Mailbrew, and many Twitter followers
- "Select a topic. HN is a community of entrepreneurial hackers, naturally curious about company building, startups, programming, technical topics, and understanding the world. Writing about those topics will help but is not required. In fact, you can write about anything as long as your writing is intellectually honest, in-depth, and does not try to sell something."
- "Pick the right title. The title should describe exactly what the post is about. No marketing is allowed. Think of the title more as a commit message than a headline."
- "Don't try to outsmart HN readers. You can safely assume that the average HN reader is smarter than you. They have a radar for bullshit. You are either telling a story, describing a problem, showing something you built, or not getting to the front page. This should influence your title and style of writing. Not trying to teach anything."
- "Be responsive in the comments. Engaging with people in the comments is the funniest part of the front-page experience. I usually write in a void and getting the diverse feedback that HN delivers is a ton of fun. I believe starting a discussion is also key in getting people to click and upvote your post. I don't take comments too seriously or personally. While the average HN reader may be smarter than me, there is a lot of variance."
- "Dance like nobody's watching. I write for myself, and when I get a good feeling about a post, I submit it, trying not to overthink it."
We put a 4 hours into this research and it’s covering mostly all aspects:
- Free to Paid conversions improvement hack
- 30 days challenge, Black Friday & Twitter Growth Strategies
- 100k MRR SaaS Tech stack Detailed, $3K/m costs
- Hiring
- Twitter is the ultimate opportunity finder
2024.05.17 13:25 OreBabaRee Burnt out in understaffed toxic team, not prepared or skilled enough for domain of interest.
I am severely burnt out working in an understaffed, toxic team. There is no reason for me to stay behind in this team, except that I don't have a backup offer at the moment, nor am I prepared for interviews in the domain I am interested in. Currently, I have 3 YoE in the domain I'm working in. Why have I stayed back for 3 years? Well, I was initially interested in only internal transfer and my company has a rule of minimum 1 year completion in one team to be eligible for internal transfer. There went my first year. Second year there was a massive pressure due to release of a product, I got zero time to prepare. I appeared in a couple of interviews without preparation and was insulted very badly by the interviewer. Third year, my company was having massive layoffs, I got scared for life. I will be completing 3 years in June and have not been promoted despite being promised for last 2 years.
Irony is, I have seen people with even less skills than me getting promoted for being the favourite boy, and then them leaving for other companies due to the pathetic WLB here. Only thing is, they have moved to other companies but in the same role. Stupid me has been waiting for 3 years to complete and perfect my preparation for the domain I am interested in. I have wasted 3 years of my life doing something I hate, earning reasonably but now the salary is really substandard for Bangalore. I have appeared for interviews interviews but flunked them as I did not have depth in the skills they required. I got an internal offer verbally but hiring manager ghosted before an official official offer, I am guessing he would have talked to my current manager. This guy is notorious for effing up those who leave his team, often forcing them to stay back for 3 months when you have to move within 3 weeks if you are switching internally, leading to people losing internal offers.
Currently, I have 100s of responsibilities on me due to my team being left with only 3 people, one of them a fresher. Dozens of deadlines everyday and my tech lead who is the only one who can help, refuses to help me, unless it's for some other task for which he needs data. Due to current workload, I cannot take much leaves. I have a dislocated patella and can't afford to resign without an offer. I can't can't talk to my parents because..well I can't explain how they have broken me, the only way I can stay sane and alive is having bare minimum communication with them. If it matters, I am the only female in ny team and no one really talks to me as a friend. I would say I am rather looked down upon, but not complaining there as my performance has been a bit subpar (intentionally) last few months after I was denied a promotion. They think I'm stupid, Idc lol.
I am stuck life. Can't stop thee regret, can't go forward. But I still want to learn what I want to learn and hone my skills and interview and GTFO. Please sugggest me a way out of it. Do I outright deny to take this amount of work? Will that be risky? Or should I make up excuses to take leaves and keep studying? I have used up excuses like parents' surgeries etc etc, now the last resort left is fake marriage lol. Please help me buy some time anyhow.
Also, I'm in semiconductor domain. Anyone here who can help me with a referral in future??
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Irony is, I have seen people with even less skills than me getting promoted for being the favourite boy, and then them leaving for other companies due to the pathetic WLB here. Only thing is, they have moved to other companies but in the same role. Stupid me has been waiting for 3 years to complete and perfect my preparation for the domain I am interested in. I have wasted 3 years of my life doing something I hate, earning reasonably but now the salary is really substandard for Bangalore. I have appeared for interviews interviews but flunked them as I did not have depth in the skills they required. I got an internal offer verbally but hiring manager ghosted before an official official offer, I am guessing he would have talked to my current manager. This guy is notorious for effing up those who leave his team, often forcing them to stay back for 3 months when you have to move within 3 weeks if you are switching internally, leading to people losing internal offers.
Currently, I have 100s of responsibilities on me due to my team being left with only 3 people, one of them a fresher. Dozens of deadlines everyday and my tech lead who is the only one who can help, refuses to help me, unless it's for some other task for which he needs data. Due to current workload, I cannot take much leaves. I have a dislocated patella and can't afford to resign without an offer. I can't can't talk to my parents because..well I can't explain how they have broken me, the only way I can stay sane and alive is having bare minimum communication with them. If it matters, I am the only female in ny team and no one really talks to me as a friend. I would say I am rather looked down upon, but not complaining there as my performance has been a bit subpar (intentionally) last few months after I was denied a promotion. They think I'm stupid, Idc lol.
I am stuck life. Can't stop thee regret, can't go forward. But I still want to learn what I want to learn and hone my skills and interview and GTFO. Please sugggest me a way out of it. Do I outright deny to take this amount of work? Will that be risky? Or should I make up excuses to take leaves and keep studying? I have used up excuses like parents' surgeries etc etc, now the last resort left is fake marriage lol. Please help me buy some time anyhow.
Also, I'm in semiconductor domain. Anyone here who can help me with a referral in future??
2024.05.17 13:25 EmbarrassedPoem242 Asking for advices, opinions tips on treatment and nootropics for Panic Disorder + new meds for PD + ADHD, qutting benzos and on SSRI
Hi,
I have marked most imporant parts as how long I use each meds in what dose, info of me, my questions, supplements used, nootropics thinking of, new meds for panic disorder treatment, plan to quit benzos, advice about Memantine. If you want, there is whole story and treatment:) Thx I have a lifetime nonmedicated ADHD + OCD (will finally have atomoexin in july after like 8 docs) but mainly severe panic disorder since 12/23 caused by badly burning out and not stopping work + too much stress from all sides, mostly family and workspace/company. It started close to xmas and wanted to finish year and worked until my body completely disabled to it to me but right after it came xmas, which is not my fav time of year ending in keeping me in attacks 24/7. Btw Im 29yo man, 193cm, 90kg, sporting, financial advisor self employed, living alone, used to be really busy all the time, multiple addictions behind me mostly because depression (alcohol),pain (kratom) and stimulants bcs its so addictive with adhd :D But I dont abuse anything since 02/23 when I barely survived WD from forced CT a lot of alcohol every day and I want to be healthy and drugs free!
I am currently getting off xanax and on SSRI, starting my new recovery plan below as previous didnt help enough and asking if you know anything that could help me get my full life back sooner I work as I can/want, mostly 2-6 h/day and only from home, going to multiple types of therapy, investing insane money to get recovered and looking for every possible way. I am open for any tip or advice on nootropic, peptide, maybe even SARMs that could help me get over this. Even if you dont have time or dont want to read all previous treatment and new plan and have idea what could help me, write it please. But I have to be careful with anything interacts with SSRI as I will be also on buspar, I have a safe med for serotonin syndrome if needed.. Also if you see gaps or risks in my meds plan, some ideas, useful info or better ways, I will be glad to know it:) Mostly about Memantine - when to use, in which part of protocol it will be most beneficial or what to expect.
I use/tried almost every useful supplement including adaptogens, herbs, expensive vitamins, mushrooms, gotu kola, NAC, tyrosine, inositol and just anything that could be useful + basics use all year. Also have Alpha GPC which made my adhd brain supercomputer before I got beaten but now doesnt work. Tried before noopept and a lot of racetams, idra21 and some more but with no effect and modafinil before with effect, but mostly anxiety, too much concentrating on one thing and severe insomnia.
I am already pretty sure about Agmatine, Sulbutiamine instead of Benfotiamine (any difference?), not sure of Bromantane on ssri (?), 9-me is no go, maybe NALT (?), Theacrine as Im tired from SSRI all the time and too much coffee makes me axnious, maybe Vinpocetine or Uridine triacetate? centrophenoxine? dihexa?
My treatment from december to now:
I had no idea wth is this, told my psychologist what is happening to me and asking many times if its serious and casually replied that is probably from stress. So I treated it as burnout by resting, then removing original causes and triggers, removing problems from my mind and life, reducing stress to minimum, even leaving my pretty good paid job after 9 yers. But nothing helped besides benzos which made me not feel attacks so much and when I went off after 6 weeks, symptoms came back the same day.
I always said no to ADs but this time I didnt see any other option so I got SSRI citalopram 20, later 30mg now 6 weeks, first weeks were hell of anxiety and tiredness, last 2 weeks they help but effect is enough to keep me attack free only at home, outside flat still almost instant PA + side effects are still bad.
Same with benzos now again for 6 weeks afte break from previous cycle, mostly xanax 1,5-2mg a day, when Im home with no problems I can stay on 0,5mg with no WD. But want to quit asap, Im standing on the edge of little discomfort or living hell WDs. Also it makes me dumb, careless and not caring, but dont have cravings or abuse them, until now there was no other medication in my country :/ Also I already had GABA WDs pretty bad from alcohol many times and from phenibut in february by mistake (3 weeks of 2-3x a week before I had benzos). I would rather skip this opportunity to be on boat walking simulator with scary shadowy guy in my bedroom.
Next week I will make a big changes:
Will to add Buspar in small doses to SSRI, probably 30mg citalopram + 2x7,5mg buspar for long term and propranolol over benzos before I leave flat for panic attacks - I have mostly physical symptoms and over these months my brain has learned to go panic mode when I go around people or noise but im not scared, wanting to hide or anxious, want to go out. Hope this will allow me to relearn the BIOS of my brain and body they wont start panicking as it has learned over months of nonstop attack (january until end of april, just moving on scale 1-10 but never off). Propranolon as beta-blocker should not allow my body to go panic defense mode and mental anxiety I can handle now. My mind is still quite ok, not much depressed or in bad mood, last days even thinking a bit sharper and can handle it but body/brain program are stuck. Hope this will allow me over time to get off SSRI to just Buspar + non addictive anxiety aid as needed or at least switch to SNRI or Wellbutrin as im energetic person but with this SSRI im meeeeeeeh all the time.
As propranolon arrives I will cut benzos to lowest dosage where I wont feel WD, probably 0,5mg/day and switch to Clonazepam (have benzos and can ask doc anytime), keep this dose for 2-3 weeks, taper to 0,35mg, wait and this until i go down around 0,2mg/day. Maybe slower if it will be painful or risk worse WDs when i cut them off.
For quitting benzos I have clonidine (WD reduce, camling, ADHD), pregabalin (GABA substance replacement, anti seizure but addictive), baclofen (GABA substance replacement, anti seizure also addictive)), Etifoxine (nonbenzo anxiolytics, I guess mostly PAWS) and Topiramate (seizure and migraine prevention, WD reduce) and Hydroxyzine (sleepy antihistamine nonaddictive) to get off them asap with no risk seizure and suffering for weeks in terrible WDs. I wont use all the aids together but as needed for current symptoms and not get hooked on none of them as only atarax is safe.
Also finally will get ADHD meds atomoxetin, but as I have no energy, even adhd is not so present and clonidine also helps for adhd. And I have found one super special med you will be interested about- Memantine (bgpharm), do you have experiences about this so called miracle drug? It make you feel softly with unlimited brain power, also it shall lower tolerances to almost all substances and by 30-60% over 7-14 days and then make WDs easier + also helps ADHD. But have no idea when to use it in my plan, I got 2 packs and its cheap so can buy more but dont want to mess with getting off bzs and learning to manage going out. Same question with atomoxetin - when to start? its not stimulant so it should not affect attacks nor benzo WD but idk.
Just in case there would be too much serotonin I will have Cyproheptadine for SS. It should not happen from SSRI+Buspiron but some nootropic or WD med can cause it. And just remembered I shall take some ephedrine/yohimbine if my BP or HB goes too slow from propranolon/clonidine... :/
I will still go for checks to doc and psychiatrist but the medical procedures in my country got stuck in time in year when producers of SSRI/benzos gave some gifts for doctors or politics. So they just give you this combo announcing you it will work (didnt) and you wont get addicted in 3 months of xan (would). Also propranolon is not approved med for anxiety in my county, only bzds and buspirone, but after trying several ADs on you :/
Thank you so much for any knowledge you share with me!
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I have marked most imporant parts as how long I use each meds in what dose, info of me, my questions, supplements used, nootropics thinking of, new meds for panic disorder treatment, plan to quit benzos, advice about Memantine. If you want, there is whole story and treatment:) Thx I have a lifetime nonmedicated ADHD + OCD (will finally have atomoexin in july after like 8 docs) but mainly severe panic disorder since 12/23 caused by badly burning out and not stopping work + too much stress from all sides, mostly family and workspace/company. It started close to xmas and wanted to finish year and worked until my body completely disabled to it to me but right after it came xmas, which is not my fav time of year ending in keeping me in attacks 24/7. Btw Im 29yo man, 193cm, 90kg, sporting, financial advisor self employed, living alone, used to be really busy all the time, multiple addictions behind me mostly because depression (alcohol),pain (kratom) and stimulants bcs its so addictive with adhd :D But I dont abuse anything since 02/23 when I barely survived WD from forced CT a lot of alcohol every day and I want to be healthy and drugs free!
I am currently getting off xanax and on SSRI, starting my new recovery plan below as previous didnt help enough and asking if you know anything that could help me get my full life back sooner I work as I can/want, mostly 2-6 h/day and only from home, going to multiple types of therapy, investing insane money to get recovered and looking for every possible way. I am open for any tip or advice on nootropic, peptide, maybe even SARMs that could help me get over this. Even if you dont have time or dont want to read all previous treatment and new plan and have idea what could help me, write it please. But I have to be careful with anything interacts with SSRI as I will be also on buspar, I have a safe med for serotonin syndrome if needed.. Also if you see gaps or risks in my meds plan, some ideas, useful info or better ways, I will be glad to know it:) Mostly about Memantine - when to use, in which part of protocol it will be most beneficial or what to expect.
I use/tried almost every useful supplement including adaptogens, herbs, expensive vitamins, mushrooms, gotu kola, NAC, tyrosine, inositol and just anything that could be useful + basics use all year. Also have Alpha GPC which made my adhd brain supercomputer before I got beaten but now doesnt work. Tried before noopept and a lot of racetams, idra21 and some more but with no effect and modafinil before with effect, but mostly anxiety, too much concentrating on one thing and severe insomnia.
I am already pretty sure about Agmatine, Sulbutiamine instead of Benfotiamine (any difference?), not sure of Bromantane on ssri (?), 9-me is no go, maybe NALT (?), Theacrine as Im tired from SSRI all the time and too much coffee makes me axnious, maybe Vinpocetine or Uridine triacetate? centrophenoxine? dihexa?
My treatment from december to now:
I had no idea wth is this, told my psychologist what is happening to me and asking many times if its serious and casually replied that is probably from stress. So I treated it as burnout by resting, then removing original causes and triggers, removing problems from my mind and life, reducing stress to minimum, even leaving my pretty good paid job after 9 yers. But nothing helped besides benzos which made me not feel attacks so much and when I went off after 6 weeks, symptoms came back the same day.
I always said no to ADs but this time I didnt see any other option so I got SSRI citalopram 20, later 30mg now 6 weeks, first weeks were hell of anxiety and tiredness, last 2 weeks they help but effect is enough to keep me attack free only at home, outside flat still almost instant PA + side effects are still bad.
Same with benzos now again for 6 weeks afte break from previous cycle, mostly xanax 1,5-2mg a day, when Im home with no problems I can stay on 0,5mg with no WD. But want to quit asap, Im standing on the edge of little discomfort or living hell WDs. Also it makes me dumb, careless and not caring, but dont have cravings or abuse them, until now there was no other medication in my country :/ Also I already had GABA WDs pretty bad from alcohol many times and from phenibut in february by mistake (3 weeks of 2-3x a week before I had benzos). I would rather skip this opportunity to be on boat walking simulator with scary shadowy guy in my bedroom.
Next week I will make a big changes:
Will to add Buspar in small doses to SSRI, probably 30mg citalopram + 2x7,5mg buspar for long term and propranolol over benzos before I leave flat for panic attacks - I have mostly physical symptoms and over these months my brain has learned to go panic mode when I go around people or noise but im not scared, wanting to hide or anxious, want to go out. Hope this will allow me to relearn the BIOS of my brain and body they wont start panicking as it has learned over months of nonstop attack (january until end of april, just moving on scale 1-10 but never off). Propranolon as beta-blocker should not allow my body to go panic defense mode and mental anxiety I can handle now. My mind is still quite ok, not much depressed or in bad mood, last days even thinking a bit sharper and can handle it but body/brain program are stuck. Hope this will allow me over time to get off SSRI to just Buspar + non addictive anxiety aid as needed or at least switch to SNRI or Wellbutrin as im energetic person but with this SSRI im meeeeeeeh all the time.
As propranolon arrives I will cut benzos to lowest dosage where I wont feel WD, probably 0,5mg/day and switch to Clonazepam (have benzos and can ask doc anytime), keep this dose for 2-3 weeks, taper to 0,35mg, wait and this until i go down around 0,2mg/day. Maybe slower if it will be painful or risk worse WDs when i cut them off.
For quitting benzos I have clonidine (WD reduce, camling, ADHD), pregabalin (GABA substance replacement, anti seizure but addictive), baclofen (GABA substance replacement, anti seizure also addictive)), Etifoxine (nonbenzo anxiolytics, I guess mostly PAWS) and Topiramate (seizure and migraine prevention, WD reduce) and Hydroxyzine (sleepy antihistamine nonaddictive) to get off them asap with no risk seizure and suffering for weeks in terrible WDs. I wont use all the aids together but as needed for current symptoms and not get hooked on none of them as only atarax is safe.
Also finally will get ADHD meds atomoxetin, but as I have no energy, even adhd is not so present and clonidine also helps for adhd. And I have found one super special med you will be interested about- Memantine (bgpharm), do you have experiences about this so called miracle drug? It make you feel softly with unlimited brain power, also it shall lower tolerances to almost all substances and by 30-60% over 7-14 days and then make WDs easier + also helps ADHD. But have no idea when to use it in my plan, I got 2 packs and its cheap so can buy more but dont want to mess with getting off bzs and learning to manage going out. Same question with atomoxetin - when to start? its not stimulant so it should not affect attacks nor benzo WD but idk.
Just in case there would be too much serotonin I will have Cyproheptadine for SS. It should not happen from SSRI+Buspiron but some nootropic or WD med can cause it. And just remembered I shall take some ephedrine/yohimbine if my BP or HB goes too slow from propranolon/clonidine... :/
I will still go for checks to doc and psychiatrist but the medical procedures in my country got stuck in time in year when producers of SSRI/benzos gave some gifts for doctors or politics. So they just give you this combo announcing you it will work (didnt) and you wont get addicted in 3 months of xan (would). Also propranolon is not approved med for anxiety in my county, only bzds and buspirone, but after trying several ADs on you :/
Thank you so much for any knowledge you share with me!
2024.05.17 13:25 CulturalJello296 Should I get in a relationship this way?
I have never been in a relationship. Recently I got an offer from a girl in my office. The first day I saw her in the office I was never attracted to her romantically, then about a month passed and nothing happened, she and I never talked
Then our office took us all on a trip where I was more open and she and I interacted, on the first day of the trip she got drunk and started flirting with me, I also jokes around and mostly ignored her signals cause she was very drunk
The next day she was much more calm but continued the flirting a little bit, we came back from the trip and she still continued, kept announcing to the whole office (whoever could listen within the vicinity) that she likes me
I never got this much attention from anyone so this made me confused and made me attracted to her a bit
She kept on coming onto me everyday so I made an excuse that I don't date my colleagues, the next day she resigned from her job (she always planned to do it, I was not a factory in her decision to leave)
Then she took my phone number and texted me and same thing started again, I tried to dodge her but she keeps bringing it up so I made another excuse that I can't date her because she is leaving the country for her studies and I don't want long distance, but she still is asking me out that we can manage
I was never interested in her romantically but now I am a bit attracted to her because she is the only woman that gives me this much attention
She is not a bad looking girl but also I don't think I can ever listen to a romantic song and imagine her in that song with me, whenever I listen to a romantic song I imagine my school crush, I don't think I can ever associate a romantic song with this girl
What should I do?
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Then our office took us all on a trip where I was more open and she and I interacted, on the first day of the trip she got drunk and started flirting with me, I also jokes around and mostly ignored her signals cause she was very drunk
The next day she was much more calm but continued the flirting a little bit, we came back from the trip and she still continued, kept announcing to the whole office (whoever could listen within the vicinity) that she likes me
I never got this much attention from anyone so this made me confused and made me attracted to her a bit
She kept on coming onto me everyday so I made an excuse that I don't date my colleagues, the next day she resigned from her job (she always planned to do it, I was not a factory in her decision to leave)
Then she took my phone number and texted me and same thing started again, I tried to dodge her but she keeps bringing it up so I made another excuse that I can't date her because she is leaving the country for her studies and I don't want long distance, but she still is asking me out that we can manage
I was never interested in her romantically but now I am a bit attracted to her because she is the only woman that gives me this much attention
She is not a bad looking girl but also I don't think I can ever listen to a romantic song and imagine her in that song with me, whenever I listen to a romantic song I imagine my school crush, I don't think I can ever associate a romantic song with this girl
What should I do?
2024.05.17 13:25 Osarst How to not come off as flirty?
She 22F and I 27M started talking in Feb. with the understanding of wanting to date. Hit it off super well, endless texting, first FaceTime call was an effortless 7hrs, lots of laughing, etc. Long distance so no date yet but we’re both in a social/cultural group that meets roughly every month. After a couple weeks we both had drama in our lives, her with a professional position, grad school stress, and getting over an ex who cheated, me with a worse situation with another girl I had started talking to earlier (both girls knew I was not just talking to them). We mutually decided to take a pause for us both to figure out our drama, mostly so I didn’t add any drama to her plate. Since then most of our drama has been settled. I reached back out earlier his week and she said that she only had the capacity to be friends for now. This checks out with some other statements she’s made having nothing to do with me and we’re still talking really freely so I’m not taking it personally.
So here’s the thing. I still want to be supportive and complimentary to her without coming off as flirty or trying to get back with her. I’m happy just being friends forever, I’m happy if she changes her mind later and we have another shot. Either way works for me. I have done this sort of thing before as I’m still friends with 2 exes but I will be talking to/seeing this girl more than either of the exes and I don’t want to build as much of a wall between us as I did for them.
So TLDR, how do I NOT come off as flirty to a girl that used to see me as a potential partner when we both are happy with the status quo of building a strong friendship?
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So here’s the thing. I still want to be supportive and complimentary to her without coming off as flirty or trying to get back with her. I’m happy just being friends forever, I’m happy if she changes her mind later and we have another shot. Either way works for me. I have done this sort of thing before as I’m still friends with 2 exes but I will be talking to/seeing this girl more than either of the exes and I don’t want to build as much of a wall between us as I did for them.
So TLDR, how do I NOT come off as flirty to a girl that used to see me as a potential partner when we both are happy with the status quo of building a strong friendship?
2024.05.17 13:24 Foreign_Peach_9501 My (33F) long distance date (30M) suddenly ended the relationship again. Should I keep the door open for him?
After my previous toxic relationship with a covert narcicist, I spent a year without dating to heal myself and reassess my close relationships. I realized how precious it was to have a healthy person in my life, who can be loyal and love me genuinely.
I met him on Christmas night last year. It was his last night in my city, and I just thought that we would have some nice chats, but it turned out to be one of the best nights in my life ever. He was a medical doctor at entrance level. I was impressed by his honesty, authenticity, intelligence and dominance. We talked about various topics that night and didn’t even worry about time until the restaurant staff reminded us. We spent the night together and had an earth shattering love making. He was all I ever wished for.
We continued to talk after he returned to city. There was so much affection and chemistry between us. He liked me for who I am, validated my feelings and never used me. He had healed me on so many levels without knowing it. I thought he had secure attachment style. But soon, it became more difficult, the uncertainty of the relationship, the difference in communication style, work stress (his job is super draining), the helplessness when we couldn’t be with each other… One day he left me waiting for his video call while he fell asleep. I felt like I wasn’t care for and respected so I told him I needed some days, and when I texted back, he said that he couldn’t stand this and wanted to stop. I told him that his feelings for me and my feelings for him did matter and wished him a good life.
I tried to cope with the sadness and depression of not having him. I had some trips, met new people, but I couldn’t forget him and the feelings I had for him was very intense and I didn't want to have relationship with anyone else. However, I accepted what it was and I didn’t reach out to him at all. I genuinely wished him find a good life partner.
I was surprised when he reached out to me almost 2 months later, and I turned him down as I wanted to have a committed relationship instead of a casual thing. After one week I realized it was too difficult for me to be without him, and texted him back. I told him that we need to have life compatibility and close the distance in order to maintain a relationship. He said that it was difficult but he thought possible. I just needed that sentence from him. The text next days full of affection and he texted me more regularly than last time, I also learnt to focus on my life and stay calm between texts. We mostly had surface checking in message so I was happy when he shared with me his challenge at work for the first time. We were more open to each other after that, but shortly after that he stopped texting me back and went silent for 3 days, even he agreed with me that he would send me a heads up if he needed time instead of just disappearing. I didn’t reach out to him and waited. Then he came back with a casual “Hi babe how are you” and 2 hours later, a breaking up text and blocked me. He said that he didn’t see a future between us and his career just got in the way of knowing me. He believed that I wanted to find someone to settle down permanently soon and he didn’t want to waste my valuable valuable time, he said he was very sorry.
I am heartbroken. I knew he needed both companionship and sex, he had strong feelings to me too but this is too difficult for him. While I was grounded and committed, he was spontaneous and had fear of commitment.
I can wait for him but I see that this long distance relationship is challenging. And I long for being adored and loved by someone next to me, being able to text anytime I want without having to fear of putting stress on them. But for him, I love him for who he is and he inspired me a lot. I don’t want to lose someone like him. Should I keep the door open for him if he ever comes back?
TLDR: I met a decent man once last year we had an on off long distance relationship. He had ended it twice suddenly. Should I keep the door open if he ever comes back?
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I met him on Christmas night last year. It was his last night in my city, and I just thought that we would have some nice chats, but it turned out to be one of the best nights in my life ever. He was a medical doctor at entrance level. I was impressed by his honesty, authenticity, intelligence and dominance. We talked about various topics that night and didn’t even worry about time until the restaurant staff reminded us. We spent the night together and had an earth shattering love making. He was all I ever wished for.
We continued to talk after he returned to city. There was so much affection and chemistry between us. He liked me for who I am, validated my feelings and never used me. He had healed me on so many levels without knowing it. I thought he had secure attachment style. But soon, it became more difficult, the uncertainty of the relationship, the difference in communication style, work stress (his job is super draining), the helplessness when we couldn’t be with each other… One day he left me waiting for his video call while he fell asleep. I felt like I wasn’t care for and respected so I told him I needed some days, and when I texted back, he said that he couldn’t stand this and wanted to stop. I told him that his feelings for me and my feelings for him did matter and wished him a good life.
I tried to cope with the sadness and depression of not having him. I had some trips, met new people, but I couldn’t forget him and the feelings I had for him was very intense and I didn't want to have relationship with anyone else. However, I accepted what it was and I didn’t reach out to him at all. I genuinely wished him find a good life partner.
I was surprised when he reached out to me almost 2 months later, and I turned him down as I wanted to have a committed relationship instead of a casual thing. After one week I realized it was too difficult for me to be without him, and texted him back. I told him that we need to have life compatibility and close the distance in order to maintain a relationship. He said that it was difficult but he thought possible. I just needed that sentence from him. The text next days full of affection and he texted me more regularly than last time, I also learnt to focus on my life and stay calm between texts. We mostly had surface checking in message so I was happy when he shared with me his challenge at work for the first time. We were more open to each other after that, but shortly after that he stopped texting me back and went silent for 3 days, even he agreed with me that he would send me a heads up if he needed time instead of just disappearing. I didn’t reach out to him and waited. Then he came back with a casual “Hi babe how are you” and 2 hours later, a breaking up text and blocked me. He said that he didn’t see a future between us and his career just got in the way of knowing me. He believed that I wanted to find someone to settle down permanently soon and he didn’t want to waste my valuable valuable time, he said he was very sorry.
I am heartbroken. I knew he needed both companionship and sex, he had strong feelings to me too but this is too difficult for him. While I was grounded and committed, he was spontaneous and had fear of commitment.
I can wait for him but I see that this long distance relationship is challenging. And I long for being adored and loved by someone next to me, being able to text anytime I want without having to fear of putting stress on them. But for him, I love him for who he is and he inspired me a lot. I don’t want to lose someone like him. Should I keep the door open for him if he ever comes back?
TLDR: I met a decent man once last year we had an on off long distance relationship. He had ended it twice suddenly. Should I keep the door open if he ever comes back?
2024.05.17 13:24 dolm09 Startup fundraising tips Vol 1: Investors telling you "You're too early"
I am a founder that has experienced most of the good, the ugly and the bad of raising capital for my startup from private investors and Venture Capitals. I have experienced co-founder break-ups, key employees leaving, secondary rounds, successful funding rounds, bridge rounds, flat metrics, growth metrics, massive partnerships with FAANG companies, hundreds of investors rejections and so on.
I've decided to post interesting tips and content that can be useful for founders that are right now fundraising to help them avoid certain mistakes or take some weight off of their shoulders.
This one is about investors telling you "You're too early", something that you've probably experienced if you are fundraising for your startup.
Having gone through 100+ pitch meetings, I can tell you that they will NEVER say the real reasons. When they throw a random metric, an expected traction, or whatever feedback, take it with a very fine grain of salt.
The true reasons normally are these:
Therefore, the story you build around you and your company can have a greater weight in your investor interactions than having a good CAC.
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I've decided to post interesting tips and content that can be useful for founders that are right now fundraising to help them avoid certain mistakes or take some weight off of their shoulders.
This one is about investors telling you "You're too early", something that you've probably experienced if you are fundraising for your startup.
Having gone through 100+ pitch meetings, I can tell you that they will NEVER say the real reasons. When they throw a random metric, an expected traction, or whatever feedback, take it with a very fine grain of salt.
The true reasons normally are these:
- They're Afraid to Say No: Investors want to keep their options open.
- No Sense of Urgency: They think, "Why invest now? I can wait 6 months and see if the founder solves X."
- Lack of Understanding/Belief: They don’t get what you’re doing but don't want to miss out if a big name like Sequoia/a16z decides to land a Term Sheet.
- Be extremely optimistic about the fundraise. Investors don’t want to feel they are “helping” with their money, charities fill that gap better. They want to feel that they are going to have an extreme return. They want to feel they are betting on the 1% companies. They have to feel a sense of urgency.
- Casually throw details about the progress of the fundraise with confidence. Don’t worry, those small details will become stronger facts as you make progress in conversations, and your confidence will grow and their sense of urgency too.
- Obsess with the tough questions. Everyone is good at the easy ones. Construct short, simple and objective arguments for each tough question. As Pascal said, “if I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter”. Deliver the message through.
- Be passionate and straightforward about what you want to build. Don't try to sound as something you think you should, or something you’ve seen around. VCs are tired of fabricated pitches, they speak with 10 different founders a day, all of them feeling they are the most special founder that will become the next Elon Musk. Don't let the air in the room eat you and act nervous. Be authentic and special.
Therefore, the story you build around you and your company can have a greater weight in your investor interactions than having a good CAC.
2024.05.17 13:24 boombap00 I have a range of random work experiences, and having trouble finding a job. Any advice?
My past work experiences include restaurant manager (2 years), music industry (1.5 years) and software engineer (9 months). I graduated from a good university but as a liberal arts major (deemed somewhat useless in this economy). I thought I had finally found a good career when I landed the software engineer job. It allowed me to work remote, had good salary, a healthy work-life balance, etc. But then I was hit by a company layoff 9 months in. The whole tech industry seemed to have taken a hit and I have been struggling to find a job for over a year since. I have luckily been able to make some sort of income with side hustles, but none of them are really consistent. I am looking for something to give me consistent income. I would like another remote job, but at this point I am pretty open for anything. Any guidance will be appreciated of somebody with my background/experiences can do to elevate further.
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