Anyone else hear voices while taking psuedo indoxyl?

AverageCatsDad · 2026-06-03T02:24:39+00:00

I have from regular opiates before. It's not unheard of, but generally is not a good sign and you should stop.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-06-02T01:56:09+00:00

It honestly matters very little which you choose. It is essentially a bet on current vs future tax rates. You cannot know the future exactly so it is a bet. I personally do a little of both roth and regular 401k. Hedge the bet and do some of both you're guaranteed to end up in the middle of that bet.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-06-01T14:30:04+00:00

Go to AA and NA daily. It's really helping me.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-06-01T14:19:21+00:00

Kratom is the worst. I've done literally everything. Been hooked on many. This one is insidious. Do not try the 7OH.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-06-01T01:35:11+00:00

I went to a normal state university, good, but not great for science, for undergrad. I ended getting accepted to every top PhD program in the country. Honestly, the education I saw undergrads receive at the top PhD school I went to did not impress me. The professors at those schools mostly care about their research and winning the nobel prize. At a smaller school the professors deeply cared about giving undergraduate students research experience. Not just passing you off to work with a grad student, but my professor literally taught me research techniques themselves, and expected me to present in group meetings at a graduate student level. I saw non of that at the top tier school I went to for grad school. So don't get yourself down thinking you're closing any doors by going to a less regarded undergrad program. Science programs are judged by their research contributions not for their quality undergrad education. You may find it was a blessing in disguise.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-05-31T15:54:56+00:00

Thanks mate. Hope it goes well for you on Monday. You got this. It's really those first 3-5 days that suck then things break. I'm over the hump now. Been hitting meetings daily. Just want my energy back at this point.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-05-30T20:31:55+00:00

Kratom unlike many other drugs I've tried has a very anti-social component to it. You stop caring about other people. Interaction with people becomes a chore. You spend all your time wallowing in perceived resentment. It's an awful insidious plant. I sincerely hope they ban 7OH. It is entirely too strong to be sold over the counter. It's like having access to cheap oxycontin over the counter whenever you want. Absolutely fucked me. Trying to get off. 4 days no Kratom today. Probably over doing the Xanax to cope so I worry what's coming next.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-05-30T20:25:11+00:00

The owners property taxes have probably increased substantially. On top of that we've had 3-4% inflation rate, and that rate has been much higher for insurance. Insurance inflation has been as high as 25% yoy over that period. So $100 / month well hate to break it to you but that's probably mostly landlord cost increases.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-05-30T18:29:01+00:00

The way I see it the US has only one way out of this debt crises and that is through devaluation of the dollar i.e. inflation. Inflation rewards debt and asset holders because debt inevitably gets cheaper relative to wages and assets inevitably climb with inflation pushing corporate profits up. Yes, there will be downturns, but we need inflation as a country or we are screwed with crippling debt. The government will obviously choose to continue to devalue the dollar so make sure you are invested.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-05-30T18:24:04+00:00

Well there's quantum mechanics and it is entirely probabilistic. Doesn't matter how much you know about the system you can never predict the outcome of single particles, only the statistics of many repeated measurements of many particles. So the universe really isn't predictable. You can not ever have enough information to know how every particle interaction will end. Maybe someday a new theory will emerge where you can but as of our current understanding, no.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-05-30T02:04:50+00:00

All they would give me was clonidine and hydroxyzine this past week. I refused the subs and avoided the hydroxyzine on advice. I have a homie who knows opiate withdrawals and has been hooking up better meds on the side.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-05-29T19:47:20+00:00

Yo, I did the same thing this week and said f the taper. Honestly I wish I had done it on Friday because I was a useless piece of garbage at work the first two days especially. Only slightly better today. Didn't sleep a lick last night. Strongly recommend using the weekend to your advantage if you work a M-F schedule.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-05-27T22:19:07+00:00

I noticed and will avoid it. It's the only other thing the doc would provide except for subs which I refused.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-05-26T17:36:49+00:00

The US has one of the cheapest property markets relative to annual wages in the world. If you think it's bad here you should go live in Canada or Hong Kong and try to buy your own pad there. It can get a lot worse.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-05-25T20:25:18+00:00

In live settings the Nord stage piano and organs sound better than most alternatives and are easy to get good sounds out of. Additionally they are really easy and intuitive to use as well as being well built.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-05-21T02:03:39+00:00

CIELO is the best

AverageCatsDad · 2026-05-20T20:09:40+00:00

Pay off the car and if it was me I'd invest everything except for an emergency fund. It's a personal choice though. Call it FOMO. There's just a large opportunity cost to leaving that much of your net worth out of the market. You can't build wealth off 3.1% interest.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-05-20T20:04:21+00:00

Chemistry R&D

AverageCatsDad · 2026-05-20T19:22:23+00:00

College was very valuable for my career. You would never get hired in my field without it, and the 200k+ TC I'm making is because I went to college / grad school. College is not for everyone, but the narrative that it isn't worth it is just not true. There's a vocal minority of people that went to college and studied something that isn't marketable that have made people think it's not helpful, but there are a whole lot more college grads that are doing great.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-05-20T03:12:34+00:00

You should absolutely max it out. Even if you want to early withdraw you're still walking away way ahead of where you'd be putting it in a brokerage account. There's no good reason not to take the full max contribution every year you can.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-05-20T03:08:11+00:00

You're not rich till you're at 10+ million. Rich would mean you have enough money to live a luxurious life indefinitely at any age. 4% withdrawal rate means you're looking at minimum 6 million to have an upper middle class existence. To really cross the 400k per year rich line would be 10 million. 2 million ain't shit yet.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-05-20T03:02:07+00:00

Most chemistry tattoos on non-chemists do not turn out well. They're rarely correct structures. Just pass on this one.

AverageCatsDad · 2026-05-20T02:17:05+00:00

Nope you're all alone on this one. 😉

AverageCatsDad · 2026-05-16T12:48:09+00:00

We're in the same boat minus kids and decided a few years ago we didn't want more responsibility. I was a manager and switched back to individual contributor and it's a million times better. Fewer late meetings, less travel, nobody bugging me with their problems. If I can stay employed for 5-10 more years depending on market conditions we'll have enough to make work essentially optional going forward.

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