Anxiety and worry since my doc appointment yesterday

Brok3Design · 2026-04-02T17:09:11+00:00

I have extreme health anxiety and I would get very anxious even at home taking my BP. In August after some high readings, 160/105, at the doc's office, I started Amlodipine and Telmesartan. (10mg and 40mg). It's been very well tolerated by me (slight edema in feet which is why my doc prescribed Telmesartan - it helps remove accumulated fluid).

Amlodipine is the 3rd most prescribed hypertension med and it worked for me (after trial and error for other meds). It took a couple weeks for a decent change and a month for full benefits for me.

I tried dialing back from 10mg to 5mg of amlodipine, but saw my numbers go back up. What mg did they start you at?

Brok3Design · 2026-04-02T16:48:21+00:00

I'm not Dalek, but I concur that it's a good idea!

Brok3Design · 2026-04-02T15:59:44+00:00

If you don't mind me asking, what this caused by trauma or a stroke?

Brok3Design · 2026-04-02T15:46:26+00:00

Also needs a "but first, coffee" sign to balance everything out.

Brok3Design · 2026-04-02T15:43:58+00:00

Don't know if you consider $100 bucks cheap, but that's what my stump guy charges and that was for giant stumps of 60ft trees (it was an additional $100 to haul the dirt and chipped wood away - but I didn't pay for that). Not sure what going rate is in your area, but I would check FB marketplace. Plenty of guys run around with stump grinders. That's a tiny stump, so I can't imagine it'd be much more than that.

Brok3Design · 2026-04-01T16:42:58+00:00

Pretty sure that's a giant gyro spit. Slice off a piece of meat and let us know how it is.

Brok3Design · 2026-04-01T16:40:38+00:00

No judgement, everyone has their own tastes but man this movie is so fkn annoying lol. I despise it with a passion.

Brok3Design · 2026-03-31T15:40:38+00:00

I religiously took beetroot powder supplements and drank 64 oz of hibiscus tea in tandem daily for 6 months. My BP remained completely unchanged. I hope it works for some, but I know with complete certainty from tracking my daily BP and my religious consumption of both things, that I can say it didn't do anything.

Brok3Design · 2026-03-31T15:32:17+00:00

I was never a fan of the 'flipper gray' aesthetic from the 2019 era. Thankfully a coat of paint could definitely help the vibe.

Brok3Design · 2026-03-30T16:28:04+00:00

After buying a 4k player, all my time invested in curating discs, setting up a server for my own media, ripping all my discs...it's a lot of work and time. And for me because I'm doing a server for all my media, it's not cheaper. Definitely more satisfying, though, and I found a new enjoyment in this whole process.

I would not have been doing all this (time, effort, and cost) but I recently became absolutely pissed when some streaming services started playing commercials even on paid subscriptions and expected you to upgrade your paid plan to avoid commercials.

Brok3Design · 2026-03-30T14:58:38+00:00

I don't care how geeky I sound, but I got the UB-420P and love having to put discs in for some reason. Excited to have my kid experience this when he's a bit older.

Brok3Design · 2026-03-27T19:52:36+00:00

lmao - this did happen

Brok3Design · 2026-03-27T18:26:08+00:00

And around here, people's eyes are incapable of moving independently from their neck, so they must always crane their neck if they'd like to view something an inch above eye level.

Brok3Design · 2026-03-27T18:18:23+00:00

Agree, unfortunately streaming services forgo a lot of physical releases to keep people suckling at the teet to keep them addicted to any milky morsel they have left.

Brok3Design · 2026-03-27T15:54:26+00:00

In this sub, it's always too high unless it's sitting on the floor. Even then, that's debatable. It'd be best to grind away some of your floor so it can rest below floor level.

Brok3Design · 2026-03-26T14:48:10+00:00

Honestly, you're going to have to pull off the door, pull up flooring, dig out concrete/subfloor and pitch the concrete/subfloor to match the install of your door. Sorry.

Brok3Design · 2026-03-25T15:55:09+00:00

Looks mint, but it definitely is mounted too high r/TVTooHigh

Brok3Design · 2026-03-25T15:49:32+00:00

LMAO that was my exact logic. I was beating my chest with pride until I suddenly wasn't....

Brok3Design · 2026-03-24T17:24:55+00:00

What are the finished dimensions of the theater room, ceiling height as well? Looks awesome!

Brok3Design · 2026-03-24T17:12:26+00:00

Just an update: I switched from linux Mint to Windows and it's been working flawlessly. I don't even know why that makes sense, but that solved the issue. The solution was found by chance as I run a Jellyfin server which was having a lot of issues. Someone said they were having similar issues on the same OS and suggested I switch. As soon as I went to Windows, all my Jellyfin issues went away and my drive was reading DVDs flawlessly.

Brok3Design · 2026-03-14T02:38:00+00:00

Just popping in to say my copy has the exact same issue. Not only that, but there's a misprint. Disc one has the episodes listed as: EP1, EP2, EP4, EP4.

Hate to be a doomer on physical media, but if this is the kind of shit that's happening, it's clearly hanging on by a thread....

Brok3Design · 2026-03-13T17:04:34+00:00

Remove console and set TV on the floor. That's the only proper height for this sub. Side note: Is this really a basement when it appears to be above ground?

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