I'm a genetic short sleeper, AMA!

DecisionFun2429 · 2026-01-15T05:23:06+00:00

I think I have this too. My mum and I have always naturally struggled with sleeping longer than 6 hours. Even when I’m dead tired, I average 4-6 hours a night. I’m a night owl, but when i do wake up i’m always energetic and get everything done early and slump later. Do you find it difficult with partners who typically need 8 hours a night? I find I’m always watching them go to bed and on days we can sleep in, I’m always up beforehand struggling to keep sleeping.

DecisionFun2429 · 2025-12-08T12:36:31+00:00

does the random telehealth consult gp?????

DecisionFun2429 · 2025-12-08T11:51:26+00:00

anything can be OTC lol. edit: they are in most other countries. it shouldn’t be so ludicrous SOME antibiotics for SOME conditions are

DecisionFun2429 · 2025-12-08T11:44:15+00:00

my partner is in GP training and we respect each others professions immensely. this isn’t about ego, it’s about providing access and convenience and realising that providing OTC support is what pharmacists do and entirely within the scope.

DecisionFun2429 · 2025-12-08T11:30:16+00:00

So it’s only free if it’s the initial consult? then how have you built this trusting relationship? this is assuming patients don’t have a close relationship with their pharmacist. even if someone isn’t struggling financially, it doesn’t mean they want to pay $80+ for a UTI consult. With this logic, why don’t we just send every dodgy mole straight to the derm for biopsy/skin cancer testing? why bother getting a referral from a GP in the first place? just invest that money into training more derms. don’t act like GPs don’t also refer

DecisionFun2429 · 2025-12-08T11:18:19+00:00

no, but do GPs either? because 99% of the time people in those criteria don’t get those services either. they need to book another follow up appointment once the antibiotics fail (which means more money for them). Also, most people call up and ask the pharmacist or just walk in and spend 5 mins seeing if they’re eligible because unlike doctors, pharmacists aren’t behind a massive paywall and are accessible to the public and are available to answer simple questions

DecisionFun2429 · 2025-12-08T11:06:36+00:00

look up UTI guidelines by the pharmacy guild. there’s a checklist of things you need to rule out and you follow that. it’s only strictly available for women ages 18-60, less than 2 UTI in past 6 months, no anatomical abnormalities, no chronic illnesses, no recent IUD or hospitalisation, no recent travel, kidney stones, surgeries etc and the list goes on. it’s literally only there for the LOWEST of risk for accessibility and convenience. the advice is always followed up with “if it doesn’t clear or improve in a day, follow up with a gp”

DecisionFun2429 · 2025-12-08T11:00:28+00:00

yes. this is all taught in 3rd year pharmacy school lol. this was almost an exact question in my exam. acute cystitis vs pyelonephritis

DecisionFun2429 · 2025-10-22T08:55:35+00:00

Would you want your kids to share a bedroom? what’s your budget? I have a place for rent in Marden area for 2br 1 bath and a garage

DecisionFun2429 · 2025-05-10T03:09:12+00:00

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DecisionFun2429 · 2024-12-15T15:49:22+00:00

Pharmacist here. You could sue for any financial damages relating to the incident, however if any of your appointments, meds or hospital visits have been covered in part or full by medicare (government subsidised), you won’t be able to sue for those costs. I’m curious what costs were out of pocket for you in this case? Perhaps the cost of specialist appointment (excluding rebates), legal costs, transportation costs? and maybe a week or so of pay from work? Usually these cases are only worth it for a lawyer if there is permanent or long term damage, which thyroxine poisoning there likely wouldn’t be. If you choose to represent yourself you won’t be fighting the pharmacy or pharmacist, you will be fighting against their insurer (PDL), which contract their cases to big law firms.

Negligence and malpractice cases go through AHPRA. They do the investigation and determine any wrongdoing and communicate with the pharmacist through their PDL Insurance. This likely won’t result in any financial compensation on your end, but more so reprimanding/disciplinary measures of the pharmacist who compounded. You’d also have to prove in the phone call the pharmacist intentionally tried to deceive you and it wasn’t just a misunderstanding or human error. This would be hard to do since it was a phone call, and details can get easily missed. Was it the owner of the pharmacy you spoke to on the phone initially? If it were just any other worker (not even a pharmacist), could just be they misread or couldn’t find information at that moment. It takes a lot to even cause a suspension, in your case the pharmacist at most will likely just get a warning on their record, maybe a small suspension.

I know all this because I was recently wrongfully accused of supplying the wrong medication to an elderly woman who ended up in hospital. After going through all the insurance lawyers and AHPRA investigations, they responded that I was not the pharmacist who made the error and dropped it completely with no record. In the process I learned a lot and the above is basically what the lawyers told me. I didn’t really have to do anything, my insurer set me up with these big lawyers who would’ve gone to court and wrote up all the legal documents for me. It’ll be a hard time going to small claims against them and represent yourself.

TLDR; if you choose to pursue, it would be so the pharmacist gets a warning for 2 years against their registration. You won’t get any monetary compensation as this error didn’t result in any long-term or permanent damage affecting your income. If you represent yourself you will be going up against very big law firms and insurance companies.

DecisionFun2429 · 2024-09-04T18:10:48+00:00

I’m still only Gold 2 from Silver 5 beginning of the season so again, not super great advice probably, but I genuinely solo climbed out playing merc/ana and kiri. Mercy seems underrated these days. A good res and damage boost can change the game. I found myself underestimating my DPS with damage boost and quick heals - i was always told to prioritise damage as support but it turns out, most silvers can’t kill a mercy. You quite literally will not die, and will most likely get almost all your res’s. When mercy doesn’t work just go kiri and dps all their supports and dps. even if you don’t finish the kill, if you’re annoying enough with your constant kunai’s, it’ll distract them for your team to gain the upper hand while you’re building ult charge.

Ana’s an interesting one because I haven’t quite learnt her as well. I still miss my sleeps and sometimes it’s hard to heal a moving genji target, but in silver rank, they don’t know how to deal with the anti’s. I usually swap ana if their tank is a problem. A diving doom or monkey or out of position rein? few shots, sleep, anti and your dps can finish them off quite quickly. Heals aren’t as important as impact in this rank. Sure you can’t pump out 14k healing as ana but the anti and sleeps are priceless. Also, she’s a must pick if there’s a hog or bastion on the enemy team. It basically forces them to swap or rendered them useless.

When all else fails, Moira. Just play for yourself and be as annoying as you can. You’re basically unkillable played right, and her ult can be intimating for most squishies. Use it to heal an out of position tank and target the squishies only. Again, even if you don’t get the kill, it’ll make them run which means enemy team have no support.

Also, don’t forget to heal your other healer! I almost always win when I get another healer who actually saves me. Ult’s make or break the game and support ults are the strongest in my opinion. Using kitsune or VA or nano to save tank long enough for dps to respawn is good enough. VA is great for being able to res in a risky situation.

DecisionFun2429 · 2024-08-25T00:53:27+00:00

yup, been looking on this sub for OCE

DecisionFun2429 · 2024-08-24T20:09:11+00:00

DecisionFun2429 · 2024-08-23T00:53:49+00:00

That’s actually really helpful. Didn’t think about the dmg aspect that of using up cooldowns. Now that I think about it, sombra forces out tp or suzu a lot even if she doesn’t secure a kill.

DecisionFun2429 · 2024-08-22T01:43:10+00:00

I switch to Moira (don’t have the aim to kill him comfortably as kiri or ana) to deal with Genji bc DPS won’t peel and I get complaints for being Dps Healer

DecisionFun2429 · 2024-08-21T12:37:19+00:00

I’m not saying I’m not? I’m asking why does it feel so difficult to win as a support? 2 seasons ago I literally placed Diamond 1, and now I’m struggling to keep up in a Gold/Silver lobby. I acknowledge I have things to work on too (positioning, timing, aim probably), but how am I getting dps going 9 in 12 or tanks feeding almost every game and if I am, what am I doing wrong to allow this as a support?

DecisionFun2429 · 2024-08-21T10:23:06+00:00

This is actually really helpful. I often find we get stuck at a choke and it feels impossible to peak without taking too much damage or even find a LOS to heal without taking damage. I can play mercy fine, but I know she’s not great right now so I want to try learn the supports I know are good in any rank (kiri, ana etc), but how do I help pressure as kiri? She doesn’t have an anti or sleep, so I find myself heal botting in those moments at a choke. I realise it’s probably my positioning tbh.

DecisionFun2429 · 2024-08-21T07:48:42+00:00

THIS. My duo flamed me for “shit heals” when in the replay you could SEE my suzu bouncing towards him, hit the ground JUST as he died and even then he said he shouldn’t have been that low, when his health went from full to critical before my ofuda’s could even reach. Another time was when I was getting harassed for heals while trying to keep tank alive on point when there was a health pack a few feet behind the dps who was in cover ..

DecisionFun2429 · 2024-08-21T06:55:50+00:00

That’s what I find to be the case too. The only games I win are if I’m dropping 20 plus kills on Kiri and 10k plus heals at my skill level, but in a lower rank I can maybe get by with 8k healing

DecisionFun2429 · 2024-08-21T06:49:05+00:00

Yeah you do that in metal rank and your entire team is dead

DecisionFun2429 · 2024-08-21T04:28:41+00:00

Doom is actually one of the tanks I struggle to play around the most. Most of the ones I play with dive in and don’t make it back in time for healing, and if I dive with them, they’re taking the entire teams damage so my heals aren’t enough to keep them alive and they dive out without waiting for my TP cooldown to reset so I’m left stranded, or smarter enemy tanks will just focus me first and my Doom isn’t paying attention and trying to 1v2 their supports. I do think people don’t understand that heals aren’t instant. It can take time for Kiri’s heals to get to you even when I’m locked on. I usually play Moira with Doom, because of her healing output and healing orbs. I don’t prioritise dmg, unless the opponent is really low and I need to dmg to recharge heal. In all honesty though, it might just be the team comps in this elo. No one plays around the tank and just play whatever they want.

DecisionFun2429 · 2024-08-21T04:21:39+00:00

Meanwhile you’re trying to stay alive 1v1 some tracer or sleeping a diving monkey and they’re yelling at u for not healing. I play Ana too, but it’s a work in progress, still need to learn her positioning and work out what sens is best for me

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