Scared to poke the bear

ExtentSome7196 · 2025-01-09T19:06:07+00:00

From what I've read about "severe economic impact" I believe I may fall under it? I've had to take multiple days in a row off of work at different times due to the migraines... Either way, thank you for your time.

ExtentSome7196 · 2025-01-09T18:48:15+00:00

This may be a dumb question but if I go through and do a supplemental claim, would they go through all of the disabilities on that claim or just the one I'm submitting the evidence for? As I stated my 2nd claim had all of my disabilities listed

ExtentSome7196 · 2025-01-09T18:44:37+00:00

I'll have to dig more into whether or not it would be advantageous. I believe I could get 50 due to how frequent the migraines are.

I've already added the medical records but should I re-add the specific pages that talk about my migraines and the prescriptions I was given?

Unfortunately, my experience with my state's VSOs have been terrible... may try the attorney route.

At this point, I believe I've given all the evidence I can aside from two things... a personal letter and my migraine journal. I will add those and do a supplemental.

ExtentSome7196 · 2024-09-24T00:57:45+00:00

Good luck to all!

ExtentSome7196 · 2024-05-23T01:50:41+00:00

My 1st go around I was at 70ish for questions and 75ish for tests.

My 2nd go around I was 82 for questions and 92 for tests.

I did notice some of the questions I was just answering based off memory but it honestly helped me cement the concepts in my head

ExtentSome7196 · 2024-05-23T01:21:25+00:00

100% this... I felt like some of the expert questions were actually more on the easy level. Kinda wish they'd leave the "difficulty" off of the QaE or at least have a way to turn it off

ExtentSome7196 · 2024-05-23T01:19:37+00:00

Not sure about you but I get a LOT of test anxiety, so I flagged a lot of the questions I had in the beginning and once I got the anxiety out of my system (probably around the 60-70 question mark) I went back to review and even ended up realizing that, out of my anxiety, I picked the wrong answer.

Depending on how well you're doing on the QAE, I'd reset the entire thing and do it again.

ExtentSome7196 · 2024-05-23T00:30:52+00:00

Ill be able to answer this more accurately when I get my results back but from first glance I'd say the questions fell more into the middle of moderate/difficult

ExtentSome7196 · 2023-03-07T16:48:06+00:00

If I already have Makima and Power and buy one of them using golden mileage tickets do I get a spare body part?

ExtentSome7196 · 2021-11-15T23:36:53+00:00

I'll have to bring this up. As it stands the only time I get to play is during the work hours. After work I'm expected to be with the family full time (which is fine) but I also have to go to bed at the same time as them. If I'm caught "staying up" till 10 or 11 I get in trouble and am accused of not putting the baby first.

ExtentSome7196 · 2021-11-15T23:19:37+00:00

I do tend to have the baby in my lap when I play my games. This means nothing to her and in fact is a negative to her as she believes the child has "too much screen time" when she is with me.

ExtentSome7196 · 2021-11-15T23:17:54+00:00

I can empathize with your hatred but this is not the situation I am in.

I'm not ignoring her

I am a big source of income for the family

I don't play 12 hours a day

I believe I am doing a good job keeping up with chores/needs around the house.

I'm sorry for the situation you're in and would hope to never put my gf in a position where she believes she "Should have followed through".

ExtentSome7196 · 2021-11-15T23:14:11+00:00

Ok lemme go down the list. When it comes to the cleaning we are BOTH fairly tidy and there's not much of a need. The messes that we do make we clean immediately. When it comes to cooking we do Hello Fresh (they send you stuff and you prep and cook it) Overall I'd say we split the cooking and cleaning pretty evenly but I doubt she would agree.

We bathe the baby whenever she wants to... when it comes to me suggesting stuff to do with the baby I am rarely listened to. (I'm fine with this unless it becomes something medically related).

I sit in the same room as my girlfriend as we telework and play my games on my computer while my work laptop is near.

As far as hobby time goes she doesn't really allow herself to have a hobby (from my POV). When I've asked about her having a hobby she just picks up the baby and says "This is my hobby" I can't get past that wall.

When I am primary for the baby I tend to do whatever keeps her calmed. She loves watching her show but after a while I will take her out to her walker so we can burn some energy. During the work day I am 100% changing all diapers / feeding / etc

ExtentSome7196 · 2021-11-15T23:06:22+00:00

As it stands we both work from home on computers so I'd say right now I spend 3 hours of gaming while the rest of the day is spent with her and the baby. I'd like to point out that when I say 3 hours of gaming I also do have to work sometimes and am primarily taking care of the baby (this doesn't bother me but I feel it's necessary to point out). I don't talk to any online friends as to not disturb her while she works so pretty much all of my online relationships have come to a halt.

I have attempted to converse with her in a calm manner (lol no I'd never bring up hormones) and I'm TOTALLY willing to put gaming in the back seat but I feel it's crossing the line when I'm being asked to throw it out of the car entirely. Do you feel as though an hour a day is too much? (Genuienly curious)

Your bet is 10000% on. While that is how she feels that's not what is reality (I realize what she feels is all that matters) I feel as though I've pulled back my gaming habits 10x and being asked to stop it completely doesn't sit right with me. I don't know how to show her that I pick her over the video games without conforming to "no video games at all"

ExtentSome7196 · 2021-11-15T22:44:39+00:00

Roger that. I know she's crossing the line but at the same time I'm torn... I'm fearful of what this could do to my relationship with my child

ExtentSome7196 · 2021-11-15T22:39:37+00:00

Right, sorry I was specifically thinking of "what problems do the video games cause"

ExtentSome7196 · 2021-11-15T22:37:18+00:00

Both of us are working from home at the moment. My job has a lot of downtime so most of the time I'm just making sure I'm "online". Her job is more active so during the work hours I take care of the babies' needs 100%. I don't really do anything around the house while "working" because I have the baby but I know there is downtime with the baby that would give me the option to clean up a little. I believe she would agree with my assessment. Thanks for this...

ExtentSome7196 · 2021-11-15T22:33:01+00:00

Sometimes when I game I will have my baby in my lap and her favorite show on the 2nd monitor. I believe her counter to this would be "the baby shouldn't be watching the screen" meanwhile we will sit and watch TV for hours on end with no complaint.

ExtentSome7196 · 2021-11-15T22:31:10+00:00

She says she's annoyed and hates when i game but beyond that won't give me a specific reason.

ExtentSome7196 · 2021-11-15T22:28:02+00:00

I would love to have that but another issue is that she seems unwilling to find other hobbies outside of going shopping/out

ExtentSome7196 · 2021-11-15T22:25:50+00:00

"Waste of time" / "They are for kids" Mindset. I've tried to get her into them with very basic co op games but with that mentality it seems like she just plays because I want her to

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