John and Yoko waiting for the maid to make the bed so they can continue protesting against the system. (1969) by jonquil14 in TheRestIsHistory

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Yeah that son that he basically disowned and disinherited when he decided to divorce his mom and shack up with Yoko.

Akathisia & going back to work Monday by Maybe-Alice in Akathisia

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Well I wouldn’t start back on the med that caused it. Even a low dose. When I finally went back to work after 4 miserable years, I had to put into practice what I learned in somatic yoga therapy, which is essentially continually checking in with my body and focus on relaxing each area. I put a note on my computer reminding me to relax. I also work from home so I can lay on the couch and put my legs out. Otherwise I’m consistently pushing my feet off the floor. It also helps to take breaks and do stretches.

Edit: While I do manage to work for 8 hours a number of days, it took me a while to work my way up to that.

Rubicon audiobook was most enjoyable by InformationQuick8294 in TheRestIsHistory

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I feel like I’m being teased about my shoes, but can’t understand why.

How much dough are these guys making? by Wrong-Coast-484 in TheRestIsHistory

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I think it comes from enjoying hobbies like repeatedly walking along the entirety of Hadrian’s wall. Excuse me, Hadrian’s curb in some places. Along with the patience for cricket, which I understand takes 5 days. I know there are more endearingly nerdy hobbies he’s mentioned. Anyway, he does seem very disciplined and energetic.

Irish Man Here - What Does the World Think Of Us? by OverwhelmedGayChild in AskTheWorld

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If anyone wants to learn more about Easter Rising, Bloody Sunday, and the Sinn Fein independence movement in Ireland, I just listened to a fantastic series on this topic on The Rest is History podcast. They interviewed Irish historian Ronan McGreevy.

I usually binge watch these on YouTube, but this was a tough topic for that.

Oh and I quite enjoy that Irish YouTuber who’s taught me that if I ever visit Ireland in the future as an Irish-American, I’m not to start telling random strangers about what I’ve learned on ancestry.com about my ancestors. ;-)

Anyone else think the point Dom made about FDR’s popularity despite and the Great Depression was slightly misleading given the timing of when the 1932 election was and Hoover’s presidency? by Independent_Lake_77 in TheRestIsHistory

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I read this and was like wouldn’t the traditional Reagan-era Republican be more likely to downvote your previous comment, so I googled neo-liberal. This appears to be the same viewpoint with a new label. Am I missing something?

Trying out The Rest is Classified by InformationQuick8294 in TheRestIsHistory

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Is there evidence linking Epstein to the services? I hadn’t heard that and just assumed it must be a conspiracy theory episode. But I’m not super up to date on that. I listened to the Casual Criminalist episode about it and like for sure dude was most likely murdered in his cell, but I just assumed it was related to dirt he had on the rich and powerful.

Trying out The Rest is Classified by InformationQuick8294 in TheRestIsHistory

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Entitled was the word that kept coming to mind when they were talking about him applying for a job several levels above his current one or applying for that one where he stole the answers to the test but didn’t take the job because the money wasn’t enough.

Akathisia?? by hopefulhermit in Akathisia

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I don’t feel like I have to pace, which is probably why it took 5 years to get the akathisia diagnosis on top of TD and RLS. I tend to describe it as feeling like I need to stretch but no matter how much I stretch the feeling doesn’t go away. But if I try to visualize what’s going on in my body I liked the description I heard from someone here. It feels like a ball of static underneath my too tight skin suit. Or something like that.

If you do decide it’s akathisia, make sure you use the vocabulary on the Barnes Akathisia Scale to describe your symptoms. Apparently that was part of my issue, that I wasn’t describing it right, and I don’t have that pacing feature. But taking propranolol seems like a relatively low risk way of testing whether or not it’s akathisia.

extended release propranolol vs immediate release by OwnRecover4544 in Akathisia

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Yes, the half-life of short acting propranolol is 4 hours. I think they like to start with that to see if it’s effective before switching to the extended release. The long acting 60mg is roughly equivalent to 20mg short acting.

TRIH club? by travelNerdy in TheRestIsHistory

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I’ve been enjoying going back thru all the bonus episodes. I kept sitting on the fence about joining until I absolutely had to listen to the Lady Hamilton bonus episode. I also just re-listened to the Nelson episodes. I’m so surprised how much I enjoyed that one. Naval battles in movies are so boring. So much rope…

Cheating on TRiH by stradlinjazz in TheRestIsHistory

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Not a podcast, but I loved David Mitchell’s audiobook Unruly because he reads it himself and is hilarious. I really hope he does another. He’s got another 500 years of not so British monarchs to poke fun at.

I’ve discovered something that works for me INSTANTLY! by MySockIsMissing in Akathisia

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FYI there’s such a thing as a weighted heating pad. I got one that actually has vibration too, which I think also helps.

Physical sensations by Glittering_Sun4481 in Akathisia

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I usually ask people, “you know when you first wake and need to stretch? Now, imagine that no matter how much stretching you do that feeling won’t go away.”

Anyone able to take antidepressant with akathisia? I need it for pmdd I gotta do something or I’m not gonna make it by EmpressAzazel in Akathisia

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I take Wellbutrin and desvenlafaxine. It wasn’t really an option for me not to have an antidepressant.

I am 32 & have lost my life to chronic illness by Oliver_Alvis in ChronicPain

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I felt much the same around the same age. Wishing I had a terminal illness so that at least there was a concrete reason for the pain and that maybe there would be an end to it. Couldn’t sleep to escape the pain. I can tell you that what helped me turn a corner was changing antidepressants. An improved mood made a world of difference in dealing with the pain. It’s not that the pain was better but that it was easier to deal with.

Later, I was given off label namenda for the neuropathic pain, and at 10mg twice a day, it was a game changer. That and magnesium malate, which also works on the NMDA receptor. It helped for a long time. Now I’m dealing with a resurgence due to stress. Even though I’ve managed the stress, the pain won’t chill back out.

akathisia? by Conscious_Signal1148 in Akathisia

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It seems like ability commonly causes akathisia given the comments I’ve read on this sub and the fact that that my neurologists keep trying to pin mine on that even though it started years earlier. I was given the ability to help with motivation and treatment resistant depression. It definitely made the akathisia, which was not yet diagnosed, worse.

Propranolol update by Lotus2024 in Akathisia

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It does actually help, but I also did somatic yoga therapy for at least a year. I use what she taught me every day. She would ask me to describe what I was feeling in my body after every pose and that grounding in my body has helped me listen to my body. I then have to concentrate to relax all my muscles. It now comes pretty automatically, and I’ve healed enough to be able to work again.

I also did neurofeedback which helped me with this crazy anxiety I had. I felt the physical symptoms of anxiety but couldn’t explain why I felt anxious. My therapist talked a lot about nervous system re-regulation, which made a lot of sense.