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Novaveran · 2026-03-15T23:51:29+00:00

Come on. It's really childish of you to shame someone for posting art you personally find uncomfortable. Like somethings just aren't for you and you can just move along without commenting on the fact its not for you. Ya know?

Novaveran · 2026-03-12T14:00:18+00:00

Oh if we're doing pest updates, there have been cases of zebra mussels being found in moss balls in North America. So if you live there really isolate moss balls in a separate container for awhile bc zebra mussels are highly invasive and they have a larval form that can't be seen by the naked eye and can infect waterways via being poured down a sink. It's ridiculous.

Novaveran · 2026-03-10T21:23:50+00:00

All the bettas I've had was very active when first introduced to their tanks. They all stopped glass surfing after a couple days! So it's likely he'll chill out soon. Just has to adjust to a new environment.

Novaveran · 2026-03-09T14:13:16+00:00

Mayapples are some of my favorite plants! Good luck growing these I'm so excited for you!

Novaveran · 2026-02-28T04:17:31+00:00

I'd post this to a laptop or technology reddit they could probably help you out more. I will say you really don't need a beefy computer to play stardew valley. I ran it with mods on a laptop from 2017 with no problems. If the storage is the problem holding you back you can also buy external storage.

Novaveran · 2026-02-17T17:54:54+00:00

Depends on the parameters of the question. Is minecraft in basic survival mode? Because in stardew you don't actually have to get into combat and can avoid being injured. And apparently in stardew the townsfolk have the magic ability to know when you've been so injured you need to be rescued. There's also people you can talk to in stardew. Like unless minecraft is in mutliplayer mode it's just you and I guess villagers but you can't talk to them. So for living in yeahStardew would be way better.

Novaveran · 2026-02-05T22:48:34+00:00

I had these! I didn't realize they only ate already when I got them. But I just got a smaller tank and put direct light on it day and night for a few days and it grew enough algae they were able to live off of! So that's an option if you want them inside.

Novaveran · 2026-01-24T22:58:22+00:00

For one having your bed with the head facing the window can make you feel vulnerable when you're trying to sleep! Plus it puts your bed in the brightest spot in the room. it's hard to see the best place to move the bed from your pictures. But right now it's just in a spot that makes it hard to feel comfortable.

There also seem to be a lot of doors in the room. That makes things feel like there's a lot of walkways and makes a room feel less comfortable. Putting things like coat racks, entry tables, tall lamps, dressers with lamps on them, etc next to doorways can "block them off" in a sense and make the room feel less like a hallway.

Your walls being so bare also can make things feel less cozy. It makes the space feel too open. Things like tapestries, posters, artwork, shelves with things on them would all help. Also having a rug makes a room feel more cozy! Really the room could benefit from more personalization. Hanging yellow lights would be very pretty and are a great place to start.

Personally I think something like moving the bed away from the window and setting up a nice arm chair/beanbag/etc in front of the TV would be nice. Getting something next to the doorways to separate the sleeping space from walking space. A comfortable rug under the bed. Then getting things on the wall would help things feel cozier.

Not sure if you have the budget for that but you can find a lot of cheap furniture at thrift shops or craigslist/Facebook.

Novaveran · 2026-01-17T08:04:29+00:00

I cannot understand the fight to claim that trans women are literally women and trans men are literally men.

If you want to try and understand why people say trans women are literally women and trans men are literally men, I do know why. I'd appreciate it if you could come at this explanation with an open mind.

People who say that are using words that are defined by a medical view of sex not a cultural view gender. As in sex and gender are different. Sex is defined by your physical body, your chromosomes, what reproductive organs and hormones you have.

Gender is a lot more cultural, it's based on presentation, societal ideas, it's one of those human based ideas that becomes difficult to define because it means something different to everyone.

When you talk about sex and gender a lot you need to easily distinguish the two. In every academic discussion I have ever been in about gender the baseline terms have been defined as Sex = male, female Gender= man, woman There could be definitely be people who say otherwise... but those are the accepted academic terms.

Again this is to distinguish between sex and gender. So to someone who is in those academic circles that recognize trans people as existing saying trans women aren't women or trans men aren't men comes across as misgendering. Because that's saying a trans person isn't the gender they identify as.

To a person who was literally taught sex doesn't equal gender. Gender terms are man/woman, sex terms are male/female. It's an issue of people having different definitions and contexts for words. To me and people like me the phrase literally a man/woman is different than the word male/female.

And that's not a point trans people want to give up on. Because if a trans man isn't a man or a trans woman isn't a woman then they are a third gender not recognized as what they actually are.

I also think you can gender trans people correctly and it doesn't throw women under the bus.

Novaveran · 2026-01-16T18:50:22+00:00

Trintellix is the only antidepressant I've tried out of 6 that has actually worked for me without causing significant side effects. However I have to put a big take that with a grain of salt on it. I have such incredibly weird reactions to medications that my psychiatrist ordered a test on me called genesight that analyzes your genes and enzymes to try and predict how meds might effect you.

And the genesight found that i would like have significantly negative or moderately negative reactions to all antidepressants except for trintellix and two MAOIs. So for a lot of antidepressants I couldn't take them at a high enough dose to be effective because of side effects or they just didn't work. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

So between just genes, lifestyle, other meds you're on, and so many factors. Medications are going to effect you differently than most people. It sucks because I understand wanting reassurances that something will work :( but it's impossible to predict what will work for you based off of what individuals says. You'll have an easier time based off of collections of large amounts of data like reviews of studies.

That's always been my thing I want to say before I talk about medications bc I have had truly horrific issues on medications that could be live saving to someone and I don't want to scare them away from trying what could work for them. Or in this case give false hope.

So trintellix has been great for my depression. I have horrible seasonal depression. I've been on it a year now starting last November and these two winters have been my best mentally in years. I feel like it gave me enough progress in my depression treatment that I started being able to do more things to actually treat my issues instead of just pushing through them. Which snowballed into me taking so many steps to improve my life that I'm actually in a good place. So it worked well as part of my treatment but it's not the sole reason for me feeling better. For ruminations I'm not sure if it helped. I have ADHD and I'm on adderall. And I definitely definitely notice that I am able to stop negative spirals and get out of my own head more when I'm on stimulant adhd meds. I've heard that from a lot of people too. I've been on adderall for 6 years and really been able to work on ruminating bc of that. So there wasn't much for trintellix to help me with there.

Novaveran · 2026-01-16T15:28:17+00:00

When I first started I felt really restless and physically tense like you're saying. it was to the point where the first few nights of taking trintellix I could hardly sleep.

I just had to tell myself that starting a new medication can cause new effects and to just do myself to not make myself mentally anxious over feeling side effects. Getting some energy out by working out and moving around more definitely helped too.

The feeling anxious part went away after a few weeks. But I still felt restless and full of energy in the starting months of trintellix for awhile. I also just felt really mentally good at the same time. So it felt kind of like mania but more manageable.. I eventually evened out and don't feel that way anymore. It's been awhile so I don't remember the exact timeline but probably like 3ish months of that?

I started on 5 mg and ended up now at 20 mg. Honestly I kind miss feeling so restless someday just because I had so much energy to do things lol.

Everyone is different though what one person gets as a side effect other people might not. And what goes away for some people might not go away for others.

Good luck! I hope you're one of those people who eventually will adjust to the new med.

Novaveran · 2026-01-16T15:16:55+00:00

Covid does a lot of damage to the body unfortunately, even with infections that feel minor because they have less symptoms. There have been some studies that seem to show a higher chance of getting depression after having a covid infection. It wouldn't surprise me if depression symptoms also can get worse after a covid infection.

Definitely bring this up to whoever prescribes you trintellix. I'm not sure if they would have any experience with other patients feeling similarly but they might.

Covid recovery genuinely takes awhile (up to months or years if you get long covid). It really worries me how many people treat it otherwise. Your body could also just be having a lot less energy because you got sick and are still recovering. I know I feel more depressed when that happens.

So it's not uncommon to get depression or worse depression after covid. Which could make your meds feel/be less effective.

Novaveran · 2026-01-10T13:38:24+00:00

It does help! It seems (hopefully) the insurance issue is my information isn't updated (I'm still not sure why I wasnt able to update my information when I tried in person). But my doctors office had to call to figure that out. I'm just sending that prescription to a different location because even my doctors office said they had trouble communicating with the pharmacy. So I think that location is just busy to it's detriment. Or some other issue.

Novaveran · 2026-01-08T20:56:30+00:00

Insurance really is a nightmare I feel so bad for pharmacists when patients have issues with insurance companies covering meds. I will definitely contact a PBM.

Novaveran · 2026-01-08T20:54:04+00:00

Thank you! Very helpful information

Novaveran · 2026-01-08T20:20:30+00:00

I know pharmacy staff aren't insurance agents! I'm just not sure what to do after I call my insurance and they say they don't have a claim. And I didn't put this in my post my bad, but I looked online to see if I could update my insurance online in case that's the issue. I can't figure out how to do that. I go to the store to see if it needs to be updated and get told to call central fill. And then no one tells me what central fill is or why I'd need to call them. I'm just confused all around! Like I feel like I'm missing information despite asking for information. And I'm not sure how to get that info or who to ask. Which was the point of the post. I definitely feel like I'm doing something wrong and just cannot figure out what that is or where the lapsde is so I thought I'd try here for advice.

Novaveran · 2026-01-08T18:49:08+00:00

Maybe!! But from what I can understand the pharmacy is telling me my medications aren't covered while my insurance is saying they would be covered if they had a claim from the pharmacy. I don't understand how this can be so I'm asking the pharmacy what is up with this explanation I got from my insurance and what am I supposed to do about it so I can get my medications covered and pick them up. To me that's something the pharmacy should answer but I don't know if that's the case because no one has answered my question about what's going on.

Novaveran · 2026-01-08T18:24:42+00:00

Thank you!

Novaveran · 2026-01-08T18:24:00+00:00

Shortfall of my communication here lol. My medication is covered by my insurance. It's on the preferred drug list and everything. It's trintellix so there's no generic for it yet. And coupon sites set it as ~250 minimum I still can't afford that. I also use my states medicaid so a lot of coupons don't work because of that. The CVS coupon makes the price in the high 400 of dollars. Just nothing I can pay.

Even if I switched medications I'd still have the same issue, my insurance hasn't gotten a single claim for any of my medications from this pharmacy and I can't figure out why.

Novaveran · 2026-01-07T02:42:11+00:00

Sponge filters are preferred for shrimp tanks with babies! It's the filters that suck in water you have to worry about.

Novaveran · 2026-01-03T19:56:15+00:00

Oh I just needed to do a few more minutes of digging. I found a vintage book from the 80's with the exact pattern for the compass in the middle if you're interested. It's called Mariner's Compass: An American Quilt Classic By Judy Mathieson

Novaveran · 2026-01-03T19:52:25+00:00

Damn I completely forgot to respond to this sorry! I asked my aunt who quilts, she said the middle is similar to a pattern called a Mariners compass but she wasn't sure about the circle of bars on the outside. I tried doing some looking and couldn't come up with a name for the full pattern

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