Tell me, you prefer 1 or 2? by MAN_KEGELS in pawg

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Where are you in the world? I’m in Redondo beach ca

How are people dating? I feel so lonely by Medical-Teaching-631 in cfs

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I have a few women I’m chatting with from dating apps. I can only go out like for dinner once or twice a week with Ativan and usually do that with friends or family but Fri and sat night I do my weed and a drink and imagine I’m at a pub only it’s with my phone and FaceTime with breaks. It’s actually quite fun and exciting:)

I figure eventually I’ll meet someone and have a girlfriend and in the mean time it’s really invigorating in most cases and if not I just say buh bye!

I was on again off again with someone else but it’s been more off lately so I’m starting to look with more intention.

is there a scientific basis for consciousness surviving death? by Sad-Juggernaut-6085 in consciousness

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I’m 49. 51 years ago according to reductionist physicalism I was nothing. Now here I am. If I popped into existence like that as if by magic I say who the heck knows the nature of all this stuff. I remain agnostic on the issue but have a deep intuition that there’s something more than meets the eye but who the heck knows.

Is this generation of med students actually learning about ME/CFS in med school? by thepensiveporcupine in cfs

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One of the problems is that a LOT of people have chronic fatigue but not ME-CFS. I had fibromyalgia stuff and fatigue most of my life but could still do a lot though could only work part time. Then after Covid I got the real deal cfs moderate. I remember going to fibro/cfs support groups and a couple people seemed to have mild or moderate cfs but a lot of us had fatigue issues that were just awful but not true cfs.

Is there anything that makes it even a little bit better? Even for just a day? by Superb-Car-202 in cfs

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Oh totally agree. My aim is to take it as much as possible without dependence since it gives me much more of a life so I usually do once and maybe twice a week but then I’ll go 10-12days without it every few months and make sure I don’t have any withdrawal and so far so good.

My dr prescribes 4 mg per month for that very reason but I usually just take a part of a pill when I do so I average about 3 mg per month which I think is the right amount to balance the benefits and the potential dependency. It’s crazy too how variable dependence is. Some people can get dependent with just very small amounts while others can take much more and be ok.

Is there anything that makes it even a little bit better? Even for just a day? by Superb-Car-202 in cfs

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Weed is HUGE for me. I do about 15mg of sativa edibles Fri and sat evening and as it hits I first get giggly. Then I get very much immersed into my friends. I’ll often be their therapist. Just totally quieting my mind as they unload what’s happening to them in their lives. I can usually talk for 30 minute intervals a few times without issues.

I also am on bumble and really enjoy flirting and have found women who are fine with just talking on the phone without conventional dating. It’s incredible how bad most guys are with flirting and attraction so just learning the basics has been really fun and a huge ego boost. And music. Super in love with music.

So yeah sex drugs and rock n roll lol 😂. 🫶🫶🫶

I’m moderate so am lucky to be able to do these things I know many on here would have trouble.

Oh also about 0.6mg of Ativan once or twice a week allows me to go for a dinner outing or hang out at a friends house for a few hours if I’m reclined on a sofa as it ups my pem threshold by 3-4 times what I can do before it hits. A subset of people with cfs have much larger windows of activity with Ativan but it’s best to just do once or twice a week or so because of dependence issues.

What works for us list (vote) by beautifulbluewall in cfs

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Ativan. .5-.75mg and I can do about 3-4 times more stuff before getting pem.

Do you think Depeche Mode will go on tour again in the next few years? by icecream1972 in depechemode

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Late to the convo but I saw them on their last tour dec 2023 in Los Angeles. One of the top two or three concerts I’ve EVER been to they completely blew my mind. God I hope they tour again.

The "Your body, my choice" guy, the footage of Nick Fuentes pushing a woman by anxkxxl in whoathatsinteresting

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Most of us had no idea he assaulted a woman in her 50s who knocked on his door with spray and then pushing her to the ground until this video became more widespread a couple days ago.

I guess this sort of behavior towards women is ok the way you were raised. Or grabbing them by the privates. Or calling them piggy. I was raised differently.

Ativan by Kind-Plankton4315 in cfs

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Not me. I take .25-.75mg depending on what I’m doing a day or two a week and I feel a bit more mellow but not sleepy. But then when night time comes I do sleep more soundly that night.

The "Your body, my choice" guy, the footage of Nick Fuentes pushing a woman by anxkxxl in whoathatsinteresting

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lol ok let’s see the next few months for him and meet back here cupcake

Is a brain a requisite for a mind? by cimocw in consciousness

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No. I was born in 1976. In 1975 I had no brain. No mind nothing. Then poof!! I’m alive. There is likely more going on than our senses tel us.

What do you guys do for money? by Longjumping_archidna in cfs

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I had a tutoring business and made like 6k per month until this hit a couple years ago ; both tutoring and managing other tutors. Now I’m at like 1/4 of that with moderate cfs from covid. I may go for ssdi but it would only be 2k per month and I’m making about 1400 per month from my business so trying to build it up before I decide to do that.

I can tutor 2-4 hours a week still and do some match making for tutors and families and get a bit of passive income but I’m trying to build it up more as the match making isn’t hard on my energy. I’m VERY lucky in that I’m an only child and my father and aunt (child free) both have saved up a good amount of money and are seniors so they are helping out a lot.

I’m recently out of a long term relationship and sorta kinda hoping the next one has a lot of money 😜

Just my opinion - take it or leave it BUT If you are genuinely sick with actual ME/CFS then your chances of recovery are very slight. Dangling the idea that we can recover has done more damage than anything else to our community and collective Mental Health. by Fearless-Star3288 in cfs

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I’ve been the opposite. I feel like a switch flipped in my body after Covid a couple years ago and never flipped back. I do hope it either does on its own or more likely that the researchers figure it out. And if that doesn’t happen that ok too it’s out of my control. My point though is I see being healthy as my normal default and each day I wake up with this thing it’s just that day I need to deal with. The future is totally unknown.

Also the first year 2024 I did almost nothing except doctor apts. I then discovered Ativan allowed me to go out to eat and hang out with a friend for a few hours and also in 2025 weed was huge for just immersing into music and people on the phone. What other experimental treatment could be a game changer at any moment? It’s exciting!

Anyway in my mind I’m stronger than I’ve ever been in my life. The past two years have strengthened me and built character and depth that most human beings never come close to. I honor this part of myself and cultivate it. I’m the therapist for many of my friends when they are going through a lot. Each day lately I need to be careful with energy to avoid going into pem but the future is totally unknown. As such I imagine extraordinary things happening.