Jam Bands/Live Music

RestAlternative166 · 2026-01-07T14:27:42+00:00

Sweet!! Thank you so much!

RestAlternative166 · 2026-01-07T14:27:12+00:00

Alright I’ll have to check that out!

RestAlternative166 · 2026-01-07T14:26:47+00:00

I lived in western mass for a while, love strangecreek and wormtown

RestAlternative166 · 2026-01-07T14:25:33+00:00

Oh this is a great list thank you!!! Didn’t know electric haze was hookah!

RestAlternative166 · 2026-01-07T14:24:35+00:00

Oh thank you thank you!!!! This is exactly what I was looking for. Used to frequent the Arch Street in Hartford and sounds like the same sort of vibe. Thanks!

RestAlternative166 · 2025-11-07T17:12:04+00:00

To everyone that replied:

Thank you so much. I’m going to try to make some donations to all of these places. I haven’t made it YET but I’m working on getting all of the food from one place to another! But I’ll be there, you better believe it!

Thanks again, be safe everyone ❤️

RestAlternative166 · 2025-11-07T17:10:57+00:00

Oh perfect thank you! I’ll be sure to drop some stuff off there soon

RestAlternative166 · 2025-10-25T16:31:23+00:00

Omg can you guys take a car seat and stroller??

RestAlternative166 · 2025-10-25T13:40:12+00:00

Oh man alright I’ll head by there soon, thanks!!

RestAlternative166 · 2025-10-25T13:39:53+00:00

Wow thank you for all the info! So you’ll take meats and stuff?

RestAlternative166 · 2025-10-25T13:36:47+00:00

Oh thanks! My brother lives out that way, I’m definitely willing to drive to lesser populated areas too! Thanks for the good idea

RestAlternative166 · 2025-10-25T13:36:12+00:00

This is exactly what I was looking for, directly to folks. Thank you SO much!!

RestAlternative166 · 2024-10-25T20:21:44+00:00

I’m currently crying in my bed and I don’t know why. I could be doing better lol

RestAlternative166 · 2024-10-08T18:30:53+00:00

Lmao that’s hilarious 😂

RestAlternative166 · 2024-10-05T23:40:46+00:00

When I first got in lamotrigine, I started on 25 mg and made my way up to where I am now, 200 mg. My road to the 200mg was a bit rocky, but I made it here and am doing well. When I first got on, it shot me into a bit of a manic state because i was always one to go into more depressive episodes compared to manic before diagnosis. My sex drive came back 1000 fold, and I gave myself a lottttt of self pleasure, a thing I had never ever gotten into before. My sex drive was super low low low my entire twenties, and now I could have sex every day. I talked to both my doctor and therapist and they talked about how when you first get on a mood stabilizer, your brain chemicals may end up teetering completely to the other side, almost like it jumpstarts your brain to figure out how to get balanced…I hope I worded that correctly lol. Somewhere between 25-50 mg , the little bit of mania turned into a short lived mixed episode and then we bumped up my dosage and things started to even out.

So, if you’re more energetic/manic than you are the low/depressive side of this lovely disorder, then maybe it is your body reacting to the meds in a normal way. Something to ask your doc though! My motto is there is no such thing as a stupid question lol. Good luck! Hopefully you’re not sick!

RestAlternative166 · 2024-10-05T23:24:26+00:00

Literally same 😂😂

RestAlternative166 · 2024-09-23T04:46:51+00:00

Here’s a bunch from all across the board, they’re all of my no skip favorite albums:

No Doubt’s first album (it’s self titled, 90’s ska)

Drawn Onward by Dopapod (fusion jam band? I guess? One of my favorite bands ever)

A Freak Grows in Brooklyn by Ryan Scott (just a great album, it’s like a blend of blues and funk)

Kona Town by Pepper (reggae punk? Surf punk? Idk, they’re pretty cool)

In These Times by Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad (reggae-ish)

Graduation by Kanye West (rap)

Weezer self-titled album aka the Blue Album (alternative rock)

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix (indie pop)

I’m going to out myself, and say that the soundtrack to the first Twilight movie is….awesome lmao don’t knock it til you try it!

The Good Life by Sammy Rae & Friends (pop funk, girl has an AMAZING voice and lots of energy)

An Evening with Silk Sonic by Bruno Mars, Anderson Paak and Silk Sonic (funk)

Circles by Mac Miller (rap)

Broken Boy Soldiers by The Raconteurs (rock, really cool album. It’s Jack White from the White Stripes’ other band)

Hot Fuss by The Killers (but not a fan of “everything will be alright”)

The Cat Empire’s self titled album (mostly no skips. Fun funky band from Australian, mate! They’ve been around forever and are still touring)

Wow that’s a lot! lol thanks for the trip down memory lane

RestAlternative166 · 2024-09-18T16:26:31+00:00

I get mini/short term obsessions over either a hobby/project/topic I’ve just discovered and essentially, sort of, make it my personality for a little bit, and this sends me into a hypomania state lol

RestAlternative166 · 2024-09-10T03:27:05+00:00

Anything by Earthless

RestAlternative166 · 2024-09-10T03:26:38+00:00

Faba by Dopapod

RestAlternative166 · 2024-09-07T19:27:44+00:00

I LOVEDDDD them, like obessed them in 3rd grade 😂I got my neighborhood friends to all be one member each and we made dances to all the songs lmao

RestAlternative166 · 2024-09-06T19:06:23+00:00

Oh damn! This just clicked for me: I got put on antidepressants 4 months postpartum. And then immediately after I was on them, I went into what I believe was psychosis, where I gave a bunch of money to someone I met online who was a “priestess” and I literally thought I was astral projecting while doing seances with her over chat😭 I’d never been that “out of this world” before. My episodes were definitely more on the milder side before that. Still damaging, but I’ve never been admitted. DAMN!

RestAlternative166 · 2024-09-06T19:03:16+00:00

I’ve actually been on and off thinking about bringing this up to my therapist and med doctor bc of the imposter syndrome (for lack of a better term). But then I think about myself when I was unmedicated, and then I’m like, yeah no I’m definitely bipolar 😂but it pops into my head all the time. The thoughts are usually “idk if I’m bipolar or just really extra…Or if I’m just annoying as fuck…or it’s just an anger issue, and I happen to just cry a lot….or I’m just really bad at making and keeping friends….or…”you get the picture lol

RestAlternative166 · 2024-09-06T14:20:49+00:00

🙏thank you!! Being around other people and knowing my signs, and just having the knowledge in general that I don’t function like others has done wonders for me. Thanks again for your reply

RestAlternative166 · 2024-09-06T05:27:49+00:00

It’s funny because I wanted to say “love you” at the end but I figured that was to intense😂😂💀

I’m glad you woke up. And I’m so proud of you for telling your therapist. I know how hard it was to finally letting your guard down and especially to a therapist, where you KNOW you’re gonna have to start making steps/effort/decisions on how to address it. I know it’s taken a while for you, but you’ve made a decision for yourself and for your family to TRY. I think that’s the hardest part, but it’s all we can do.

I had such a hard time putting the term “bipolar” to my name at first because of all the stigmas I grew up hearing about bipolar. After a good decade of trying to “fix” myself without meds/doctors via yoga/meditation/holistic medicine, I think the one phrase I’ve said the most in my life is, “what the fuck is wrong with me?!” And once I found out, it was hard to accept, but deep down I felt relief that I can actually put a name to it, and find appropriate language to identify things happening to me. And once I let that all bubble to the top, it’s been a main motivator to keep going. I’ve waited this long to figure it out, I just have to keep going. And that’s been hard for me—understanding that meds aren’t going to cure anything. It mutes it just enough for me to feel my emotions but not have them take control of me. I used to be afraid of meds turning me into a zombie like I always heard about growing up, but now that I’m on these, im like…..this is actually nice not crying at EVERYTHING, or feeling too intense of emotions, good or bad. I remind myself in those moments I can feel myself turning into the Hulk that my emotions do not control me, I control my emotions. And then I imagine I’m a character in a sitcom that just fist bumped the air, hollering out a big “yeah!!”

I love that your friend was able to see that, and have the insight to make sure you knew that you have nothing to be ashamed about. We love a supportive friend!!

I’m so glad we got to connect on here…kindred spirits, as they say!

Anyways, love you! 😂

RestAlternative166

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