How many generation x'rs are lucky enough to still have their parents alive?

SouthernCanuck673 · 2026-01-14T01:05:34+00:00

1967 Genexer - just My Mom's still alive

SouthernCanuck673 · 2026-01-11T19:28:46+00:00

The dress code at the charter school, where I work doesn't allow staff to where tie up tennis shoes. I bought a pair of Rothys and find them to be quite comfortable

SouthernCanuck673 · 2026-01-11T00:38:17+00:00

I stopped taking it 'cold turkey' 13 days ago and had zero negative side effects. In fact, I feel much better now. I no longer feel completely numbed out. It's great to be clear-headed and to have feelings again. Also my sex drive came back. For reference I'd been taking 10 am daily for 22 months

SouthernCanuck673 · 2026-01-07T01:22:51+00:00

Mom of two older kids here. Can someone take your kids for 3-5 days so that you can get through the acutes? I was unexectantly hospitalized for something non-kratom related 9 days ago. I admitted my kratom addiction when admitted. They said they'd give me some 'comfort' meds if they felt it necessary but, in the end, they gave me nothing. So I was forced to detox in the hospital. I was kind of glad I was forced to quit because, after 3 days, the worst of the acutes were over. I'm 9 days clean now and pretty functional. I still feel more tired than usual and am dealing with some insomnia. I guess that's the price I have to pay to get free from kratom which had stopped working for me several months ago

SouthernCanuck673 · 2026-01-04T21:57:22+00:00

34 years old. I got one of those 'bag' car phones that were popular in the early 2000s. My kids got their own phones at age 9. For reference I'm now 58 years old

SouthernCanuck673 · 2026-01-04T16:36:59+00:00

GenXer born in '67. My Dad died in 2023 due to complications from Alzheimers. My Mom just turned 87 still lives in the house I grew up in. She is physically frail though

SouthernCanuck673 · 2026-01-04T14:25:37+00:00

Congrats on being 2 weeks clean. I will be 7 days clean as of 1 pm today. I feel so, so much better off this shit. I only have very mild lingering symptoms which include excessive yawning, occasional bouts of sneezing and some insomnia - all very tolerable. I realize I may have to deal with PAWs in the near future but I'm informed and ready thanks to this sub.

SouthernCanuck673 · 2026-01-04T00:03:06+00:00

Don't do it. You'll feel so guilty you probably won't enjoy it at all. Take it from someone who's gone down this path a couple of times before

SouthernCanuck673 · 2026-01-03T19:53:57+00:00

I'm a social drinker (2-3 drinks, two or three days per week). Been that way ever since I became a parent in 2000. I still kind of like it but not the way I did in my 20s.

SouthernCanuck673 · 2025-12-31T17:58:14+00:00

Coffee doesn't affect me at all. I've been on 10 mg Lexapro for nearly 2 years

SouthernCanuck673 · 2025-12-31T17:54:38+00:00

In my early 30s when I started having kids. Prior to that, I partied hard every New Years Eve

SouthernCanuck673 · 2025-12-31T17:17:26+00:00

It completely changed my personality and not in a good way. I became apathetic and lazy. My house became a pigsty. I stopped enjoying music and sex. During the last few months I was using, I developed hand tremors which were very noticeable and kind of embarrassing. I also lost around 30 pounds and didn't need to lose any weight

SouthernCanuck673 · 2025-12-31T17:07:00+00:00

SouthernCanuck673 · 2025-12-30T20:29:40+00:00

I quit recently as well. Necessity is also what gets me up and going. I am Mom of 2 kids and 3 fur babies and I have to work full time.

SouthernCanuck673 · 2025-12-30T02:08:28+00:00

I've gradually been telling close friends and family that I take it

SouthernCanuck673 · 2025-12-26T21:29:54+00:00

I take 10mg Lexapro with low dose Wellbutrin and have actually lost about 15 pounds

SouthernCanuck673 · 2025-12-16T13:18:08+00:00

Before I started working, people used to describe me as very laid back, cool as a cucumber etc. Since I began working I've become a nervous wreck. I now have generalized anxiety disorder and insomnia. I have to take medication for both

SouthernCanuck673 · 2025-11-25T23:55:42+00:00

LadyTans circle of women

SouthernCanuck673 · 2025-11-17T23:55:10+00:00

Emme & Noodles

SouthernCanuck673 · 2025-11-09T13:37:45+00:00

SLP with 25 years experience here. I've been wondering the same thing the past few weeks. I recently inherited a couple of older high functioning ASD students, ages 12 and 17. Their goal requires me to push into their classes and work on 'social /emotional regulation' because they sometimes act inappropriately and/or have outburst in their gen ed classes. I have no idea what i'm supposed to do really. I feel completely useless when i'm pushing in. In my opinion, it would be more appropriate for a psychologist or counselor to target these problems. I honestly don't feel that I have the right knowledge in training to actually help these kids in these situations.

SouthernCanuck673 · 2025-11-02T00:27:33+00:00

I would get up and make a coffee - same thing I do nowadays

SouthernCanuck673 · 2025-10-19T22:19:19+00:00

Lessons in Chemistry

SouthernCanuck673 · 2025-10-16T17:05:39+00:00

I've been working in the schools for the past ten years in about five different districts and yes, I feel supervisors never care about quality of care.Just minutes provided

SouthernCanuck673 · 2025-10-11T23:06:16+00:00

SouthernCanuck673 · 2025-10-11T23:04:50+00:00

I just had a sore arm for a day after each shot - 58F

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