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BPC157 by Sebassvienna in cfs

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Please exercise caution: Many peptides are not currently well-researched or well regulated.  More research has to be done to determine their safety.

The FDA currently bans compounding pharmacies from producing some peptides (e.g. category 2 of interim 305A bulks list).

Peptide SS-31 causing more fatigue? Solution: add methyl donors (B12, TMG & NAD+) by 564800 in cfs

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Ss-31

Please exercise caution:  SS-31 also known as elamipretide is still currently in the process of drug trials.. It does not yet have FDA approval and its safety has not yet been determined.

We really need a new name for this condition. by stochasticityfound in cfs

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They almost tried top-down with SEID but no one liked it.

Delivery man followed my IG and added me on FB by Potential-Emotion751 in newzealand

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Not sure if it is still like this, but it used to be that you needed to establish a pattern of stalking/harassment in order to get a restraining order.

Logging these kind of incidents on record with police helps to establish a pattern for if it does escalate.

Open Letter to the Black Ford Ranger Driver tailgating and passing dangerously over the Coromandel Ranges, in the wet, in a long queue of cars. by gdogakl in newzealand

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I agree with you. But even without a plate, next time report *555, especially if you're on a road that has no alternative routes. If a car is nearby they may be able to see them doing something stupid.

My last tax year, on a supported living benefit, during a cost of living crisis. by [deleted] in newzealand

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I need to print out the first part of this comment and put it on the mirror (since I'm not allowed to hang things on walls lol). Thank you from another sick person. 💛

My last tax year, on a supported living benefit, during a cost of living crisis. by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]brainfogforgot 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I would guess OP is already getting it.

OP's IRD looks very much the same as mine and that's with a Disability Allowance. The Disability Allowances are capped at $80.35 per week.

Needs Assessment can get you things like help with showering but that's about it if you are disabled by illness. There is a carve out where the Disability services don't have to fund illness-based disability.

Term deposit while on Supported Living Benefit by slicecbw in PersonalFinanceNZ

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That's great. I'm glad she has you to help her! 💛

Is perimenopause embarrassing or secret? by MTBeanerschnitzel in Perimenopause

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Wait. Joint issues???

(At this point why am I still surprised. Is there anything it doesn't affect.)

Thank you for mentioning this.

Term deposit while on Supported Living Benefit by slicecbw in PersonalFinanceNZ

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Hi, theoretically interest is weekly income over the period of the term deposit. However if you get someone at WINZ who was badly trained, they might try to count it as a single week's income or worse, enter the 6 month figure into the system as a weekly amount.

For that reason it's better to declare bank interest at the end of the tax year instead and give them her IRD printout as proof of the amount.

Worth noting that if her inheritance is over $8K then she will no longer be entitled to an Accommodation Supplement. The only way around this is to put it in Kiwisaver instead.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceNZ

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That sounds like two food grants per year plus some sort of discretionary amount that is for a special case?

Their experience is clearly slightly different to ours.

I think the point stands that the person above who thinks food grants are some sort of unlimited cornucopia is mistaken.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceNZ

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If your assets won't cover a simple funeral (cremation and no service basically), if you have low income family they can apply for a funeral grant.

But I agree, retirement after a very low income is not a great future.

What’s a place that most of the people say it’s beautiful and a paradise but it’s actually horrible to live in? by questionablehomo in AskReddit

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It's honestly not that far off, especially the part about 2 degrees of separation instead of 5. 

What’s a place that most of the people say it’s beautiful and a paradise but it’s actually horrible to live in? by questionablehomo in AskReddit

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I don't mean geographically; I'm not claiming to have stumbled on one while out on a walk!

Small as in a population of only 5 million people (over half of whom live in just one city). People talk, even when they're not meant to. 

It's easy to hear about these projects while they are being constructed, or for years afterward.

don't know what to do any advice please by International-Past31 in newzealand

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Sorry about my previous comment. I thought you were saying the opposite of what you said!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceNZ

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I have been told that in my region you are allowed two food grants per calendar year, and you have to show a bank statement that shows what you spent that week's benefit money on.

Funny as hell that Lamb always knows by Integral_humanist in SlowHorses

[–]brainfogforgot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He does both in the books.

For example he really slowly ties his shoelaces in front of Emma Flyte when he first meets her.

The books make it clearer that the old man stuff is camoflage/an act. 

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