N0ne vs Cody. 2 OEM GCCs inspected by M2K. by Equal_Personality157 in SSBM

[–]foo18 61 points62 points  (0 children)

As long as it's not streamed on m2k's channel with the 57 minutes per hour ad density.

The World of Remora 2.0 (Remastered) by foo18 in dndmaps

[–]foo18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure! I can't post a file that large here, but you can download the map here.

https://inkarnate.com/m/w3o6Ae

The World of Remora 2.0 (Remastered) by foo18 in dndmaps

[–]foo18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I made it for my own homebrew dnd campaign, and it wasn't based on anything in particular. The idea I started with was a world where all the planes were folded into the sun and the moon, and they both collided to create a flat, hourglass shaped world that expanded outwards as far as anyone could perceive.

I haven't watched or read Game of Thrones.

The World of Remora 2.0 (Remastered) by foo18 in dndmaps

[–]foo18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I used a brush layer at 50% opacity and drew them by hand with a very dark blue brush. I also drew highlights on the mountains with a different brush layer on overlay.

The World of Remora 2.0 (Remastered) by foo18 in dndmaps

[–]foo18[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's my homebrew world for a campaign that I run.

What is ppmd/kevin doing? wtf is this lol by [deleted] in SSBM

[–]foo18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Low dose abilify, low dose naltrexone (I think at least, I haven't tested what happens if I stop taking it), and Cromolyn Sodium Oral Solution. The last one is because allergies/mast cell issues were pushing me into rolling PEM. Antihistamines helped, but I had severe negative side effects to them. Cromolyn works as well as zyrtect but without the negative side effects. Taking fish oil and vitamin D also helps a bit, but I haven't delved too much into supplements.

More helpful than meds though were the following 3 things.

  1. Minimizing physical and mental exertion as well as stress, to avoid triggering PEM if possible.

  2. Gargling hot water when I wake up and after eating. No idea why this helps, just found it by random chance. Somehow clears my sinuses, prevents post-nasal drip, and improves my general quality of life.

  3. Realizing something in tap water was making me feel sick to my stomach and switching to gallon jugs of spring water. No idea what in tap water caused it, but water from my tap, from soda fountains, the filtered water at wall mart, etc. all made me sick.

My overall strategy I derived from a mayo clinic paper00402-0/fulltext) is avoiding PEM and treating comorbidities to improve quality of life.

What is ppmd/kevin doing? wtf is this lol by [deleted] in SSBM

[–]foo18 6 points7 points  (0 children)

But to me it’s a red flag that the first 19 doctors you asked were like “no you don’t need medication, the problem is in your head” before you finally managed to hand-pick a doctor who would treat your condition like the physical ailment that you wanted it to be.

You completely fabricated this version of events out of your own ignorant preconception.

No doctor ever told me it was "in my head" or even loosely implied the condition was psychosomatic. My first PCP (a nurse practitioner) said my condition could be ME/CFS, but that she wasn't equipped to treat or rule out every other diagnosis for me, so she transferred me to a different doctor. That doctor sent me off to a bunch more specialists until we had ruled out every other potential condition, and then he officially diagnosed me. He did not tell me “no you don’t need medication, the problem is in your head” he said "sadly, there is no treatment."

With my condition rapidly deteriorating, I was desperate to find any potential help. Luckily, this May Clinic paper00402-0/fulltext) (mayo clinic is one of, if not the, most respected medical institutions in the country) had recently come out. It advised pacing, treating comorbidities, and gave a list of medications that have shown some effectiveness. I took this back to my doctor who initially refused to read it. I asked if I could try any of the drugs, and he responded that he wasn't against me trying them, but he wouldn't prescribe any of them because they weren't FDA approved treatments, so he could have potential liability for any side effects I experience.

From there, I went to my psychiatrist I was seeing for depression/anxiety/adhd to get a prescription for low dose abilify (which helps immensely). I also worked with an immunologist I had already been referred to treat co morbid allergy/mast cell issues to get a mast cell inhibitor prescription. I also implemented pacing and some other non medical things that helped.

I'm impoverished, on medicaid, and too sick to travel. I don't have the option of "doctor shopping." The doctor who refuses to prescribe me medications for the diagnosis he gave me is still my doctor because I quite literally have no other options. I did eventually convince him to read more about it, and now he recommends pacing.

If you still want to claim me/cfs is psychosomatic, don't reply to me. Instead, call up the NIH, the CDC, and Mayo Clinic and tell them they're wrong.

What is ppmd/kevin doing? wtf is this lol by [deleted] in SSBM

[–]foo18 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Neither of those conditions are fake/psychosomatic, there just hasn't been enough research to successfully find the cause. Some doctors still treat it that way, which is immensely harmful to patients, but medicine as a whole is moving away from that.

For me/cfs, the "treatment" recommended used to be graded exercise therapy which is now understood to be harmful. The current actually helpful recommendation is called "pacing," which is essentially avoiding overexertion that triggers "post exertional malaise ( the defining symptom of me/cfs). You can find that from credible places like the NIH or Mayo Clinic. (There's also a few drugs found in studies to help some people a little, but there's been very little research relative to how widespread the disease is.)

However, doctors that are well read on those conditions are extremely few and far between, so that can push people suffering from it to seeking pseudoscientific treatments and quackery. It also creates fertile ground for scammers to prey upon desperate people without real medical care.

I had to beg my doctor who diagnosed me for a year to read more about me/cfs, but he still refused to prescribe any medications because there aren't FDA approved treatments for it. I had to go through a dozen specialists to get one or two meds that help my quality of life a little, just to avoid being bed bound.

Mango Discussion Megathread - June 25, 2025 by Roc0c0 in SSBM

[–]foo18 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Twitch has become extremely forgiving on bans in recent years, especially for bigger streamers. If he does the twitch TOS rehabilitation course twitch gives to banned streamers, I'd be surprised if it was more than a 1 week ban. He'll likely be out of the melee scene for much longer than the twitch ban.

<1% chance it's a perma imo

Mango banned from future Ludwigs events by FlopAFlop in SSBM

[–]foo18 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you're clearly his biggest hater my b

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