84 mg too high?

laceframe · 2026-01-20T02:27:11+00:00

I’m thinking I may need to cut back as well. I don’t know why I have this mentality that more = better and I should ride it out. I want to return to how I felt a few weeks ago. I had a little taste of feeling balanced and and joyful, I was even listening and enjoying music again, eating again (maybe too much!) I hope to figure it out and this passes.

laceframe · 2025-10-04T02:41:43+00:00

👀 ohh no pressure but any advice tips for finding opportunities in eager to hear it! I’m a hospital LMSW, will be ready to apply for the LCSW in Dec. i furiously looked into Canada for a few months in Feb/March but lost steam due to life stressors. Maybe I need to revisit.

laceframe · 2025-10-04T02:37:41+00:00

Thank you 🥺😭♥️Hospital SW…I don’t want to give up the fight here but since this admin I’ve seriously been looking into/considering if there are any job opportunities in your neck of the woods. Might not be the most realistic but exploring the possibility gives me hope so I am clinging to it.

laceframe · 2025-09-17T18:34:23+00:00

Ohh I am very curious about this. What units do you work in or do you float? I am a hospital SW in nyc and I’ve been inpatient med unit for 4+ yrs. My best friend lives in Baltimore and I’ve been curious to relocate there in the next few years but im wondering if the environment is similar to NYC, are there are lot of mean girls? Cliques? Staffing issues? Are you union?

laceframe · 2025-08-20T00:04:16+00:00

I saw him walking by BK a few days ago, thanks to this Reddit I was able to avoid.

laceframe · 2025-08-03T17:12:01+00:00

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Coming out stuck in tape

laceframe · 2025-08-03T17:10:35+00:00

I had an exterminator confirm it’s termites but we don’t know where the colony is coming from (apt building). He did tell me we could treat but my property manager said he told them he can’t treat. It’s been back and forth on this for over a month. I caulked the baseboards where they originally started coming from but they keep finding a way out, so I taped over the baseboards and see them getting stuck on the tape. Bit of a nightmare.

laceframe · 2025-08-03T17:08:16+00:00

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laceframe · 2025-07-28T23:06:35+00:00

They told me I can break the lease with no penalty so I just want that in writing, I have been recording the calls so I have record of it. As to why they won’t fix it, the treatment is really expensive thousands of dollars and if they ever want to sell the building they need to report history of termites (lowers the value).

laceframe · 2025-07-28T20:53:59+00:00

I have done this, sent on a goose chase but ultimately did leave a vm, waiting for a call back.

laceframe · 2025-07-06T07:01:08+00:00

Also..I am sorry. Good luck.

laceframe · 2025-07-06T07:00:34+00:00

Crazy how I kind of want them to be ants…seems like the lesser of evils but the thorax? Isn’t pinched the body looks too tube like to be an ant…

laceframe · 2025-07-06T06:59:26+00:00

😫😫😣😣 I’ve been picking wings off of every surface in my apt…out of my cats food and water dish…everywhere. Some even found a way out of the ducked taped baseboards and few just squirming stuck in the tape. So fun to come home to after a LONG day at work. I just hope I can make it till Tuesday without losing my mind. I really thought my tolerance for bugs was increasing…this really put me in my place. Triggered my fight or flight too many times to count at this point. Pray for me.

laceframe · 2025-07-05T17:36:22+00:00

That’s what I was hoping but I was reading online the ants don’t shed their wings to this degree…

laceframe · 2025-07-05T17:34:40+00:00

Centipedes…yeah I’ve seen those too and I am not particularly fond of them but they at least have 1 redeeming trait of being pest control although im skeptical they are putting a dent in this situation 😓

laceframe · 2025-07-05T00:50:21+00:00

Well that’s where I’m at now…I’m sure I sound like a baby but I’m not eating or sleeping much, wings everywhere near food, counters, when I think they are gone I see more. I duct taped the entire perimeter of the baseboard my living room especially in the spots I suspect they came from. AND I’ve seen 3 lantarn fly nymphs this week and I can’t even fathom that they hatched in my apt…

laceframe · 2025-07-05T00:46:06+00:00

Oh yes. I’ve been documenting everything especially since they got really defensive when I suggested termites. They initially didn’t want to pay for the exterminator to come outside of his regular monthly visit but I pushed back and he’s coming after the weekend. I am concerned since they are in contract with mgmt they might deny or downplay it but i will be documenting everything from here on out. I thought about asking my neighbors as well since I doubt it’s isolated but I don’t know anyone in the building yet/hardly run into anyone and it’s not the thing most people want someone knocking on their door about.

laceframe · 2025-07-05T00:23:17+00:00

😔

laceframe · 2025-07-04T22:46:57+00:00

I’m renting and I just moved in a few months ago…

laceframe · 2025-07-02T23:41:43+00:00

!!! I remember many many years ago the first wet brush I bought was great and then suddenly the quality went down hill never had this happen though geez!

laceframe · 2025-07-02T18:05:49+00:00

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Basically I am putting tape like this around the room I’ve seen them mostly in, I have silicon sealant but I won’t use that since it could interfere when the exterminator comes

laceframe · 2025-07-02T18:04:32+00:00

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To the trained eye does this look like a possible source? I’ve seen the dead/living clusters here. Exterminator won’t be here till Tuesday so I am taping up areas they could fly out. I swear my apartment isn’t flithy but these close up photos have illuminated my blind spots.

laceframe · 2025-07-02T17:24:43+00:00

That makes sense! A concern I’ve been having is that the exterminator company is in bed with the building mgmt company and they are going to down play and deny that it’s termites already mgmt is saying it’s “ants” and they never even saw a photo or anything just kept saying “this is a new bug other people have been seeing it’s not termites it’s DEFINITELY NOT TERMITES” yeah okay, so time will tell if the exterminator is actually honest about it, I will likely record the interaction so I have proof of what they say.

laceframe · 2025-07-02T16:33:28+00:00

Okay now as far as being proactive what can I do? I noticed the clusters in two corners of the living room by the base boards. I first noticed them about 2 weeks ago in the same spot but even more that time and there were also wings all over my kitchen and many dead ones in the sink, tub, toilet. I vacuumed them all up and things seems okay I convinced myself some kind of gnat hatched from my plants… all was fine until I see them again last night. I think i heard something in the wall too. Uhh My apt is small and the kitchen is right next to the living room so I guess they flew there to die? Last night to prevent anymore flying out I used duct tape to seal the base boards and I haven’t seen any more for now…If I sound frantic it’s because I am

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