Hello all! All I have to say for now is that the megas must flow 
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Mask up, love one another, and stay alive for one more week.
Is using “o” instead of “I” a gen z thing? Don’t ask me why but I need to know
I had the unfortunate pleasure of meeting Big Pharma’s New Golden Goose today. Or rather, it’s the plantinum goose, insulin is still the golden goose. As it turns out, ozempic makes a lot more profit for Big Pharma. A relevant, yet minor detail is that ozempic and insulin share some chemicals. While ozempic is not necessary for survival for a large group of people on this planet, insulin very much is. Chemically produced insulin has been modified so much since its inception that it is, at this point, possible to develop allergic reaction to some of of them. Guess who has had an allergic reaction to quite a few insulins over the years? Exactly. Now, guess next which insulin I have no allergic reaction to? Yes, the one that is produced by the company that makes ozempic and is currently churning it out in gallons. And to conclude, guess now which group of people has to conserve insulin for a few months not because of the prices (alone) but also because their survival is not as lucrative as some people wanting to take almost the same chemicals to lose weight? Exactly, diabetics like me.
This shouldn’t be this way. I don’t mind people having access to ozempic, nor do I mind them using it to lose weight. What I do mind tho is that profit made with this drug is evidently more important than keeping people alive that really don’t have to die anymore in a “modern” society. Nobody needs to die of diabetes anymore, heck, nobody has to go blind because of diabetes anymore, nor do they have to lose limbs from this shitty disease. There’s enough medical expertise, medication and care to go around and save everyone from long term follow-up diseases. But no, again, profit is more relevant than anything else.
Got my antipsychotic injection today. Been a rough week, but now I can sleep and think again.
Glad to hear you’re feeling better.
CW: drugs
Not directly disability related but I guess I’m doing shrooms Friday evening for the first time. A friend gave me some and I figured I’d do a bit of research to prepare. I think I’m ready. Does anyone have any experiences with psychedelics and have advice on what to do to make sure the trip goes as good as possible? I’m gonna have water and snacks on hand and plan on not smoking or drinking so the high is as pure as possible. I wanna find a chill playlist to listen to as well. But other than that, I’m not sure what to plan for.
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Hell yea! I really want to try psychs. When I took esketamine I listened to This channel usually, but definitely get a nice playlist together.
I’m sure you’ve seen this in your research but setting and headspace are both really important. Not smoking or drinking is definitely a good idea. A lot of people would probably tell you to try 1-2g for your first time but I don’t know how much you have/what you want to do about that I guess.
I hope you have a good experience and have fun/self discovery/whatever else you might be looking for ♥️
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I’m planning on making the Friday leading up to it as stress free as possible to have a clear head and good vibes for sure.
I’m gonna weigh them on Friday but I’m guessing 2-3 grams and will probably just take it all.
And yea for sure I’m actually hoping I get a chance for some hella instrospection and a better understanding of my “self” afterwards.
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I did 2.5g as my first dose and had a very nice experience, just did it in our house. Other than a tiny bit of nausea at the start (don’t do it on an empty stomach) my partner and I had a great time, a good hour was spent just chilling in bed staring at the corner of the room lol. Some mild hallucinations and some feelings of universal connectedness for sure, but nothing like ego death or anything scary. Really need to do it again in the summer because somewhere quiet outside would be better. We had a bit of weed on the comedown and that reactivated the intensity a bit for sure.
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I’m hoping to do it in my backyard and just watch the sunset. I’m also hoping for mild effects so guestimating 3-ish grams sounds like it will be similar.
I’ve read that some people will do them on an empty stomach because it helps make the high come quicker but I probably wanna avoid nausea so sort of thinking eat something light for dinner and then have snacks on hand. I’m considering having a vape pen handy for the comedown but still not sure.
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in my experience it’s not so much about getting high faster, rather any food at all in the belly means diarrhea during the trip. i recommend planning to give yourself a couple hours between. i don’t risk it at all anymore but i get a nervous gut generally ymmv.
introspection
if you’ve never done shrooms you’ll probably be distracted by how cool everything looks to do any introspection but that’s a good problem to have. if you like to direct yourself a bit, i suggest doing some meditation in the days before. not like oooom or anything, just think up a couple questions you’d like answers to or what you’d like to think on and then repeat those questions to yourself self whenever you remember. this has worked very well for me, i got some big questions answered this way.
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if you’re talkin tobacco you’ll really really want to have some on hand for the high. if you’re talking weed, i got no opinion on that. i think I’ve had some and they dovetail ok… but baccy? ill burn thru a whole damn pack of smokes omg best cigs you’ll ever smoke.
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Ok so eat a while before hand but not necessarily on an empty stomach? And don’t eat too much.
It’s first time so I will try to go the question/meditation route. I do wanna just vibe but I also like how my mind wonders down corridors of thought sober and also high so I was hoping for something like that? Idk? I’m a daydreamer basically.
It would be weed and it would just be for the comedown. Not a bunch, just to ride it down.
enjoy yourself! :D
call disability office
“leave voicemail and we’ll get back to you within 1 business day”
leave voicemail
ghosted for 3 days
what the hell
I swear, there’s very funky rules around what certain offices see as “business days”, and most of them make zero to no sense. At my uni, for one office, a business day meant that after 8 hours of work, a business day was complete, even if said business day dragged out over two weeks. The office next to this one counted a regular day as a business day.
weird, ill hope they actualyl get back to me then. i really dont want to call again
I hope so too. Do they have an email too? Maybe just send them a reminder mail that you’re still expecting a reply.
they don’t
if they had an email i wouldn’t call at all. they say they’ll grant accessibility accommodations on request, which email over phone would be for me, but i have to actually call them to ask them anyway
I am in a local neighborhood discord group and someone needed a medical device as insurance was taking too long. I was trying to set them up with someone who I know is very knowledgeable at getting free loaned devices until insurance comes through and has come through in the past for me and others. I provided their email and telephone number and spoke with them letting them know what this person needed. I thought I was being helpful until I got scolded by the group and the person asking for help for not providing “material support”, giving useless resources that go no where, and not understanding what disabled folks go through.
I’m disabled.
I think they were just frustrated at the shitty system we live under, but god damn it did not feel good to get eaten alive by the group.
sorry that happened, it sounds like you were providing all of the support anyone reasonably could, and your guess about them just being frustrated sounds right
It’s kind of shocking how much of the American left is anti-adhd medication and routinely parrot the “IT’S THE EXACT SAME AS METH* talking point.
I know it’s not exactly the same but isn’t it really similar? To me it just shows that if the substance is available in reliable dosage with a doctor to give advice on how much to take for it to be beneficial then it’s not a problematic thing at all.
It’s just like meth, and that why you should be able to buy meth otc
I typically hear that talk from right-wingers, but that’s mostly who live here. I have friends who take stimulant ADHD meds and it helps them function in day-to-day life. I take non-stimulant ADHD meds which they seem not even to know exists.
I’ve unfortunately heard it from too many leftists irl, mostly anarchists. It seems to be a pretty popular opinion with everybody there.
Edit: funny thing is that I remember right-wingers saying how bad they were while discreetly asking to buy my meds when I lived there.
anti-homeless sentiment
We have a local city official who accused a homeless man of being too privileged to be homeless and suggested using city resources to rob him and destroy his possessions once a day until he leaves. This person is a Democrat and a board member on a local social service agency that deals with homeless people regularly.
ableist/eugenics rhetoric
In response to this issue, the comments had people suggesting and agreeing that we should reopen “insane asylums” and institutionalize all homeless people. How long until the ugly laws come back? How long until conservatorships are required for anyone the state deems undesirable? How long until they start declaring all homeless people gang members and shipping them off to CECOT? This shit’s got me dooming hard
Our hospitals are bad enough now, I don’t even want to think about what it would be like if we “retvrn”. And on top of that, sending in people who don’t need medical treatment, but instead need supportive safety nets is appalling. Wish people were just normal about disabled and poor people. Or even people who just choose to be homeless. I don’t know that there’s a lot of them besides travel bloggers, but still.
Hi, I love you all.
I made a comment in the previous mega that Dead Space was an excellent choice if already psychotic. I want to make it clear that was sarcasm. If any other psychotics out there are looking for a game rec, that is not the one. Love the game, but boy is it hard on people with psychotic symptoms.
Thanks for the new mega
And while I have a couple of very annoying days ahead of me, I wanted to tell you all how much I appreciate the community here and how much I like you all! Feel loved, feel hugged, feel appreciated and understood
We appreciate you too!
