I’m 28 and have had pretty terrible anxiety since I was about 18 and now that I have 2 kids I have insane healthy anxiety that I cant shake. For the second time I saw my psychiatrist and he definitely knows his stuff and said that Zoloft would be good for me based off what we talked about. For the second time I picked up the bottle and just can’t get the courage to take it. My main reasons are this, firstly if I’m one of the unfortunate ones to develop sexual dysfunction especially long term or Irreversible, I would just go back to square one and probably become horribly depressed because sex is a huge part of my life and I value it with my wife way too much to lose it. Secondly I have multiple friends who have taken many different antidepressants and some have worked and some they tell me have made them 10x worse and that’s scary. Lastly I think it’s just a manly ego thing like to be able to say I’ve never resorted to drugs to fix my problems or thoughts idk maybe that’s toxic thinking or maybe that’s how more men should be before resorting to meds so quickly. Anyone else have this stern view on not taking meds despite their mental health?

Hi, I know the title sound pretty disturbing, it does sound disturbing for me once a re-read it but there's no better way to describe it. Before you start judging I want you all to know that the context of the situation will be very important, you can form your own ideas now but please wait until you read everything to say something.
Me (29M) and my fiance Who I'll name Allie (28F) met when we were 20 and 21 at Uni. We really got along immediately since we shared a liking for movies and TV show and that's how we mostly spend all our time, We introduce eachother to our families, we had often movie night and we had a pretty lovingly anf healthy relationship, so after some years later I Finally build up courage to ask her to marry me and she said Yes.
We start planning the wedding and I took her to my house for a little vacations since my family is from the Countryside. She had a pretty good relationship with my mother and that was awesome since my Family is a pretty important aspect of my life and I'm heavily honoured and thankful to be part of them. For context, I was given in adoption when I was almost a year old and I got adopted by my Parent a year later. As far as I know I was removed from my Bio family because a drug issue concerning my bio mum. Ever since My adoptive family have been a blessing and Even more After They took Allie As another one of the family so quickly.
During the preparation of our wedding I also start spending more time with her family and I also have a great relationship with them specifically with her uncles and Brothers. They have a really big family so i'll not bother on telling all the names. Any ways, For my birthday, Her mother Gave us one of this DNA tests that are supposed to tell you about uour heritage and from which part of the world your ancestors might come from and to who historical Characters you might be related. In the pack there were two tests so I insisted Allie to take the other one. She did so and we waited almost a month for the results.
We were on a family dinner, with my family and hers, And the result arrived just in that moment, I thought it would be fun to show the result to all our Meaningful people and we could get some laughs and Stories for the rest of the Dinner. We prepared everything and I called for everyone attention. The first thing we Laugh about was The places in the world we each got. Everything was laughs until we got to the part of the DNA compatibility and It shows that we shared a big percentage of our DNA... Which lead to silence, we thought it was an error so we took an official DNA test that shoe that me and Allie were actually cousins... This of course was very shocking and Lead to a lot of discussion between us and our families, during the investigation we decided to run I happend to be actually son of an aunt if her from her Father's side. Meaning that she was the woman I was taken away from when I was just a baby.
Of course after this revelation we had to cancel the wedding, And we had to made up for a lot of stuff on our romantic life such as the fact we had already had more intimate moments and some pregnancy Scares. Almost a year later we start seeing eachother but this time we had to address to each other as cousins, which was pretty much heartbreaking for me because she was and she still is the woman if my life, and I don't think I'll be able to move her from such an intimate and close space to my heart to just a cousin.
This year, Around Easter she started dating this other guy, he is actually a pretty nice guy and I don't resent him for being with her but it still hurts me because I feel that she moved on from me way faster than I'm, I understand, now we are cousins but still hurts. Yesterday during a family dinner on his house, I was there since I start Spending some more time with my bio mum, so I was really a cousin now. Allie and this guy, Well name Harry, were very close to each other and I just wnated to throw up... At some moment in this party Allie and I get to Have some time alone while setting up the Children table and I asked her How was thing going in with Harry, She said it was good and that she was actually hoping for things to get more serious. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that she can find a good man but deep inside it pains me that it's not me, I tried to play my part as her "cousin" because I am, ugh, so I gave her a hug and Told her that I was happy for her. Then harry Got in the convo and said "WOW! that hand is a little low, bud. I might thing you know her too well" I tried to okay cool and just laughed but I notice that that comment made her feel awkward. So I tried to brush it off by saying That "I do know her way too well we Shared a bed once" Now thinking back at That I really could have choosed my word better, I wasn't referring to THAT but more of all the movie nights we had.
Allie Looked at me Completely Stunned but Harry had terrified looked on his face. I tried to explain because I assumed that Allie might have told him about How I was just getting into the family but apparently I was wrong. The discovery lead to an argument where he start yelling at Allie for not telling him the she was and quote "Fuck*Ng with her cousin" That makes me angry and I couldn't believe he was just ignoring the fact that Bine if us knee we were related. I start yelling at him that he was a jerk for judge her and ignore Al the Context behind but that only redirected his anger at me. I don't remember the specific words he used, cuz I was truly mad. But he asked me yelling that if I was a freak but show up when he was there and that I was disrespectful and Disgusting fir trying to get her attention back after knowing we are Related. I was furious. And so I told him that if I was him she wouldn't have to go trough this embarrassing stuff because I actually do love her enough to not humiliate Her like that. The argument scalated to the point that he left and now was Allie yelling at me saying that I was a jerk for saying what happend between us and that we were cousins and stuff, I tried to apologise but I end up saying that I could take it, that I missed her and that I'm still in love with her, she looked at me, I don't know how to describe her face because it was pretty confusing but she left and I was kicked out... Later on I start receiving a lot of calls and Messages saying that I was a jerk for ruining her relationship like that and that I was Disgusting and selfish for doing that to her and make her think that she was still in love with me even when now we know we are cousins. I know I did a lot of thisng wrong trough this situation and that I could have handle things better... So I want to know ¿AITA?

My wife (35F) and I (35M) are disconnected at the moment. We've been together 8 years, married 3. I love her and have a young child with her. Our sex life has never been great but she supported me when my dad died and that's what I needed at the time more than sex. We both work (when she's not laid off from a job) and we have an au pair who's incredible and watches the kids for 9 hours a day M-F. I handle all bed times, and 1 morning a week. I make 75% of the income. I do travel semi-regularly for 2-4 days. I pay for 90% of the bills/food. I do 100% of the shopping (grocery, target, costco). I make 95% of the dinners. I take our daughter solo out to parks/biking/hiking/swimming/dinner by myself a decent number of nights/weekend days to give my wife breaks or because my wife is just lashing out. My wife is depressed, on antidepressants, anti-anxiety meds, and has run up her credit cards taking solo trips from the US to Italy.
I'm aware of the side effects of anti-depressants. I've been trying to get my wife to join a women's group and work on none drug based treatments to free herself. I remind her to schedule more solo therapy, especially when she says she's sad. I engage her family when she's at critical levels (she went thru a bout of alcoholism years 1-4 of our relationship). She just sits on the couch though and won't go anywhere with me anymore. She snaps at me when I touch her, and has panic attacks when I leave the house for more than 2 hours (I'm usually shopping or I experimented with side hustles to support us). Of her last 4 panic attacks, I was at the grocery, walmart, Grocery, and one day I aerated neighbors lawns for extra cash (6 hours).
Everytime she's snapped at me, I draw a line farther away from her. I dropped all creative bedroom ideas a few years ago when she snapped at me. Recently she snapped at me for touching her belly and when I moved away from her she said "oh you're going to pout now..." That really triggered me...felt disrespectful and invalidating of my feelings. The last month, I've moved to the other bedroom, and dropped all my love languages towards her. I still spend several hours a day with her, cook for her, do all the things, but when she hugs me I give her a pat on the back and say "Thanks". I'll grant her a quick peck kiss or tell her blandly I love her. I otherwise move away from her. I've mentally decided I'm done for the moment with sex with her. It's just friction, no intimacy from her, and I think trying just creates more disappointment and frustration. With that mental switch flipped I"m feeling amazingly lower stress. She can't lash out at me or wound me if I close off to her, I look out my window at the sunrise and feel amazing. We still spend 1-3 hours a day, watching netflix together or me trying to talk to her. She doesn't really talk back other than to say I'm not doing enough to support her.
It's been about a month now and my wife is guilting me. She says I make her feel bad if I don't tell her our relationship is fine. I tell her I'm commited to supporting her and our child, and that she's made it clear she doesn't want intimacy so I'm satisfying all request. When she says she wants to spend time with her, I either comply with TV if I feel like it or I say "what do you want to go do, otherwise I'm leaving with the daughter to go do something."
This week wants us to go have a 5 minute bang sesh before her trip to her moms --so she can check the box, and Im really not interested. It currently feels degrading to me, not fulfilling to me or her. It feels like a lie, for appearances. I do feel the guilt she wants me to feel though and I'm not sure I want to make a "fatal" decision to our family yet.
I recognize the current solution isn't great long term, but I don't want to be where we were before. I feel like if she can reject me for 8 years, I should also be able to say "no". Do you think it's okay for me to take a few months off from the relationship while still participating as room mates? She's asked me for a restart plan, and the only thing I could think of was I told her to let me see her spending quality family time with our daughter and that wholesome image would turn me back on. Do I need to do more for "maintenance" at present or am I okay to self isolate for a while? We just had our anniversary, I went and got take-out italian for us, ate together, gave her the $160 she asked for and went to bed.
I don't need to know if she'll leave me or not, I just need help considering if I can stand by my actions and not have regrets that I screwed up my family because I wouldn't pretend to like sex that she openly doesn't like either. I know women fake orgasms all the time, should I just suck it up, pretend to fuck her, and ignore the lashing back she gives me.
Thanks

this kinda turned to a rant about my psychiatrist midway through lmao.
Everything was new to me two years ago. Even though I had tics for 4 years at the time, it was my first time consulting a professional for help. Two years ago, I started seeing a neurologist for my tics. After our 3rd meeting, he redirected me to a psychiatrist since I started showing symptoms of depression and he thought it's more important to address it first since it's a more pressing matter. I then went to a psychiatrist and told him about my prior sessions with my neurologist. He told me that the tics were caused by my increased stress and anxiety since I am about to start college soon. I was prescribed clozapine and was told that it was an anti-anxiety drug. I asked if it was similar to clonazepam that my neurologist previously prescribed for my anxiety and was told that it's similar.
When I was prescribed meds in the past, I've researched every single thing about them, how they work, how to take them, every single possible interaction with other drugs that I might me taking, etc. I have very bad anxiety and some ocd tendencies (which I also plan to acknowledge afterwards) and I always take meds seriously even normal painkillers in fear of screwing something up and ending up dead. I always find myself in a deep rabbit hole of researching for every side effect and bad outcome. I was told by my psychiatrist that I should stop worrying too much and avoid googling things since I don't really have the knowledge to interpret medical knowledge in the internet correctly and will just spook myself even more in which I agree. So I forced myself to not do any research at the time and trusted my psychiatrist. I took clozapine everyday for two months and I did feel like it has helped my anxiety a bit.
Fast forward to the present, I am planning to see a neurologist again since my tics have become so much worse and I want to have a proper diagnosis since I didn't get anything from my previous neurologist. I remember taking clozapine and realized that I know nothing about it and decided to go down a rabbit hole again. I found out that it is an antipsychotic drug and isn't really a first-line drug of choice. I've read that aps have a bit of a negative rap and a lot of people are not really keen on taking them for their tics. I also learned that clozapine has a lot of significant side effects (fortunately hasn't really experienced them) and need weekly bloodwork in the beginning of treatment which I know nothing about since I was told that it's just a regular drug for anxiety that I don't need to worry about. I also heard that clozapine for anxiety is a bit aggressive. I feel tricked since in more than three months of meeting with my psychiatrist, we made no progress at all and I was just in his office to report that I don't feel depressed anymore only for him to then prescribe me with antidepressant anyway and insist that I really need them. He also keeps on disregarding my tics and told me I don't have ts since I don't curse like the videos he saw (idek if he's qualified to tell me if I have ts or not). I have much more grievances with that psychiatrist. Life also got in the way so I haven't been back with my neurologist ever since.
I'm wondering if I am ever prescribed with clozapine again in the future, should I take it or discuss any other options since I do want to try medication to see if it works for me. Also wondering what worked for people here so I can discuss more actively with my doctor about different treatment options.

I was diagnosed with ASD 3 years ago when I was 20. I've also been diagnosed with a bunch of other stuff in various years since I was 14. I am in desperate need of psychological help, but the waiting lists are insanely long in my country. Already been waiting for a year and probably have a year to go still.
Anyways, I take a bunch of meds for all types of psychiatric disorders, and hadn't been seen by a psychiatrist for ages. I also take some pain meds every 2-3 weeks when my fibromyalgia gets too bad. It took some time, but my GP was able to refer me to a psychiatrist so she could check if my meds were still the right dosage or if something needed to be changed. I was particularly curious about switching up my antidepressant to a different one.
Well, this psychiatrist does not want to add or change any meds. Because "a young woman like myself should not be taking so many pills." Excuse me? These pills make sure I don't fucking off myself, they keep me from hallucinating, they help me get the little bit of sleep. Didn't want to hear anything about my thoughts. She even wants me to completely quit the pain meds. That's not even her business in my opinion. Of course, make sure they're compatible with the other medication I'm taking. But she shouldn't get to decide what and how much pain medication I take. And I barely take them.
I also told her how I struggled to get an ASD diagnosis, because a lot of psychologists thought I had borderline personality disorder. She told me I "dressed like someone with BPD". I don't even know what that means. I dress kinda alternative, all black and emo-ish style. But what the hell, does that mean everyone with BPD dresses like that according to her? That no autistic person dresses like me?
She also asked about the hallucinations I experienced (I don't anymore DUE TO MY MEDICATION WHICH SHE WANTS ME TO STOP). I described them as 5 separate voices with very different personalities. She immediately went to tell me that sounded a lot like DID (although she used the out of date term 'multiple personality disorder'). And that's my previous psychologists have probably made it worse by letting the 'dissociation' run wild. First of all, no they haven't. Second of all, it isn't dissociation they're fucking hallucinations which have stopped with antipsychotics.
I'm never going back there again. I mean, I've had some psychiatrists I didn't always see eye-to-eye with, but this was just insane.

https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/frontotemporal-disorders/what-are-frontotemporal-disorders-causes-symptoms-and-treatment
"Brian's story"

• Brian, an attorney, began having trouble organizing his cases. In time, his law firm assigned him to do paperwork only. Brian’s wife thought he was depressed because his father had died two years earlier. Brian, 56, was treated for depression, but his symptoms got worse. He became more disorganized and began making sexual comments to his wife’s female friends. Even more unsettling, he neither understood nor cared that his behavior disturbed his family and friends. As time went on, Brian had trouble paying bills and was less affectionate toward his wife and young son. Three years after Brian’s symptoms began, his counselor recommended a neurological evaluation. Brian was diagnosed with behavioral variant FTD — the most common form of FTD.

Frontotemporal disorders (FTD), sometimes called frontotemporal dementia, are the result of damage to neurons in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. Many possible symptoms can result, including unusual behaviors, emotional problems, trouble communicating, difficulty with work, or difficulty with walking. FTD is rare and tends to occur at a younger age than other forms of dementia. Roughly 60% of people with FTD are 45 to 64 years old.
FTD is progressive, meaning symptoms get worse over time. In the early stages, people may have just one symptom. As the disease progresses, other symptoms appear as more parts of the brain are affected. It is difficult to predict how long someone with FTD will live. Some people live more than 10 years after diagnosis, while others live less than two years after they are diagnosed.
There is currently no cure for FTD, and no treatments slow or stop the progression of the disease, but there are ways to help manage the symptoms.

What do the terms mean?

One of the challenges shared by people living with these disorders, families, clinicians, and researchers is what terminology to use. Here, we have used the term frontotemporal disorders to characterize this group of diseases and the abbreviation FTD, which is commonly used to refer to them. Other terms used include frontotemporal lobar degeneration and frontotemporal dementia, but it's important to note that with some frontotemporal disorders, the primary symptoms are problems with speech or movement, rather than dementia symptoms. Physicians and psychologists diagnose the different forms of FTD based on a person’s symptoms as well as the results of brain scans and genetic tests.

What are the types and symptoms of FTD?

In the early stages, it can be hard to know which type of FTD a person has because symptoms and the order in which they appear can vary from one person to another. Also, the same symptoms can appear across different disorders and vary from one stage of the disease to the next as different parts of the brain are affected.
Symptoms of FTD are often misunderstood. Family members and friends may think that a person is misbehaving, leading to anger and conflict. It is important to understand that people with these disorders cannot control their behaviors and other symptoms and lack any awareness of their illness.
There are three types of frontotemporal disorders (FTD): behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), primary progressive aphasia (PPA), and movement disorders.

Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia

The most common FTD, bvFTD, involves changes in personality, behavior, and judgment. People with this disorder may have problems with cognition, but their memory may stay relatively intact. Symptoms can include:

• Problems planning and sequencing (thinking through which steps come first, second, and so on)
• Difficulty prioritizing tasks or activities
• Repeating the same activity or saying the same word over and over
• Acting impulsively or saying or doing inappropriate things without considering how others perceive the behavior
• Becoming disinterested in family or activities they used to care about

Over time, language and/or movement problems may occur, and the person living with bvFTD will need more care and supervision.

Primary progressive aphasia

PPA involves changes in the ability to communicate — to use language to speak, read, write, and understand what others are saying. This includes difficulty using or understanding words (aphasia) and difficulty speaking properly (e.g., slurred speech). People with PPA may have one or both of these symptoms. They may become mute or unable to speak.
Many people with PPA develop symptoms of dementia. Problems with memory, reasoning, and judgment are not apparent at first but can develop over time. In addition, some people with PPA may experience significant behavioral changes, similar to those seen in bvFTD, as the disease progresses.
There are three types of PPA, categorized by the kind of language problems that appear first.

• Semantic PPA: A person slowly loses the ability to understand single words and sometimes to recognize the faces of familiar people and common objects.
• Agrammatic PPA: A person has more and more trouble speaking and may omit words that link nouns and verbs (such as to, from, the). Eventually, the person may no longer be able to speak at all. The person may eventually develop movement symptoms similar to those seen in corticobasal syndrome.
• Logopenic PPA: A person has trouble finding the right words during a conversation but can understand words and sentences. The person does not have problems with grammar.

Researchers do not fully understand the biological basis of the different types of PPA. But they hope one day to link specific language problems with the changes in the brain that cause them.

Movement disorders

Two rare neurological movement disorders associated with FTD, corticobasal syndrome and progressive supranuclear palsy, occur when the parts of the brain that control movement are affected. The disorders may affect thinking and language abilities, too.

• Corticobasal syndrome can be caused by corticobasal degeneration — a gradual atrophy (shrinkage) and loss of nerve cells in specific parts of the brain. This degeneration causes progressive loss of the ability to control movement, typically beginning around age 60. The most prominent symptom may be apraxia, the inability to use the hands or arms to perform a movement despite normal strength, such as difficulty closing buttons or operating small appliances. Other symptoms can include muscle rigidity and difficulty swallowing. Symptoms may appear first on one side of the body, but eventually both sides are affected. Occasionally, a person with corticobasal syndrome first has language problems or trouble orienting objects in space and later develops movement symptoms. Not everyone who has corticobasal syndrome has problems with memory, cognition, language, or behavior.
• Progressive supranuclear palsy causes problems with balance and walking. People with the disorder typically move slowly, experience unexplained falls, lose facial expression, and have body stiffness, especially in the neck and upper body — symptoms similar to those of Parkinson’s disease. A hallmark sign of this disorder is trouble with eye movements, particularly looking down. These symptoms may give the face a fixed stare. Problems with behavior, memory, problem solving, and judgment can also develop.

Other movement-related types of FTD include frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism and frontotemporal dementia with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FTD-ALS).

• Frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism can be an inherited disease caused by a genetic tau genetic variant. Symptoms include movement problems similar to those of Parkinson’s disease, such as slowed movement, stiffness, and balance problems, and changes in behavior or language.
• FTD-ALS, also called FTD with motor neuron disease, is a combination of bvFTD and ALS, the latter commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. In addition to the behavioral and/or language changes seen in bvFTD, people with FTD-ALS experience the progressive muscle weakness seen in ALS, fine jerks, and wiggling in muscles. Symptoms of either disease may appear first, with other symptoms developing over time. Changes in certain genes have been found in some people with FTD-ALS, though most cases are not hereditary.

What causes FTD?

Scientists are beginning to understand the biological and genetic basis for the changes observed in brain cells that lead to FTD.
Scientists describe FTD using the patterns of change in the brain seen in an autopsy after death. These changes include loss of neurons and abnormal amounts, or forms of proteins called tau and TDP-43. These proteins occur naturally in the body and help cells function properly. When the proteins don’t work properly, for reasons not yet fully understood, neurons in specific brain regions are damaged.
In most cases, the cause of a FTD is unknown. Individuals with a family history of FTD are more likely to develop such a disorder. About 10 to 30% of bvFTD is due to specific genetic causes.
FTD that runs in a family is often related to variants (permanent changes) in certain genes. Genes are basic units of heredity that tell cells how to make the proteins the body needs to function. Even small changes in a gene may produce an abnormal protein, which can lead to changes in the brain and, eventually, disease.
Scientists have discovered several different genes that, when mutated, can lead to FTD:

• Tau gene (also called the MAPT gene) — A change in this gene causes abnormalities in a protein called tau, which then forms tangles inside neurons and ultimately leads to the destruction of brain cells. Inheriting a variant in this gene means a person will almost surely develop a frontotemporal disorder, usually bvFTD, but the exact age of onset and symptoms cannot be predicted.
• GRN gene — A change in this gene can lead to lower production of the protein progranulin, which in turn causes another protein, TDP-43, to go awry in brain cells. Many frontotemporal disorders can result, though bvFTD is the most common. The GRN gene can cause different symptoms in different family members and cause the disease to begin at different ages.
• C9ORF72 gene — An unusual change in this gene appears to be the most common genetic abnormality in familial frontotemporal disorders and familial ALS. This variant can cause a frontotemporal disorder, ALS, or both conditions.

In recent years researchers have discovered several other genetic changes in genes that lead to rare familial types of frontotemporal disorders. These other variants account for less than 5% of all cases of FTD.
Families affected by inherited and familial forms of FTD can help scientists advance research by participating in clinical studies and trials. For more information, talk with a health care professional or visit the Alzheimers.gov Clinical Trials Finder.

How is FTD diagnosed?

FTD can be hard to diagnose because the symptoms are similar to those of other conditions. For example, bvFTD is sometimes misdiagnosed as a mood disorder, such as depression. To make matters more confusing, a person can have both FTD and another type of dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease. Also, because these disorders are rare, physicians may be unfamiliar with the signs and symptoms.
To help diagnose frontotemporal dementia, a doctor may:

• Perform an exam and ask about symptoms
• Look at personal and family medical history
• Use laboratory tests to help rule out other conditions
• Order genetic testing
• Conduct tests to assess memory, thinking, language skills, and physical functioning
• Order imaging of the brain

A psychiatric evaluation can help determine if depression or another mental health condition is causing or contributing to the condition. Only genetic tests in familial cases or a brain autopsy after a person dies can confirm a diagnosis of FTD.
Researchers are studying ways to diagnose FTD earlier and more accurately and to distinguish them from other types of dementia. One area of research involves biomarkers, such as proteins or other substances in the blood or cerebrospinal fluid which can be used to measure disease progression or the effects of treatment. Researchers are also exploring ways to improve brain imaging and neuropsychological testing.

Treatment and management of FTD

So far, there is no cure for FTD and no way to slow down or prevent these diseases. However, there are ways to manage symptoms. A team of specialists — doctors, nurses, and speech, physical, and occupational therapists — familiar with these disorders can help guide treatment

Managing behavior changes in FTD

Behavior changes associated with bvFTD can upset and frustrate family members and other caregivers. Understanding changes in personality and behavior and knowing how to respond can reduce frustration and help provide the best care for a person with FTD.
Managing behavioral symptoms can involve several approaches. Here are some strategies to consider:

• Try to accept rather than challenge someone with behavioral symptoms. Arguing or reasoning will not help, because they cannot control their behaviors or see that they are unusual or upsetting to others. Instead, be as sensitive as possible and understand that it’s the illness “talking.”
• Take a “timeout” when frustrated — take deep breaths, count to 10, or leave the room for a few minutes.
• To deal with apathy, limit choices and offer specific choices. Open-ended questions, such as “What do you want to do today?” are more difficult to answer than specific ones, such as “Do you want to go to the park or for a walk?”.
• Maintain a regular schedule, reduce distractions, and modify the environment to reduce confusion and improve the person’s sleep.
• If compulsive eating is an issue, consider supervising eating, limiting food choices, locking cabinets and the refrigerator, and distracting the person with other activities.

To ensure the safety of a person and his or her family, caregivers may have to take on new responsibilities or arrange care that was not needed before.
Medications are available to treat certain behavioral symptoms. Antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are commonly prescribed to treat social disinhibition and impulsive behavior. People with aggression or delusions sometimes take low doses of antipsychotic medications. If a particular medication is not working, a doctor may try another. Always consult a doctor before changing, adding, or stopping a drug or supplement.

Treating language problems in FTD

Treatment of PPA has two goals — maintaining language skills and using new tools and other ways to communicate. Treatment tailored to a person’s specific language problem and stage of PPA generally works best. Since language ability declines over time, different strategies may be needed as the illness progresses. The following strategies may help:
Use a communication notebook (an album of photos labeled with names of people and objects), gestures, and drawings to communicate without talking.
Store lists of words or phrases in a computer or phone to point to.
Speak slowly and clearly, use simple sentences, wait for responses, and ask for clarification if needed.
Work with a speech-language pathologist familiar with PPA to determine the best tools and strategies to use. Note that many speech-language pathologists are trained to treat aphasia caused by stroke, which requires different strategies from those used with PPA.
"Mary Ann's story"

• Mary Ann, a television news anchor for 20 years, began having trouble reading the nightly news. At first, her doctor thought she had a vision problem, but tests showed that her eyesight was normal. Although normally creative and energetic, Mary Ann, 52, had trouble finishing assignments and voicing her ideas at staff meetings. In time, she was let go from her job. Mary Ann applied for Social Security disability benefits, which required a medical exam. Her symptoms puzzled several doctors until a neurologist diagnosed logopenic PPA. A speech therapist taught Mary Ann to use a personal digital assistant to express words and phrases. For emergencies, Mary Ann carries a card in her wallet that explains her condition.Mary Ann's story

Managing movement problems in FTD

Medications and physical and occupational therapy may provide modest relief for the movement symptoms of FTD. A doctor who specializes in these disorders can guide treatment.
For people with corticobasal syndrome, Parkinson’s disease medicines may offer some temporary improvement. Physical and occupational therapy may help the person move more easily. Speech therapy can help them manage language symptoms.
For people with progressive supranuclear palsy, sometimes Parkinson’s disease drugs provide temporary relief for slowness, stiffness, and balance problems. Exercises can keep the joints limber, and weighted walking aids — such as a walker with sandbags over the lower front rung — can help maintain balance. Speech, vision, and swallowing difficulties usually do not respond to any drug treatment. Antidepressants have shown modest success. For people with abnormal eye movements, bifocals or special glasses called prisms are sometimes prescribed.
People with FTD-ALS typically decline quickly over two to three years. During this time, physical therapy can help treat muscle symptoms, and a walker or wheelchair may be useful. Speech therapy may help a person speak more clearly at first. Later on, other ways of communicating, such as a speech synthesizer, can be used. The ALS symptoms of the disorder ultimately make it impossible to stand, walk, eat, and breathe on one’s own.
Physicians, nurses, social workers, and physical, occupational, and speech therapists who are familiar with these conditions can ensure that people with movement disorders get appropriate medical treatment and that their caregivers can help them live as well as possible.

The future of FTD treatment

Researchers are continuing to explore the biological changes in the body, including genetic variants and proteins, that lead to FTD and identify and test possible new drugs and other treatments. They are also developing better ways to track disease progression, so that treatments, when they become available, can be directed to the right people. Clinical trials and studies are underway to advance these efforts. People with FTD and healthy people may be able to participate. To find out more, talk to your health care provider or visit the Alzheimers.gov Clinical Trials Finder.

2.5 years of struggle against depression and anxiety, 6 months on Lexapro 10 mg, 11 weeks on paroxetine 20 mg. I do not wish the depression and anxiety even the worst enemy, I hope everyone who fights them will see the light at the end of the tonel. Without drugs, I suffered from depression for about 1.5 years, I tried benzos and the mianserin that did not work in any way, then it was 6 months on Lexapro generic which killed all anxiety, but in replacement he took all the motivation and emotions, eventually reading the stories of people who suffered from emotional blunting I decided to change the antidepressant, Paroxetine found it by chance, he was in our city in a larger quantity and good price, it was a long 2.5 months, he worked on anxiety immediately (2-4 weeks), I almost disappointed by 8 weeks due to strong fatigue, but it It passed by 2.5 months of taking, as a result, he cured both the anxiety and depression that I think a miracle, but still he took a little emotions, but I can experience happiness with his head, as a result, it switches to the body too, unlike Lexapro, I have motivation and the energy that I wanted for a very long time.
I came here for advice and your life experience. I threw magistracy on 4 months due to depression and anxiety, I'm a biotechnologist which isn't very valuable unless you're super smart, went to 3 interviews, the first one worked in the field in vitro fertilism (IVF), the work was very responsible there, so I left, then I went to the sausage plant, there they needed a warehouser, a man who would monitor store applications, and order a certain number of products from the plant, left after the first day, then went to the flour factory, they needed a laboratory assistant, they made tests with expensive equipment I was afraid of damaging the equipment due to anxiety, and it was difficult with people because of anxiety and low self-esteem, threw on the first day. There was a significant amount of time between these events, and I lay in bed paralyzed by depression.
Let's fast forward to the present, after the energy appeared I decided that I had to act, I found an easier job, at a caramel factory, where you pour candies onto a conveyor belt and sort those with defective packaging. When talking with people, the anxiety was already under control and the GAD also receded, in the end I could concentrate on work, in the end I worked two shifts, and on the second shift, in addition to the main shift, I was given an additional job for which I had no experience, and I was scolded for the fact that I work slowly, in the end, all the good mood that lasted for two working days turned into a collapse, I thought I was more resistant to this, but my emotionality took over, at first I was overcome with anger, and silently cursed my boss, then tears came and I held on until I got home and cried for an hour, I’m not in the mood now. I talked to chatgpt because my parents and relatives didn’t experience this, they are resistant to it, so they devalued the feelings, saying don’t pay attention to it, so I don’t ask them for support, in the end I wrote about my situation and how other people would react , and in the end it turned out that I am a sensitive person, an introvert, a perfectionist and a People-pleaser, I thought because of depression I became like this, it turns out this is my innate character. Despite all the stress, I decided that I would work for a month, if I couldn’t stand it, I would stay on the street, it seems that I am unadapted to life. Please give me some advice on what you would do in my place.
P.S Sorry for my bad english. M23.

I really don't know a better way to start my writing other than to describe how my undiagnosed CFS started.
It started 10 years ago. I was 13, went on to a seaside vacation. After not sleeping for aprox. 36 hours (I spent whole night gaming with friends since I was travelling the next day) I travelled abroad, went to the beach and swam completely normal, had my fun etc. I was extremely athletic kid, also really good at school, honor student etc. No prior mental or physical problems.
5 minutes after leaving water and starting to walk back to the hotel, I suddenly stopped and had a feeling like all the blood and oxygen left my head and went to my feet. I had black dots all across my vision and started to feel extremely dizzy. I somehow walked back to my hotel, and went streight to bed. I slept for 24h without pause. Also, I had a mild fever as well for a few days. I was not taken to a doctor emediatly, but later.
After I woke up, I felt terrible. I felt insane pressure inside of my head together with dizzines, tiredness and extreme fatigue. This feeling never left me until this day - 10 years later. Sometimes it feels a bit better, sometimes it feels much worse.
I tried pushing through the feeling until I was 17 but I just couldn't bare with it anymore. Until me giving up on normal life, I would drink daily and do drugs, because then I would know the reasonings behind my fatigue which would strangely enough, help me concentrate just a bit better.
I forced myself to exercise as much as I could, hoping fatigue would go away, and when I was 15, I did an exam for a life guard. It should have been easy with my phisique, I had to swim the length of the pool 10 times, and half way through I just had another "situation". I felt acethone in my mouth, and I barely managed to get out of the pool. I took 45 minutes to change because my whole body was aching and I could barely see. A 15 minute walk home turned into 2 hours, with me thumbling and stopping to sit every few steps. That moment killed all my will to try and keep my body healthy.
Now I'm 23 years old. I have never felt more depressed or exhaused in my life when I should feel strong and capable. I do not have strength in me anymore to push through not knowing what is wrong with me. I remember my old self when I was 15-16 and still motivated I would keeping saying to myself "Something is wrong, you will fix it dont worry". Back then I was not depressed, I had friends and I fought as much as I could but now I'm just so tired all the time. Now, I've distanced from everyone who cared about me because I'm ashamed from them seeing me broken.
My blood imaging is completely normal, I did an MRI of head and neck, which was also normal with few abnormalities, but nothing that would visibly cause these symptomes.
I do live in a third world country and doctors here are just terrible. I've tried visiting some of the top Neurologists my country has to offer but it all comes down to them tapping you few times with their hammer, seeing that you have reflexes, and telling me: " you are young, you don't need doctors, I could prescribe you some antidepressants, etc. ". Which I tried, and they just make me feel more dizzy and tired.
I have no other ways of diagnosing myself other than doing research on my own and looking for advice online.
My questions for you guys are:
1) Did you have a distingtive moment that you can remember which triggered your symptomes?
2) What do you think about my situation? Does it align with CFS?
3) What do you do to make yourself feel better and more productive? How do you get a job and make an income in this situation?
I don't want to give up on getting better but I'm just so tired and can barely put my mind to do anything productive no matter how much I would love to. If I force myself I just fall appart the next few days. It's hard explaining it. It's like walking most of your life on a broken leg which can never heal.
Sorry for poor formating, English is not my main language.
Thank you for reading this.

Hi, I know the Title is pretty disturbing, it does sound creepy for me once I re-read it but there's no better way to say it. Before you start judging I want you all to know that the context will be very important, you can form your own ideas but please wait until you read everything to say something.
Me (29M) and my fiance Who I'll name Allie (28F) met when we were 20 and 21 at Uni. We got along immediately since we shared a liking for movies and TV shows, We introduced each other to our families, we had movie nights and a pretty loving and healthy relationship, so after years later I Finally ask her to marry me and she said Yes.
We started planning the wedding and I took her to my house for a little vacay with my family. She had a pretty good relationship with them and that was awesome since my Family is a pretty important aspect of my life. For context, I was given in adoption when I was almost a year old and I got adopted by my Parents a year later. As far as I knew I was removed from my Bio-family because of a drug issue concerning my bio-mum. Ever since My family has been a blessing, Even more After They took Allie As part of the family.
During the preparation of our wedding I started spending more time with her family and I also had a great relationship with them. Anyway, For my birthday, Her mother Gave us one of these DNA tests that are supposed to tell you about your heritage. There were two tests so I insisted Allie to take the other one. She did so and we waited almost a month for the results.
We were on a dinner, with my family and hers, And the result arrived just in that moment, I thought it would be fun to show the result to our families and we could get some laughs and Stories for the rest of the Dinner. We prepared everything and I called for everyone attention. Everything was laughs until we got to the part of the DNA compatibility and It shows that we shared a big percentage of our DNA, total silence, we thought it was wrong so we took an official DNA test that shows that me and Allie are actually cousins. This of course was very shocking and led to a lot of discussion between our families, during the tests we decided to run I happened to be son of an aunt if hers from her Father's side.
Of course after the revelation we cancel the wedding, And we had to made up for a lot of stuff on our romantic life such as the fact we already had intimate moments and some pregnancy Scares. Almost a year later we start seeing each other but we address each other as cousins, which was pretty much heartbreaking for me because she was and she still is the love of my life, and I don't think I'll be able to move her from such an intimate place of my heart to just a cousin.
This year, Around Easter, she started dating this guy, he is actually pretty nice and I don't resent him for being with her but it still hurts me because I feel that she moved on from me way faster than me, I understand we are cousins but still hurts. Yesterday during a family dinner on her house, I was there since I start Spending some more time with my bio mum, so I was really a cousin now. Allie and this guy, We'll name Harry, were very close to each other and I just wanted to throw up. At a moment in the party Allie and I get to Have some time alone while setting up the Children table and I asked her How was thing going in with Harry, She said it was good and that she was actually hoping for things to get more serious. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that she can find a good man but deep inside it pains me that it's not me, I tried to play my part as her "cousin" because I am, so I gave her a hug and Told her that I was happy for her. Then harry Got in and said "WOW! that hand is a little low, bud. I might think you know her too well" I tried to play cool and just laughed but I notice that that comment made her feel awkward. So I tried to brush it off by saying That "I do know her way too well we Shared a bed once" Now thinking back at That I could have choosed my word better, I wasn't referring to THAT but more of all the movie nights we had.
Allie Looked at me Stunned but Harry had a terrified looked on his face. I tried to explain because I assumed that Allie told him about How I was just getting into the family but apparently I was wrong. The discovery led to an argument where he started yelling at Allie for not telling him that she was and quote "F*cking with her cousin" That makes me angry and I couldn't believe he was just ignoring the fact that we didn't know before. I start yelling at him that he was a jerk for judge her and ignore the Context behind but that only directed his anger at me. I don't remember the specific words he used, cuz I was truly mad. But he yelled that I was a freak for show up when he was there and that I was disrespectful and Disgusting for trying to get her attention back after knowing we are Related. I was furious. And so I told him that if I was him she wouldn't have to go through this embarrassment because I actually do love her enough to not humiliate Her like that. The argument escalated to the point that he left and now was Allie yelling at me saying that I was a jerk for saying what happened between us and that we were just cousins, I tried to apologise but I end up saying that I couldn't take it, that I missed her and that I'm still in love with her, she looked at me, I don't know how to describe her face cuz it was pretty confusing, but she left and I was kicked out. Later on I start receiving a lot of calls and Messages saying that I was a sick for ruining her relationship like that and that I was Disgusting and selfish for doing that to her and make her think that she was still in love with me even when now we know we are family. I know I did a lot of things wrong trough and that I could have handle things better... But I want to know ¿AITA?

DAY: June 3 2024
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THE FDA WILL SOON WEIGH IN PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS

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MANY PFAS FOREVER CHEMICALS ARE TOXIC—HERE’S HOW TO AVOID THEM

From non-stick frying pans to stain-resistant sofas, some of the most innovative everyday products are made using chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These “forever chemicals”—so-called because they don’t degrade—have been used in a variety of consumer and commercial applications since the 1950s. They can repel water and oil, resist high temperatures and act as “surfactants” by helping different types of liquids mix. There are around 15,000 different PFAS chemicals. Each one has a slightly different chemical composition, but they all have at least two carbon-fluorine bonds.

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So, I've been through a few, less than 5, relationships. Not counting dates, short meeting, stuff like that. Either narcissists or a immature selfish losers .
I'm 33 now, and through my own experience and through others, I now have a better filter to catch the red flags.
It sucks I never really met a nice, good, loving man, but dating narcissists and waking up really open up your eyes. I'm an expert at spotting those wolves who sniff and hunt their preys. And I've learned how to spot good men too.
Well, previously, whenever I had terrible heartbreaks that lasts months and years, I gave hope. But now, it's not that I have or don't have a hope. I became realistic; I know I can find and marry good man. I learned my lessons the hard way. But I CHOOSE not to be madly in love(or at least wish I won't). I do NOT WISH to fall in love in a passionate way. I really don't. It doesn't mean I don't want to love at all. There is just difference in intensity, but still truthful and sincere.
*Now I do NOT mean I will date someone lightly for the sake of dating or having sex. * I am talking about a life-long companion. A true marriage. I won't be dating anyone just for fun. * I did NOT mean that I will "fake" love or prevent myself from loving my partner at all.
I can understand now why people, young or old, who have dated many people don't get attached too much or fall in true love easily even when they are in a "relationship". You become bland. I'm not the child who is super excited when I get a lollipop.
Fairytale and movies have done a terrible job screwing up people's lives making us think "spark at first sight“ is true love, when it isn't. Look at yourself and so many people around you. And all the celebrities that love and break up. They seem like a goddess or a prince and later you just hate that person and fight all the time. "Passions" is some sort of lust and hormone while "true love" is more emotional and God-like love. And if there is a passion on top of that then that's good.
In fact, dating or marrying someone you feel "attracted to"(=sexually attracted) is never going to last long because that phase will go away sooner or later. And you can never tell if someone is truly compatible until you spend months and years getting to know each other WITHOUT your rosy glasses on.
Anyway, back to the point. For ME, personally, deep romantic love, is not healthy for my health. It is like drug with dependency and withdrawal. Again, here I am speaking for MYSELF.
For example, alcohol and cigarettes are not bad in moderate amount. It may be healthy to drink and socialize for many people. Tasting different wines and liquor is an exquisite hobby and happiness for many people. But for ME, I know what it does to me and it works pretty badly on me. Therefore, I choose not to drink alcohol because I don't like the feeling or the consequences. I may feel happy drinkinging with friends but I stopped for the side effects and don't like it. I choose not to smoke cigarettes anymore. And I choose to consume or do certain things in moderation with self control. SO, I choose to love in moderate intensity ..... well I hope I can "choose" to do that.
I don't want to become deeply in love anymore. I wish to be in moderation love if I get married. The love many parents with children share(in my opinion). Many healthy married couples 10yr+ are not passionately in love right now but love enough(sorry if I am wrong).
I know people are just people. People change. Love is an emotion and will change. We arent happy or sad all the time. Love is the same. People grow old. People make mistakes. People may cheat..... I mean seriously, for decades of marriage, how likely is it that your partner will NEVER flirt , kiss , or cheat EVER?
I wish to remain cool , like how I am when I'm single. I feel reasonable and if I find him cheat I wish to leave him in a cool way without getting emotional. This is not the only reason for sure.
I noticed that I, tend to fall in love deeply. Even my doctors told me that I feel intensified emotions: love, anger,.. etc so that it is important I don't go roller coaster.
tl;dr
So.....long long explanation... but what are your thoughts? How to keep myself and not lose myself when I meet a partner whom we can grow ourselves into happier life?

DAYS: JUNE 1 & 2 2024
6-2-2024

NVIDIA BOSS UNVEILS AI PRODUCTS AHEAD OF TAIWAN EXPO

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6-2-2024

TOMORROW’S DIGITAL SCREENS MAY BE SOFT AND ELASTIC, SO YOU’LL GET TO ‘FEEL’ ITEMS THROUGH YOUR PHONE

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6-2-2024

AI MAY HELP TO REPLACE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION IN IMAGES WITH SIMILAR VISUALS

Image privacy could be protected with the use of generative artificial intelligence. Researchers from Japan, China and Finland created a system which replaces parts of images that might threaten confidentiality with visually similar but
6-2-2024

JAPAN’S HIGH-TECH TOILETS GO GLOBAL

With their warm seats and precision spray technology, bidet toilets are the norm in Japan. As Japan plays host to a record influx of tourists, one of the country’s more private attractions—the high-tech toilet—is becoming a must-have in luxury bathrooms worldwide. With their warm seats and precision spray technology, bidet toilets are the norm in Japan, where more than 80 percent of homes have one, according to a government survey. Now sales are surging abroad and especially in the United States, led by A-list bidet fans such as Drake, the
6-2-2024

AI IS CRACKING A HARD PROBLEM—GIVING COMPUTERS A SENSE OF SMELL

Over 100 years ago, Alexander Graham Bell asked the readers of National Geographic to do something bold and fresh—”to found a new science.” He pointed out that sciences based on the measurements of sound and light already existed. But there was no science of odor. Bell asked his readers to “measure a smell.” Today, smartphones in most people’s pockets provide impressive built-in capabilities based on the sciences of sound and light: voice assistants, facial recognition and photo enhancement. The science of odor does not offer
6-2-2024

DOES YOUR SERVICE BUSINESS NEED AI? HERE ARE FOUR RULES TO HELP YOU DECIDE

Artificial intelligence is the big thing right now, with industries from finance to health care to retail scrambling to adopt AI or risk being left behind. But speaking as professors of business, we think some companies might be jumping the gun. Our recent research suggests that service providers shouldn’t automatically jump on the AI bandwagon. Instead, they should make a choice informed by their strategy. In short, when it comes to AI and service firms, more isn’t necessarily better. Why service providers face a different calculation Are you a manufacturer?
6-2-2024

HOW AI AFFECTS KIDS’ CREATIVITY

A UW-led team held six sessions with a group of 12 Seattle-area kids ages seven to 13 to explore how the kids’ creative processes interacted with AI tools like ChatGPT and Dall-E. Here, one of the kids created a visual story using Dall-E, a text-to-image model developed by OpenAI. Credit: Newman et al./CHI 2024 — AI-generated image Shortly after artificial intelligence models, including Midjourney and OpenAI’s Dall-E went public, AI-generated art started winning competitions: one in digital art, another in photography. Concern rumbled that AI could replace artists—and even, by
6-2-2024

HUMANITY IN ‘RACE AGAINST TIME’ ON AI: UN

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6-2-2024

LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC ACTION IN A VIDEO? THIS AI-BASED METHOD CAN FIND IT FOR YOU

Learning Spatio-temporal grounding in untrimmed videos: In training, we learn from unlabeled videos without human annotation. In evaluation, we perform spatio-temporal grounding using an action description such as “crack egg” as a query. The model needs to localize both the action’s temporal boundary and spatial region in the long untrimmed video. We visualize the heat-map from the annotation points as well as derived bounding boxes. The internet is awash in instructional videos that can teach curious viewers everything from cooking the perfect pancake to performing
6-2-2024

DATA-DRIVEN MODEL GENERATES NATURAL HUMAN MOTIONS FOR VIRTUAL AVATARS

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6-2-2024

BIO-INSPIRED CAMERAS AND AI HELP DRIVERS DETECT PEDESTRIANS AND OBSTACLES FASTER

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6-2-2024

CHINA INVESTS $47 BILLION IN LARGEST EVER CHIP FUND

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6-2-2024

EASYJET, EYEING RECORD SUMMER, BOOSTS NERVE CENTER WITH AI

Easyjet’s new Integrated Control Centre in Luton, north of London. A cutting-edge facility featuring artificial intelligence (AI)—Easyjet’s new control center is tasked with handling about 2,000 mostly-European flights per day as the British airline eyes high summer demand. The Integrated Control Center (ICC), close to Luton airport north of London, is central to Easyjet operations, from urgent flight changes to monitoring a passenger aircraft’s health mid-air. As well as analyzing engines in real time, technicians can also see if a toilet needs fixing. As the aviation sector recovers following COVID
6-2-2024

HOW GOOGLE’S AI IS LOSING TOUCH WITH REALITY

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6-2-2024

FEARS OVER FUTURE OF THE CAR INDUSTRY AS SALES FALL AND SPARE PARTS BECOME SCARCE

Credit: Safi Erneste from Pexels Much money and time has been spent recently persuading people not to be so reliant on cars. And there are certainly good reasons—for our health and the environment—to move about more on foot, by bike or on trains. Yet cars are still an essential form of transport around the world. In many countries, including the UK, outside of the few metropolitan areas with decent public transport, people depend on them. But car owners face an increasingly difficult choice. For many, electric vehicles are still too
6-2-2024

RESEARCHERS BUILD AI TO SAVE HUMANS FROM THE EMOTIONAL TOLL OF MONITORING HATE SPEECH

A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a new machine-learning method that detects hate speech on social media platforms with 88% accuracy, saving employees from hundreds of hours of emotionally damaging work. The method, dubbed the multi-modal discussion transformer (mDT), can understand the relationship between text and images as well as put comments in greater context, unlike previous hate speech detection methods. This is particularly helpful in reducing false positives, which are often incorrectly flagged as hate speech
6-2-2024

FOXCONN EYES 40 PERCENT GLOBAL AI SERVER MARKET SHARE

Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn said Friday its global market for artificial intelligence servers is expected to increase to 40 percent this year, with AI products being the main driver for growth. Foxconn—known officially as Hon Hai Precision Industry—is the world’s biggest contract electronics maker and builds devices for several global brands, most notably Apple’s iPhone. It has also moved to diversify beyond electronics assembly, pushing into areas ranging from electric vehicles to semiconductors and servers. Chairman Young Liu said at an annual shareholders’ meeting in Taipei that the company was
6-2-2024

RESEARCH BRINGS TOGETHER HUMANS, ROBOTS AND GENERATIVE AI TO CREATE ART

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6-2-2024

BUILDING COMPUTER VISION IN THE KITCHEN

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6-2-2024

CHILDREN’S VISUAL EXPERIENCE MAY HOLD KEY TO BETTER COMPUTER VISION TRAINING

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6-2-2024

NEW ALGORITHM ENHANCES DISINFORMATION DETECTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA

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6-2-2024

SCIENTISTS MODIFY THE CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS OF ‘PHANTOM SENSATIONS’ SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PERCEIVE THEM

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6-2-2024

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29 - Fallout 1 Build

Point Summary

Point Total: 1300 CP 1000 (Base) + 300 (Jump Drawbacks)

Jump Details

Document name: 29 - Fallout 1
Author: YJ-Anon
Source: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19mJtoS2TQINqpCswjkDGx36f48h41Y_X/view

Jump Duration

Years: 10 Months: 0 Days: 0

Perks

Heroic Perception (Free)
Nothing gets past you anymore; ambushes are a thing of the past, and people will have a hell of a hard time hiding anything from you. You can see in the dark with how good your eyes are, with the rest of your senses equally as formidable. Your powers of perception will allow you to pick the easiest locks or set and disarm some common traps even without any special training in those fields, and with the right training you could learn to shoot out someone’s eyes from over a hundred yards away... with a pistol. At night.
Heroic Agility [200/800 CP]
You’re practically a blur now, ducking and dodging in and out of firefights like greased lightning. With your dexterity, you could even “dodge bullets” by moving out of the path of the bullet before it’s fired, or maybe even afterwards if you’re lucky. You’ll find that you have a natural talent with all weapons, including your fists, as well as subtler arts like stealth or thievery; however talent is no replacement for training.
Tag skills: Energy Weapons, Barter, Sneak (Free)
Just as important as your SPECIAL stats are Skills, which consist of some of the most common or useful skills in the wasteland. Shocking, right? You may “tag” three skills for free, receiving a substantial bonus to your ability to use that skill, as well as making it far easier to learn new things relating to it or developing new techniques related to that skill. You can also “tag” a fourth skill for 100 CP, and can “tag” more skills afterwards for 200 CP each.
Awareness (Free)
You’re capable of sizing up your enemies with just a glance, getting all sorts of information with just a brief look. Not just obvious stuff, like how injured they are or what they’re wearing, but more subtle things like what weapons they have or what they’re carrying on their person.
Silent Death [300/500 CP]
You’re a warrior of the shadows; while some prefer to face their enemies head on, you know the value of killing unseen. Your footsteps are entirely silent, allowing you to rush through the darkness unheard, and if you can attack an enemy from behind you’ll find that your attacks are twice as effective as they would normally be. Lastly, you’re capable of devising or finding inventive ways to kill your opponents, from setting off the self-destruct in their military base to something as simple as using dynamite to bury them alive in a cave.

Items

Fallout Starting Gear (Free)
You get a 10mm pistol and 72 10mm Hollow Point rounds, a simple, non-armored outfit of your choice, a week’s worth of food and water,
Motion Sensor (Free)
A hand-held motion sensor, this device aids in the detection of nearby enemies. While travelling it can help one avoid enemies very handily, but needs to be used in conjunction with a Pip-Boy to track enemies.
Electronic Lock Pick [50/450 CP]
A highly advanced lock pick designed for doors that are electronically locked and require key-cards or access codes rather than keys. It can’t be used on regular doors, but won’t break from overuse.
Stealth Boy 3001 [150/300 CP]
A highly advanced experimental piece of military hardware, allegedly reverse-engineered from something the Chinese used; the Stealth Boy 3001 was created by RobCo as a personal stealth device, and can generate a modulating field around its wearer that transmits reflected light from one side of an object to another- essentially making the wearer blend in with their surroundings.
Deathclaw Nest [300/0 CP]
You’ve somehow stumbled upon a deathclaw’s nest. While normally you might have to worry about getting torn apart by a furious mother deathclaw defending her babies, it seems mama’s not around. You could have yourself a lot of omelets... or, if you let the eggs hatch, you’ll find that the young deathclaws will somehow see you as their mother. If you keep them safe, you’ll find yourself in control of your own deathclaw pack in only a few years. Not only that, but they’ll be remarkably intelligent even for a deathclaw, and capable of following orders like a dog would. The nest and deathclaws will follow you.

Companion Imports

Companion Import [200/-200 CP]
You can import an old companion, or create a new one for 50 CP, giving them 800 CP to spend as well as all of the discounts and freebies that you would get. You can also recruit a canon character for the same price, though you’ll need to convince them to come along with you and they won’t get any CP to spend here. Imported Companions

Drawbacks

Hunted (Master's Mutant Army) [300/100 CP]
One of the big factions in the region- either the Brotherhood of Steel or the Master’s Mutant Army- have decided that you need to die for the good of the wasteland’s future. You’ll be facing parties of Brotherhood Paladins armed with the heaviest weapons available or similarly armed Mutants leading packs of Centaurs and Floaters with regular frequency during your stay here, even if you wipe their faction out. You’ll face at least one band a week; possibly more if you linger in their territory.

29A - Modded Fallout Build

Point Summary

Point Total: 1600 CP 1000 (Base) + 600 (Jump Drawbacks)

Jump Details

Document name: 29A - Modded Fallout
Version: v1.2
Author: Songless
Source: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13sFK7ES-qG9GAfa6WbxjWOT1ZVrZ_ABh/view

Jump Duration

Years: 10 Months: 0 Days: 0

Origin

Origin: Loot Or perhaps you’re looking for Loot? The biggest guns, the most magnificent suits of armor, or just one of every kind of Nuka Cola made in Pre-War America, whatever the case is: you’re here for the shinies. And as is often the case, mods can both add whole new treasures to look for or improve the benefits from what’s already there.

Perks

Tool King (Free)
Starting with a cartload of random junk and ending with high-quality ammunition or power cells, cutting-edge improvements to power armor, overcharged laser weaponry or even entirely new kinds of science is practically trivial for the average Fallout protagonist… yet their talents pale compared to yours. This Perk grants you immediate access to pretty much any kind of crafting shown in the Fallout series: from Hand Loader to Science! and Chemist to Robotics Expert, if it somehow involves building things out of other things (from guns to ammo to even entire buildings), you’ve got it - including perfectly memorized designs for the kind of components and tools you might need, like the Robotics Workbench or Nuka-Cola Mixer station. In fact, you’re good enough that you’ll never make mistakes while doing this type of crafting (assuming someone doesn’t start shooting at you or some such), and you’ll be perfectly aware of where you were in the process if you do find yourself interrupted and have to continue later on.
Bobby Pins And Boot Scripts [200/800 CP]
Enjoy everything, collect anything, and above all else: if you’re not supposed to have it, that just makes it more valuable. Often, the best and most valuable items for your hoard (metaphorical or literal) are those locked behind some pretty solid security. But you’ll get at them. Master level locks and computer systems are powerless to keep you out, the good old bobby pin or reboot interrupt letting you get your hooks into those defenses and turn them aside with ease. But more than that - you’ll find that you can use similar tricks on any kind of security system you might encounter in the future, be it the vaults of ancient civilizations or advanced firewalls built by alien societies that would otherwise laugh at the Robco termlink loopholes you’re so familiar with. If it’s meant to keep greedy hands away, you’ll have ways to get through.

Items

Pre-War Relics [50/750 CP]
Nuclear Armageddon (Free)
Ah, Fallout. You’re here for the world, but before the world came the games - and why not get those, too? You receive a full collection of all the Fallout games, including DLCs and canceled titles, all of which are certified bug-free (if you want) and compatible with just about any platform, including your Pip-Boy, though the graphics might not be the greatest on something like that. You’ll also get a complete collection of all the other Fallout productions, like official merchandise, art-work, and so on.
Finally, since this is modded Fallout, you’ll find a connection in your Warehouse to… ah, let’s call it a cosmic mod database, containing just about any mod imaginable for the Fallout series and a user-friendly interface that ensures you’ll find what you want with a minimum of fuss and effort. Enjoy, and remember: War Never Changes!
RobCo Pip-Boy (merged with Tablet of the Free) (Free)
The latest in handheld computing systems, coming in a wide variety of designs and configurations. Whether you prefer the tablet-styled Pip-Boy 2000 with its various upgrade ports, or you’d rather have a wrist computer such as the Pip-Boy 3000, this compact and potent computer will serve you well during your time here. Carrying a built-in Geiger Counter, medical analysis suite, mapping and database functionality, input/output ports compatible with a wide range of other hardware, and more besides, this device is one of the most versatile personal assistants on the market today. Not that that’s saying much, given that the market is a ruined hellhole, but you get the idea.
Bobbleheads (Free)
One of the most popular icons to come out of the Pre-War world, the Vault Boy (and Vault Girl) were immortalized in everything from posters to software to these: genuine Vault-Tec Bobbleheads. You get a full collection of every bobblehead made for the series, the perfect memento to remember your time in Fallout by. These Bobbleheads are only decorations, providing no boosts to any 'base stats' like they did in, for example, Fallout 3.
Augmented Scanner (Free)
Part of a next-generation analysis suite, this scanning and tracking system allows for fast and easy analysis of the user’s environment. Fine-tuned for materials and elemental analysis, this upgrade excels at tracking down items that are of particular interest to the user, as defined by various priority or exclusion lists (which may be altered by the user whenever desired). For example, if you need more crystal or fiber optics to complete some modifications to your Laser Rifle, the system will highlight containers or items that might contain such components. Likewise, you could have the program point out specific weapon types, medication or chems, and just about any other such item of interest. It can even track exploration, allowing you to configure the system to only highlight boxes, chests or even corpses that you have not yet searched.
Somewhat uncommon in the wasteland, scanners of this type are most often found installed into the RobCo Pip-Boy, though this variant is compatible with most other systems as well.
Full Storage [200/550 CP]
This old, half-broken Pip-Boy seems to be incapable of even starting its operating system, the diagnostics indicating that the entirety of its vast 64k RAM is already in use. Most people might simply discard it or strip it for spare parts, but a closer look will reveal the exact reason for its fault: its internal database has been crammed full of Fallout design specs, schematics, scientific principles and so on. How full, you ask? Well, it’s got just about every semi-common piece of Fallout tech in there somewhere, from Laser Rifle schematics to Assaultron software and Berry Mentat formulations to Power Armor designs. Though mainly limited to the kind of technologies one could have found in the Pre-War world of old, a number of designs that were only finalized in the two centuries following the apocalypse can also be found here (such as the Hydra drug, the Enclave’s X-01 and Hellfire armor designs, and the Radium Rifle). Though you’ll still need a way to actually build all of these things, this database is nonetheless one of the most spectacular treasures scavvers could find.
Heavy Vertibird [250/300 CP]
Few factions in the wasteland have access to flight - most technologies required to build or even maintain aircraft were lost during the nuclear apocalypse. But that doesn’t mean such things are gone entirely, and you seem to have acquired a working aircraft of some kind, in pristine condition.
For 200CP, you will acquire a Vertibird (a twin rotor VTOL craft) similar to the ones used by the Brotherhood Of Steel circa 2287. It comes with a nose-mounted pair of heavy machine guns, a minigun linked to the side door for passengers to use, and armor plating that gives it moderate protection against most types of weaponry.
For an additional 50C (250CP total), you may upgrade your Vertibird to the heavier design used by the Enclave in 2277, which sported heavier weapons (a nose-mounted Gatling Laser, missile packs under the wings and a small bomb bay for Mini-Nukes) and substantially stronger armor.
All variants of this purchase come with unlimited fuel and a replenishing stockpile of ammunition in your Warehouse or another, suitable location of your choosing. Settlement [100/200 CP]
Upgrades: Mobile, Flight, Orbital [200/0 CP]
Upgrade: Protected x2 [200/-200 CP]
Mothership Zeta (Free)
Settlement (50-100 people, self sufficient) Protected x2 (nuke-blocking shields) Integration + Teleporter (orbital teleportation capabilities) Firepower + Armageddon x3 (nuclear yield orbital Death Ray with reload time of <1min) Support + Garage (hangars for Recon Craft, manufacturing capabilities and infrastructure) Paradise Mobile + Flight + Orbital (spaceflight with presumed FTL) SCIENCE! + Cutting Edge x3 (Alien technologies)
Cutting Edge upgrades:

• Super Teleporters (capacity to beam up/down a vertibird, extended range)
• Spaceflight and Warp drive
• Stealth technology

Major Mods [200/-400 CP]
At this level of modding, you’re starting to see some serious impact on the overall way you’re interacting with the setting. Mods here would include weapons or powers that are substantially better than those found in the Fallout setting, such as Power Armor with built-in shields, granting you double the number of normal in-game ‘perks’ as a learning booster of sorts, and other such effects that noticeably increase your power. This also includes mods that could have a far-reaching impact on the setting but don’t immediately do so unless you use them in such a manner - an Auto-Doc that can install the majority of cybernetics seen in the series with no requirements other than the necessary supplies, for example. Mods like this will be immediately obvious to anyone comparing your time here to a hypothetical ‘unmodded’ situation.

Companion Imports

Friends and Companions [200/-600 CP]
Though you might follow in the footsteps of the Lone Wanderer, sometimes the company is what makes the journey worthwhile. You may import an existing Companion or create a new one of your own design for 50CP each, or pay 200CP for eight Companions at once. Each receives a background and 600CP to spend on whatever purchases they prefer. You may also use this option to recruit new Companions while in the setting - this can be applied alongside and combined with similar recruiting options in the ‘main’ jump if using Modded Fallout in the Supplement Mode. For example, if you import or recruit a Companion in the ‘main’ Fallout jump, you can do the same for that person here. Doing so still costs the normal amount of CP. Companions recruited from this setting receive their background and CP at the end of their time here. Imported Companions

Drawbacks

Long Forgotten [600/0 CP]
A creature, buried beneath Appalachia. A building in the wastes outside D.C. A blackened book underneath the swamps of Point Lookout. A deep, winding mine North of Boston, stained with the blood spilled in their name by the wicked blade of the old, old world.
Places. Names. Dangers that have nothing to do with laser beams, rocket launchers or machine guns. Reality has never been kind to mortals, but most of the time, the rends in the sanity of the world were always… well-hidden. Out of the way. Unlikely to be found by many, or survived by the few who did encounter them. But no more.
The world changes, now, occult rituals performed in the dark places of the world, hallucinations and madness becoming commonplace. Whispers abound of eldritch beings, things wrong in ways even the twisted animals of the Post-War world never were, spotted in the wastes far from civilization. Radiation was always there, always a risk to health and wellbeing - but never like this, never so… corrupting. Mutations become a sign of something darker, Ghouls and madmen the first heralds of the eldritch terrors yet to come.
You’re in a horror world now, Jumper, where nightmares are no longer merely constrained to the realm of dreams. They are coming… or, rather, they never left.

I’ve posted here many times to varying degrees of success but I am here once again to try my luck in finding a partner. My expectations are low, but I would love to meet and get to know someone over the course of a few months online to see if we’re compatible or not. I’m not looking for something low effort or short term, but something that is genuine and meaningful.
With that being said I guess I should say some things about myself to get the ball rolling.
If I had to boil down my entire existence into just a few words, I would say that I’m a shy introvert who also happens to be really passionate nerd about the things I enjoy. I also think it’s accurate to say that I’m understanding, kind, sweet, sensitive, passionate, considerate, empathetic, and maybe even funny depending on your sense of humor. Basically, I’m just an awkward nerdy guy but honestly who isn’t online.
Despite being very awkward generally I happen to think that I’m an excellent conversationalist, whether it’s through texting, voice calls, or in person. I usually put in a lot of effort when talking to folks and I’m hoping for the same in return if you decide to message me.
While I wouldn’t say that it’s a strict requirement, I would strongly prefer talking to someone who has similar interests. It’s not an automatic dealbreaker but I just find it much easier to build a connection with someone online when there are some shared interests. Personally, I adore video games, anime, comic books, horror, Star Wars, collecting, baseball, history, pro-wrestling, cats and a wide variety of music, movies, and tv shows. If I had to pick just one I would say that gaming is my biggest passion.
As for what I’m doing with my life; I recently graduated from college with a double major in political science and communication studies. I also have an associates degree in history and plan on getting a master’s degree one day. However, as of right now I still have no idea what career I want and I’m currently in the process of looking for a job. My lifestyle isn’t too crazy but I don’t drink, smoke, or do drugs. I’m also not into the idea of partying or casual sex. Politically I am very left-leaning/progressive and I don’t follow any religions but I’d say my beliefs fall under agnostic or atheist.
Possible dealbreakers
• I am a massive cat person so please be ok with cats.
• I don’t think I’m ugly but I am fat just so you’re aware. Absolutely willing to exchange pics ASAP.
• I have some history of diagnosed depression and anxiety but I’ve gotten much better in recent years.
About You
• I have a strong preference towards gamers but it’s not a requirement. I just think it makes the whole online dating thing easier if you can play video games
• Please be at least 21 or 22 years old. I’m fine with talking to older folks.
• Similar values and beliefs as me.
• Somewhat mentally and emotionally stable.
• Willing to hang out often online
• Be from the USA or Canada.
• Actually puts in the effort to get to know me.
• Any race or body type is fine. I am not super picky when it comes to looks but attraction is still important for me.
• Trans folks are welcome to message me.
That’s all for now folks. Feel free to send me a message introducing yourself! Take care!

I’ve posted here many times to varying degrees of success but I am here once again to try my luck in finding a partner. My expectations are low, but I would love to meet and get to know someone over the course of a few months online to see if we’re compatible or not. I’m not looking for something low effort or short term, but something that is genuine and meaningful.
With that being said I guess I should say some things about myself to get the ball rolling.
If I had to boil down my entire existence into just a few words, I would say that I’m a shy introvert who also happens to be really passionate nerd about the things I enjoy. I also think it’s accurate to say that I’m understanding, kind, sweet, sensitive, passionate, considerate, empathetic, and maybe even funny depending on your sense of humor. Basically, I’m just an awkward nerdy guy but honestly who isn’t online.
Despite being very awkward generally I happen to think that I’m an excellent conversationalist, whether it’s through texting, voice calls, or in person. I usually put in a lot of effort when talking to folks and I’m hoping for the same in return if you decide to message me.
While I wouldn’t say that it’s a strict requirement, I would strongly prefer talking to someone who has similar interests. It’s not an automatic dealbreaker but I just find it much easier to build a connection with someone online when there are some shared interests. Personally, I adore video games, anime, comic books, horror, Star Wars, collecting, baseball, history, pro-wrestling, cats and a wide variety of music, movies, and tv shows. If I had to pick just one I would say that gaming is my biggest passion.
As for what I’m doing with my life; I recently graduated from college with a double major in political science and communication studies. I also have an associates degree in history and plan on getting a master’s degree one day. However, as of right now I still have no idea what career I want and I’m currently in the process of looking for a job. My lifestyle isn’t too crazy but I don’t drink, smoke, or do drugs. I’m also not into the idea of partying or casual sex. Politically I am very left-leaning/progressive and I don’t follow any religions but I’d say my beliefs fall under agnostic or atheist.
Possible dealbreakers
• I am a massive cat person so please be ok with cats.
• I don’t think I’m ugly but I am fat just so you’re aware. Absolutely willing to exchange pics ASAP.
• I have some history of diagnosed depression and anxiety but I’ve gotten much better in recent years.
About You
• I have a strong preference towards gamers but it’s not a requirement. I just think it makes the whole online dating thing easier if you can play video games
• Please be at least 21 or 22 years old. I’m fine with talking to older folks.
• Similar values and beliefs as me.
• Somewhat mentally and emotionally stable.
• Willing to hang out often online
• Be from the USA or Canada.
• Actually puts in the effort to get to know me.
• Any race or body type is fine. I am not super picky when it comes to looks but attraction is still important for me.
• Trans folks are welcome to message me.
That’s all for now folks. Feel free to send me a message introducing yourself! Take care!

Hi all,
Thank you for taking the time to read my post, I appreciate your opinions. Things have been going well dating my girl of 4 months. We took things slow to really get to know each other. We want to be official so we discussed our families and relatives and how we wanted to introduce each other to our families. During this discussion, I learnt her stepfather has a criminal history and was part of the skinheads gang. For the rest of this post, i will refer to her as my gf for ease. I would be lying if I said it did not create feelings of doubt and unease within me to continue to relationship since myself and my family are people of color.
My gf’s stepfather came into her life when she was 18 when he married her mother. My gf moved out when she was 22. The stepfather served 10 years in prison starting at age 19 almost 30 years ago for choking his drug dealer to death after an argument while high. My gf said because her stepfather was pretty with blond hair and blue eyes, to survive in prison he joined the skinheads white supremist group and got a racist tattoo to prove he belonged. My gf said the stepfather is a changed man with regret for his past. He got his degree in prison, reflected on his past, and swore to never repeat his mistakes. When he got out, he had a daughter to whom my partner says he has been the best dad to. He worked hard and built a business for himself, tried to become the best man he could. Despite that, his daughter cut contact with him after age 18. It devastated him and forced him to look inwards and become a better man. My gf says because of this, the stepfather considers my gf his child and really dots on her and her mother.
My gf said she initially hated the stepfather because of his past and warned her mother against dating him. Over time, she saw how well the stepfather treated her mother and began to accept him into their lives. My gf says the step father is one of the kindest men they have ever met. Extremely conflict adverse to the point her mother wears the pants. My gf says if I give him a chance, I will come to like him too.
I feel unease with the fact. I asked my gf why their stepfather never removed the tattoo after coming out of prison if he doesn't believe in their ideals. She said the tattoo was a part of his life in prison, a reminder of the mistakes he has made, that it is part of him. My gf had a ex who was also a person of color and she said once her stepfather made a joke speaking in a mocking accent of her ex to which she shut that down immediately. From that story, I get the impression her stepfather may actually be a little racist. I asked if he still does drugs and my gf said he has been sober for years.
My internal conflict is three factors
1) I am a person of color and I do not think my family will accept me dating/marrying someone with immediate family who was part of a race gang with a past murderer conviction even if he is a changed man
2) my gf has been great so far, and this man’s history is independent from her. My gf wasn’t even raised by him, so I feel its unfair to judge my gf's relationship compatibility for something she did not do.
3) I am uncertain her family will accept me either. I dont understand why a man would refuse to remove a racist tattoo that he got in prison once he got out, especially if he got it just to survive. Does that not indicate he identifies with those ideals somehow?
I do not know what to do or even how to approach the situation. My gf has never done anything to break my trust or make me see them in a negative light and this situation is so far out of their control I cannot blame them. However, I am uneasy with things going forward given my family is not white and a little part of me fear for my own and their safety
I’d really appreciate your opinions on how to move forward with integrity, dignity and respect for myself and gf. What would you guys do? How would you approach this situation? Am I overreacting?
Thank you
TLDR: I am a person of color about to enter a new relationship with my white gf. I recently discovered her step father was a convicted murderer who joined the nazi gang in prison. On one hand my girl has been fantastic. On the other, I question our long term compatibility because I am unsure my family will accept her family. I am conflicted

hello, I take, I have taken antidepressants for 13 and a half years: At the age of 31, I had just gotten a very demanding new job and was very tired. my doctor prescribed me 75 mg of effexor and it was magical: super awake, focused, productive. for 9 and a half years, everything was wonderful until the day I gradually felt withdrawal symptoms every day a little earlier than the time of taking. each day, the time advanced and in the end if I took it at 8 a.m., I went into withdrawal at midnight. I started taking 37.5 in the morning and 37.5 in the evening. It went well for 8 months then I started having brain zaps all day long. I switched to Prozac and it worked well for a year and a half. after 1 and a half years the same phenomenon appeared. I waited and 1 year later I tried to quit by going cold turkey. 15 days later I fell into a deep depression and started asking existential questions about all aspects of my life. I started again but hell began: brain fog, tremor, involuntary movement, nervous tic, obsessive thinking, depression, intense fatigue, extreme anxiety. I ended up attempting suicide and the doctors put me back on 150 mg of effexor. but the side effects continued and 6 months later I stopped for 2 months. everything went well for 2 months apart from the tinnitus, but after 2 months again the situation deteriorated significantly: suicidal thoughts, sadness, problem with concentration, memorization, slowness, all the time in my head, impossible to think, brain fog, delirium etc. new suicide attempts and again the doctors gave me effexor 75mg again. It was 3 months ago. I do not know what to do. how to reduce? How do I stop this shit and get back to who I was before? Are all these obsessive thoughts normal? this depression and this lack of meaning in life? How decrease ? I end up believing that I need these drugs to be normal. Are there any testimonials from people who managed to quit after more than 10 years? How did you do ? what were your psychological symptoms?

I just switched psychiatrist this year after having one for about 10 years and she finally gave me the diagnosis of treatment resistant depression. She gave me some options but ketamine therapy was one and unfortunately my mother was in the room and is extremely wary of it because of the bad rep it got as a party drug. I'm not really sure what to think of it.
One of the other options I received was Transcranial magnetic stimulation, but it was explained to me that it had a lower chance of helping with my depression than ketamine. We took a few weeks to sit and think about our options and the doctor prescribed Zoloft to give antidepressants another chance. I took it for maybe less than two months and I felt absolutely horrible so I went back and told the doctor what had been happening. My mother after a while started asking more questions about the ketamine treatment and the psychiatrist started talking about it more in depth, about how you trip and there are chances of anxiety and all that jazz.
We went home and immediately was against it when she saw a case about some girl in Brazil that joined a cult and got addicted to it (in a non professional setting).
tldr; My mom is too scared i'd get addicted to it to let me try. I understand that that risk is real, but I'd like to hear real experiences, and not just positive ones.

Hi all,
Thank you for taking the time to read my post, I appreciate your opinions. Things have been going well dating my gf of 4 months. We took things slow to really get to know each other before making things official. Since things were progressing well, we discussed our families and relatives and how we wanted to introduce each other to our families. During this discussion, I learnt her stepfather has a criminal history and was part of the skinheads gang. I would be lying if I said it did not create feelings of doubt and unease within me to continue to relationship since myself and my family are people of color.
My gf’s stepfather came into her life when she was 18 when he married her mother. My gf moved out when she was 22. The stepfather served 10 years in prison starting at age 19 almost 30 years ago for choking his drug dealer to death after an argument while high. My gf said because her stepfather was pretty with blond hair and blue eyes, to survive in prison he joined the skinheads white supremist group and got a racist tattoo to prove he belonged. My gf said the stepfather is a changed man with regret for his past. He got his degree in prison, reflected on his past, and swore to never repeat his mistakes. When he got out, he had a daughter to whom my partner says he has been the best dad to. He worked hard and built a business for himself, tried to become the best man he could. Despite that, his daughter cut contact with him after age 18. It devastated him and forced him to look inwards and become a better man. My gf says because of this, the stepfather considers my gf his child and really dots on her and her mother.
My gf said she initially hated the stepfather because of his past and warned her mother against dating him. Over time, she saw how well the stepfather treated her mother and began to accept him into their lives. My gf says the step father is one of the kindest men they have ever met. Extremely conflict adverse to the point her mother wears the pants. My gf says if I give him a chance, I will come to like him too.
I feel unease with the fact. I asked my gf why their stepfather never removed the tattoo after coming out of prison if he doesn't believe in their ideals. She said the tattoo was a part of his life in prison, a reminder of the mistakes he has made. I asked if he still does drugs and my gf said he has been sober for years.
My internal conflict is two factors 1) I am a person of color and I do not think my family will accept me dating/marrying someone who was part of a race gang with a past murderer conviction even if he is a changed man
2) my gf has been great so far, and this man’s history is independent from her. My gf wasn’t even raised by him, so I feel its unfair to judge my gf's relationship compatibility for something they did not do.
I do not know what to do or even how to approach the situation. My gf has never done anything to break my trust or make me see them in a negative light and this situation is so far out of their control I cannot blame them. However, I am uneasy with things going forward given my family is not white and a little part of me fear for my own and their safety
I’d really appreciate your opinions on how to move forward with integrity, dignity and respect for myself and gf. What would you guys do? How would you approach this situation? Am I overreacting?
Thank you
TLDR: I am a person of color in a new relationship with my white gf. I recently discovered her step father was a convicted murderer who joined the nazi gang in prison. On one hand my gf has been fantastic. On the other, I question our long term compatibility because I am unsure my family will accept her family. I am conflicted

This is kind of a rant kind of a question. What is this symptom and why is it happening?
Edit;sorry, by during my period, I meant in the days leading up to it, it kind of gets better towards the end of my period. Day 1 and 2 are hell. Otherwise I’m normal.
I (14ftm) seem to go absolutely batshit when my period starts. I just read over texts from my past 2 periods and I’m seriously scratching my head here. I was arguing with someone about how black I am..? (I’m biracial, which I normally don’t care about.) I reported someone for drug use, not because I cared, but because they annoyed me. And I mean mildly annoyed me. I feel like shit, and I dont understand why the hell I was acting the way I was acting. It was a complete 180 from my normal behavior.
I’m kind of scared, I don’t like how vindictive I got. I would never want to intentionally hurt someone like that. What if I do something worse? Why was I acting so dramatically. I was talking to a few people about it and they said it’s hormones(by the way I’m not on testosterone or anything). It doesn’t make sense though. Why are hormones that are normal making me act so out of character?
I also remember being told that I was throwing stuff around and being mean to my dog. I was NOT physically abusive to the dog, but I was saying how she ruined my life or something. And I have tendencies to disappear for hours at a time while I’m on my period. The littlest thing sets me off and then I’m gone. And I’m angry for a long time. I cringe just thinking about it.. Like dude it doesn’t matter.
I just don’t like hurting people, what do I do? Also- if it matters this has been going on for 8 months, and got a little since worse I started ssris, I’ve since stopped the antidepressants because I thought they were the cause. They were definitely not the cause, that was just the first time I did something so horrendous that it was pointed out to me. Is this just going to be my life?

Context: i (24 f) have diagnosed ADHD, depression, generalized anxiety disorder with panic attacks.(I’m also seeing a therapist) I’ve been seeing this dr for a couple years, I believe she is the nurse practitioner equivalent in psychiatrics.
I have tried and failed multiple antidepressants two worked but with bad weight gain side effects. The ones that I’ve failed she kept me on for at least 3 months up’ing dosage with with no effect each time. The ones that I felt very good benefit she took me of each time because I gained weight before 2 months.
Anxiety meds she hasn’t really pursued because my blood pressure fluctuates and the ones she is ok with prescribing were all blood pressure effecting. She said she wasn’t comfortable prescribing any in the same category with Xanax because “they work” (I understand she meant she’s concerned they are addictive) I have no history of abuse of medication in me or my family. I’ve been taking Gabapentin and it’s feels unhelpful but I don’t like failing meds so I haven’t protested however I have expressed that I have experienced no benefit.
Adhd is essentially the same story. I’m taking stretara for 4 months of being dosage, each visit with no affect. The issue is my adhd is truly debilitating my therapist believes it is my biggest issue and preventing me from finishing my education and holding employment. We’ve also been discussing that it’s substantially contributing to my anxiety, and also depression as I cannot pursue activities I enjoy.
I’ve done personal research on Adderall but I feel deeply like a doctor should be the one to inform me on what is best for me. I just feel like she isn’t willing to discus that with me because for reasons unrelated to me personally.
I don’t like to disagree with doctors I’m always inclined to believe they know better then me and my internet knowledge lol. But I also know that more goes into being a dr then just practicing medicine, especially when it come to prescribing certain medications with certain risks. And I’m unsure how to approach the topic without seeming like A: a difficult patient or B:drug seeking.
TLDR:how do I ask my dr about a specific prescription when my dr is already not very open with me?