u/Advanced-Tomato-1889 — reddlx

Hi everyone. I have been at this for almost a year and could not find my German mother's passport or personalausweis. I have collected all my documents. My mother was German and married to my American father in 1964. I was born in 1965 and she naturalized in 1968. I have full documentation of my lineage going back to 1884. The other day, without even looking, I found her personalausweiss from Cologne! I was so excited! Does this change anything for my case? I was going to send everything to BVA myself since I live 8 hours from nearest consolute. (I have everything certified already and ordered duplicates for myself) I got to thinking, would I be able to go straight to passport at the consulate since I have this new document? I am definitely German, it's pretty straightforward. It would be amazing to not wait 3 years!

Hey all you wakeful people! I have just been told by my pain management doctor that due to my age, and some signs of anxiety, that they will no longer prescribe me Ambien. Talk about anxiety!!! I won't get into the whole story, but I feel pretty gaslit. I am 60 years old, female, with chronic fatigue from leukemia, neck pain from trauma, and a complete inability to rest, even if I have 102 fever and the flu. I even went to a "sleep dentist" for some surgery recently and he could not sedate me! 2 1/2 hour surgery, wide awake and felt a lot of the pain bc I don't stay numb. He said he has never seen anything like it, and gave me my money back!! Anyway, Ambien has been a life saver for me. I have taken 10mg for the last 10 years and have never become intolerant to it. IT WORKS! So for the life of me I don't understand why I need to get off of it. The kicker is, they said to see a psychiatrist, and they would take care of a prescription like ambien. NOT! I had 3 appts with 3 different psychs. 2 refused to see me at all bc I was transparent about why I wanted to see them, and they said they wern't the right fit for me. The second saw me and told me she would never give me sleep meds bc they are "bad" and that she wouldn't prescribe me anything for anxiety if I continue to see pain management for my cervical migraines. I literally receive 20 pain tablets A YEAR for my migraines. I do not take anything for neck pain. Ambien has been the one thing that calms my pain at night, lets me get rest and helps me get out of bed so I can move and do the PT work on my neck that I have to do everyday or I'm doomed to surgery. I just can't believe no one will help me! My PCP refuses also. I have asked for a referel to sleep medicine and they are booked out for months. SOOOOOO... I am relizing that I must use my last 2 refills to taper off of a medication that actually helps me. This is awful, and I don't know how I will ever sleep again, and I don't know how I'm supposed to function with severe chronic fatigue AND insomnia?! Please, can anyone cheer me on and tell me that maybe I'll feel better after getting off ambien? How did you do it? And please don't tell me about antihistamines.. They make me climb the walls. Great for cleaning the house, but not for my sleep! LOL

Sorry for the long post. I'm desperate for some positive input since I feel like the doctors could care less!