I had moderate depression, was bad at spending money, spend all my money on eating out and hobbies, did not buy real estate and was very much afraid of getting a mortgage and buying a house. I was also avoiding helping my dad with him home service business.

Then.. I took Lexapro. Became like manic. Life was okay, still, "just" lost my sex drive.

Then I decided to stop it abruptly not know that was not allowed. Well, actually the prescription would not refill, I did not know who my PCP was now, who to call to refill, and decided to just cold turkey it.

At first it seemed fine, then I started missing it like a cup of coffee before work. I then called and refilled, but decided to taper off by cutting off random parts of a pill and skipping days. Thinking it is a light medication like a vitamin.

What followed was rage, paranoia, nasty, emotionally abusive behavior to people, erratic behavior, aggression, decision to get myself fired over worries at work then desire to revenge it by getting my boss fired.

My life.. a 20 year career.. my housing.. my reputation.. support network.. all gone within two months of stopping Lexapro.. or a year after starting it.

Mind you.. I somehow lived my whole life without such problems without taking any psych meds.. and my psychiatrist only said 'If you want it, I will prescribe it.' No other info or instructions was given other than 'Take once daily as prescribed' on the bottle

*avoided humiliation rituals at a family dinner and prevented ncousin from asserting control and superiority over me!

I've had a long road with various narcs and psychopaths violating my boundaries. Finally at age 40, I was just at a family dinner and I avoided about 6 humiliation rituals by not taking part in the routine they were wrapped into or checking people as they approached me with, 'Wait five minutes please, hold that thought, and I will get back to you at the end, is that okay?'

Or, 'Can we not talk about this right now since other people are not really onto this subject, we can talk about it later privately.'

And the best, 'Ncousin, if you show my embarassing photo to everyone on your phone, there will be a slashed tire on your car - not from me, but from your neighbors, and on your Tesla it is - think about it - a $1,000!'

Ironically, my ncousin loves this, finds this approach to him interesting and is saying how he had a great time, misses me and wants to be friends even more.

I replied, 'Nice try, Diddler! My friendship is a quid pro quo service! You would need to cook sweet potato fries and chicken wings for me if you want me to continue.'

Alright, nasty degenerates. You remember my old idea: buy Petrobras $PBR on margin, think war and oil prices will pay my interest. Very smart in my head at the time.

Now I upgrade.

Infinite Money Glitch 2.0:

I buy $PBR on margin. Big size, like 100k. Risk management? I don’t believe in this.

Then I sell covered calls for 2 days out. I get like $200.

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Okay.. you may have heard of my (I was the originator) idea to buy Petrobras PBR on margin counting on the divinities to cover the margin interest (barely) and the Ruzzia war-conundrum squeezing oil and gas price.

Here is my Infinite Money Glitch 2.0:

Buy Petrobras PBR on margin for 100k, then sell covered calls two days out for $200.

Wish me luck as I am investing my for my grandma!

I was impressed with the Intel stocks grandmother-grandson collaboration posted her above and decided to follow them in their journey!

So I had an established life with free housing, a stable job, and hobbies. My cousin went to college out of state in Bloomington, IN, which he thought was a lot more fun and seemed to have the time of his life there.

He started trying to convince me to abandon my job, housing and everything and 'just buy a house next to him and move there.'

Needless to say, a year later, he graduated and moved back home, had I moved, he would have left me stranded there.

Was his point to undermine my achievements (job, free housing situation); dismiss and discount my stable life? or to benefit from having me nearby for his own needs for companionship and support since he was lonely? Or was it a naive spur of the moment not thought through advice?

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I have 1800 PBR Petrobras shares.. I want some quick cash by selling covered calls a year away.. the price now is 21 and the option I sell is only a dollar more - 22 to get the higher fee. When the price hits that mark, will I lose my shares and not get the dividends before the end date?

I am asking because I did the same thing in Robinhood and even though the call option hit the price selected, I still own the shares as the end date has not been reached.