u/BIG-GIRTHA

Finally found a combo that works for me. Strattera has been amazing for my ADHD. Literally nothing else has been as effective for regulating me and keeping me organized. I've added Wellbutrin for task initiation which has certainly done the trick. I'm just balancing them because bupropion makes Strattera more potent. I was at 80mg and because of Wellbutrin I've had to come down to 10mg (I'm a slow Wellbutrin metabolizer).

For context I'm on Wellbutrin SR 300mg/day (200mg in the morning and 100mg early afternoon). When I tried 25mg of Strattera I got chest tightness and trouble sleeping along with a higher heart rate at night. At 10mg those mostly went away and I still get the emotional regulation benefit.

Would love to hear from anyone willing to share their experience:

· Has anyone had side effects on Strattera at doses as low as 25mg?
· Is anyone taking around 10mg of Strattera and getting emotional regulation benefit?
· Does anyone need a dose that low because of cardiovascular or heart rate side effects?

\*\*TL;DR:\*\* Strattera is the best thing I've tried for ADHD and Wellbutrin SR 300mg fixed my task initiation. Because bupropion boosts Strattera levels I had to drop from 80mg to 10mg (slow Wellbutrin metabolizer). Anyone else on a combo like this or a dose this low?

Finally found a combo that works for me. Strattera has been amazing for my ADHD. Literally nothing else has been as effective for regulating me and keeping me organized. I've added Wellbutrin for task initiation which has certainly done the trick. I'm just balancing them because bupropion makes Strattera more potent. I was at 80mg and because of Wellbutrin I've had to come down to 10mg (I'm a slow Wellbutrin metabolizer).

For context I'm on Wellbutrin SR 300mg/day (200mg in the morning and 100mg early afternoon). When I tried 25mg of Strattera I got chest tightness and trouble sleeping along with a higher heart rate at night. At 10mg those mostly went away and I still get the emotional regulation benefit.

Would love to hear from anyone willing to share their experience:

· Is anyone else on Wellbutrin SR 300mg daily?
· Has anyone had side effects on Strattera at doses as low as 25mg?
· Is anyone taking around 10mg of Strattera and getting emotional regulation benefit?
· Does anyone need a dose that low because of cardiovascular or heart rate side effects?

TL;DR: Strattera is the best thing I've tried for ADHD and Wellbutrin SR 300mg fixed my task initiation. Because bupropion boosts Strattera levels I had to drop from 80mg to 10mg (slow Wellbutrin metabolizer). Anyone else on a combo like this or a dose this low?

Been doing K at festivals and shows for a long while now, always as raw powder. My nose is done with it – the burn from bumps burn and I'm looking at switching to an aqueous spray instead.

Before I make the jump, a few things I'm hoping to hear about from people who've actually done this:

What's your general process for prepping it – dissolving, storage, bottle setup?

How's the nasal experience compare once you switched? Less burn, less irritation, worth it? Any cons like drip?

---

Any writeups, guides, or threads you've found useful on making the switch that you'd point me to

The stealth factor is a nice side benefit. A spray bottle draws zero attention compared to keys and baggies.

Appreciate any input from people who've made the switch, good or bad. Thanks!

Side Q: favorite HQ Skrillex sets posted on SoundCloud?

Please include links! Thank you!

I was scrolling through my photos and came across an old video of me giving a demo – what struck me wasn’t even the demo itself. It was hearing the customers talk about actually wanting to evaluate the product. They were interested and wanted to see more. I just realized that’s what’s been bothering me about my job for the past year.

I sell BI. Two big BI companies, almost 10 years; I’m in small Enterprise/large Corporate. I’ve spent the last year assuming I was burnt out but I’m now realizing that I just sell something that nobody seems particularly interested in looking at anymore.

Current state of the job: cold outreach into total silence then begging AEs on other product lines to loop me into their calls so I can get ten minutes in front of a real customer. I’m basically an outbound BDR with infinite cold outreach plus an internal salesperson whose job is pitching coworkers on letting me pitch.

And when I do get in a room, it’s not that we lose the eval.. we never get one. Microsoft already bundled Power BI into something they’re paying for, it’s “good enough,” and now an LLM can make them a chart for free.

I miss knowing a product thoroughly and sharing that enthusiasm with interested (or at least curious) prospects.

So what are you selling right now that people still actually want to see?

What category still has buyers who take the meeting because they’re genuinely curious about the product?

There is no line OUTSIDE as of 4:00 PM, kiosk lines are mostly full with 10+ people

No tickets available after the 26th, December 27th is the last day as of now.

Being honest, current availability is running short

The week of Christmas there are still plenty of good seats available between 4 PM, 7:30 PM and 11 PM showings

The weekend before and after are quite full. Overall if you’re available Christmas week then head to LS right now

Unless you’re willing to take a “lesser” seat for weekend showings, I would personally wait until the next release

Best of luck.

I just saw a fireball fly north over 14th street. I saw it for half a second before it burned up over like 15/16 street.

We don’t get renegade fireworks around here. I have no idea what that was

Did anyone else see it ?

App wasn’t working for an hour so I went to Lincoln Square. In and out in 10 minutes and I got any seat I wanted - unlike the app, it actually works!

If you can, GO GO GO

Edit: use the kiosks, there are 10+. You can even type in your a-list email to log in. LOTS of seats available still

I went on Zoloft about two years ago for anxiety. We titrated up fairly quickly to 150mg and it worked – my anxiety was gone. Everyone considered that a win and we moved on.

What nobody caught is what went with it.

Before Zoloft I was at the gym every day, traveling, playing video games, seeing friends, cooking real meals, dating. Sober, functional, liked my life.

Then, gradually, I stopped ALL of that.

For two years I’ve basically been rotting alone. And the entire time I thought that was a character problem. I’d wake up at 2pm, do zero with my day and not care that there’d be consequences.

I came down from 150 to 100 recently and the difference was noticeable enough that it made me suspicious. Not fixed – but a layer came off. That’s when I started actually looking into it instead of assuming I’d just become a worse person. I’m working to taper off Zoloft completely.

What I found: SSRI-induced apathy syndrome. Diminished motivation that isn’t depression. It’s frequently missed because it comes on slowly and looks exactly like depression or laziness from the outside.

A “normal” person on an SSRI takes that dopamine hit from a normal baseline and ends up somewhat flat. Someone with ADHD takes the same hit from an already-depleted baseline and ends up at zero. Plus already low norepinephrine.

I’m not anti-SSRI. It did the job it was prescribed for. I just don’t think anyone – including me – was tracking the cost, and I lost two years to that.

What I’m asking: anyone else with ADHD experience this? Total loss of interest in things you used to love, heavy isolation, not caring about consequences? I am curious about others experiences - thanks!

TL;DR: 150mg Zoloft for two years killed my anxiety and every other interest I had. Thought I was lazy – it’s SSRI-induced apathy syndrome, and I think it hits ADHD brains harder. Tapering off. Anyone else?

I went on Zoloft about two years ago for anxiety. We titrated up fairly quickly to 150mg and it worked – my anxiety was gone. Everyone considered that a win and we moved on.

What nobody caught is what went with it.

Before Zoloft I was at the gym every day, traveling, playing video games, seeing friends, cooking real meals, dating. Sober, functional, liked my life.

Then, gradually, I stopped ALL of that.

For two years I’ve basically been rotting alone. And the entire time I thought that was a character problem. I’d wake up at 2pm, do zero with my day and not care that there’d be consequences.

I came down from 150 to 100 recently and the difference was noticeable enough that it made me suspicious. Not fixed – but a layer came off. That’s when I started actually looking into it instead of assuming I’d just become a worse person. I’m working to taper off Zoloft completely.

What I found: SSRI-induced apathy syndrome. Diminished motivation that isn’t depression. It’s frequently missed because it comes on slowly and looks exactly like depression or laziness from the outside.

A “normal” person on an SSRI takes that dopamine hit from a normal baseline and ends up somewhat flat. Someone with ADHD takes the same hit from an already-depleted baseline and ends up at zero. Plus already low norepinephrine.

I’m not anti-SSRI. It did the job it was prescribed for. I just don’t think anyone – including me – was tracking the cost, and I lost two years to that.

What I’m asking: anyone else with ADHD experience this? Total loss of interest in things you used to love, heavy isolation, not caring about consequences? I am curious about others experiences - thanks!

TL;DR: 150mg Zoloft for two years killed my anxiety and every other interest I had. Thought I was lazy – it’s SSRI-induced apathy syndrome, and I think it hits ADHD brains harder. Tapering off. Anyone else?

I went on Zoloft about two years ago for anxiety. We titrated up fairly quickly to 150mg and it worked – my anxiety was gone. Everyone considered that a win and we moved on.

What nobody caught is what went with it.

Before Zoloft I was at the gym every day, traveling, playing video games, seeing friends, cooking real meals, dating. Sober, functional, liked my life.

Then, gradually, I stopped ALL of that.

For two years I’ve basically been rotting alone. And the entire time I thought that was a character problem. I’d wake up at 2pm, do zero with my day and not care that there’d be consequences.

I came down from 150 to 100 recently and the difference was noticeable enough that it made me suspicious. Not fixed – but a layer came off. That’s when I started actually looking into it instead of assuming I’d just become a worse person. I’m working to taper off Zoloft completely.

What I found: SSRI-induced apathy syndrome. Diminished motivation that isn’t depression. It’s frequently missed because it comes on slowly and looks exactly like depression or laziness from the outside.

A “normal” person on an SSRI takes that dopamine hit from a normal baseline and ends up somewhat flat. Someone with ADHD takes the same hit from an already-depleted baseline and ends up at zero. Plus already low norepinephrine.

I’m not anti-SSRI. It did the job it was prescribed for. I just don’t think anyone – including me – was tracking the cost, and I lost two years to that.

What I’m asking: anyone else with ADHD experience this? Total loss of interest in things you used to love, heavy isolation, not caring about consequences? I am curious about others experiences - thanks!

TL;DR: 150mg Zoloft for two years killed my anxiety and every other interest I had. Thought I was lazy – it’s SSRI-induced apathy syndrome, and I think it hits ADHD brains harder. Tapering off. Anyone else?

I went on Zoloft about two years ago for anxiety. We titrated up fairly quickly to 150mg and it worked – my anxiety was gone. Everyone considered that a win and we moved on.

What nobody caught is what went with it.

Before Zoloft I was at the gym every day, traveling, playing video games, seeing friends, cooking real meals, dating. Sober, functional, liked my life.

Then, gradually, I stopped ALL of that.

For two years I’ve basically been rotting alone. And the entire time I thought that was a character problem. I’d wake up at 2pm, do zero with my day and not care that there’d be consequences.

I came down from 150 to 100 recently and the difference was noticeable enough that it made me suspicious. Not fixed – but a layer came off. That’s when I started actually looking into it instead of assuming I’d just become a worse person. I’m working to taper off Zoloft completely.

What I found: SSRI-induced apathy syndrome. Diminished motivation that isn’t depression. It’s frequently missed because it comes on slowly and looks exactly like depression or laziness from the outside.

A “normal” person on an SSRI takes that dopamine hit from a normal baseline and ends up somewhat flat. Someone with ADHD takes the same hit from an already-depleted baseline and ends up at zero. Plus already low norepinephrine.

I’m not anti-SSRI. It did the job it was prescribed for. I just don’t think anyone – including me – was tracking the cost, and I lost two years to that.

What I’m asking: anyone else with ADHD experience this? Total loss of interest in things you used to love, heavy isolation, not caring about consequences? I am curious about others experiences - thanks!

TL;DR: 150mg Zoloft for two years killed my anxiety and every other interest I had. Thought I was lazy – it’s SSRI-induced apathy syndrome, and I think it hits ADHD brains harder. Tapering off. Anyone else?

Hi all,

Looking for input from people who run heavily planted inert-substrate Caridina tanks because I feel like I'm constantly fighting my water chemistry.

Setup:
- 10 gallon, heavily planted (jungle levels – background is packed)
- Inert black sand substrate (Flourite type)
- Two sponge filters
- Tap water: pH ~7.0, KH 0, GH ~3-4
- Livestock: killifish pair, Caridina, snails
- Cycled (ammonia 0, nitrite 0, some nitrate)

The problem: right after a water change pH reads ~6.5. Within a few hours it plummets to 4.5-5.0. Always lands around 4.5-5.0 whether it's the middle of the day or the middle of the night, so I don't think it's just a CO2/photoperiod swing. I have zero KH so I understand there's no buffer, but I'm trying to understand what's driving it down that hard and whether my current approach is the right long-term move.

What I've ruled out:
- No dead livestock that I can find
- No obvious mulm/decay (recently did a deep clean)
- Not the hardscape – I only have lava rock, which wouldn't lower pH

What currently works: I dose potassium bicarbonate (chose it over baking soda to avoid adding sodium) at water changes, bringing pH to ~6.5. It doesn’t fluctuate much since I continually add the potassium bicarbonate alongside my water conditioner when changing water. The issue is Caridina supposedly prefer zero KH, so adding any carbonate buffer feels like it’s working against what they actually want – even though it’s the only thing keeping pH stable.

My questions:

1. What's actually driving a full ~2 point crash to 4.5/5 in hours if it's consistent day AND night? Zero KH + heavy plant mass, or something else?

2. For those running inert substrate (not active soil) with Caridina – is consistently supplementing a small KH buffer at water changes the accepted approach, or is there a better way?

3. Would a mesh bag of active soil (Controsoil) buffer 10 gallons, or does it need to be the full substrate bed to actually hold pH?

I keep reading Caridina want zero KH, but zero KH is exactly what makes my pH uncontrollable. Trying to understand how people square that without a full active-soil substrate.

TL;DR – Inert substrate, zero KH, heavily planted Caridina tank. pH crashes from 6.5 to 4.5/5 in hours, consistently, day or night. Dosing potassium bicarbonate at water changes keeps it stable but Caridina prefer zero KH. Is supplementing the right long-term fix or am I missing something?

Thank you!

Hi all,

Looking for input from people who run heavily planted inert-substrate Caridina tanks because I feel like I'm constantly fighting my water chemistry.

Setup:
- 10 gallon, heavily planted (jungle levels – background is packed)
- Inert black sand substrate (Flourite type)
- Two sponge filters
- Tap water: pH ~7.0, KH 0, GH ~3-4
- Livestock: killifish pair, Caridina, snails
- Cycled (ammonia 0, nitrite 0, some nitrate)

The problem: right after a water change pH reads ~6.5. Within a few hours it plummets to 4.5-5.0. Always lands around 4.5-5.0 whether it's the middle of the day or the middle of the night, so I don't think it's just a CO2/photoperiod swing. I have zero KH so I understand there's no buffer, but I'm trying to understand what's driving it down that hard and whether my current approach is the right long-term move.

What I've ruled out:
- No dead livestock that I can find
- No obvious mulm/decay (recently did a deep clean)
- Not the hardscape – I only have lava rock, which wouldn't lower pH

What currently works: I dose potassium bicarbonate (chose it over baking soda to avoid adding sodium) at water changes, bringing pH to ~6.5. It doesn’t fluctuate much since I continually add the potassium bicarbonate alongside my water conditioner when changing water. The issue is Caridina supposedly prefer zero KH, so adding any carbonate buffer feels like it’s working against what they actually want – even though it’s the only thing keeping pH stable.

My questions:

1. What's actually driving a full ~2 point crash to 4.5/5 in hours if it's consistent day AND night? Zero KH + heavy plant mass, or something else?

2. For those running inert substrate (not active soil) with Caridina – is consistently supplementing a small KH buffer at water changes the accepted approach, or is there a better way?

3. Would a mesh bag of active soil (Controsoil) buffer 10 gallons, or does it need to be the full substrate bed to actually hold pH?

I keep reading Caridina want zero KH, but zero KH is exactly what makes my pH uncontrollable. Trying to understand how people square that without a full active-soil substrate.

TL;DR – Inert substrate, zero KH, heavily planted Caridina tank. pH crashes from 6.5 to 4.5/5 in hours, consistently, day or night. Dosing potassium bicarbonate at water changes keeps it stable but Caridina prefer zero KH. Is supplementing the right long-term fix or am I missing something?

Thank you!

Hi all,

Looking for input from people who run heavily planted inert-substrate Caridina tanks because I feel like I'm constantly fighting my water chemistry.

Setup:
- 10 gallon, heavily planted (jungle levels – background is packed)
- Inert black sand substrate (Flourite type)
- Two sponge filters
- Tap water: pH ~7.0, KH 0, GH ~3-4
- Livestock: killifish pair, Caridina, snails
- Cycled (ammonia 0, nitrite 0, some nitrate)

The problem: right after a water change pH reads ~6.5. Within a few hours it plummets to 4.5-5.0. Always lands around 4.5-5.0 whether it's the middle of the day or the middle of the night, so I don't think it's just a CO2/photoperiod swing. I have zero KH so I understand there's no buffer, but I'm trying to understand what's driving it down that hard and whether my current approach is the right long-term move.

What I've ruled out:
- No dead livestock that I can find
- No obvious mulm/decay (recently did a deep clean)
- Not the hardscape – I only have lava rock, which wouldn't lower pH

What currently works: I dose potassium bicarbonate (chose it over baking soda to avoid adding sodium) at water changes, bringing pH to ~6.5. It doesn’t fluctuate much since I continually add the potassium bicarbonate alongside my water conditioner when changing water. The issue is Caridina supposedly prefer zero KH, so adding any carbonate buffer feels like it’s working against what they actually want – even though it’s the only thing keeping pH stable.

My questions:

1. What's actually driving a full ~2 point crash to 4.5/5 in hours if it's consistent day AND night? Zero KH + heavy plant mass, or something else?

2. For those running inert substrate (not active soil) with Caridina – is consistently supplementing a small KH buffer at water changes the accepted approach, or is there a better way?

3. Would a mesh bag of active soil (Controsoil) buffer 10 gallons, or does it need to be the full substrate bed to actually hold pH?

I keep reading Caridina want zero KH, but zero KH is exactly what makes my pH uncontrollable. Trying to understand how people square that without a full active-soil substrate.

TL;DR – Inert substrate, zero KH, heavily planted Caridina tank. pH crashes from 6.5 to 4.5/5 in hours, consistently, day or night. Dosing potassium bicarbonate at water changes keeps it stable but Caridina prefer zero KH. Is supplementing the right long-term fix or am I missing something?

Thank you!

Dice transfer, Venmo, PayPal, cashapp

Hi all. Six years in enterprise SaaS, the last stretch at two of the bigger names in business intelligence.

I’ve watched the BI space get absolutely dismantled in slow motion. Companies aren’t buying anymore – there’s massive churn and attrition across the board, and meanwhile quotas go up and territories get smaller every single year. The only reps hitting number are the one or two who lucked into a good territory.

I hit OTE in my second year as an AE. Came close in my third. Haven’t been close since. Now I’m sitting at a $300K OTE structure where I’d genuinely make more money in a $200K OTE role with an attainable base-to-variable split – because that number on paper means nothing when nobody’s hitting it.

Part of the problem is obvious in hindsight: BI tooling is just too discretionary. Microsoft bundles Power BI into M365 and suddenly every CFO has a “good enough” answer. The buyers who used to exist just… don’t need to buy anymore.

And the outreach situation has become a complete joke. Every vendor – including us – is blasting AI-generated slop that nobody reads. I’m not going to cold call fifty times a day and I’m not going to pretend spray-and-pray email sequences are a strategy. What kills me is that I’ve essentially become a BDR again – I have received literally zero inbound or warm opportunities for as long as I’ve been in this role. Every single pipeline dollar has come from cold outreach. As a six-year enterprise AE. This isn’t 2020 where deals were actually moving. The whole motion feels broken.

So here’s what I’m genuinely trying to figure out:

Is this a me problem, a BI-specific problem, or just enterprise AE life in a down market? Are other AEs feeling this across the board, or is BI just a particularly brutal place to be right now because the space is so crowded with free alternatives?

And if I moved into a space with actual mandatory spend – cybersecurity, data infrastructure, something where the buyer has to buy – am I just going to hit the same wall with impossible quotas and garbage territories, different logo?

I’m weighing two paths: find a different vertical as an AE where I’m not competing against free, or make the move to account management entirely.

On the AM side – something I’ve heard throughout my career is that I’m genuinely strong at building and maintaining relationships. It’s where I’ve gotten the most traction and honestly the part of the job I actually enjoy. Working a real book of business, deepening relationships with customers who already trust you, driving expansion from warm accounts – that fits how I naturally operate way better than sending a thousand cold emails into the void hoping one lands. And they don’t.

I know AMs have quotas. Not delusional about that. But warm expansion business on accounts you already own is a fundamentally different motion than cold new logo hunting, especially in this market. That difference matters to me right now.

For those who’ve made the AE → AM switch – did it actually change the day-to-day, or does the pressure just move around? Thanks!

TL;DR: AE sales motions just aren’t working anymore. Is anyone else feeling this, or is it time to pivot to AM?