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I am 33 Male, Indian

I have had hair transplant in the past

I started taking Dut 0.5 min + 2mg Min oraly just recently.

I have always felt inflammation in my head always, even 10 years ago(before hair transplant) when I had a full head of hair.
I hope to get back some hair with dut and min,

But I always have this inflammation and burning sensation , even when i shave all hair

I am trying Mometasone recently every 2 days, i dont know what to do, for the best scalp health and growth

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I am 33 Male, Indian

I have had hair transplant in the past

I started taking Dut 0.5 min + 2mg Min oraly just recently.

I have always felt inflammation in my head always, even 10 years ago(before hair transplant) when I had a full head of hair.
I hope to get back some hair with dut and min,

But I always have this inflammation and burning sensation , even when i shave all hair

I am trying Mometasone recently every 2 days, i dont know what to do, for the best scalp health and growth

33M, around 20% body fat.

For most of my adult life I've honestly treated my body pretty badly.

• Smoked cigarettes since 2010 (usually around 8-10/day)
• Heavy beer drinker for the last 4 years (2-3L beer, 4-5 days/week)
• Smoked weed pretty heavily from around COVID until last year
• Weed-free for 1+ year now
• Currently off alcohol
• Currently off nicotine

Over the last couple of months I've been trying to get back on track, become more productive, improve focus, get healthier, and generally undo some of the damage from the last decade.

I've also recently started lifting seriously and doing strength training 4-5x/week.

My bloodwork is currently pretty good (CBC, lipids, liver enzymes, glucose, etc.) but I'm planning to do a much more extensive workup in September after I've been running this protocol for ~8 weeks. Thinking hormone panel, ApoB, fasting insulin, MRI, body composition, etc.

Curious what people here think.

Goals

• Better focus and productivity
• More energy during the day
• Recover from years of smoking/drinking
• Gain muscle and strength
• Improve long-term health
• Reduce brain fog and improve motivation

Diet

Typical day looks something like:

Pre-workout

• Oats
• Pea protein
• Peanut butter
• Ground flax
• Coffee

Post-workout

• Protein shake
• Roasted chickpea/barley-based carb meal

Lunch

• Lentils
• Quinoa
• 6 eggs
• Olive oil
• Mustard oil

Dinner

• Avocado
• Eggs
• Additional protein if needed

Rough macros:

• Protein: ~170-190g
• Carbs: ~140-180g
• Fat: ~80-100g
• Fibre: ~35-50g

Fat profile is roughly:

• MUFA: high (olive oil, avocado, eggs)
• PUFA: moderate (flax, fish oil, mustard oil)
• Saturated fat: moderate
• Omega 3 supplementation daily

Mostly whole foods. Almost no processed junk. No alcohol.

Training

• Strength training 4-5x/week
• Progressive overload
• Creatine daily
• Walking whenever I can
• Trying to improve recovery and sleep

Current Stack

Cognitive / Focus

Piracetam

• Mainly for focus and mental clarity

Alpha-GPC

• Choline source to pair with Piracetam

Uridine

• Added for membrane synthesis and cognition

Bacopa

• Memory and learning

Lion's Mane

• Mostly for potential neuroplasticity benefits

L-Tyrosine

• Dopamine support, especially during mentally demanding work

Rhodiola

• Stress resilience and fatigue reduction

L-Theanine

• Smooths out caffeine and improves focus

Recovery / General Health

Creatine

• Strength, muscle and cognitive benefits

Taurine

• General health, recovery and cardiovascular support

Vitamin D3 + K2

• Basic health insurance

Omega-3

• Inflammation, cardiovascular and brain health

Magnesium L-Threonate

• Sleep and cognition

Magnesium Complex

• Filling any magnesium gaps

Collagen

• Joint/tendon support

Longevity / Mitochondria Stuff

NMN

• NAD+ support

CoQ10 (Ubiquinol)

• Mitochondrial function

PQQ

• Mitochondrial support

Ca-AKG

• Healthy aging/longevity experiment

Shilajit

• Mostly for energy and possible testosterone support

Other

ALCAR

• Energy and cognition

Astaxanthin

• Antioxidant

Lutein/Zeaxanthin

• Eye health

Black Seed Oil

• General health

Inulin

• Gut health and fibre

Hair Loss

Dutasteride

• Hair preservation

Oral Minoxidil

• Hair preservation

Questions

1. What would you drop first if this was your stack?
2. Anything obvious I'm missing considering:
   • 15 years of smoking
   • years of heavy drinking
   • long-term weed use
   • trying to rebuild health and productivity
3. Any supplements that actually moved the needle for focus/motivation rather than just sounding good on paper?
4. Anything in this stack that could be hurting gym progress or muscle gain?
5. What tests would you add to my September check-up?
6. Anyone here quit alcohol + nicotine after a decade or more? What gave you the biggest improvement in cognition, motivation and energy once you got a few months clean?

Appreciate any feedback. Sometimes I wonder if I'm actually optimizing anything or just creating expensive urine 😅

Hello People,

I am subscribed to Google AI Ultra for Business through my Google Business Account.

I saw this on flow today.

```
Important: The Ultra AI Access add-on is no longer available for purchase and will be removed from Workspace accounts starting on July 7, 2026. With this change, you will no longer have higher access to Google Flow.
```

https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/generative-ai/workspace-with-gemini/ai-ultra-access

https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/generative-ai/workspace-with-gemini/ai-expanded-access

Can anyone explain to me whats happening? This seems very confusing.

Most of my work related to AI is using the 2 things

- Google Antigravity

-Google Flow

It seems there would be less availability for both in the new AI Expanded Access, why would I pay 200 USD for that.

Are they deprecating Google Flow? Or is it only for Business Users?

When I look at this, for personal users through Google One

https://one.google.com/intl/es_es/about/google-ai-plans/#compare-plans

I see that they are still selling this, and I get advertisements about on Youtube as well.

So Google Flow is now only available on Personal Accounts? This is kinda confusing for me.

And the terminology is very weird.

Google Flow ^(4)
Usage Limits
Google Flow Points

if I move to Personal would with

99 $ Plan or 200$ Plan would I still be charged the same credits it charges for video generation?

Veo 3.1 Lite- Lower Priority - 0
Veo 3.1 Lite - 5
Vero 3.1 Fast - 10
Veo 3.1 Quality - 100

(I know the cost were double and no lower priority on Pro Plans before, so not sure how that will change, if google flow is not deprecated)

This is kinda very confusing for me, If anyone has any understanding of whats happening, can they explain to me properly?

Thanks

I (32M) recently told a friend of mine that I don't want him contacting me or my family anymore. We've known each other since around 2010, but I feel like the friendship has become unhealthy and one-sided.

Some context:

1. My 30th birthday (2023)

I wanted to spend my 30th birthday in New York City. Instead, I stayed because my friend insisted I should be there since his then-fiancée was visiting.

The birthday ended up being one of the worst days I've had. Looking back, I felt pressured into spending it the way he wanted rather than the way I wanted. More importantly, it reinforced something I had been feeling for a long time: when things are difficult, he isn't someone I can rely on.

2. Eye infection and ER visit (April 2023)

I developed a severe eye infection and could barely see. I needed to go to the ER.

Despite living together at the time, my friend didn't even walk me to the taxi or help me get there. He stayed seated at the dining table while I struggled to leave the apartment. I was so visually impaired that I hit walls multiple times trying to get out.

I ended up going through multiple hospitals before getting proper treatment. The nurses at the ER were shocked that I had come alone and told me it wasn't safe.

What bothered me most was what happened afterward. When I got back, instead of asking how I was doing, he wanted to celebrate and drink because he was leaving for India the next day. I felt completely unsupported.

3. Money he owed me

At one point he borrowed about 10,000 Euros from me.

When I later asked about it, he became aggressive and insisted he didn't owe me anything. He told me I was mistaken, drunk, or imagining things.

Only after I showed him proof of the transaction did he admit it and pay me back.

4. A pattern of behavior

Throughout the friendship, I often felt belittled, insulted, or dismissed. Whenever I tried to bring up concerns, I was told I was "too emotional," "overthinking," or imagining problems.

I genuinely cared about him and considered him family, but over time I started feeling that the friendship existed more for his benefit than mine.

To be fair, there were good times too. We were both nerdy teenagers and bonded over shared interests. But as we got older, I felt we grew apart, and many of the positive memories were outweighed by feeling disrespected and unsupported.

I had already tried distancing myself before, but he reached out again around my birthday, and I realized I no longer wanted any relationship with him.

So I sent a message telling him not to contact me or my family anymore.

AITA for ending the friendship completely and burning the bridge rather than simply drifting apart?

EDIT: Number 1 was bad because we were in Barcelona, My friends fiance was in Toronto, and he was in Barcelona cheating on her rampantly.

And on my birthday I was called an asshole because I wasn't able to act in a way to lie to hes girlfriend, because the woman he was hooking up with was also present, and my friends gf said I saw hes reaction, i know you cheated on me, I was told by me friend that I am an asshole to not hoide thngs enough, and in my 30th brithday , hes girlfriend came to me crying saying its your bithday lets celebrate, my friend didnt care, she was crying, somehow they are married right now, i just dont want to be a part of

EDIT: To clarify why Point 1 was so awful: we were in Barcelona at the time, and my friend’s fiancée had come from Toronto to visit. The issue was that my friend was rampantly cheating on her—and the woman he was hooking up with was actually present at my birthday celebration.

His fiancée picked up on my reaction and realized he was cheating. Instead of taking responsibility for his actions, my friend blamed me entirely. He told me it was my fault because I couldn't act well enough and couldn't lie to cover for him. My 30th birthday ended with his devastated fiancée crying to me, trying to salvage the night by saying, "It's your birthday, let's just celebrate," while my friend didn't care at all. Somehow, they are married now, and I just want absolutely no part in that.