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Hi all, I was prescribed LDN for my POTS and chronic fatigue. I also used to have a lot more pain more frequently due to stress, apart of the trigger and build up of my POTS and CFS issues and hEDS. My cardiologist who is helping me recover from years of untreated POTS has prescribed be with LDN. I have 0.5mg capsules.

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I took the first one last night and woke up from a dream of my arms being in pain to being in actual pain in my arms. It felt like my nerves or tendons were being pulled supper tight from my middle finger up through my shoulders. I ended up taking some magnesium since I read it helped someone but I also rolled on a bunch of Lidocaine cream I got when I was in the US last. It did help and I thankfully fell back to sleep for another hour or two but I'm still a bit sore. I usually use co-codimol (paracetamol mixed with codine - available OTC in the UK) when I get pain bad enough to impact my sleep. Obviously not good to take them together.

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I've read so many posts about this and my doctor doesn't respond to messages. im not sure how to move forward.

- Should I call the pharmacy and check the quality?

- Should I just split the capsule in water and decrease the dose on my own? (I have done this with ADHD meds before).

- Could it just be the meds use up magnesium and i need to take more? as I have used magnesium spray in the past when certain body parts twitch and it helped.

- or does it go away after a while and yesterday was a fluke because I played xbox for like 6 hours.

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Any thoughts, experiences or recommendations would be welcome.

Hi all, I'm hoping to pick the brains of people who know this sector well.

I'm a Chartered Town Planner (MRTPI) with over five years of experience, including a background in historic conservation and landscape architecture (which i worked in for 5 years before switching to TP and other conservation internships etc before that).

I'm considering a career change into library and information science. I actually grew up working in my hometown library as a page, helping with checkout and processing new books into the system, and I've always missed that environment. I have also worked for 2 University libraries but basically doing the same tasks. I'm drawn to the information management and research side of the work, the ethos, and honestly a calmer setting than the construction and development world.

A few specific questions I'd appreciate advice on:

1. Is a masters in library/information science necessary to break into the sector, or are there realistic routes in without one?

2. I'm aware traditional public library roles are very competitive and scarce, at least in my area. Are university libraries, research support, or knowledge management in business more accessible for career changers?

3. Does subject expertise in planning, heritage, and landscape architecture carry any weight, or does the sector largely want library specific qualifications regardless?

4. Is CILIP Chartership an acceptable alternative to a full masters for getting taken seriously by employers? Based on my Town Planning Chartership understanding you can work up to it without an MSc but it takes a few years longer and once you have Chartership MSc doesn't matter as much. Is it the same here?

5. How are people in the sector feeling about AI? Is it genuinely threatening roles, or is it changing what the work looks like more than replacing it?

I'm based in the North East of England if anyone has region specific insight, though happy to hear from anywhere in the UK.

Thanks in advance, really appreciate any honest experience people are willing to share.

Hi all, I'm trying to make progress on our renovations. We want to merge 2 rooms. The wall isn't load bearing so that is not an issue.

We currently can't afford to purchase the flooring that we want (other things need to be done for health & safety reasons). So I'm thinking of ripping out the horrible carpet that is probably making my dust allergies worse and the wall, while treating and painting the subfloor so we can use it as our main flooring until we can afford the next stage. I believe there is a concrete base (no basement) under the subfloor and with English weather there is a good amount of moisture around.

Does anyone have recommendations on what to treat it with without triggering moisture being trapped? I know I will need to pull carpet nail strips out but will I need to sand the entire floor as well? Instructions in how to protect and make subfloor livable for cheap would be appreciated. Thanks!