u/No_Spite_6630

Dr told me he’s retiring today. Next month will be my last 30 day script before he’s done. I’ve been taking 2mg Xanax (generic alprazolam technically) 3 times a day for about 2-3 years and was on 3mg Ativan twice daily before that after building a low baseline for maybe 3 years. I don’t really see a way I can get access to this medication after this point with long turnarounds for new drs/ therapists, especially at my dose.. it’s very much frowned upon for good reason so thinking I can get a script is definitely not something i think can be done easily at all. I’ve been dreading this for the longest time after I’ve been through a few day withdrawals back in my Ativan days that still give me nightmares. So as of now.. literally tonight I started tapering from 2mg, 3 times a day to 1.75. So before I found I took my normal 2mg and have another 1.75 before bed. I will attempt this in hopes it will be successful without massive setbacks and continue to drop about .25 every week or week and a half depending on how well I can handle it. The math is a bit difficult and I a few extra pills so when it’s all said and done it should be around 10-12 weeks if I can stick to the plan strictly.. maybe longer.. again it depends how well I can deal with the lowering dosages.. I still feel it will be horrific and by the end I’ll be hospitalized.. maybe lose my job and even my life due to my high blood pressure that I’m already medicated for.. I could really use some advice from some people who know about this. This is legit my nightmare but if I can come out the other side without physical and mental anguish I will be so glad I’m no longer controlled by this damn pill that both saved and ruined my life.. idc how much anxiety I have as long those withdrawals are gone.. fuck benzos.. never even took them to get high.. they just worked. Only thing that ever did. I just need to make it out..

I’m on day 31 now. After going back maybe 5 times and loading up the first city in Hernand and being overwhelmed by all the shops, map size, hearing mechanics are confusing, my inventory being maxed just by running around collecting crap and my pc can’t do ray tracing reconstruction without horrible fps so the lighting in the game looks atrocious in certain situations even on very high settings.. I said screw it. just push through.

I’m now only just starting chapter 4 and my inventory slots went from like 54 to 154. I have super cool gear I found from random exploration. I’m actually having fun doing side quests, especially knowing I get inventory expansions. (Best reward possible for my hoarding ass lol) and I’m trying to not go to far off the beaten path to keep things sort of centralized before I move on in story. Already stumbled into two random
bosses that I had no trouble with and first story boss was a breeze and really cool. I’m just loving the vibe of the game and I’ve had open world burnout for the longest time. There’s a million things I still don’t know like certain puzzle areas where a woman’s voice says I’m not ready because I haven’t met a specific person, awesome skill tree stuff I can’t unlock and obvious mission based skills I haven’t received. I don’t know even know how to pick pocket yet and haven’t even cared to look it up. Just so much fun organically discovering things. Also, a lot of time wasted figuring out puzzles that are very abstract or just not obvious, but I kinda like that.

Is there anything specific you think I should know or do now that I’m in the early sections still (20 hours)? I’m currently building greymane camp and have about 15 guys now, mainly focusing on that before continuing story missions while cleaning up all side quests and exploring all close by shiny markers that are within reasonable range. I know there’s a ton of videos online and I’ve been tempted to watch some and maybe it’s the best way but I guess I don’t want too much spoilers but it just seems sooo easy to miss a great item or have a mechanic exist that is very hard to grasp naturally without experimentation or previous knowledge.

Can anyone please explain this to me because I’m kind of freaked out at the moment. I got the notice that I needed to renew for health insurance by June 15th on NY marketplace as my essential plan was ending due to new laws. I hit start applications and decided I wanted to wait until a different time to do it so I backed out. The dashboard then said I have NO coverage and need to enroll where previously it said I am enrolled minutes before? How did I lose coverage just by clicking the application to see potential options? So at the point I felt I had no choice and filled the app out and because my income was cut in half I was accepted for Medicaid for through same insurance company I had previously but the start date isn’t until the first of June?! All numbers are down for the weekend so there’s nobody to speak with and I have an appt with my dr Tuesday. I even tried signing into my insurance provider and it said my account was terminated! My mom tried to tell me they won’t just cancel your insurance because it’s month to month so I should still have essential plan until June 1st but market place only lists Medicaid starting June 1st and not my essential plan. I never agreed to cancel anything. Did I mess something up? Will they be able to help me to make sure I can revert back to my previous insurance because it was an obvious mistake

Can anyone please explain this to me because I’m kind of freaked out at the moment. I got the notice that I needed to renew for health insurance by June 15th on NY marketplace as my essential plan was ending due to new laws. I hit start applications and decided I wanted to wait until a different time to do it so I backed out. The dashboard then said I have NO coverage and need to enroll where previously it said I am enrolled minutes before? How did I lose coverage just by clicking the application to see potential options? So at the point I felt I had no choice and filled the app out and because my income was cut in half I was accepted for Medicaid for through same insurance company I had previously but the start date isn’t until the first of June?! All numbers are down for the weekend so there’s nobody to speak with and I have an appt with my dr Tuesday. My mom tried to tell me they won’t just cancel your insurance because it’s month to month so I should still have essential plan until June 1st but market place only lists Medicaid starting June 1st and not my essential plan. I never agreed to cancel anything. Did I mess something up? Will they be able to help me to make sure I can revert back to my previous insurance because it was an obvious mistake

I was unfortunately in the 200-250% that will lose essential plan as I was around the 249% mark last year here in NY. Now my plan would need me to be under the 200% poverty line which for the last 4 months I have been. So I have two questions.. 1: it says I have until August 30th to pick a new plan without a gap in coverage.. does this mean I can still technically use the essential plan coverage until August 30th? A bit confused how it works. 2: my income as of February of this year has been drastically cut.. well under the 200% poverty line due to being laid off and losing nearly half my hours. I still haven’t found more work and based on my current income for the past 4 months my annual income for this year before taxes is around 20k. I made 37k last year and I’m a single adult on my own.. times are tough. I’ve already received letters that my coverage is ending months ago but does my change in income mean I’m still able to keep my insurance or does is go by what was on my 2025 tax return only? I can barely afford anything making 340 a week and am scraping the barrel of my savings while looking for more work and if I lose my health insurance I won’t be able to get my blood pressure meds anymore so I’m very worried.

I looked it up and it said it’s a 50% chance to pass down to kids from a mother. I’ve had 20/20 vision my whole child hood and early adult life and I think a couple years ago I took an eye test and it wasn’t 20/20 but still good. I don’t think I experience tunnel vision, usually only get slightly blurry vision when I don’t sleep well. I’m pretty nervous about hearing this because losing vision is very scary. I’ve never even came close to needing glasses. I read most with this have blindness by 40. My mother is 65 though and just started getting blurry vision where it’s hard to make out faces on tv and vision started declining for a few years. She told me my grandpa was technically blind in one eye and for some reason never told me. Is google correct about the assessment I’m making? Am I overthinking this too much? Surely I would have shown signs earlier in life if I had this right? I’d just like any info I can on this and hope this is the correct place to ask.

Still trying to fully wrap my head around the cube. Haven’t played since S2 and I’ve used 5 masks in the cube but it says in description “used to transmute into items found in Urivars Hoard.” Not sure what that even means tbh but at bottom it says it can be used at cube to Amalgamate so that’s what I did. Is it it the right choice to use them the way I did or are these types of items actually used for other purposes? I have about 3 different types from other hoards.