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....I am like many of you in a broken brain and body. It was fine.. then psychiatrist. Boom, 25 years later and it is 1.30am with 2 hours sleep in 48 hours. I am one month out of last dose of the strongest one there is and even then it was a 1.5 year taper. I mean, c'mon.

Why bother keeping going in it when I know for a fact it isnt fixable? People don't keep a car that only works 10% of the time because someone else destroyed it.

I yelled at my 'doctor' today again. He didnt care.

How on earth is this going on in the world un-noticed??

I would lile to say more about my exit plan but it violates the rules. I don't see any choice, and it is my choice.

(In my opinion)

Preferred desktop environment first ..

Then how much spare tinker time do you have...

Then use case

Then what package manager do you need/like

THEN the distro itself.

(In my opinion)

I'd like to get more involved with thjs. Anyone know any groups or websites? It is a very worthy cause and will save lives.

I am curious as to why Pika is not getting many mainstream mentions as a gaming focused distro when the benchmarks generally match CachyOS and Bazzite? Less community and no AUR, but any other reasons?

My anal dysnergia is really really bad at the moment and the exercises from my bowel physio just don't like anything happens, and aren't really explained well. Does anyone have any links to any good videos or other online resources for dysenergic defecation and relaxation of the pelvic floor?

Thanks!

Roughly 8 days since last poop and no urge of any kind, even after miralax, suppositories, fleet enemas, stimulant laxatives and even prucalopride.

Trying 3 sachets of picoprep tonight on the advice of a gastroentereologist. If that doesn't work it is off to emergency tomorrow for a manual evacuation. Sounds like fun. It is going to be a long night.

At this point I'm happy though. At least someone might pay attention to it now.

Wish me luck 💩

Misdiagnosed, then convinced I was benefiting from what I was taking for 25 years while my physical health got worse and worse, and now in a broken body and brain as a result of long term antipsychotic use.

I am one of many.

I hate psychiatry with fierce passion and I hope that some day the mainstream realises how much of it is a lie, and that it is based on selling tablets to people who don't need them (not all, but the vast majority).

Fuck psychiatry and all mainstream psychiatrists that continue to ruin lives.

Hi all. I've been a 3-4am wake upper for about 6 years now. I also struggle a fair bit to get to sleep but the early wakeups have been a long term issue. Chemically I find gabapentin and high dose DORAs are the best pills for keeping me asleep.

However I think I have a found the major contributing factor to waking up early and it is no secret. For me it is blood sugar. I found that if I have a significant amount of sugar or any high GI food in the hours before I go to bed I'll ALWAYS wake up around 3 or whatever. The worse the food, the stronger the wakeup.

Beyond this, I've also realised that it is not just the night that makes a difference. If I go for about 3 consecutive days eating low GI meals, my nocturnal wakeups disappear entirely. I have repeated this many times and I know for a fact it works.

I am now hardly ever waking up significantly at this time.

It makes sense. Your blood sugar peaks and troughs with shit foods, so if it plummets during the night your body raises cortisol so you consume some fuel and hence you wake up. I've seen it on many sleep resources but never understood that it takes a few days of good eating for it to really make a difference.

Eating low GI meals sucks slightly. Kiss a lot of stuff goodbye. But I'd much rather wake up rested and not eating sugar/bread/pasta than be awake from 3.30am. Also if you pair carbs and sugar with protein and fat you can eat some of the naughty stuff. It isn't too bad.

I have really suffered with it, including an eventual suicide attempt, so I know how debilitating it is. I would encourage you to try it. It may not be a fix for your type of insomnia, but it has done wonders for mine. Good luck!

Does anyone know of any books - biographies etc

- or other resources that describe the background to the Fleetwood Mac era that produced the Behind The Mask and Time albums?

They are obscure to most but I think they had merit. I'd love to know more about the band's recruiting, touring and general state around those albums.

Thanks!

I have uninstalled and reinstalled Gnome Software, deleted the cache multiple times, and followed many other 'fixes' and it will not install anything. It seemed good up until now. Gnome Software has always played up for me on all the distros I have used it on. Hmm.

Does anyone have fresh information on how well Fedora 44 would run on an Intel Core Ultra 7 with ARC graphics? My understanding is that previous kernels were still imperfect. Thanks.