u/siriansolthane

Does anyone know why there is ash falling from the sky? I am between exit 205 and 207, east of the freeway. There is a lot of ash just raining down from the sky and there is a pretty strong burn smell.

Hello, everyone! I was hoping to get some advice on what games I should be looking at next.

I have played:

Rune Factory (my fav): 3S, 4S, 5, and GoA

Harvest Moon: Winds of Anthos

Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar

From those, RF4S was certainly my favorite. I'd love to get my hands on some of the older RF, but I am currently limited to Switch, Switch 2, or PC.

I know this is going to be an unpopular opinion, but I did not like Grand Bazaar. I hated that everything was in the city or the single mountain zone. Conversely, Winds of Anthos had me traveling all over. A lot of it was somewhat empty, but I still much preferred that to never going anywhere. I quite liked Winds of Anthos overall.

I am looking for one that has some amount of exploration or time in the wilderness, at least decent farming mechanics (I think they probably all are good enough in that regard), and great characters. I am kind of fine with the non-bacchelor/bacchelorettes being less fleshed out as long as the marriage candidates are good.

From looking through what is available, it seems like Pioneers of Olive Town or One World might be my best bets? Grand Bazaar put something of a bad taste in my mouth, so I am somewhat inclined away from Pioneers of Olive Town. I am intrigued by A Wonderful Life and it's generational setup, tho.

Could I get any opinions or advice? Thank you!

I have type 1 narcolepsy and treatment resistant major depressive disorder. Stating this ahead so folks know, my psychiatrist and sleep doctor are in close contact as we figure this out and both are great at what they do.

Successful treatment of my depression has got me on quite a few medications, then I added on Lumryz and Adderall after my narcolepsy diagnosis last year. Everything was fine, but I had a mood dip and my psychiatrist and I decided to try a different psych med, Seroquel. Once that had taken effect in a couple weeks, everything was truly perfect. My mood was excellent, I was productive, my narcolepsy was well managed, and I felt great. Everyone I know was saying I was like the "old me" (never been too fond of that phrase, but I get what they mean) and I don't even know when the last time I felt so good was.

Three months in, I start to develop a tremor in my hands, my thinking is slowed down, I'm forgetting things from words to tasks I was told to do minutes before, and I feel like everything is really hot and I can't stop sweating. Tentative diagnosis: serotonin syndrome.

So my psychiatrist has me stop taking my SSRI, which actually doesn't hurt my mood so I guess the Seroquel worked better. Over the course of a month my tremor is reduced, my sweating stops, and the brain fog is reduced. Still have a minor tremor and some brain fog/forgetfulness, though.

Now the only two medications I am on that have anything to do with serotonin are the Seroquel and the Adderall. Seroquel rescued my mood from the depression, so we decided to drop the Adderall. Tremor stopped completely and brain fog is gone, except I am tired because I am now only getting half of the narcolepsy treatment (Lumryz only, no stimulant). We give it a couple days and then I tried a half dose of the Adderall, right back to the tremor. Next thing to try was a low dose of Concerta which I did fairly well with years ago. Minor tremor, hard to say for sure about the thinking.

Don't know what my doctor will have me try next. I feel like it is going to end up having to decide between dealing with depression or dealing with sleepiness. It just really sucks that both can't be managed. I felt so great for those three months. I almost wish that I didn't have that time because it made me remember how it feels to just be healthy.

Sorry for spilling all this out. I just had to get it out there.