I’m on clonidine for ADHD. I can actually stop myself from speaking out of turn now, so maybe it has been a little sedating xD

Dating is kind of a nightmare. I know people say anyone can find a partner, but that doesn’t take into account things like sensory issues or hard boundaries around other things that keep us sane. I told myself a few years ago that I didn’t want to date while I’m university, but honestly it’s been so nice not forcing myself to fit into other people’s boxes that I might just stay single even after I earn my doctorate

I’m also with you on refusing to participate in a misery machine for a living. I hope you can hash out some kind of misery escape plan with your therapist tomorrow

My physical therapists love to say “motion is lotion”, moving is what keeps our joints moving smoothly

I hear you, I’m ND too. Reading about things like RSD being common in people like us has at least helped me be easier on myself.

Existence is goddamn difficult and I wish I had an answer, because turning my brain off sounds wonderful. Alcohol can do that, but it comes with some awful consequences. I’ve also abused quetiapine, but eventually that fucked me up too. Weed does not play nice with my brain

How is this a crime? I need a recipe

This is pretty funny given the recent political assertions that Tylenol causes autism, because rejection sensitive dysphoria is a symptom of autism/adhd

2k can’t replace the pay for federal workers who have been furloughed, or the upcoming ACA increases, and for some that’s just a couple months of food for their families

He just likes sending checks with his name on it. I genuinely don’t want a dividend from this tariff fraud

My service dog has some pit bull ancestry (roughly 16%), I know this because I did a DNA test on her. She is none of the things you listed, despite being part of the scariest years of my life that involved actual domestic violence against me. And even after we were attacked by a GSP on a walk last year, she has not shown those tendencies you mentioned. She’s also very gentle with the impolite tomcat I adopted recently.

I doubt most pet owners can rise to the level of training she and I have done. And service training is not a “boot camp then done” thing, it’s continued throughout their working lives. But they absolutely need the temperament for service first.

And just for fun: she also has Rottweiler, GSD and Chow Chow ancestry. She was donated to me through a reputable program that screens shelter puppies for the temperament needed for service.

Plea deal means the three families won’t have to go through a court trial, but I can’t imagine feeling okay with that if one of those men was my loved one

I’m going to be very upset if MTG ends up as the first US president who is a woman

Finally got a good score!

They are the (purple) states that can be won by either Republicans or Democrats during presidential elections. Think Pennsylvania or Michigan, there was a ton of dramatic campaigning in those states last year, including an attempted assassination.

In contrast there are reliably Democrat (blue) states like California and Washington, and reliably Republican (red) states like Texas and West Virginia

It’s another very US-centric concept

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It’s okay to use the word “British”, it’s not a slur or anything

Feels like they are trying to shut as many doors as possible before things turn to explicit danger for trans folks

Sleep! Because I have a disability that limits my ability to walk. And that disability makes me so damn tired that I sleep a lot

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I woke up with a nasty sinus infection on one side lol

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The only thing they’ve actually announced is that Medicare won’t cover the cost for everyone (just a limited number of people), and that for some people the cost will be low. They did not announce if that low cost will be for Medicare, or for people without insurance, or a private insurance.

The Trump administration is expected to announce, as early as this week, a deal with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to lower the price of their weight loss drugs in exchange for limited Medicare coverage, according to two people familiar with the plan

Give the people what that want: increased insurance costs and limited insurance coverage for medications. EzPz /s