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  • If you just randomly wanted to know everyone, I’m also an outlier from the opposite pole of the spectrum lol.

    For my it’s maybe several times a year when I get curious enough to try. Never has worked out tho. I always compare it to that to me it probably feels like what touching your elbow is like. It just feels like my body and nothing “good” or interesting happens when I try. It’s like someone forgot to hook up my wiring or something. Always been this way.


  • I will say that I tried an SSRI once before (but not Prozac), and honestly I don’t know that I would have done it again if I knew the withdrawal gets that frustrating. I even went off the way my provider told me (and even a tad slower), so it wasn’t like I went cold turkey or anything. Luckily on my worst day it was a weekend so I had off of work but goddamn.

    I don’t understand why Prozac seems to have fallen out of favor. Significantly reduced withdrawal symptoms seems fantastic.


  • I agree with the other person… medication isn’t one size fits all. I’m taking a medication for reasons that seem to be “off-label” usage after trying several different ones. If you feel like your medications aren’t helping to tackle the main issue, then it’s best to talk to your provider(s) about it.

    That being said, mental health medications aren’t magic. And there’s never going to be something out there that solves everything. The right kind of therapy modalities with the right type of therapist(s) can take you further in particular areas that you’re struggling with.

    Like with anxiety, for example. It’s such a broad as fuck category. You can try throwing meds at it, sure. And they may help to a degree. But do said person’s anxieties typical revolve around particular themes? In that case, targeting these themes with therapy is going to be helpful and is not necessarily treated the way as someone with other types of anxieties.

    Someone with trauma based anxieties/reactions may respond to different types of medications and treatments versus someone with performance based anxieties for example.

    Neither of the ones you mentioned are ones that I’ve tried so I can’t unfortunately give my experience with them. Have you been on them long?




  • It’s probably making a decent difference, yeah. But a lot of people don’t use those settings. I never charge my phone to only 80%. I know it’s an option, but it’s just not enough charge for me.

    And these folding phones get HOT AF. Know what kills battery? Heat. I’ve been on my current Flip for about a year and while the battery life has definitely never been stellar on these things, there are some days now where my battery doesn’t last a full day’s usage.



  • But it’s not though? Early generations, sure. But we’re at the point now where dropping a folded phone really does not have much of a difference in chance of breaking in than dropping a regular candybar phone.

    You’re right in that technically it causes wear. In that regard, I suppose the fold mechanism would fail eventually. So it’s not going to be your daily driver for the next 10 years. But no phone is. Modern folding phones absolutely do well for the normal life of a phone (4-5 years maybe??).

    Ime, battery has been the first thing to shit the bed of any given phone (folding or not). Yes, you can get them replaced, but that’s become either a complicated and/or expensive process nowadays. Your battery is going to become unusable before your screen breaks simply from wear alone.






  • I definitely feel the same. For years I had watched hone renovation shows with my mom and they looked nice but at the end they started to feel all soulless. Stumbled into this one home reno show several years back that was totally different. I was practically in awe…colors, wood tones, reasonably priced remodels! Idk if the show is still like that or not, but it really felt like a breath of fresh air.

    I’m a Millennial, so I get that this stuff has been trending with people my age for the past decade or so, but I’ve just not been into it either.

    Needed to buy a car several years ago and I went out of my way to try to find a car with a COLOR. It was a bit more of a hassle, but I’m glad I did.



  • dingus@lemmy.worldtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldHow do I drink more water?
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    OP, are you sure you are actually dehydrated? Are you getting kidney stones?

    Most people don’t need to actively concentrate on drinking liquids. Your body will tell you when you’re thirsty. It’s a weird internet fad where people try to drink like a gallon of water a day. It’s not necessary. Your body tells you when it’s hungry and it tells you when you need to drink liquids. You’re not going to die from failure of the body signaling you to eat or drink.

    Now, if you’ve had kidney stones, your doctor may tell you that you need to be drinking more water.

    Beyond that, excessive water drinking is just the latest fad right now. It’s not necessary.