aspro said:

Well, my new doctor, a nice vietnamese man, prescribed me two months worth of an epilepsy drug that the pharmacist put me thorugh 20 questions and lots of side eye before he gave it to me.

It's a drug they give people with epilepsy to stop convulsions with high pshychological and physical addiction risk. It's explicitly not reccomened for my condition in two research papers I've read and Pfizer was sued for hundreds of millions of dollars for illegally marketing it!.

What could possibly go wrong? :

Pretty sure half a bottle of tequila would have been a better sleep aid.

Paper 1:

"There is moderate- to high-quality evidence that anticonvulsants are ineffective for treatment of low back pain or lumbar radicular pain. There is high-quality evidence that gabapentinoids have a higher risk for adverse events."

Paper 2: (CLBP = Chronic lower back pain)


"Existing evidence on the use of gabapentinoids in CLBP is limited and demonstrates significant risk of adverse effects without any demonstrated benefit. Given the lack of efficacy, risks, and costs associated, the use of gabapentinoids for CLBP merits caution. "

Not sure what an epilepsy drug will do for back pain. Which drug?

surgery not an option?

You hermit

"Recent leaks have talked about Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Gears of War: Ultimate Edition -or a remastered collection of the franchise, on PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. According to our sources, some of the closest releases are Killer Instinct and Starfield, which has been in development for at least PS5 since its launch on Xbox Series and PC -late 2023-.

There are more games in development, including Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 or Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, the latter which was found on online testing late last year; Tom Warren speculated with Age of Mythology: Retold and Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2. We have information about another game that has already started its port to PS5 and/or Switch 2: the new Fable by Playground Games, which may make possible its simultaneous release in all platforms"

-Vandal

I’m kind of the same way. When playing Castlevania games I need to whip every candle even though I know it’s just a small heart and I’m already maxed out on hearts.

Dvader said:

Thats a term I have not heard in a long time, a long time.

And yeah GG its a thousand bucks, stupid money I know but I should be set for like 8 years or so. Even if I do upgrade at some point later these cards hold value so selling one for another doesn't cost nearly as much.

EA re-released The Sims 1 & 2. Nice! Easily the best ones in the series. I still own physical copies of both. They're not available on Gog?!

We’ve hit the big times baby!

Tough times for BioWare. Really hoping the new Mass Effect game turns out great.

Pretty indifferent about Ubisoft. Don’t think Assassin’s Creed or FarCry games are bad or anything but they also aren’t really must play games for me either. Kind of feel that way with them overall really.