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  • · Wonderland
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    Rest in peace, Karl.

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    I had no idea he had passed away. I talked to him a couple of times on this forum and he was a friendly person to me. RIP Karl.

    · Lateralus
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    I had a sleep study done, confirmed the obvious - we both have Delayed Sleep Phase. I don't even have apnea! I'm so sick of folks telling me to just "modify my schedule." I'd wish I could inflict DSP on any of them and then show them it's not so easy. Even when waking up early, I'm still wide awake at night. Of course, I'm tired all during the DAY. Androgel does nothing for me. I have an appointment with an endocrinologist, highly rated, at the end of the month. I also have high prolactin in addition to low T and high estrogen. I also currently have a cyst on my ***. Grr.

    · Lateralus
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    a lot to update you on. For starters - why the hell does Androgel make me tired? I'd expect opposite from T gel. A boost if anything. Everytime i take androgel i immediately want to go to sleep

    · A Mess of Contradictions
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    That is so interesting. I never fed mine meat because I was told when I first had rats, that feeding them meat made them aggressive with each other.... still, in the wild they are omnivorous. That said, they never lacked any other number of treats. I bought rat food also, but they preferred peanut butter crackers, carrot sticks, cooked pasta, anything I was eating..... They certainly would only eat the tastiest bits of the rat food and leave the rest. I really, really miss my rats so much. I guess I am a rat/dog person. I do have to be somewhat respectful of my husbands wishes though - no more pets until one of them passes on. We board dogs in the house, so we sometimes have up to six dogs living with us, plus the cat, plus the Guinea pig..... who is super healthy and will probably not be going anywhere any time soon. I have so many regrets on the Guinea pig front. I so wish Michael was a rat instead. Sigh.

    · A Mess of Contradictions
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    Rats certainly need to be with other rats, for sure. I always have had more than one, and when one has moved to the rainbow bridge, we add another. I used to take the old one with me when we picked a new one, so I could make sure they would get along. When it came to me rescuing a ton of them, that was less of an issue. I do the same thing with dogs. I call it "layers of dog". We have three. That way, if something happens to one of them, I still get to have comforting dog snuggles surrounding me. I couldn't imagine coming home to an empty house with no wagging. Rats, I think, personality wise, are a lot like dogs. They need a pack. They need to know you are there. They like to snuggle and be with you. They love food. I remember mine would give kisses and I would hold food between my lips and they would climb up and take it, so gently. And I loved watching them eat noodles. Slllluuuuuurp. Noodle gone. More noodles please!

    · A Mess of Contradictions
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    I've had lots of rats. One of the ones I adopted, I didn't know, was pregnant. That was fun - watching her grow larger, and even see "ratty" birth. She really bonded with me, so I held her babies when they were really, really small. Those rats, I had several cages to prevent more rat breeding, were sooo close to me. I used to take them out in bunches. All the girls, all the boys. We would have snuggle piles. I like to let them crawl in my shirt sleeves. So often they would just fall asleep in odd places. I always had to make sure my shirt was tucked in so no one fell out the bottom. It probably looked really strange, but I don't care. You are right, they are SOOOOO smart. Mine would come when I called their names.

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    Woah! You have rats! I love rats. We don't have any right now because my children convinced me we needed a Guinea Pig, but I have had so many rats over the years. Once I rescued 15 or so from a local shelter because there was a Momma rat who had babies, but she was biting and they were going to put her down. I had little ratty aquariums all over the place, seperated by sex so we wouldn't have more. I wish we had some now, but I am not allowed any more pets until Michael (the Guinea pig) dies. My first rat was Harriet. She got me through my worst times in High School.

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    ok. for some reason I keep reading your posts in george carlin's voice don't ask me why. just thought I'd share for a giggle.

    · Embracing Within
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    Oh wow. 1. I don't have issues with people investing. It's your money. 2. I do personally not advocate for personal gun ownage. Tragedies have happener with guns and you can easily read about them on the news in one click. "2 year old boy shot mom to death by accident" is one that comes to mind. The boy now has to live his whole life in guilt and has to grow up motherless, all because his mom had easy access to guns. Now, I'm all for freedom of speech and people have the right to think whatever they want to. You being pro guns is your choice and I respect that and me thinking the opposite way is my choice and here's to hoping you will respect that as well. Regarding pets, I am aware that some people do own pet rats and its cool. Personally I would not own them but I do find them adorable and if they keep their owners happy and people find joy in their pet rats company, by all means haha. Its not harming anyone.

    · Lateralus
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    Continuing....

    Cialis worked just like you described - it made me able to respond to arousal. Certainly no magic pill and the erections weren't always strong enough, but good enough for me to want a prescription. Of course, it cost me ****ing around 160 for FOUR bleeping pills of Cialis. I need two 10 mg pills for it to work at all. Canadian online pharmacies don't even sell it cheap. Seems the only people who can afford Cialis are rich old men trying to bang their *****s - ****ing ludicrous. What was it your brother did to upset you again?

    · Lateralus
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    Moving is EXACTLY why I haven't been on in a century. We moved - to another place near DC! Now my parents goal is to use the cash from this cheaper place and get a place in Cincinnati. Unfortunately I have 100 dollars in the bank and zero income, so I can't get any damn thing I want online. I still have some Androgel left. A full box actually. I guess I'd contact the Beast myself to get it refilled - but to this day I'm convinced Androgel's impact is pretty minimal. The boost in energy and sexual function I was hoping for hasn't occurred. I got the rush from the first time using it - too bad it doesn't give you that rush EVERY TIME

    I remember you telling me that is a legitimate risk with Trimix. That's a more scary thing than injecting a needle into your penis. I'm not sure I'd want to risk it. I have dealt with plenty of medical problems in uncomfortable areas (still do), but I don't want to know how they make the boner go down.

    · Lateralus
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    I see you haven't been on since the 4th? What's up?

    I've been busy! I actually got a job with decent pay, but it consumes all of my weekdays. I'm getting no sleep. The hours are a nightmare for someone with Delayed Sleep Phase. The bump in Nardil also has me waking up in the middle of every night multiple times.

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    I feel like lately Androgel has been the same thing for me. I've been testing it out by using it for a few days at a time and then not using it for a day or two. I'm noticing no difference on the days when I use it as opposed to the days I don't. I've now jacked up the dose to two packets (applied at once) so we will see if that helps. I can say definitively it doesn't help with ED. I did get the "rush" you mentioned the first couple times, but it didn't last. I want to get my testosterone tested again so I can confirm that the Androgel is successfully raising my T. Nuvigil sounds very interesting - it even works on you! Mr T - a Nardil expert - also recommended Nuvigil. If you can stockpile enough, I'd be interested in ponying up for it.
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