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r/benzodiazepines•

I'm helping a friend who has been on bentos for 10 years, starting with Ativan then Xanax and 4mg Klonipin. She had to change doctors recently and the new one wanted to immediately reduce her dosage. That put her in bad withdrawal and she's been forced to find bentos on the street. She is looking for a new doctor but is having a hard time and having Medicaid makes it a little harder.

If anyone know of any benzo friendly/knowledgable doctors in the Seattle area we appreciate any leads. Thanks so much.

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r/LifeAfterBenzos•

I have a friend who was prescribed Benzos for anxiety and depression about 4 years ago by a well meaning but misinformed doctor. Her life has gone downhill ever since and now she's trying to find a detox center but she's on disability income and Medicaid and none of the treatment centers in this area will take her insurance, and there's no way she can afford the cost.

I told her I would help her out if we could find a detox center anywhere in the country that was reputable. But it has to accept Medicaid. If coverage isn't full I'm willing to make up the difference and also fly her to the clinic. We live in Washington State, near Seattle.

So if anyone has any suggestions we're all ears. We

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r/Whittier•

Hey all, Merry Christmas! I'm here visiting from Bainbridge Island, Washington and wanted to tell you I woke up this morning to a frosty lawn, so technically a White Christmas! I just now texted a friend back home and she said it was 34 there this morning but no frost so we had a whiter Christmas than they did up there! Merry Christmas!

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Thought you all might like to see a Japanese Red Pine that I've been pruning/training for about 28 years. When I started pruning the tree it had been neglected for 19 years and was a solid green blob all the way to the ground. I slowly opened it up, removing about 25% of the foliage/branches, for about 5 years until it started too open up and you could start to see its structure. It's now more or less in its final form and I maintain it each year by thinning out the branches and plucking the candles (new shoots). It takes roughly 12 hours to prune.

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r/migraine•

I've been lurking here getting information for a friend and want to thank you all for some very good information.

She has been having migraines for years, at least 3-4 episodes per week and maybe once a month bad enough to require emergency treatment. After the last emergency room visit her doctor prescribed Amitriptyline taken once a day at bedtime but I noticed she was becoming more and more subdued and almost zombie-like. When I asked her how she was feeling she said she just felt really tired. And she was still getting migraines just not as severe.

We live in Washington state where marijuana has been legalized for recreational and medicinal purposes so I stopped at a dispensary to get

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r/RedditForGrownups•

I'm only 63 years old and I definitely don't feel my age but I did have a serious but funny senior moment last night. We had a powerful storm blow through the Pacific Northwest yesterday and like 163,000 other people we lost our power to falling trees in the afternoon.

By nightfall our power still wasn't on so my wife and I were sitting in the dark, talking with just a flashlight on. She wanted something from the fridge so I took the flashlight, walked into the kitchen and when I opened the door to the fridge the light was on inside. I was immediately taken aback and my first thought was how could it possibly be that the fridge was the only thing in the house that had power???!!!??!! I act

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r/mac•

I have a Garmin 800 bike computer that I use with a MBP but starting about 3 weeks ago it isn't visible in Finder when connected to the USB port and I'm not able to upload data. Any ideas on how I can get the MBP to recognize it?

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r/Adoptees•

I posted this to r/adoption last night but just found out about this sub-Reddit and thought I'd probably get a better response here.

I have an acquaintance who's a young single mother of two. She got pregnant at age 15 (she's now 21) and had to get out of the relationship when things got abusive. Up to this time she was a stay-at-home mom. 6 months ago she was raped and as a result has developed PTSD and severe anxiety. She realized she could not take care of the kids properly and sent them to live with the grandparents (parents of her ex) who live in another state.

She is now enrolled in school to get her Certified Nursing Aide license with a plan to continue her education for 3 more yea

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r/Adoption•

Adoption advice needed

Birthparent experience

Hello r/adoption. Sorry for the vague title but I'm posting for an acquaintance and not sure what to do.

She is a young, single mother of two who was raped about 6 months ago and is now suffering from PTSD. She left her abusive ex a year ago with no work experience (was a mother at 15 and is now 21). After the rape she realized she couldn't take care of the kids and they're now with the grandparents (parents of her ex) in another state. I've been helping her out financially as she's taking classes to become a Certified Nurses Assistant. She's 3 weeks away from taking the certification exam and plans on continuing her education for three more years with the plan to get her two kids back whe

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r/ptsd•

This is a crosspost from r/cptsd/ since I'm not sure of the best place to post.

I'm doing this on behalf of a friend who's in a bad way. She's a young lady who was traumatized by a very dysfunctional family and left with her younger brother to live by themselves. They are both trying to finish school but with no means of support she turned to being an independent escort, placing ads on BackPage.

About 3 months ago one of her "clients" tazed her 5 times and then raped her. He was caught and is serving a life sentence but she was severely traumatized as you can imagine. And with no other means of support she has continued as an escort but is now having panic attacks while at school and night

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r/CPTSD•

Hello all. I just found this sub-reddit because I'm trying to help a friend who's in a bad way.

She's a young lady who was traumatized by a very dysfunctional family and left with her younger brother to live by themselves. They are both trying to finish school but with no means of support she turned to being an independent escort, placing ads on BackPage.

About 3 months ago one of her "clients" tazed her 5 times and then raped her. He was caught and is serving a life sentence but she was severely traumatized as you can imagine. And with no other means of support she has continued as an escort but is now having panic attacks while at school and nightmares almost every night. Classic PTSD an

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r/golf•

I'm just getting back to golf after a 19 year layoff. I'm 63 and will be playing tomorrow with a fellow who's 65. I like the game but a big reason I'm playing is for my health so I use a push cart and walk the course. I always walked when I was younger and don't plan on letting age get in my way.

My buddy just sent an email saying he'll use a push cart on the front nine but might want to use a power cart on the back nine and wondered if that would be OK with me. Do you think he's asking if I'd be OK riding? If he was planning on riding by himself why would he ask me if it's OK? I'm in good physical shape and would rather walk all 18 holes, but I don't want to rock the boat if he's expecting

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r/Seattle•

Hey, it's raining HARD here on Bainbridge Island! Not that pitsy stuff that hardly even got your car wet but a good rain that's hard enough to make you walk faster or even run for shelter. I can't even remember how long it's been since we've had that kind of rain. Granted it probably won't last very long but the clouds are heavy enough to provide cover so it won't all evaporate in a few minutes. Anyway, hope you're getting rain over on your side, too. Our plants, trees and us sure do need it!

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