Kenny202

Thanks for all the help guys. Gonna try cbd oil. I'm outta here, getting too many notifications lol. Thanks again

Talk to a pharmacist or doctor? The same doctor sent her home with hand full's of Benzos and no instruction or warnings on use or addictiveness of the drug? Or the same pharmacist gave her 100 Anti depressant pills (to help sleep) yesterday that would have definitely clashed with her meds and wouldn't have worked anyway. Didn't even have the name of the meds or mg on the pack. I would rather check myself on Google

Very widely used allergy / sleeping pill available at any pharmacy. As the other guy said 20 baht per 100. Totally legal

Any chance you can be so kind as to PM me a link bro? If you have ordered it before and tried and true would be better than me buying off someone blind. few of my friends reckon it is the best sleep they ever had

That's the ones, same name on my bottle. Do you feel under the weather next day?

Yeah that's right. Very common here. I actually tried them for allergies and several people told me Thais take them for sleep. They do remind me of the old antihistamines we used to get in the 70's, 80's which I think were Pseudoephedrine based, although I would have thought they were outlawed these days as they are in most countries? The side effects re drowsiness are the same too. And it is an unpleasant drowsiness too, and as you said a sleep but you feel like you need another sleep the whole of the next day

A lot of those things highly addictive and can be disastrous mixed with other drugs or even on their own. Most of them aren't even really for sleep...more anxiety or depression. Thais are totally irresponsible with meds....don't ask questions or google stuff like we do. And from what I have seen lately the doctors / pharmacies aren't a lot better. Causing issues with farang one thing but can only imagine Thai's taking this stuff with disastrous results and probably not even questioning if it is the pills making them feel psychotic or depressed, and in fact would probably blindly take more to ease the increasing problem

CBD oil is oil, you take drops of it on your tongue, you don't smoke it

Why would you ask so many personal questions, assuming your are not a doctor. I think I was very specific. If you don't know, better to move on than post a bunch of rhetorical unhelpful stuff .....trying to appear that you are "in the know"

What is the deal with CBD oil these days? Do you have to go to a special clinic or can any doctor prescribe it? Or do you in fact even need a prescription. Many thanks

You are exactly the sort of peanut I was hoping to avoid

Firstly have a clinical reason for needing a pill. Please....no motherly advice like change diet, get some exercise or some herbal thing Melatonin not effective For my wife actually. She is on a particular medication that keeps her awake She did tell the doctor and she sent her home with about 10 packets of highly addictive Benzo's (Valium) with no instruction apart from you can take up to 4 a day. Can anyone recommend a good over the counter, general sleeping pill? Nothing too heavy. One that wont knock you around too much the next day Generally the Thais take the little cheap allergy pills and they knock you out for sure But feel rough as guts the next day. Any help appreciated

Volunteer work to get Newstart you mean? After reading the post's I don't think I will qualify with some money in the bank TBH

Can't help be reminded of that latest Rowan Atkinson mini series on Netflix where he is housesitting lol. Did you register with some company to do it or something?

From my understanding I think you might be confused. The 35 year rule applies to portability from what I can see, it's not mentioned as a requirement for basic OAP. OAP says an Australian citizen that has resided in Australia 10 years or more is eligible for pension. I actually downloaded the portability guide this morning.

So it must be costing you something to live in Australia, even if you are rent free? When you are saying you are saving $2k a month is that the total welfare amount you are receiving or some of it? I thought all you would get from welfare is around 2k a month and surprised if it was even that. Genuinely interested. In any case I will definitely be above what someone mentioned as a minimum savings threshold so I guess any dole / government benefits are going to be out of the question

Yeah just talking to my son back in Oz about some of the realities of living there. Even in Woolongong where they are rent for a small unit $500-$600. Then talking about vehicle registration and insurance ???? It sounds horrific to be honest. I doubt Jobseeker would cover 30% of your living expenses unless you were out in the bush in a tent eating tinned food

I do have that option, but nearing retirement age with little work opportunities and the cost of living in Australia I don't see that as a viable option. Much better standard of living for us here....and I like living in Thailand (apart from the heat). My wife thinks it may be a good idea but I know of many Thais who have moved to Australia and were just miserable. Too much of a culture shift for them. Some fit in and see the opportunities but many don't. Unfortunately many don't have enough foresight to see past the first two weeks Facebook selfies and dreams of "big money". there is more money to be made in Australia for sure but the cost of living is also about triple what it is here. There would be benefits and good sides to repatriating to Oz for sure, but for me atm too many unknowns

Probably a few too many years to worry about it....but atm I am looking at a choice of returning to Australia permanently now / soon while I still have the means to relocate and re set up in Australia, or returning at 65 and after 2 years returning to back to Thailand to live. If not being viable to support my family here and live in Australia for 2 years or not being able to get portability of the pension I will have to choose my least favorite option and move back to Oz in the next year. The thought of selling everything here and re establishing everything / buying all the basics to live again in Australia makes me feel sick ???? Talking to a few people I know the cost of living in Oz re rent etc seems around 3 times the cost of living here at the moment and many seem to feel there is a recession imminent

I always pondered the same question. No drain on free social services. Just another way of excluding people from getting the pension. Seems to be their go to when they want to financially cover their handouts to minorities or cover for their latest blunders. I heard you have to be just about skint to qualify for the dole these days? As for lots of jobs I am not sure. People were hard to find immediately after Covid but not sure now. Simple job / livable wage is all I am after. Bunnings used to be the go to for pensioners lol but I imagine a lot of older people may have lost their nest eggs during covid and maybe many older people looking for work. I know that is the situation in Thailand now, people can no longer survive on their small businesses and traveling back to the cities to look for work in factories etc. Would much prefer to have a job....but no harm in hedging your bets and checking out plan B, C

Neither does replying to a post you have no clue about or trolling though posts on a country you are not from

Thanks for that. Given that it will probably be difficult to find work at 65yo, how easy is it to get benefits and how much per month are they these days? I don't have squillions in the bank but have some. Last time I checked you had to be virtually skint to get the dole

I did actually do a little more digging and to be eligible for the pension only goes on residency, but there is a 35 year working life rule on portability. I did a quick calculation and I am right on 35 years, but maybe be a month or 2 short depending on how they calculate it. Not sure what happens if you are just shy of the 35 years...they don't actually say if it is pro rata if you are below 35 or it disqualifies you. Looks like I will have to call them

I was always under the impression it was 35 years working which I would be in months of + or - but not sure if that is still the case. Their website only states you need to have been a resident in Australia for at least 10 years and a citizen to qualify