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Hydroxyzine which is a antihistamine which causes drowsiness. 25mg about 1 hour before bed is usually enough.

Surprisingly Melatonin seems to be available on Lazada again. I wasn't for quite awhile. However, it costs about twice as much as the same products on iHerb. Fyi, you need to log into to iHerb using a VPN to the US and select US as your country to see full product categories. The last time I attempted to order some on iHerb it was impossible. The only option for shipping was Flash and they would not ship it. Bottom line - we can get it again from Lazada but you'll pay a premium for it.

🐂💩 Bravo Sierra

Fyi - you can download a copy from SSA. If you don't get one by November, I'd fill a couple of these out and send them. https://www.ssa.gov/foreign/ssa7162ocrsm.pdf FYI - this PDF does not include form boxes to input your name, address, and SSN. You'll have to write those in by hand. Example: (obviously for those folks in Mexico who only have to do this every two years) Yeah, and if nothing shows up by November, they'll get multiple copies.

Very honestly. Mail transiting from the US through Suvarnabhumi and then to Lamphun takes less than 48 hours with mail that I've traced. Same with traceable mail that I send to the US from Lamphun. Thai Post is extremely efficient. When I track mail, the problems are ALWAYS with USPS. USPS: Slow, slower, and snail-slow. But? You're out there in Isaan, so maybe it is different.

Yep!

It's the fact that the Wilkes-Barr PO sits on it. Tell me that's not pre-arranged between SSA and USPS.

Yep - I know.

From experience. Registered mail seldom makes it to Wilkes-Barr by the cutoff date. They actually sit on registered mail and it doesn't get delivered. I did that twice with the same results. The mail stops in Wilkes-Barr and then sits for weeks. Now I just send it by regular first-class international - 68 THB. Never have a problem.

I have usually gotten mine my June. We're now at the end of June and I still haven't received mine yet. But it seems we're all in the same boat. Hey - maybe this is the new DOGE SSA. No one gets their SSA 7162 in Thailand this year and they cut all of our payments starting Feb 2026?

Band Of Brothers - just finished, now working on the book.

Band Of Brothers I've gone back to reading as I'm finding this forum to have steadily slid downhill.

No they are not. What a load of tosh. The shots are available in virtually all Thai government hospital. As i said, rabies in endemic here and the health authorities understand that.

Given the snottiness in this thread, my stance is simple. If you want the shots, get the shots. If you don't want the shots, don't get them. Screw it. Ya'll are adults - it's your life to live how you wish. I'd recommend them, but it's your life.

Go to a government hospital. Shots will cost around 500 per shot or less. You'll need four or five based on the protocol they decide to use. Gamma gobulin shot as well (not the troll). Whoever wrote that the shots will cost you 15,000 THB must have rabies as their brain is cooked. A lot of misinformation spewed here. I work with a lot of strays and take care of the animals at 2 local temples (shots, neutered/spayed) out of my own pocket as well as having 10 dogs, a cat, and a couple of birds of my own and find homes for those I can't take it or rehome at temples. If I can't rehome them I often will provide them with food and medicine when they come around as I work to find them homes. This includes taking care of sick animals too, so yeah - I get rabies shots. Funny cause I've been accused of being a - <gasp> - Anti-Vaxxer! <screams>. That gives you an idea of what I think about Covid and under-tested mRNA shots. But rabies vaccines are based on solid vaccine tech and have been around for a long time. I can remember when you needed to get them in the stomach - <ugh!>. Rabies is endemic here, so get the shots if you've been bit and get your animals shots as well. Most villages in Lamphun give the shots for free to pets and village strays annually.. I keep up the date on my rabies boosters ever couple of years unless I get nipped by a dog or cat I'm not familiar with. The shots are very common here but cheaper at a government clinic. They can sting. Plan on taking some Tylenol after the shot. Go get the shots. Nothing to fret over, but sooner is better than later.

The same could be asked of cigarettes and alcohol.

One of the hundreds of body-bags that have flown into Dover Air Force Base, Delaware since this ****-show began. HIMARS and ATACMS among other hi-tech MIC equipment requires US boots on the ground. Boom!

Which supports the assertions that he's gravitating toward dictatorial rule.

He's losing the part of his base who voted for him based on his campaign promise to end wars. What's happened instead? The US is in a two front war in Ukraine and the Middle East as it ramps up to start bombing Iran. That's not what his base voted for. And his real goal is war with China, but Ukraine and Iran is dragging his administration war-plans away from that front. The Republicans can kiss Congress good-bye when the mid-terms come. Not that it matters - Dems and Repulicans are opposite sides of the same coin. And they can kiss the presidency good-bye in 2028, well, until Dictator-In-Chief, King Trump, hasn't put the US under Martial Law due to the World War he created.

Too bad. Less Middle Eastern tourist for AN members to throw shade at.

The last time I checked, I'm not a Thai woman. Nope - pasty white and I've got external equipment.

They can do better than that. She's white for God's sake. MI6 needs someone like Karine Jean-Pierre.

But but but - Everyone knows that Russia is losing the Ukraine War badly. Ukraine is chasing Ivan back to the Urals with his terrorist Cossack tail between his legs. Ukraine should demand Russia's Unconditional Surrender immediately - or else. The terms of surrender will only be more harsh if Putin refuses the immediate unconditional surrender. 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine!!!

Breaking contracts. This should be interesting.