Richy

💊 Living with ME/CFS. 🛌 Tweeting from bed. 🦘 Brisbane, Australia. 💖 Inspired by great people making a great impact. #pwME, #MECFS. #pwLC, #LONGCOVID, #PASC.

[Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @DrewPavlou]

NDIS EXPOSED: Massive 52 minute investigation with @PeteZogoulas into Australia's immense disability fraud crisis.

This is Minnesota on a national scale. The NDIS budget - now approaching $50 billion a year - is closing in on Australia's entire military budget, and there is so much fraud in the system that the official government regulator told the Australian Senate there are not enough judges in Australia to try all known cases of fraud. The entire Australian legal system would collapse if they tried.

Up to 99% of alleged NDIS fraud goes unprosecuted. Out of over 7,000 tip-offs alleging fraud in the March quarter of 2025, just 16 cases (0.22%) were prosecuted.

So alleged scammers don't even bother to hide abuse.

To give you just one example: we visited a West Sydney NDIS provider operating out of the exact same address as a previous NDIS business the Australian government shut down for fraud four months ago. They were using the same accountant and THE EXACT SAME PHONE NUMBERS!

When we confronted them on camera, the owners physically assaulted us, smashed $800 worth of @PeteZogoulas's equipment, and staff screamed "RETARD" at us.

These people work in disability care.

Very legitimate and professional disability service business.

Watch the whole thing now. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

[John Pompliano @JohnPompliano]

@kyliebytes We need that Steve Jobs energy back in tech

[Richy @reallyrichy]

@MchP66592467 Omg. Is Live Chat here!?!?

[Richy @reallyrichy]

Amen sista

[Richy @reallyrichy]

Hey @SawyerBlatz 👋! I empathise with you and your friend as I'm also living with severe #LongCOVID and #ME. I wish I had more insight into the terrible symptoms your friend is experiencing. Yet, together with my neurologist, we've been able to alleviate my insomnia with a bedtime combination of #Aripiprazole (#Abilify) 1 mg and either #Suvorexant (#Belsomra) 20 mg or #Lemborexant (#Dayvigo) 10 mg 💊. I'm here for you if you need help or have any questions 🤗. #MillionsMissing

[marisa 💜 @lcwithme]

My #LongCovid billboard is now up & running!!😆 So proud of myself! It’s located in Santa Clara, CA on highway 101 & is on east bound traffic (left side of road) for anyone who’s nearby & wants to see it. So far it has over 17k impressions🙏 1/

[Richy @reallyrichy]

@jamespotter 🤣🤣🤣

[Richy @reallyrichy]

Hey Trevor. I'm with you, 100%. @Shopify store owner here. With customer recovery, you make customers more loyal by effectively handling chargebacks. But this story is rough. Chargebacks happen; it's how you handle them that counts.
We assume 100% of these customers will never return after harmful (or hateful!!!) treatment.
This manager could've saved the day with empathy, a full or partial refund or a gift card with an invitation to return. #customerloyalty #chargebacks #stripe

[Gmail @gmail]

Gmail is here to stay.

[Sebastiaan de With @sdw]

Finally, Apple has opened the doors to alternative app stores and real choice in the EU.

[@levelsio @levelsio]

I don't know any friend who isn't currently suspended by @Wise or has been in the last year

Say what you want about @Revolut, they're much better at communicating when they need info from you and won't just instantly suspend you without reason

🤯🤯🤯

[Richy @reallyrichy]

@K9Jadie_AZ @chasexdrew23 I second this! Those three pills are my breakfast 🥞, lol! For dessert, it's low-dose Aripiprazole (Abilify®); it eases the intensity of my brain SM💨G by 10-15%. So minimal, but I'm grateful for the discovery.

[Richy @reallyrichy]

@IpLongCovid Your pain! I can feel it. I'm afflicted with #MECFS #LongCOVID too. I'm totally bed-bound by the disease, regularly unable to think, talk and type. We use stimulants to help me shower. I've heard about #Ativan/#Lorazepam. It must be a unique benzo. How long does it help you?

[Richy @reallyrichy]

@DDEbert Well, I'm at the two-week mark now. Nothing has happened yet. Zero side effects—thankfully. Intriguingly, after taking the combo, I feel pressure and tension across the front of my brain 🧠, which lasts until I sleep. It's doing something in there. Lol. Thanks for checking in ☺️.

[Richy @reallyrichy]

Today, with my doc’s backing, I start a 60-day 💊 trial for debilitating ‘brain fog’ (neurocognitive deficits, colloquially). A synergistic combo of #Guanfacine ER (#Intuniv) 1 mg & #NAC (N-Acetyl Cysteine) 600 mg—good or bad, my progress I shall share 💙. #MECFS, #LC/#PASC.

[Richy @reallyrichy]

@jason_isaia @42soho @remissionbiome That’s astonishing man! A 90% improvement would be a miracle. Will you try Guanfacine?

[Richy @reallyrichy]

@jason_isaia @42soho Hey @jason_isaia, are you hearing it’s solely Guanfacine? Or, the Yale combo: Guanfacine + NAC?

[Richy @reallyrichy]

@cstroeckw Yes! 🛌 Severe #MECFS here. #Guanfacine MR (#Intuniv) 1>4 mg over two years. Benefits? 🚫. Drawbacks? ✅. Per @Yale, now 💊 #Intuniv 1 mg + #NAC 600 mg. A week so far—too early to tell. I'll share my progress (good or bad) 😊. Are you jumping on the bandwagon, too? #LC/#PASC

[Richy @reallyrichy]

@elleW902 @MindOverColor Yes, please! 💊 #Guanfacine slow release is indicated for executive functioning in ADHD. Per Yale, combine with #NAC for novel synergistic effect on cognition & brain fog 🧠. I’m on #Intuniv (modified release) too—1 mg + NAC 600 mg at bedtime. First week. 💙 Best luck to us both!