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of-another-broken-heart · 3 months

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Two months.

Two months it took to get this most recent science juice.

Third total COVID vaccine for me.

Also got the annual flu shot.

Last time wasn't too rough for me so I asked for the flu shot as well at my COVID vaccine appointment.

Also got to walk around with mom in the grocery store and used one of the gift cards from the holiday pantry assistance. Got some yogurts on sale and a bottle of soda for a dollar, and canned soups that were also on sale.

I am incredibly hungry at the moment, but also quite tired.

Dealing with one of the worst periods I've ever had in my life, too. It showed up a week late, yesterday, and the cramping was so bad I HAD to take pain killers to even be able to lay down. Passed a few huge pieces of shed tissue, as opposed to just bleeding. I've had some tissue shedding like that before but the size of these pieces was fucking unprecedented. Today has been fine, in terms of pain and bleeding, though. Just tired. Which makes sense, given the combination of all my present circumstances.

The house has smelled like a reuben sandwich since we got back home. I know no one made a reuben sandwich. We don't have the stuff for one. But that's what the smell reminds me of. And now I really want a reuben. Or at least a toasty warm sandwich.

#personal #vaccine #food mention

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bagelwithcreamcheeseandham · 9 months

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Advil vs Aleve for period cramps: my experience

Very recently, I've started using naproxen sodium (Aleve) instead of ibuprofen (Advil) for cramps, which I've pretty much been using for the 10 years I've had my period, and I want to talk about it.

Using this pain scale, my avg cramps are a 3-5. My "bad" cramps are 7-8 and spike to a 9.

When I take ibuprofen, it works fast and takes away the cramps almost completely, unless I have "bad" cramps, then it feels like it does nothing and I will still have the level 7-8 pain. I typically take 2 ibuprofen at a time, every 4 hours or as needed. This is sometimes tricky because I have to time it right. If I'm feeling fine at the 4-hour mark and forget to reload on ibuprofen, the cramps will come back with a fury, like I got hit by a bus. I also find that ibuprofen will lighten my (very heavy) flow, I do not get that with Aleve.

With Aleve, I take one every 8 hours, so less opportunity to forget and it lasts longer. It lowers the pain but doesn't seem to completely take it away as ibuprofen does. However, it does seem like it "caps" it off at a level 5*. Since I've been taking the Aleve, I haven't had the mind-bending, full-body sweating, writhing around wishing I was dead, pain (which for me starts at 8). But I have had much longer stretches of time where I am in 2-5 level pain. This is new for me since starting Aleve.

Being in these levels of pain for hours at a time is draining, physically and mentally. Whenever I have bad, 7-9 level cramps, even if it only lasts like two hours or less, the rest of the day is literally a blur, I'm so out of it. And even with the 2-5 level pain, being in that state for hours is exhausting. Hours at a time, multiple times a day where I am sort of unable to focus or do anything but scroll tiktok, and maybe sip some tea. Today and yesterday, I basically spent half the day in bed. I didn't have any pain above level 4, maybe 5, but after so many hours of it, I was just so drained I couldn't do anything else.

All said and done, I do prefer the naproxen sodium (Aleve).

With Aleve, I'm in upper mid-low pain for longer periods of time, but do not have my "bad" cramps. With Ibuprofen, the majority of the time I'm in mid-low or even no pain, but level 7-9 severe pain is always a possibility looming in the background. It's almost like Aleve takes the entirety of my cramps, and spreads it evenly through the week, while Ibuprofen takes my cramps and sprinkles it unevenly, giving me periods of time that I feel fine, and periods of time that I'm in the worst pain I've ever felt in my life.

And I would much rather be compromised for 2 days with mid cramps than ever feel a level 9 cramp again.

*Also worth noting, this is after ~10 years of using ibuprofen and 2 months of using Aleve, so there is the possibility that for the past 2 months, I just haven't had my "bad" cramps. If I remember, I'll come back to this post in a few months and drop an update on how it's going.

#chronically ill #chronic pain #menstruation #menstrual cramps #cramps #period cramps #periods #eds #hypermobility

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abcdosaka · 6 months

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the life update 2.0

the unformatted stream of consciousness edition

i started working on monday. it's alright, been connecting with ppl, not being overly shy but i'm still adjusting to actually working 8 hours straight bc i've been doing legit nothing for 5 months straight. the people at my workplace are nice enough especially the ladies like there's one who i was lowkey scared of bc she kinda has a rbf and just looks so girlboss and professional but i messaged her and we talked and she's actually really nice :) anyway i've had enough work experience being the new guy and onboarding online that i'm not as scared as i would've been + i already know people at this company so i can kinda show my worth from the start

i got my period on friday and i was fucked up yesterday and today from cramps/headache so i got barely anything done so i need to do some work tmr cry T_T i need to remember work is not school i can't just procrastinate everything and i should actually work during and only during work hours. i give myself a pass though bc friday was just awful. also i was supposed to learn python before i started working but i didn't but idk feel like i can wing it there. i already know r and i learned java in highschool so it might actually be a breeze not to toot my own horn but i'm like pretty smart so

it feels like my pms (except its not really pre- more like first/second day of period) symptoms are getting worse the older i get. sometimes the symptoms are okay but more of them are just awful than not. i get really nasty headaches and intense fatigue for one, really bad cramps, joint pain and lower back pain, sometimes my boobs swell up and are really tender (compared to the normal level of tender), i'm either very irritable or sad, i feel like i can't eat and i'm bloated or gassy, i'm like constipated but i also need to shit all the time. like i cannot focus with these conditions. i couldn't this week bc its legit my first week lmao but i might start taking sick days for really bad periods. also maybe bc i took a walk before i started work but my allergies were REALLY bad all day

idk if it's my body aging (which is crazy bc i'm not even 23) or if it's bc i don't exercise as much as i should but idk i still do, like yes i do sit on my ass a LOT but i use the exercise bike a couple times a week and i lift a little bit (not as much as i used to). i haven't been able to go swimming in a while bc i think i had a uti (i didn't bother going to the doctor bc i've gotten 2 in like the last year and i hate taking antibiotics so i was like man lets just wait this out) and now i'm on my period. but other than that i swim pretty frequently.

the only issue w me is i'm a homebody but thats just bc i have almost no friends in my city lmao. esp since n has moved. (i kinda wanna call her but idk our in person chats are always so much better than calls like slight tangent but i can never hear her on the phone lmao)

honestly not mad at it like. did we only talk to each other out of circumstance? i think it's just a fact of life that most of our friends are borne from necessity at work school etc but once that ends only a few of them, maybe 1 or 2, will really stick around. but still like most ppl from uni i just don't think i'll ever talk to again and i wonder if that should matter to me or not. ngl sometimes the loneliness hits me but i don't think i've really lost my social skills in fact i think i've gotten a lot better compared to this time last year like sept 2022 - april 2023 was just a downward spiral for my social skills everything was so hard and my anxiety was prob the worst it had ever been and i wasn't very forgiving of myself. maybe bc i spend a lot of time at home but also i just don't really have a hard time talking to randos on games or in shops or whatever now. idk maybe i give less of a shit now or maybe my solitude is making my ego rise like it tends to.

i heard that was a thing, like if you spend too much time alone your sense of self becomes insanely inflated or deflated there is no middle ground. kinda facts like people are weird

but anyways i feel, for the most part, pretty chill these days. i think i could stand up for myself better now vs in the past. i texted sp again to say like "we should make plans" but i set up the last plan and like i drove her home last time too and we met at this kinda lame plaza bc she had an errand nearby so if she doesn't start the convo this time then i legit can't be arsed like i'll never talk to her again bc i'm gonna return the same effort i get. in fairness she told me that work is really exhausting for her and her commute is ridiculous like she lives by fucking farmland and has to take public transit everywhere bc she doesn't have a car. but we've never been close and i don't think our sense of humour or what we're interested in is all that similar so i get why she's not feelin it honestly me neither. no hard feelings but i will drop her tho.

holy shit this post is loooonggg. i'm not even done writing about shit but i think thats it for the life stuff so i'll make a new one

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cdowhy · 2 years

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i am going to start out with why I am here..

I was in the psychiatric hospital not too long ago for suicidal thoughts and depression with psychosis. I was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder and premenstrual dysphoric disorder.

For those of you who don't know, OCD is a lot more than just needing everything cleaned and organized. It's an exhausting disorder and has many different symptoms. I have several subtypes of ocd and one of them is called harm ocd. I have gory images in my head of myself and those I love. I will pray to God and then doubt him in the same couple of minutes (its not really me who doubts him but more so the intrusive thoughts in my head.) I can't drive a car as I think I am going to run someone over or drive myself off a bridge.

My head literally never shuts up - ever.

And PMDD is EXTREME PMS. I am allergic to my own hormones (it's an autoimmune issue) so basically my hormones attack my immune system and this happens around ovulation and period time... on top of having the hormone issue which causes itchy skin headaches allergy and cold symptoms, I have PMDD. with PMDD you often get misdiagnosed as having bipolar because your mood swings are so bad. Extreme irritability, depression, suicidal. With super bad cramps, migraines and painful periods as well. Both of these disorders start around ovulation so from ovulation to like around day 2 of my period (so about 2 weeks out the month) I am MISERABLE. physically AND mentally.

I also got a brain scan done and found out I have something different with my cerebellum which can cause psychiatric disorders and medications aren't likely to help... I've been on&off antidepressants and antipsychotics for a while with no relief.

Fast forward to this week... I've had about the worst week I've had in a while. My poor kids and husband are usually my target and even though I try to keep my cool I get absolutely NO break. I am a stay-at-home mom right now and I just can't handle having to be around people 24/7... the sounds the fighting the constant needing me for stuff drives me nuts... and this past summer was horrible..

Yesterday, August 23rd 2022, I had a plan to kill myself. I really don't see any other way out.. I am pretty useless, and just not OK to be around anybody. No meds help me and I don't see why I am still here. I honestly feel like nothing is going to get better and I hate myself for how I treat people and especially my family but its like I can't stop it.

I had an appointment with my therapist and she understands my frustrations but thinks she will have to end up putting me back in the psych hospital and for a longer visit with the way my thoughts are heading. But we talked and she asked what I wanted for my life- I will say when I was in high school I DID HORRIBLE. Failed all my classes, I couldn't understand anything. I dropped out and got my GED and barely passed for that. But I wanted to be a journalist. I love love love writing, journalism, photography. I did not want kids but ended up being a teen mom. I have 3 kids and their dad and I have been together since I was 16. (27 now)

So since I wanted to get into journalism, she pointed me here.. Tumblr, tiktok, YouTube etc just to start sharing my story, start writing, photography etc. I agreed I'd give it a shot and see where things go. I guess she thinks I need passion again and I was always passionate about writing. So here I am, starting a blog. Gonna be writing daily just to treat it as my own journal... day one of trying to figure my life out from here... August 24th 2022

#self improvement #self help

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whoajeon · 7 years

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Omg I'm in love with u I love puns💞 and YES THE EGGTARTS R SOOO GOOD!! I got mine at this bakery called 85 degrees bakery, some Taiwan bakery. It's sooo yummy!!! How r u doing? I hope it's been good!! Yesterday has officially made my week terrible bc I got my monthly-u-know-what and I've been having the worst stomach ache I've ever had. I couldn't finish hw so now I'm doing it rn but it's ok, I think I'll survive somewhat :') today I have a band concert and we're playing Hey Jude but lmao 1/?

We suck bc we barely got the chance to practice rip so yea. Oh but I get to go eat udon after since my mom promised so I'm excited for that :))) gosh I hope u r doing well and staying healthy and I love uuuuu 💞💞💞💓 - morning music anon 2/2

I’m seriously going to have to go and track these down because they look so good holy crap lweagjraoij

I’ve been good! Bit of a rough week school wise, totally bombed my one exam but i got an 80 in another (i was failing, this grade saved me)! Ahh, i too got a surprise visit from my monthly friend :)))))))) Do you use Midol? That shit is a life savior. I feel like i need to make a PSA about this because so many people have never heard of it??

MIDOL: a medication specifically for periods that helps with relief of cramps, headache, backache, tender breasts, bloating, and fatigue

if that doesn’t sound like a miracle worker than i don’t know what does. and it kicks in SO FAST god bless. go get yourself some midol (it’s in the feminine care aisle!)

Oh god, how did your concert go?? At least there was a happy ending to the night :’) Send me food i’m broke and don’t have any fun money left for school ;~;

I hope you’re doing well!!!!!

#i take ages to reply #but at least i got this message #bless #morning music anon #Anonymous

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