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informationsorter · 3 years

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How to keep yourself safe from fear mongering and misinformation.

I know there's a lot of fear mongering out there, which feeds on misinformation and the common anxieties of those who have (or suspect they have) a disorder such as DID/OSDD.

The first rule is of course, do not trust anyone on the internet.

This includes me.

Fear mongering is when someone spreads fear and/or terror. Usually with a hidden agenda, but it can also be spread by those who don't know any better and who have been caught up in the fear. If someone is describing a terrifying situation (especially one that starts out seeming fine, but gradually becomes scarier and scarier until it reaches dystopian proportions), it is likely that it is just a fear mongering tactic. An example of fear mongering is "Gay marriage will lead to adults marrying children!". It usually involves multiple steps, which start out with a grain of truth, but twist the facts or use false equivalencies to make it seem as though their worst-case scenario is a real danger. The aim of fear mongering in this example is to convince people to vote against marriage equality. Inspiring fear in a person can also be used to scam that person. How many times have you heard of someone getting an official-sounding phone call which tells them they will be arrested if they don’t send such-and-such amount of money to them, or if they don’t purchase giftcards and give the codes to the scammer on the phone? It is the initial shock and fear which cause a person to fall for these. Fact checking is vital.

Fear mongering.

- Take a moment to overcome your initial emotional response. You need to be able to think clearly and logically when you are confronted with something that shocks and scares you. - Try to think about their argument/statement rationally and objectively. Is it likely that in this day and age a therapist would illegally force a treatment on you without informing you of all of the facts about that treatment? Would a mental health professional risk a lawsuit and the loss of their licence by refusing to answer your questions about a treatment that they are insisting on? - Check for sources, and it is very important that you not only READ their sources, but also look for other sources by yourself. The source/s supplied by a fear mongerer will often support their statements and seem fairly convincing, but actually contain very little fact. You need to do an independent search for information which supports their claims, and information which contradicts their claims. If there is no truth to their claims, you will struggle to find reputable sources which support it, and are likely to find many that have evidence showing that the claim is false. (There is of course the chance that something is true but does not have sources for it - eg 50 years ago, there may not have been many official sources supporting the idea that being gay is fine, and there would have been many official sources claiming that being gay was a disease.)

Do not take any one person's word as fact.

- Check for reliable sources that back their statements.

- Look for multiple opinions/input, from a variety of sources. It's no good asking 10 people in the same group for their opinions and then taking it as fact if they all agree. If you are searching for information, you need to take everyone's advice/input/opinion with a grain of salt, and seek a wide variety of people to ask.

- If someone claims that such-and-such is the ONLY possible way to experience something, you should look into why they are claiming that, and what reliable sources they have to back it up.

- If something is really a fact, there will be SEVERAL reliable sources discussing it. Not just one source being reblogged or referenced by multiple other sources.

Check sources.

- Look at whether the person is actually linking the direct source of their "facts" or not. If they are simply claiming that such-and-such says this, or vaguely indicating that a certain government or organisation supports their view... That's not good enough. You will have to actually research it yourself and see whether that is the case or not.

- Be cautious if someone has quoted something but does not tell you where the quote comes from.

- Look at the full quote, not just the part that the person has quoted in their post/statement. It can be easy to take things out of context, and make it seem like the source supports a certain view, when in reality it does not.

- Actually open the links if someone is citing them as a source that supports their statement. It's very easy to assume that because someone has cited multiple sources, that those sources are accurate and relevant. But in reality, it would be quite easy to simply link a bunch of random official-sounding URLs, that actually have nothing to do with it.

Check credentials.

- If someone is claiming to be a therapist, scientist, or anyone working in a medical field, you should not believe them unless you are seeing them in a professional capacity IRL.

- You are

ALWAYS

entitled to see the qualifications of someone who is treating you, whether it is your GP or a mental health professional.

- If someone online is claiming to be a trained mental health professional, but is not treating you in an official arrangement, they should not be giving you in-depth advice or diagnosis.

A mental health professional should always get to know you and your background before giving you advice. THEY WILL NEVER ATTEMPT TO TREAT YOU OR DIAGNOSE YOU WITHOUT ENTERING INTO A FORMAL PATIENT-THERAPIST ARRANGEMENT.

Seek a trusted person to help you fact check if you are having difficulties.

A lot of sources may contain heavily jargoned text, especially when discussing medical conditions/disorders.

Find someone who you know you can trust, and who is willing to admit when they are mistaken. Ask that person to help you.

DO NOT TRUST ANYONE WHO REFUSES TO ADMIT THEIR MISTAKES.

- Watch out for people using gaslighting tactics, or deleting conflicting opinions from their posts. There are some people out there who insist that they are correct, and will refuse to acknowledge any information which contradicts their statements. These people may use gaslighting techniques to supress anyone who tries to question what they've said.

- Any one who is working from a place of good intent, will be open to looking at reliable sources which contradict their statements.

- Similarly, if anyone tries to convince you that you DON’T need to check their sources, or that you can trust them without them providing sources, THIS IS A RED FLAG.

Is it ok to test someone?

In my opinion, when you are searching for accurate information, it is perfectly acceptable to test someone by asking them something you already know the answer to.

For example, when I went to the endocrinologist to talk about HRT, I asked her my most important question and she responded in a way that didn't match what my doctor had said.

So I tested her by asking a question I KNEW the answer to.

She answered incorrectly, and I knew that I would have to work hard to get accurate information out of her.

Here are some sites to help you fact check.

Scholastic.com

has an article aimed at children and teens, which is easy to understand and read. (It was also written by adults trying to use “hip” slang.)

https://choices.scholastic.com/issues/2019-20/120119/howt-to-fact-check-the-internet.html

Wikipedia

has a list of fact-checking websites, which may or may not be useful.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fact-checking_websites

Middlebury Libraries

has a short list of non-partisan fact checking sites.

https://middlebury.libguides.com/internet/fact-checking

And finally, I am aware this is a clumsy post, fuelled by an emotional response.

PLEASE reply or reblog with any information, links, tips, guides, etc regarding fact checking or protecting yourself from fear mongering.

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This post was inspired by

THIS POST,

which builds on a common fear amoung those with DID/OSDD, and drives people away from seeking help, for fear of losing themselves.

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Here is what you should do

if your therapist is trying to force you into fusion.

If your therapist is trying to trick you into undergoing a treatment without giving you information, or refusing to give you all relevant information - YOU SHOULD LEAVE IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK LEGAL ADVICE.

Here is a bit more information about

possible end goals you may choose

during therapy.

#did #dissociative identity disorder #actuallydid #actuallyosdd #osdd #actually multiple #actually traumagenic #information did

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destroyyourbinder · 5 years

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two articles on psychiatric medication

I'm planning on writing a bigger psychiatry-critical piece soon about how the overwhelming majority of both leftists and trans people that I know believe themselves to be necessarily reliant on either psychiatric medication or therapy or both, and permit themselves (rather, semi-deliberately evacuate themselves of agency in identification with those harming them, I do not wish to victim blame) to be extensively abused by the psychological-psychiatric medical system in a fruitless search of validation for their malaise in some horrible cycle of iatrogenic dependence.

In particular, I know at least two transgender people personally (one male, one female) who are so heavily medicated that I have few compunctions about calling what is being done to them a kind of chemical lobotomy. They have both been left minimally functional and dramatically changed in personality by their "treatments", but both still seek out psychiatry to endorse their transgender interpretation of themselves, despite the fact their doctors are brutally and with little humanity "re-adjusting" them out of inconvenient behavior through repeated hospitalization, high and probably inappropriate doses of lithium alongside multiple other medications, and of course their whole gender treatment paradigm.

So I am continually startled by not only the distinct lack of modern leftist criticism of psychiatric medical institutions but outright collaboration with these institutions. Many people in the broader community-- whether radical queers or lesbian feminists-- purport to value self-reliance and peer support networks, distrusting well-funded and politically undermining officially-sanctioned institutions, but I am not sure I know a single gay person in my everyday life who is not regularly attending counseling sessions of some variety or another or who is not taking psychiatric medications-- prescribed by a psychiatrist that they see monthly or sooner-- that they believe they cannot live without.

One of the reasons I am so critical is that I was once one of these people: I have been on at least fourteen different psychiatric medications in various combinations throughout my life, and both I and many of my doctors believed that I was so critically ill that I could not live a meaningful or even minimally functional life without them. I, or my depression-- we were coextensive, inseparable, my personhood was inconvenient to assessment, I suppose-- was considered so deeply treatment resistant that I had multiple psychiatrists tell me to my face that it might not be possible to help me (of course, while still holding the prescription pad). I was lucky to never have been on lithium or Lamictal, nor subjected to electroshock, but all were floated as an unfortunate but potentially necessary part of my treatment plan. I was indeed considered such a hopeless case that I was actually approved for disability payments for mental illness, without appeal, an extreme rarity in the United States, especially at such a young age (23). I do not know for sure or not whether I could have set the grounds to get my shit together without the intervention of psychiatry-- I did survive long enough to leave an abusive home, after all-- but I do not consider it a coincidence that I did not get my shit together until I stopped having a therapist whispering in my ear and stopped having these substances in my body.

I don't think you can understand the modern transgender movement-- whether the push to identify various gender-distressed people as having a disorder or just niche lifestyle in need of medicalized affirmation, or the ideology that demands we believe that gender identity is an essential characteristic of human beings-- without understanding the history of psychiatry as a coercive practice attempting to normalize the socially abnormal, often in service to extremely oppressive interests, and the history of therapy as inherently individualizing and anti-political, an authority-laden substitute for discernment and appropriate and healthy social feedback.

In any case, I want to keep it short today, and it's with this context I want to share with you two articles, one from the New Yorker and the other from NPR.

The first article, by the amazing writer Rachel Aviv, who has previously covered dense and thorny ethical issues regarding psychiatric treatment and the construction of mental illness, is a critical article about how many modern psychiatric patients come to take consecutive strings of multiple psychiatric medications, coming to have and then losing faith in their doctors and medications to fix their ills. It follows a woman who decided to withdraw from her medications and the people she meets as she must build her own support network during her process of withdrawal, given her unhealthy dependence on the psychiatric network treating her and the psychiatric industry's public denial that medication discontinuation symptoms even occur, nonetheless can have severe and life-disrupting effects. Aviv gives a contextual history and science of the use of several classes of modern psychiatric medications, including their incredible limitations given psychiatry's practice and value system; in a description that will read eerily familiar to any detransitioned woman, she states that "there are almost no studies on how or when to go off psychiatric medications, a situation that has created what he [Allen Frances, chair of the DSM-4 committee] calls a 'national public-health experiment.'"

An important excerpt relevant to both general psychiatry and the practice of transgender medicine and health care:

A decade after the invention of antidepressants, randomized clinical studies emerged as the most trusted form of medical knowledge, supplanting the authority of individual case studies. By necessity, clinical studies cannot capture fluctuations in mood that may be meaningful to the patient but do not fit into the study’s categories. This methodology has led to a far more reliable body of evidence, but it also subtly changed our conception of mental health, which has become synonymous with the absence of symptoms, rather than with a return to a patient’s baseline of functioning, her mood or personality before and between episodes of illness. “Once you abandon the idea of the personal baseline, it becomes possible to think of emotional suffering as relapse—instead of something to be expected from an individual’s way of being in the world,” Deshauer told me. For adolescents who go on medications when they are still trying to define themselves, they may never know if they have a baseline, or what it is. “It’s not so much a question of Does the technology deliver?” Deshauer said. “It’s a question of What are we asking of it?”

The second article, which also contains a longer-form audio interview with the author, is about a new book by Harvard historian of science Anne Harrington called Mind Fixers: Psychiatry's Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness. What I found particularly striking about her interview is Harrington's assertions about the state of psychiatry and psychiatric pharmaceutical research now-- she claims that the psychiatric medication market has stalled because of research finding that many common antidepressant medications work no better than placebo versions, and that pharmaceutical companies therefore are de-investing from psychiatric medication research and development because they can no longer use their previous strategy of slightly tweaking the chemical components of previously monetizeable drugs. She states there have been very few innovations in finding new classes of antidepressant medications in particular (the most easily marketed psychiatric drugs, for whom the target population can easily be expanded).

I think her points here are crucial to understanding exactly why pharmaceutical companies and psychiatry have become increasingly invested in transgender health care and in expanding the market for hormones and transgender-related surgeries through promoting interventions like HRT and "top surgery" as elective procedures suggested as ways to "affirm a patient's identity" rather than "treat a disorder". The gender critical blogger Brie Jontry, a mother of a formerly trans-identified female teen, calls this practice and ideology "identity medicine", a term I find useful to describe the unholy conglomeration that is the individualized medicalization of gender-related distress and the advertising of medical treatments (particularly those provided by cosmetic surgeons) as ways to facilitate self-expression and authenticity. Given increasing attempts by gender doctors to create patients permanently dependent on exogenous hormones (those children left with non-functional gonads after treatment with GnRH agonists like Lupron and cross-sex hormones, or those transgender people who have had theirs removed) or to convince patients that gender dysphoria is a life-long, inescapable condition that they had already failed in not treating/affirming earlier (because you Always Were A Boy), I have to note parallels with psychiatric medicine's anti-recovery, anti-patient-autonomy assertions about other recently marketed drugs such as atypical antipsychotics, on which patients are also purportedly permanently dependent, or antidepressants (as above) where withdrawal symptoms purportedly prove that a patient is doomed to relapse should she cease psychiatric treatment. "Informed consent" and the formation of transgender resources outside a "gatekeeping" paradigm, where patients need not seek insurance approval nor the opinions of several doctors of different specialties for transgender medical interventions, nor wait a set period of time prior to transitioning, is often lauded as progressive and anti-institution by radical transgender activists, who can rightly see issue with a psychiatry put in charge of policing the intimate personal beliefs, coping mechanisms for misogyny or homophobia, and individual gender expression of its patients. However, I can't but see this as part of a new and terrifying medical strategy regarding transgenderism, where a loss of patient agency is replaced with the false sense of consumer choice; we have seen this in other realms of psychiatry, where forms of psychiatric incarceration were rebranded as the choice to take a break or "finally" seek help after self-negatingly denying it for so long, where tranquilizing drugs were rebranded as assistive devices for women struggling to have it all, and where high-risk, heavily sedating antipsychotic medications were rebranded as ways to give other psychiatric medications a "boost" should you still experience unhelpful emotions after complying with psychiatric treatment. "Gender dysphoria" is increasingly nebulous, something you might have had all along if you experienced various forms of generic malaise or failed to have your suffering sufficiently validated and thereby dissipated by psychiatry; funny that we've seen this before with other conditions and their treatments, and psychiatry somehow always comes up with a money-making solution for its own problems.

#medcrit45 #writings

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pmddnutter · 4 years

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Running a business with PMDD

I suffer from a condition called Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder or PMDD for short, its sometimes referred to as severe PMS although it is certainly way worse than PMS. It has only recently (May 2019) been recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a unique condition meaning that PMDD will be considered a separate condition to severe PMS, should see more funding and research and allow doctors across the world to standardise their terms. Hopefully leading to more diagnoses and better treatment and understanding.

The WHO defines PMDD as:

“a pattern of mood symptoms (depressed mood, irritability), somatic symptoms (lethargy, joint pain, overeating), or cognitive symptoms (concentration difficulties, forgetfulness) that begin several days before the onset of menses, start to improve within a few days after the onset of menses, and then become minimal or absent within approximately 1 week following the onset of menses.”[i]

PMDD is debilitating, it has caused women to commit suicide. There are no specific treatments for it; for some women hormonal contraception works well, for other antidepressants, and for a handful of women only a full hysterectomy has helped. Whatever the treatments, PMDD is different for different women – it affects us all differently.

PMDD and Me

For me PMDD is that girl in high school that was a bit two faced, smiles to your face when she needs you but when your back is turned pulled that ‘urgh’ face and rolls her eyes to her ‘real’ mates – you know the one I mean.

She is never the same though, some months she can be quite mild and meek, maybe a bit of insomnia and overeating, sometimes a bit grumpy or irritable – kinda friendly but you know that there is a storm brewing. Other months she is in full on Bitch Mode! She makes me believe my husband is having an affair, she makes me eat ALL DAY, she tells me I’m no good, she makes me want to get in my car and drive as far away as possible.

And when you have this whilst running your own one-man band business it’s really bloody hard! As a small business owner hand making you own products you already question yourself pretty much daily; is my stuff any good, why do people buy it, why aren’t people buying it, shall I just jack it in and go back to ‘real’ work full time? So, add PMDD into the mix and I feel like I’m on a rollercoaster and I bloody hate rollercoasters!

With PMDD I get these amazing times of euphoria, exciting manic times where my creativity and enthusiasm are in overdrive and OMG these times are awesome. I come up with some of my best work during this time, my marketing strategies all just seem to work, I love being around people and go out and network loads.

But then I have to crash, and I kinda know I will but I never know how hard. Sometimes I’ll just have a teary day, one where nothing goes right, I miss stamp literally everything and nothing I post on social media is interesting, so no one comments. But sometimes this just lasts 1 day and I don’t even realise until my period starts that this day happened. But other times I crash bad… I just hate everyone and everything, my customer service goes out of the window as everyone is against me. Why bother posting on social media as I can’t make it sound nice or enthusiastic. I spend pretty much all day holding back the tears and my horrible attitude, I just want to stay in bed but I can’t sleep, I eat EVERYTHING in sight and I literally have to force myself to do even the most menial of tasks.

One of the very worst things about these really deep lows is that I don’t recognise myself, I am usually (for the other 2/3 weeks of the month) a really happy and enthusiastic person which is why I sometimes don’t even realise the manic days have happened until the low starts. The lows that scare me are the ones where I don’t want to be around people, especially when you have a house to run with 2 small children and a husband and a part time job. The ones where I just can’t seem to snap out of it, I know I’m in deep, I can’t stop myself saying some nasty things and snapping at those closest to me. The lows where any orders I get don’t matter, they’ll probably just hate it when it arrives anyway so what’s the point making it at all. Any messages I get I just can’t be arsed to reply as the questions are just so inane and pointless, or they’re just moaning at me for no reason – no your order that you placed 10 mins ago won’t be with you tomorrow as I have to HAND MAKE IT! I have to stop myself replying with a message saying ‘won’t you just f*ck off already, you’ll get it when I decide you’re worthy enough to make my crappy handmade sh*t that you probably won’t like anyway and you won’t bother to leave me any feedback even if you do’ (that’s a whole other blog for another time!)

So why am I writing this blog now?

It is now December 2019 and I’ve been trying to write this since PMDD awareness month back in April 2019! At the beginning of the month I had a plan to do some awesome posts about it, create some keyrings, maybe even raise some money. Then it hits… why would anyone want to buy any of my keyrings, I’d be doing the cause a grave injustice in creating such shit products. Believe me, the irony of this is not lost! The irony of the negative thoughts is never lost once I come out the other side, and it’s this irony that delays me getting the help I need. A few days passes and you convince yourself that it wasn’t so bad, it was just you feeling a bit blue for a day. You get on with life, looking after the kids, bury yourself in work; the high is well and truly convincing you that you are absolutely fine and that next month won’t be so bad. But then you notice the date, it’s a few days before you are due to ovulate and here we go again…

I went to my GP in May 2019 as the symptoms were not getting any better and asked to have the hormonal coil fitted again as it had helped me so much before I had my second baby. It was fitted in June this year and I waited the 3 months to see if it would help, it unfortunately didn’t and in October I had one of my worst lows to date. It was horrendous and I booked a GP appointment at 2am after being awake for nearly 48hrs, having eaten god knows how much food, drunk far too much wine and cried at every little thing I watched. I saw my GP a couple of weeks later, obviously I was feeling much better but I am determined to get this thing sorted and she was amazing and we went through the options and I decided on trying oestrogen for the 2 weeks prior to my cycle. I had to giggle to myself when reading the instructions; firstly because I have to rub 1 squirt of this gel into my thigh at the same time every day, and secondly because this is effectively HRT given to older ladies at the time of the change LOL!

Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like this is working for me, I’m 4 days before I am normally due on and the symptoms are back. Definitely not as severe as the October crash but the feelings of annoyance, self-doubt and pointlessness of it all are here, my next step is perhaps anti-depressants, so I’ll book an appointment with the GP and see what the next steps are.

My battle with PMDD and keeping sane for my business continues, even as I write this I am questioning all my plans for 2020. I have/had some great ideas but that little well of anxiety is brewing up again and I’m thinking it’ll just be better/easier to scrap it all. I won’t though, I’ll step away from social media, take some time out for me (although with this comes the Mum Guilt fun) and give myself a good talking to that this will pass and next week I’ll be buzzing and posting non-stop and bugging everyone again! Until next month…

Thanks for reading,

Emma xx

For more information and guidance for PMDD please check out the MIND website here or IAPMD here, or feel free to drop me a message.

You can also download an app to track your symptoms here.

[i] https://iapmd.org/position-statements-1/2019/6/11/world-health-organization-adds-premenstrual-dysphoric-disorder-pmdd-into-the-icd-11

#living with pmdd #pmdd #running a business #mental health

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loghainmactir · 5 years

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hewwo! i was wondering if u could pls give me some advice on starting my transition? ive been so scared to start bc of family and costs but ive decided to just. do it. yknow? like if i don't ill probably die lol. u look amazing and rly confident in yourself in all ur selfies and one day i wanna be Like That ✌️❤️

hi! ok, so first of all: yeah, i absolutely can give u advice, and second of all: i remember feeling exactly like you did. it literally wasn’t that long ago, either, it was like. 2013/14/15 (i can’t remember, time is fake, whatever lmao!). third of all: bless u yr so sweet. i still have a lotta issues with confidence (i doubt myself, my talent and what i can do literally hourly), but honestly? i love my body right now. it’s a good, genderless body, goddamnit.

long, long post ahead bc i’m trying to think of things i did and good god please take it with a grain of salt because a lot of this is just me ranting about things i wish I’D done in my own position. i’m also coming from a place where HRT and surgeries AREN’T free, so that’s also A Thing. everyone’s experience is different.

transitioning (particularly medically) really super fuckin varies country by country (and honestly probably even state by state, age by age and fuckin gender by gender because cis people won’t let us fucking BE goddamn): i don’t know where you are, so my only tips there r: find a trans friendly doctor/endo (i was kinda forced to go through a hospital bc That Was How It Was here in good ol’ Australia), and one people wholeheartedly recommend, if you wanna go that route.

my first point is make sure you find safe spaces in every goddamn aspect of your transition. medically, socially, physically. if you think your doctor is refusing you treatment or is discriminating against you, you NEED to ditch that doctor. if your friends and family are really verbally or physically violent against LGBT folks, you NEED to leave that space if you can (or not come out and wait until you can leave. seriously. i’m kinda lucky– my grandma was verbally violent against LGBT folks, and initially my mum was skepitcal, but i convinced them both to go to a group for LGBT+ parents and friends and they slowly turned around). get yourself friends, get yourself allies.

i cannot stress that enough. my first doctor refused to send my referral letter to the royal children’s hospital gender clinic because even tho he presented as a “nice” guy, he believed that because this was “”””out of the blue”””” for me, he figured he’d just Not Send It (and tried to tell me that a lotta kids there didn’t actually helpo, lol). so there i was, a young 15-16 year old alister, waiting like 2-3 months for something that didn’t even get fucking sent.

join trans groups on facebook and in real life. seriously, they’re a godsend; there’s buy-and-sells, advice posts, encouragement posts. ESPECIALLY local ones. most of them on facebook are private, meaning no one can see if you’re posting/in the group, and it’s easy to check if they’re not. these fb pages + local groups are good ways to find trans friendly spaces and doctors. i found my current doctor, who’s actually one of the very few doctors who knows what the fuck he’s on about re: trans people, through a real life trans group. they were like “oh, you should see x”, and even though he’s about 30-40 minutes away from me, he’s brilliant and honestly saved my life.

along those lines: figure out what you want from your transition, and then realize & accept that this may change (and it also may not change!). very early on, i was super insistent that i wanted phalloplasty and to wear packers, and now i couldn’t care less. at first, i identified as agender, and then as a trans guy/ftm, and now i identify as a Black Hole (i’m kidding, don’t @ me). like, a lotta people DON’T change their minds. but i did, some people do, and it shouldn’t be anyone’s business but your own what you want to do with your body

(sidenote: this also goes for detransitioning or stopping medical transition but continuing to socially transition/present differently. literally, it’s fine. it’s your body. fuck anyone who says otherwise.)

again: FUCK ANYONE WHO SAYS OTHERWISE.

your body is literally your body. do NOT let anyone tell you what to do with it or who you are. i had people very early on scream at me (legitimately scream and throw me out of home, thanks grandma), tell me i wasn’t actually trans, and harrass me for this shit: but frankly, if i’d put myself back in the closet, i wouldn’t be alive right now. i would’ve killed myself years ago, and i wish i wasn’t kidding. if it’s safe, you need to stand up for your own body and your rights and put yourself somewhere that will allow you to follow through. you need to keep going and keep living.

my only other two pieces of advice are “patience, baby”– like, for real, every single part of transition takes time. this varies from where you are and who’s supporting you, but it’s generally true. it takes time for people to accept new names and pronouns

(lotta people get furious about this, and i used to be one of those people, but hindsight’s a bitch and you gotta realize that… like, it’s hard for some cis people. you gotta give them a little bit of wiggle room, especially if they’ve never ever met a trans person before. it’s about reminders, reminders, reminders: which is SO hard if you’re not safe/don’t have the confidence. there IS a flip side to this though: if chad and stacey have known your new pronouns for months, now, and they keep “””slipping””” up, they’re not slipping up, honey. they’re doing it on purpose. kick their teeth in i’m kidding please don’t do this you know what i mean.)

it takes time for HRT to kick in. it takes time to gather a Look™ of your own you like, it takes time to build confidence to even tell people, it takes time to save up money for surgeries and it just… takes time. sometimes because it’s a naturally slow process, sometimes because cis people are Cis People and like to gatekeep. i remember being very young in my transition, sitting in the car after one of my appointments with the afformentioned shithead doctor bawling my eyes out because he’d told me i wouldn’t be able to access t for x amount of time and it was bullshit. this year i’ll be 2 years on t. wild, huh? there’s a lot of us and not equal amounts of resources (ESPECIALLY in public systems) depending on where you are, so you gotta be prepared to WAIT.

i’ll tell you what super helped me through those years: hyping myself up for other things! i still have the ticket from my first twenty one pilots show. that show meant SO much to me. i cried all through it, because waiting for that show kept my mind off of the wait for my royal children’s appointments (and even waiting to go up to melbourne bc my mum and i would go and get kebabs was a good thing to focus on!). keep things that aren’t trans related on hand (seriously i struggled with this because dysphoria and shit is fucking hard!! it’s easy to say but really fucking hard to put into practice).

(one day i’m gonna tell tyler and josh just how much they saved my goddamn life. i know they hear it weekly, but i will.)

my other thing is that uh. it won’t solve all your problems especially if you’ve got mental illnesses. this is a really fuckin depressing thing i had to drill into my brain, but it really helped. transitioning solved SO many of my issues. i no longer have back issues (thanks, like, literal kilo titties, lmao), i no longer have sore ribs and i can breathe and wear shirts. i lost so much weight (and am kinda gaining it back, but whatever). i no longer have anxiety about whether people can tell i’m binding– which is WILD because i used to stress the fuck out about it to the point where i never went out anywhere. i used to sit on the bus wondering if the person next to me could tell i had titties. now it literally doesn’t even register.

my issues now stem from PTSD, depression, BPD and ADHD. how do you fix this? you don’t. but what HAS helped is finding a therapist who won’t pressure you into talking about trans shit. lemme tell you: this shit gets exhausting after the fifth time of “oh i googled ‘can you become a boy’ when i was, like, nine” (this is my go to story because this memory is so vivid). of course, there’s gonna be moments where you HAVE to: my therapist recently actively asked me to briefly run through it for my PTSD report. but otherwise we literally haven’t talked about it and that is a GODSEND (because i don’t need it. if you need it, that’s good, too!). having a therapist that you can just wordvomit at wrt anything is literally the best thing and can be super helpful– seriously, there were a few trans-related sessions where i just snarled about the bullshit gatekeeping and the bastard i had to see for my therapist letter (oooh, every time i think abt the fact that it was something like $400-500 for two fucking sessions i get so mad lol), but outta 14 it’s really only like 2-3 of them.

but yeah. that’s it. i dunno, these are things that i’ve learnt and sorta… like to think as helpful for myself. of course, this could be different for you: you’re not me, you’re entirely different, in no doubt an entirely different country, social, financial, mental state. i was FUCKED UP when i first came out. i didn’t know that then, but i do now. i spent a lotta time by myself and that’s not healthy, so i really encourage you to reach out to our community, local and worldly, because oh my god, we’re here for you. we are SO here for you.

#long post #sorry if you need this formatted for ease of reading please shout at me. i really word vomited all over this #my transition #trans #anon #asks #iodk what else to tag this as

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My friend wants to start T immediately but his parents don't know and he doesn't want to talk to a doctor about it. He found Walgreens sells bottles of testosterone and wants me to buy some for him. I'm trying to be supportive but I don't think buying it for him without a prescription is a good idea. Any tips on convincing him to see a doctor and get real help instead of going behind his parent's back?

It's dangerous to go on hormones without having labs to ensure you're in the safe dosing range, that your blood count isn't raising and risking blood clots, that your liver isn't being harmed from hrt. I understand the very real need to get transisition started, like yesterday. I know that pain, I've been there. But you only get one body, you have to take the best care of it possible, and that means doing what you can to take care of it safely. If he were to go on hormones without a doctor's treatment, he could potentially have a heart attack or stroke, which could limit his ability to live independently or to transisition later under the care of a doctor even at an age when his parents would normal not be involved. It also concerns me that he's asking you to buy him T- I can't tell if he's asking you to sell him your prescription (which could, at worst, risk you federal drug charges the same as narcotics charges, because testosterone is a restricted drug), or if he's asking you to buy him a nutritional supplement (something like "Testosterone boost") that is mostly herbs that claims to raise your T levels. If the second is true, it won't help him (they haven't been shown to be effective or even to contain the things they say they do on the label) in his transisition. What we like to say is nutrition supplements mostly just help you have really expensive pee. If this info doesn't help, write backMod mayhem

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uh, can i get some advice? im a young trans dude and out to my mom and I asked her if she could get me a gender therapist but she said she doesn't want to get me one because she's worried that if I got a therapist they'd try to convince me to transition when it might be just a phase, I can see why she thinks that, but I'm so sure that I'm trans and I need a gender therapist, really badly, do you have any advice on how convince my mom i need a therapist?

Lee says:

You could go to a therapist that doesn’t call themself a gender therapist but has experience with trans patients maybe, so then your mom would be less likely to think they’re biased?

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forest-khalse said: Anon, my therapist has never pressured me to transition, and I’ve been seeing her for almost a year. A good therapist will offer resources and guidance and help you through what you’re feeling, and will never pressure you to start transitioning. As for your mom, I would just tell her that going to a gender therapist will help you better understand how you feel and will help you decide whether or not you want to transition via HRT/surgery. Therapists never force or pressure treatment, they just offer help and want you to let them know when you’re ready to see an endocrinologist (someone who prescribes hormones) or a doctor who has performed transitioning surgeries.

toryinnes said: a good gender therapist will help you work through your feelings of dysphoria (if you have that) and why you feel that youre trans. since theyre a therapist theyll also talk to you about other things you may be struggling with and whether or not theyre related to you being trans or not, and other general therapy stuff your mother is probably familiar with. tell her that a gender therapist is going to help both you and your mother figure out whether it IS a phase or not and wont push for hormone therapy at all unless you express a desire to start it (and in that case theres probably going to be an appointment specifically dedicated to discussing that- in my experience at least). also since its somewhat related, but you could mention that a gender therapist could help you start hormone blockers which would help lessen the effects of your natural puberty if you are trans (and dysphoric), and wont do anything but delay the process of puberty if you arent trans and go off of them, so theres little risk in at least starting blockers. thats a general idea of what to say to your mom to convince her that its good to go to a gender therapist

#caps /#mother mention #therapists #Anonymous #Lee says #transgenderteensurvivalguide #trans #transgender #nonbinary #lgbtq #lgbt #transgender teen survival guide #TTSG

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So, I am fully aware of the horrors and struggles of gatekeeping, but let me tell y’all about my experiences with a clinic that has a strict no gatekeeping policy.

First of all, they do not do blood tests for hormone levels. They say this is due to their strict no gatekeeping policy, and furthermore, in their own words, “If you are happy with how you look, who cares what your levels are?”

Now firstly, what this assumes is that HRT is the sole determinant of how happy I am with how I look, but what it fails to account for is things like the effect dysphoria has on my self-perception, social factors like passing and how frequently I have to submit myself to the scrutinization of my gender, and how good I’ve gotten at effective presentation.

Secondly, this assumes that the sole function of HRT is related to one’s appearance, even though it does this by altering one’s endocrine system, which is responsible for far more than just looks or hair growth or w/e, and so this fails to account for all the ways that different dosages may affect a person’s health, not to mention the side effects of prolonged use of anti-androgens like spiro.

So they don’t do blood work, fine, maybe just tinkering and experimenting with various dosages and methods of taking the hormones won’t be dangerous if you just ask the doctor what they feel is the safest route to doing so.

Nope, because, thanks to their no gatekeeping policy, all research has to be done by you, the patient, because after all, isn’t that the purest form of “informed consent”, just going by what you’ve heard online or word of mouth to choose medicines that could potentially threaten your health if taken in the wrong doses or in the wrong combination.

But surely, the doctor can at least advise you once you’ve presented the information you’ve gathered to inform your own consent? Again, no. You just tell the doctor what you want and they send a prescription to a local pharmacy sight unseen. Here’s the kicker though, because they won’t advise you, they won’t inform you of things like what will or won’t be covered by insurance or what medications may not be readily available due to shortages.

And so you’ve got me, someone who started with your standard “informed consent” endo, someone who I had to interview with, and had to be in regular contact with, and that was the extent of the gatekeeping, I had to convince someone that I was making a choice I was happy with, and then she walked me through all the potential options I would have. A year later, I’ve gone from minimal gatekeeping to a strict no gatekeeping policy, and I’ve had no hormones for 2 months because the hrt regimen I tried to pursue ended up not being covered by my insurance and it will take even longer to make an appeal to get it switched back to what I was on before.

At his point I’m essentially being forced to detransition, so do I agree with gatekeeping? Absolutely not, but if no gatekeeping means just leaving a trans person to twist in the wind between pharmaceutical companies and insurance providers, then one has to start asking “what then is even the point of the doctor?”

Like, this is what medical marijuana legalization looked like, just a bunch of doctor’s signing scrips and getting paid. They didn’t care about their patients, they just wanted to exploit loopholes in the legalization laws in order to skim off the demand for what they were helping sell, and they were hailed as heroes for doing this, even if they were doing nothing in the interest of their patient’s treatment or well-being.

Eventually, the ideological impetus of gatekeeping is going to give way to the profit potential that trans people pursuing HRT represent, and when it does, things like this will become more common, and as things are now, with a minimum of research being done on trans health issues, and what research and information there is being difficult to come by, it is very much poised to hinder transition as much as gatekeeping has.

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10 Foods That Help Relieve Menopausal Hot Flashes

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Relieve Menopausal Hot Flashes With These 10 Foods

Many women who are experiencing menopause complain of hot flashes. In fact, it is the most common complaint, affecting almost 80% of women.

This often debilitating, or at the very least annoying symptom can cause a lot of discomfort and stress to the woman who suffers from them, and can greatly impact quality of life.

There are treatments for hot flashes, with Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) being the most effective, however it does carry risks, especially for women 60 or older, and others with risk factors for certain conditions.

The good news is that HRT is not only your only option for dealing with hot flashes. A study that was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that simple changes to your diet can help relieve the hot flashes.

The study spanned nine years and researchers found that a woman’s likelihood of experiencing hot flashes dropped by 20% when they incorporated some of the following ten foods into their diets.

1. Soy

Decreasing levels of estrogen would trigger uncomfortable symptoms of hot flushes, night sweats, sleep disturbances, and vaginal dryness during women’s menopausal transition. Soy is high in isoflavones, plant estrogens are known to have estrogen like effects to reduce hot flashes. Soy has the highest amounts of isoflavones, with the highest levels being found in soybeans, chickpeas, and lentils.

Phytoestrogens (PEs) are nonsteroidal plant compounds with similar chemical structure to estradiol, and these compounds appear to demonstrate an estrogenic or anti-estrogenic effect depending on the circulating estrogen level. The two main categories of PEs are Isoflavones and Lignans; soybeans are rich in Isoflavones, and Lignans can be found in whole grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables and flaxseed. Asian women would experience much less frequently menopausal symptoms than women in America or Europe thus an increasing attention has been paid to different dietary habit as Asian diet is rich in PEs. Hence, a large amount of research has been devoted to finding if PEs are effective in the treatment of menopausal symptoms.

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2. Eggs

Vitamin B, which is found in eggs, plays an important part in allowing the adrenal gland function to stabilize. Stabilizing the adrenal gland promotes estrogen and progesterone balance, which greatly reduces the chances of a hot flash. When possible, opt for cage-free, organic eggs. Ideally, you’ll also be buying egss from pastured hens raised locally.

3. Garlic

Eating at least one clove of garlic per day, either raw or cooked, can help balance your hormones and prevent hot flashes. This is because garlic also contains phytoestrogens, which are a plant-based hormone that mimics your body’s estrogen.

4. Mushrooms

Mushrooms contain a mineral called selenium. People with low levels of selenium have been found to have higher stress levels. Having high stress levels triggers a rise in epinephrine, which in turn, triggers hot flashes to occur. Maitake and shiitake mushrooms have the highest levels of selenium, and are thought to be the best choices.

5. Bell peppers

Vitamin C is known for its hormone stabilizing properties. Even though yellow bell peppers are the highest in vitamin C, red and green bell peppers are both good options as well. Bell peppers also contribute to the management of blood sugar levels. Maintaining balance in the blood sugar levels can reduce hot flashes.

6. Salad greens

Salad greens provide the body with antioxidants and promote healthy blood sugar levels that help stabilize estrogen levels. Regulating blood sugar and estrogen levels reduces the chances of hot flashes.

7. Strawberries

Similar to garlic, strawberries are high in phytoestrogens that help keep hormone levels balanced. Also high in vitamin C, strawberries are a great addition to a diet that aims to reduce hot flashes.

8. Pineapples

Also high in vitamin C, pineapples help prevent chemical changes to estrogen which can help prevent hot flashes.

9. Melon

Honeydew, watermelon, and cantaloupe are more great choices to get vitamin C into your diet. Another great benefit to melons is they can help cool you down when you are experiencing a hot flash.

10. Whole wheat pasta

Unlike white flour pasta, which is high in starch and can trigger a hot flash, whole-wheat pasta contains fiber to help manage your blood sugars as well as phytoestrogens. If you aren’t a fan of pasta, another option for phytoestrogens is whole-grain breads.

Final Thoughts

Adding the foods above will help limit hot flashes. In addition, it is important to cut out foods that can trigger hot flashes. Among the top foods are dairy products, spicy foods, alcohol, and caffeine. These foods will not just trigger hot flashes but they can also create hormonal imbalances, leading to mood swings and increase the level of acid in the blood. You don’t need to do an entire overhaul on your diet all at once. In fact, if you do you will likely not be able to stick to the changes. The best way to make the changes is to slowly substitute one food at a time. By simply changing a few of your dietary habits, your hot flashes can soon be a thing of the past.

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By and large, people have always been problem solvers. For every problem, there are numerous people trying to solve it or claiming they have a solution. In this article you will find some solutions to your problems you might not have thought of or known about.

Adequate amounts of vitamin C are pivotal in reducing the risk of hair loss. Vitamin C can play a big role in collagen development, which is good for hair growth and maintenance. If you feel that you are long hairstyles for men lacking vitamin C, eat more citrus fruits, or eat some vitamin C candy drops.

If you are sick, don't ignore caring for yourself. If you fail to take the prescribed medicine, or do something against your doctor's wishes, your body might not react well and won't be able to properly repair itself. If you are busy fighting an illness, your body won't have any energy left to keep hair growing. That will cause hair loss.

The way you style and wear your hair can contribute to hair loss. Avoid tightly pulling your hair, or using rubber bands, for very long. While hair products have definitely improved, damage can still be done by their use. Overly tight hairstyles hurt your hair shaft, which causes damage to your hair follicles.

There are plenty of hair products that are not good for the hair. Read the label and choose your products carefully. Don't put any chemicals in your hair that could be harmful. Some of the products can reduce your hair growth. You should only put hair products on your head unless you know all about them!

A tip for slowing hair loss is to eat hulled sesame seeds. You can try to eat roughly a handful of the white sesame seeds every morning. These healthy seeds contain a large amount of magnesium and calcium. Magnesium and calcium have been shown to help reduce hair loss and actually nourish your scalp.

A great way to help stop hair loss is to massage your scalp. Massaging will increase circulation to your scalp by opening blood vessels and warming the skin. You should move your fingers vigorously all over your scalp, rubbing around for approximately ten minutes. Since stress can be a cause of hair loss, rubbing your scalp will help reduce stress.

If you have chronic hair loss, you should consider taking a vitamin C supplement. Vitamin C facilitates the flow of blood to the scalp, while maintaining the capillaries that carry blood to hair follicles. By getting this boost of blood flow moving to your scalp, it will allow faster regrowth.

A liquid mixture of saw palmetto can help men treat their hair loss. Natural extractions from saw palmetto can help slow the synthesis of DHT. DHT is a male hormone believed by many to be a factor in hair loss. Press the fruit and rub your hair with the juice.

Beware of hair loss if you are taking an anti-depressant. The potent ingredients found in these drugs may cause many people to experience an increase in hair loss. Speak with your doctor about changing the medication that you are taking to see if that stops your hair loss.

You should do plenty of research before you try any hair loss treatment, so that you can be sure they are safe. Your research could convince you to spend more on a product that is worth it.

Keep hair treatments from dripping onto clothes, towels or bed sheets, as it can damage the fabric. Let the product dry before allowing your head to touch anything.

Massaging your scalp regularly is a great tip you can use to stimulate your blood flow to prevent hair loss and to re-grow lost hair. For best results, use some kind of oil, like mineral oil, to massage your scalp.

Your diet is worth serious consideration when you are dealing with hair loss. An unbalanced diet filled with carbohydrates and fast foods can cause you to have unhealthy hair. For healthier hair, eat foods that are low in fat and high in protein, like fish, poultry, and fresh vegetables.

If you are starting to lose your hair, think about how you wear it everyday. Some practices that cause hair loss are styles such as barrettes, tight pony tails or the use of other constricting devices. This could be the result of hair loss from the traction alopecia condition.

The majority of women that are dealing with hair loss are not aware that changing hormones is the culprit. Hormone imbalances, some of which come from oral contraceptives, can make hair fall out anime girl hairstyles . Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can also be to blame. Get your hormone levels analyzed by a physician if you are losing hair.

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Choose your seat wisely. Instead of sitting at the back of a class to avoid your professor's attention, sit up front where you will be more attentive. You'll be able to listen better and can ask questions without needing to yell across the room.

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Try to fulfill no less than one general requirement class during the initial semester. If you are aware of a class that you must take in order to graduate, then try getting it done early so you can be done with it and move on to your core classes. More than likely you will not want to still be a senior years from now, in a class of freshmen students.

When classes begin, it's important you know all your teachers. Make sure that you are aware of their office locations, hours of availability and how else to contact them. It is wise to create a solid rapport in case you need a deadline extended or have another type of problem.

You aren't at home, and no one will pick up after you or prepare your meals. You alone are responsible for your diet, sleep and environment. Take care of yourself well, study appropriately, attend all your classes and follow a regular schedule. Poor eating habits and stress can make you ill.

Don't buy your books until after your first class. Sometimes, the "required" book is not really needed. This can be the case for online classes in particular. Many times, online readings and lectures will be enough to succeed in the class.

Make time each day for studying. There are a lot of distractions in college, but you can find the time you need! Promise yourself that you will study for one hour each day. Study every day, whether you need to or not. This smart habit will help you to stay focused when your workload gets heavier later in your college career.

There is often no need to buy textbooks new and at full price. Look for the best deals you can find. If every one of your text books is brand new, it adds up to a substantial amount of money. When you buy used you will save a lot of money.

Never, ever plagiarize the work of another person. You'll be writing a lot of papers through out your college years. It is your duty to obtain a proper understanding of citation in order to prevent any confusion or problems regarding plagiarism. Most professors know how to spot plagiarism, so always avoid it!

Any time you have a test the next day, finish your night by reviewing your notes. This will allow you to process this information while you sleep. During sleep, the brain assists by building certain contextual links between the pieces of information, thus helping it make more sense the following morning.

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Many people spend time at the gym lifting weights and working on the machines in an attempt to get toned muscles. Though to really see results, all you need are some simple push ups, pull ups, handstand push ups, bridges, leg raises, and squats.

Mix up your routines with various kinds of exercises. This can make your fitness plan more interesting so that you don't become bored with it day after day. When your muscles are used to doing one thing, they will not change as much.

To keep your knees protected, you need to start to work on strengthening your thighs. Tearing a ligament behind your kneecap is one of the commonest sports-related injuries. Be sure to stretch these muscles and work them out regularly. Leg curls and extensions are great exercises for your hamstrings and quads.

To stay motivated and enthusiastic about exercise, personal trainer brickell try a variety of fitness classes. By changing your routine on a daily basis you will find additional things to keep you going. It adds fun to your workouts, which will make you want to head back to the fitness center. Consider taking yoga or dance classes. Think about signing up for boot camps or give kickboxing a go. Keep in mind that you only need try each type of class one time, and you will lose weight while you are doing it.

If you truly want to do everything in your power to get into shape then you are going to want to invest money into hiring a personal trainer. Both you and your personal trainer will make sure that you will get into shape. Personal trainers can truly help guide you to get into shape rather fast.

Simple rule for working out to build your body: Fewer reps with heavier weight will build more muscle mass. To start, choose a muscle group. For this example, do the chest. Warm up by using weights that you find less challenging to lift. Do 15-20 repetitions to warm your muscles up. For your second set, select a weight for which you can only perform 6-8 reps. Add about five more pounds and repeat.

m. m. Ease into your new routine by starting with a wakeup time 15 minutes earlier than normal, and do a simple walking or aerobic routine. Doing this starts your day on the right food and also disciplines your life with healthy habits.

Try out kickboxing. There is not a single person that can attempt kickboxing and say it was not a great workout. Also, you can burn many calories, which can give you the look that you desire.

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If you are trying to build up the muscles in your calves , try donkey calf raises. These exercises build your calf muscles quickly. All you need is a partner who can get on your back while you lift the combined weight with your calves.

As stated above, there are many sides to fitness. While there are correct and incorrect ways to do exercises, you also have a bit of leeway room. This article shared great tips that can put to good use to started today.

Using The Right Equiptment For Your Woodworking Project

The world of woodworking ranges from creating benches to bridges and everything in between. Pallet Furniture That means there is a huge cache of knowledge out there just waiting for you to tap into it. Take your time and read this article in full to learn some new tips and tricks.

Keep all of your woodworking tools in a safe and dry place. You want to be sure that your tools are not in reach of children, as well as that they will be safe from moisture and other elements that can cause them to degrade at high rate. Follow this rule and your tools will last a long time.

Always use the safety equiptment that came with any of your woodworking tools. You may feel that a sheild is getting in your way when you are sawing, but its purpose is to protect you from serious injury. If you feel tempted just think of what it would be like to lose a finger or worse.

Test the color of a stain before doing the complete stain on more visible areas. Wood is never predictable, so a stain may not look the way you expect or need it to when applied to the wood you are using. When you test the stain in a spot that's not easily visible, you prevent having a project turn out badly.

Join a woodworking club if you have the time to do so. This can lead to you learning a great deal more about woodworking, and an added benefit is that you will make friends that enjoy the same passion as you. Additionally, it can be rewarding to share your knowledge with others that are just getting started.

Learn how to find the center in a piece of firewood every time. Mount some flat scrap wood to the lathe's faceplate. Attach an acrylic piece to it using some double-faced tape. Chuck that in your lathe. Turn your acrylic to a disc. Using a 1/16" bit in your tail stock chuck, drill a hole through that center-point. Scribe some concentric circles on to the disc at 1/2"³ intervals using a skew chisel. Position this center-finder over the end of your stock and adjust it until one of your circles is inscribed completely in a portion of the wood that is solid and usable. Using an awl or nail set, mark your center through the central hole in the disc.

Is there a loose screw which you just can't get at? The answer is in your toolbox. Grab a screwdriver with a long handle and a socket that's a 12 point. Fit the socket over the end of your screwdriver; then attach it to a ratchet.

Keep your eyes peeled around your community to see if you can get free wood. Some business have excess wood pallets lying around and will give them away if you'll collect them. Before you tear the pallets apart, you may want to look online at all the furniture and other building ideas using recycled pallets.

If dust and dirt get into the holes of a brad or nail gun while they are not in use, this can cause them to wear out more quickly. It is a good idea to plug the air inlet holes up with something to prevent anything from getting in there.

Only cut using sharp tools. Older and dull tools result in tear-outs and even chipping, which is frustrating and a waste of time. Sharp tools means you get clean cuts quickly. You'll also spend a lot less time sanding things to get just the right look and fit that you need.

Never cut any pieces of wood without checking for nails, screws and other metal. While donning a pair of goggles keeps your eyes protected, you are still at risk for other injuries. Inspect every piece of wood whether you are re-purposing it or using new lumber. You are better safe than sorry with this safety tip, and checking the boards only takes a few minutes of your time.

You can apply stain with either a brush, or a rag. Work the stain in against the grain, and with it as well. You need not be neat, just get a smooth, even coat on the wood. Then, wipe immediately for a lighter tone, or leave it on for up to fifteen minutes before wiping for a deeper tone.

Do you know that different colored tin snips make different kinds of cuts? Tin snips with red handles are used for making left hand turns. Green handled tin snips are used for making right hand turns. Finally, yellow handled tin snips are used for straight lines and gradual curves.

Whatever you do when it comes to woodworking, it is important that you take the time necessary to learn as much as you can. Read articles written by experts, like this one, and learn from your peers. The more you know, the better your projects will end up once done.

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Making Menopause Treatment Bethesda MD Part Of Your Routine

By Gary Stevens

When you start to feel like menopause is taking over, you may want to turn to a natural treatment. This can help to lessen the symptoms and give your body a chance to feel better every day. There are many ways to menopause treatment Bethesda MD, and some doctors may recommend a particular prescription drug, but you should know about all your available options. Ginseng has had been used for many years now. It has been used in Chinese medicine for thousands of years for many health diseases including treatment of the ceasing of menstruation. It is especially useful for maintaining healthy vaginal walls flexible and avoiding drying, pain, and breakage. Ginseng helps relieve insomnia, warm-ups and mood swings. Decide on the right time of the day to do the remedy. Deciding when to apply your menopause remedy is going to be fairly simple. Some applications are suggested in the morning and others at night, but most women already have a routine established at those times of the day. Simply add one more step into your regimen. Schizandra is an excellent Chinese herb with restorative properties. The schizandra plus improve strength and reduce fatigue and physical stress alleviates night sweats and stimulates the body during the ceasing of menstruation. Cimicifuga natural remedy traditionally used by Native Americans, black cohosh is as hot flashes gynecological derangements associated with the ceasing of menstruation or painful periods. In some cases, doctors will prescribe a hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which is better. However, when this is done with a chemical it can still have some very nasty side effects. Many women are seeking out a natural treatment simply because the doctors and the pharmaceutical companies are not giving them what they need. Convince your partner of its importance. It is important that your significant other may complain that you have too many containers of stuff. First of all explain that this isn't another type of moisturizer, this is the product that you need to feel romantic again. The odds are very good you won't hear any more objections, and you just have to phrase it in terms he realizes. Raspberry and astringent tonic herbs have properties suitable for the uterus, which strengthens and prepares for birth. If taken in infusion, raspberry is used to relieve painful periods. Chasteberry regulating plant hormone used to treat irregular menstrual cycles and relieve symptoms of PMS and menopause. It is also used to treat PCOS. As a conclusion, herbal medicines have much to offer specifically in women for the treatment of symptoms that are related to the menopausal stage. Herbal menopause treatments are the therapy of preference for many women. Many practitioners and patients are now much confident in a broad array of effective therapeutic involvements as further discoveries are noted in this area of herbal remedy.

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Amata Review (UPDATED 2017): Don’t Buy Before You Read This!

What is it?

Amata is a menopause product that aims to restore vitality and well-being with daily use. Amata claims to treat hot flashes, night sweats and more and through the use of a patented Pueraria mirifica extract.

Amata is inspired by the long time use of Pueraria mirifica in Southeast Asia, and has added some supportive ingredients to the blend to better deal with the full scope of menopause symptoms. This product is soy and hormone free and is meant to be taken once per day.

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Amata Ingredients and Side Effects

Here’s a closer look inside the formula used to make Amata:

Pueraria mirifica Kelp Extract Vitamin B6 Selenomethionine Biotin Vitamin B12

Pueraria Mirifica: A plant often used for its rejuvenating properties, this ingredient may have some anti-aging benefits and can often be found in various skin lightening creams or breast-enlargement products.

Pueraria contains several phytoestrogens, which may help reduce the severity of menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings and more.

Biotin: Biotin is a vitamin present in several different food items, and is essentially for the growth of healthy hair and nails. Biotin may also treat conditions like diabetes and depression.

Kelp Extract: Kelp contains a number of trace minerals (zinc, calcium, copper, iodine) and is often used in face creams or serums for its anti-aging effects. Kelp may have an effect on the metabolism, as well as the function of the thyroid.

Vitamin B12: B12 is an essential vitamin found in several foods like meat, fish and dairy. This vitamin is key in the proper function of the brain and nervous system, the blood cells and more.

Vitamin B6: Found in vegetables, meats and more, B6 is used to help the body properly deal with sugars, fats and proteins, as well as the development of skin cells, the brain and nervous system.

Selenomethionine: This ingredient is basically selenium in amino acid form, and is used to help boost the immune system, as well as treat a range of ailments and concerns like colds, flu, infertility, gray hair and fatigue.

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Amata Quality of Ingredients

Amata contains some key nutrients like B vitamins and selenium, as well as kelp extract, which is very rich in nutrients. The key ingredient, pueraria mirifica does have some well-documented uses, particularly for its ability to help improve the skin’s appearance, as well as the more dubious use of increasing breast size when used topically on the area.

Pueraria does contain some phytoestrogens, which may put it in the same category as other solutions like black cohosh, soy isoflavones or red clover, but there isn’t all that much information about its use as a way to reduce the severity of menopause symptoms.

Unfortunately, it seems this product just doesn’t provide enough support to take on some of the more uncomfortable symptoms women experience at this stage in life. Many of the reviews mentioned that Amata helped with vaginal dryness and did improve the appearance of aging skin, but it didn’t consistently help those dealing with hot flashes, night sweats or the emotional effects of menopause.

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The Price and Quality of Amata

Amata is available for sale from the official website for $29.95 for a bottle containing 60 capsules or $54.95 for a bottle containing 120 capsules. Users may also buy this formula in liquid form for $29.95 for 60 mL, or $54.95 for two bottles of that same size.

Outside of the official website, there are few options for users looking for this product. It’s not available on Amazon or any of the supplement specific-channels like iHerb or Lucky Vitamin.

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Business of Amata

Amata is made by a company that goes by the same name. Here are the contact details, as listed on the website:

Phone: 800-760-9090

Email: [email protected]

Amata (Thai for “ageless”) is a product line created by Dr. Chistiane Northrup that uses pueraria to deliver anti-aging benefits. Amata makes products ranging from body lotions and facial creams to the menopause supplement.

Dr. Northrup has a fairly large following. She’s an OBGYN with a couple New York Tomes bestselling books under her belt and is a long time speaker and advocate for women’s health and wellness.

Dr. Northrup offers more legitimacy to her brand than many of the other doctor-fronted supplement or cosmetics companies, but we’re not totally convinced that the secret to looking and feeling young lies solely in the hands of the pueraria root.

We also were concerned that Dr. Northrup is selling a product based on an old folk remedy, without backing it’s use with scientific evidence. While pueraria mirifica is used in a variety of skin care applications, there isn’t too much information readily demonstrating its efficacy as a menopause supplement.

Customer Opinions of Amata

In an act of transparency, the makers of Amata have opted to post consumer reviews both good and bad on the official website, much in the way that Amazon does. Surprisingly, the reviews listed were mixed and appear to have been left alone by the site admin. Here’s a look at some of the experiences users shared on the site:

“I’ve been using this product for 10 days and still haven’t noticed any relief from any of my menopause symptoms. There were so many positive reviews, that I can’t help but feel disappointed in my experience.”

“Pueraria mirifica is a great product in general, it’s great as a vaginal cream, as well as for its anti-aging effects. Didn’t work great, and I do wish they included supporting ingredients other than B vitamins.”

“There’s something to be said about the youthful effects of this product. My skin and hair look fantastic. But, it’s not great for treating menopause. Felt like I was back having uncomfortable periods again.”

“Used to take HRT, but it never helped with the vaginal dryness. I like the drops better than the capsules (though not the taste), as they helped moisten things up within a few days.”

Amata seems to provide some clear cosmetic benefits to women and there are few reports of any negative side effects. Despite not listing any clinical studies or safety warnings for this product, it should be safe for most users. Dr. Northrup is a well-regarded part of the medical community and the reviews do vouch for at least some of the advertised benefits.

Many of the women who reviewed this product mentioned that pueraria mirifica worked wonders on their skin, helped them overcome vaginal dryness, and restored a certain youthfulness. This all sounds great, but it seems this root may be better off staying in the beauty vertical, rather than the menopause relief space.

While some users did find this helped with hot flashes, there were enough people who stated that it really didn’t help with the more common effects of menopause, suggesting it may not work with a predictable level of consistency.

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Conclusion – Does Amata Work?

In terms of its use as a menopause supplement, we believe that there are better options available than Amata. We’re not entirely convinced that this fortified pueraria mirifica extract is enough to help users tackle the full range of symptoms women experience during menopause.

Amata has some obvious benefits. Many of the past consumers mention this product has helped them look younger and more refreshed, as well as help them deal with the vaginal dryness many women experience during menopause. Clearly, these are benefits that many women are sure to appreciate—who doesn’t want to look younger, or enjoy sex more?

However, many users claimed Amata was not particularly useful in treating the more uncomfortable effects of menopause like hot flashes and night sweats, nor the emotional ones like anxiety, mood swings or hormone-related depression.

Outside of the Amata website, there are few mentions of pueraria and its effect on menopausal women, and even though this product has a reputable spokesperson standing behind it, there are no published studies featured on the webpage.

Based on the information we’ve collected, we believe users looking at Amata may want to consider also taking a supplement that better targets hot flashes and night sweats—like black cohosh, wild yam or isoflavones.

After reviewing a number of drops, creams and supplements, we’ve found that Femmetrinol works most effectively for women looking to feel younger and more energized during menopause, as well as find some relief from uncomfortable hot flashes and unpredictable moods.

Femmetrinol is made safely according to current cGMP practices. The manufacturers also routinely subject this product to quality control testing to ensure it works as promised. Learn how Femmetrinol can help you get your hormones back on track. Click here for more details.

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