Cam and then I managed to develop cold symptoms JUST as we got the new Covid vaccine, so we spent a while going wow this vaccine is heavy duty before realising it was in fact a cold. Cam is already starting to feel better so I hope I do soon too, being sick suuuucks. And while Christmas isn't a HUGE deal to me I'd rather not spend it THIS sick.
Could I be allergic to generic meds?
Oct. 6th, 2023 12:38 pmAsking outside my health filter since this is less a personal thing and more a general question of science.
Recently I've tried a bunch of blood pressure meds with different mechanisms/chemical properties and had what seemed to be a similar allergic reaction to almost all of them. Pondering if there's some underlying cause, it occured to me that they were all from the same generic meds company Apotex.
So now I'm wondering if it's worth asking specifically for the name brand version and seeing if I have an allergic reaction to that, or if that's likely to be a waste of time and money.
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Recently I've tried a bunch of blood pressure meds with different mechanisms/chemical properties and had what seemed to be a similar allergic reaction to almost all of them. Pondering if there's some underlying cause, it occured to me that they were all from the same generic meds company Apotex.
So now I'm wondering if it's worth asking specifically for the name brand version and seeing if I have an allergic reaction to that, or if that's likely to be a waste of time and money.
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One Simple Trick For Better Skin
Sep. 5th, 2023 12:07 pmDid you know that many vitamin C tablets contain citrus? Specifically, the Blackmores Bio C tablets I've been taking for at least a year?
In retrospect it's pretty obvious but it simply hadn't occurred to me to check until![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lilysea brought it up as a personal frustration. I switched to Swisse High Strength C, which is just vitamin C, and lo! All the weird little extra skin issues I developed a year or so ago have largely healed up! Luckily Cam is not intolerant to citrus and had been looking for a vitamin C tablet which doesn't have any sweeteners so I didn't have to throw out the old ones.
Normally I put this sort of thing on my health filter but maybe someone else out there is intolerant to citrus, takes vitamin C tablets, and never thought to check the ingredients of those tablets. Or maybe it's just me >.>
Also, thankslilysea, you rock :)
In retrospect it's pretty obvious but it simply hadn't occurred to me to check until
lilysea brought it up as a personal frustration. I switched to Swisse High Strength C, which is just vitamin C, and lo! All the weird little extra skin issues I developed a year or so ago have largely healed up! Luckily Cam is not intolerant to citrus and had been looking for a vitamin C tablet which doesn't have any sweeteners so I didn't have to throw out the old ones. Normally I put this sort of thing on my health filter but maybe someone else out there is intolerant to citrus, takes vitamin C tablets, and never thought to check the ingredients of those tablets. Or maybe it's just me >.>
Also, thanks
lilysea, you rock :)Mostly writing this up for my own future reference but I thought I might as well make the post public since it's not personal and someone else might find it useful.This is my half-remembered description, I was very tired yesterday.
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The Power Of The Bad Word Day
Mar. 11th, 2023 12:02 pmI've started being able to (a) figure out and (b) tell people when I am having a Bad Words moment that makes it hard to express myself. It's really great! My natural tendency is to just sit there feeling paralysed and guilty and self conscious, having a simple script/phrase I can say without having to come up with something original really helps and half the time helps unblock me enough to think of words to express what I wanted to say in the first place, or at least a gesture towards it, with less worry that the other person will take any simpleness/curtness as rudeness or indifference etc.
I am having a moderately bad word day today, but not to the extent of being totally inarticulate, I just have to express myself more simply (at least it feels simpler in my head, I'm not sure how it comes across from the outside). It's very weird to know I don't always feel this way but still be unable to access the parts of my brain which add humourous/articulate flourishes etc. But I don't need those for this post.
I'm not even that fatigued today, just overwhelmed by a bunch of stressful things I have made the considered decision to avoid thinking about until I have had a few days without new stressful things.
Anyway. Hooray for self knowledge and expression, including expressing my inability to express myself.
(haa...ok, I was able to write this post without too much trouble, but thinking about tags is hurting my brain. This'll do)
I am having a moderately bad word day today, but not to the extent of being totally inarticulate, I just have to express myself more simply (at least it feels simpler in my head, I'm not sure how it comes across from the outside). It's very weird to know I don't always feel this way but still be unable to access the parts of my brain which add humourous/articulate flourishes etc. But I don't need those for this post.
I'm not even that fatigued today, just overwhelmed by a bunch of stressful things I have made the considered decision to avoid thinking about until I have had a few days without new stressful things.
Anyway. Hooray for self knowledge and expression, including expressing my inability to express myself.
(haa...ok, I was able to write this post without too much trouble, but thinking about tags is hurting my brain. This'll do)
Not hearing music while half asleep?
Jul. 18th, 2022 06:29 amThis is a presumably totally benign brain thing, but I'm curious if it's a known phenomenon, and googling just got me stuff about half-awake people hallucinating music, which is the opposite thing.
So. The other day I had a nap while the computer beside me was playing music fairly loudly. The cycle was I would sleep for a bit, lay half asleep vaguely pondering things, lay awake with my eyes closed vaguely pondering things, and then fall back asleep.
The half-asleep and awake parts were mostly pretty similar except for how repeatedly, as I 'woke up', I would suddenly go from not hearing any music and having forgotten the music playing was even a thing, to a sudden jarring awareness of the loud music beside me, as if it had just been turned on. And then I would go "oh wait that was always on, that's so weird I couldn't hear it and forgot it was even there" and then I would fall back asleep and the cycle would happen again. I may have had a "half asleep and not hearing music" phase as I fell back asleep, too, but have no way to know.
I have had a great many intermittent naps while music was playing in my life and can't remember ever having experienced this before, it was very odd. It wasn't the music itself changing or waking me since the awareness would kick in mid-song. And it was otherwise a totally unremarkable nap.
I'm guessing it's the audial equivalent of sleep paralysis, where the part of my brain responsible for making sure I don't respond to sound while asleep hadn't quite turned off yet. I've never actually experienced sleep paralysis but have experienced other odd half-asleep phenomena.
Anyway! That was my odd brain experience. I will probably be appalling at replying to comments but at least I have documented it now!
So. The other day I had a nap while the computer beside me was playing music fairly loudly. The cycle was I would sleep for a bit, lay half asleep vaguely pondering things, lay awake with my eyes closed vaguely pondering things, and then fall back asleep.
The half-asleep and awake parts were mostly pretty similar except for how repeatedly, as I 'woke up', I would suddenly go from not hearing any music and having forgotten the music playing was even a thing, to a sudden jarring awareness of the loud music beside me, as if it had just been turned on. And then I would go "oh wait that was always on, that's so weird I couldn't hear it and forgot it was even there" and then I would fall back asleep and the cycle would happen again. I may have had a "half asleep and not hearing music" phase as I fell back asleep, too, but have no way to know.
I have had a great many intermittent naps while music was playing in my life and can't remember ever having experienced this before, it was very odd. It wasn't the music itself changing or waking me since the awareness would kick in mid-song. And it was otherwise a totally unremarkable nap.
I'm guessing it's the audial equivalent of sleep paralysis, where the part of my brain responsible for making sure I don't respond to sound while asleep hadn't quite turned off yet. I've never actually experienced sleep paralysis but have experienced other odd half-asleep phenomena.
Anyway! That was my odd brain experience. I will probably be appalling at replying to comments but at least I have documented it now!
Experiences using the weighted blanket
Jan. 14th, 2022 01:35 pmLeaving unlocked because it might be useful to link to.
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Currently happily sitting under a 9kg blanket I only paid $35 for, when every other local shop I could find was like $50 for something much lighter or $100+ for something this heavy. It's just polyester and we'll see how it holds up long term but I really didn't want to pay a lot for something I wasn't even sure I'd like. The price seems to have gone up to $60, I guess they were having a sale? That's still pretty good, though, and there's a nice range of other options.
It's via a 'market partner' but I didn't have to pay extra for postage, even though it was delivered separately, no idea if that's always the case. I looked up the bedding company and it costs MORE to buy from them directly??
I only discovered it because I was ordering something else and Bunnings has fixed postage, so I was putting random things I wanted into the search bar. For non-Australians: they're a gardening and hardware store, so not a typical place to get blankets! They also sold the USB cable I wanted, so it was definitely a successful shop :)
I've only had it a few hours so can't say what overall effect it will have on my anxiety but I do feel pretty good right now. If warm, it'll likely be more pleasant when it's not mid-Summer.
It's via a 'market partner' but I didn't have to pay extra for postage, even though it was delivered separately, no idea if that's always the case. I looked up the bedding company and it costs MORE to buy from them directly??
I only discovered it because I was ordering something else and Bunnings has fixed postage, so I was putting random things I wanted into the search bar. For non-Australians: they're a gardening and hardware store, so not a typical place to get blankets! They also sold the USB cable I wanted, so it was definitely a successful shop :)
I've only had it a few hours so can't say what overall effect it will have on my anxiety but I do feel pretty good right now. If warm, it'll likely be more pleasant when it's not mid-Summer.
Full of forks!
Jul. 12th, 2021 10:51 amI got my second Pfizer shot on Saturday. The process was much the same, and a few days on the symptoms have only been a little worse, mostly just a sorer arm. And no sore throat so far! So I'm resting up and feeling good to have it done.
The title of this post is a reference to hotvickkrishna's great fork-based explanations for Covid Vaccines, which start with How the mRNA Vaccine 💉 works.
The title of this post is a reference to hotvickkrishna's great fork-based explanations for Covid Vaccines, which start with How the mRNA Vaccine 💉 works.
Vaccinated!!
Jun. 13th, 2021 02:41 pmAfter lots of annoying stress trying to find a way I fit the eligibility guidelines they changed it to be everyone over 40, and now in WA everyone over 30. So I got vaccinated today hooray!
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https://vaccinatewa.health.wa.gov.au/s/login/
I think you have to be one of:
Quarantine & Border Workers, Frontline Health Care Workers, Other Health Care Workers, Aged Care and disability care residents, Elderly adults aged 70 and over, Critical and high risk workers, Younger adults with an underlying medical condition including those with a disability
I found it all a bit confusing tbh, but I got an appointment.
I think you have to be one of:
Quarantine & Border Workers, Frontline Health Care Workers, Other Health Care Workers, Aged Care and disability care residents, Elderly adults aged 70 and over, Critical and high risk workers, Younger adults with an underlying medical condition including those with a disability
I found it all a bit confusing tbh, but I got an appointment.
Does anyone else have this? I've had it since I was a kid but only as an adult have I started being able to remember any of the 'truth' while awake.
The two times it happens are when I'm just about to fall asleep, and when I'm just waking up, especially if it's in the middle of the night. Either way, I suddenly 'remember' something VERY IMPORTANT that I had COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN, and know I only remember when I'm half-asleep, so it's important I wake up and deal with it!!!
...and then either I fall fully asleep, or I wake up enough to go "wtf that's not a thing" and then it generally evaporates and I forget I was even worried about it.
(I think I might have posted about this before? I can't remember, lol)
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The two times it happens are when I'm just about to fall asleep, and when I'm just waking up, especially if it's in the middle of the night. Either way, I suddenly 'remember' something VERY IMPORTANT that I had COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN, and know I only remember when I'm half-asleep, so it's important I wake up and deal with it!!!
...and then either I fall fully asleep, or I wake up enough to go "wtf that's not a thing" and then it generally evaporates and I forget I was even worried about it.
(I think I might have posted about this before? I can't remember, lol)
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My body is a liar
Aug. 6th, 2020 01:25 pmFriend: Is video night on tonight?
Brain: CANCEL
Me: Really? I don't feel that sick, right?
Body: Yeah you're ok!
Brain: CANCEL ANYWAY
Me: ...is this just anxiety? I'll have a shower and see how I feel.
Body: Oh you do NOT have the energy for that.
Me: You said I was ok!
Body: Visitors are coming over! I have to put on a brave face!
Me: *cancels* Well they're not coming now :/
Body: THANK GOD. YOU ARE IN SO MUCH PAIN.
Me: What? But- *becomes my icon*
Brain: CANCEL
Me: Really? I don't feel that sick, right?
Body: Yeah you're ok!
Brain: CANCEL ANYWAY
Me: ...is this just anxiety? I'll have a shower and see how I feel.
Body: Oh you do NOT have the energy for that.
Me: You said I was ok!
Body: Visitors are coming over! I have to put on a brave face!
Me: *cancels* Well they're not coming now :/
Body: THANK GOD. YOU ARE IN SO MUCH PAIN.
Me: What? But- *becomes my icon*
Neither very urgent. Also: I rang my doctor and they have started offering phone consultations, hooray.
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Sympathies For the Housebound
Mar. 14th, 2020 09:33 amA bunch of you are dealing with being stuck in your houses, which is something I have a lot of experience with, if not in quite the same way. So I thought I might as well give what advice I have to give.
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Nicely laid out advice re: Covid
Mar. 13th, 2020 08:14 amFlatten the Curve's DOs and DON'Ts. It's a US site but this section is pretty universal.
Above the section I linked is a bunch of depressing stuff about the US healthcare system etc which I scrolled past because there's not much I can do about that!
I'd already read the CDC and Australian government stuff but liked this site's balance of explanations and advice.
*offers everyone some delicious, sustaining, and germ-free virtual cake in these difficult times*
Above the section I linked is a bunch of depressing stuff about the US healthcare system etc which I scrolled past because there's not much I can do about that!
I'd already read the CDC and Australian government stuff but liked this site's balance of explanations and advice.
*offers everyone some delicious, sustaining, and germ-free virtual cake in these difficult times*
I really don't want to jinx it, so I won't say I'm better, but even if this is a temporary reprieve it feels pretty good!
Can't be bothered making a separate post for the health filter, so here's all the boring details.
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Can't be bothered making a separate post for the health filter, so here's all the boring details.
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I AM STRONG LIKE IRON
Aug. 21st, 2019 11:20 pmI've been feeling weirdly good lately???
Still within expected operating parameters, but consistently on the better end of the scale, for like two weeks. I expect it'll dip back down eventually, but I haven't felt this good for this long in about six months, so whatever kicked me down a notch at the end of last year has hopefully worn off? Maybe??? I'm not used to having optimistic thoughts about my health, even mild ones like "maybe I'm no sicker than I was last year". *hopes I'm not jinxing myself*
Since this is such a cheery development, I decided to make this an unlocked post. Under the cut is some dry medical speculation of the sort I usually lock, but nothing generally distressing asides from talking about food and food intolerances.
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Still within expected operating parameters, but consistently on the better end of the scale, for like two weeks. I expect it'll dip back down eventually, but I haven't felt this good for this long in about six months, so whatever kicked me down a notch at the end of last year has hopefully worn off? Maybe??? I'm not used to having optimistic thoughts about my health, even mild ones like "maybe I'm no sicker than I was last year". *hopes I'm not jinxing myself*
Since this is such a cheery development, I decided to make this an unlocked post. Under the cut is some dry medical speculation of the sort I usually lock, but nothing generally distressing asides from talking about food and food intolerances.
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TOO MANY PROTONS
Jul. 29th, 2019 09:42 pmUgh! I am tired and sore from going to the doctor and STRESSED not knowing for sure if this med I NEED TO FUNCTION will be taken away for NO GOOD REASON. So this may not very coherent.
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Why does sugar help my chronic pain?
Jul. 16th, 2019 01:14 pmSince my google-fu has failed me.
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Does anyone know anything helpful? Anyone else experienced something similar?
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Does anyone know anything helpful? Anyone else experienced something similar?
