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angelnumber27 · 3 months

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I dont think some people understand how truly awful and hellish withdrawals from some psych medications are.

#I feel like many many people see it as an overreaction when in reality someone actually feels like they are dying from wds #resent the fact that SO many doctors just prescribe shit all over the place nonstop without explaining the full risks n side effects #it’s scary as fuck honestly #I cannot tell y’all how many meds I have been put on that made me feel worse #or how many times I’ve ran out and not been able to pay for the shit #resulting in an absolute living fucking hell that does not let up until taking the substance again #meds are tricky.. it’s hard to have a definitive opinion in either direction (anti vs pro medication) because each individual is unique #sometimes meds save people’s lives #sometimes they make people suicidal #sometimes they cause complications that literally kill people #sometimes they’re exactly what someone needed to be okay #you just can’t generalize and say statements like ALL MEDS ARE BAD because that simply isn’t true #and you can’t assume everyone’s body/mind will react to a certain medication the same way yours did #oops #accidentally did a tag rant #rant #medical #psychiatry #medication #withdrawal #withdrawals #mental illness #mental health #psych meds #psych medications #medications #prescription medication #prescription medications #american healthcare #healthcare

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exeggcute · 9 months

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Why didn't you just go on T for fat redistribution?

fair question! a few reasons, among them that I know fat distribution is both one of the slowest changes to happen on T and one of the fastest to reverse itself if you ever stop, whereas getting fat cells sucked out of you with a straw is fast and fairly fucking permanent. and with my (former) waist-to-hip ratio I was doubtful anything short of a miracle would do much tbh. so given how impatient I was to tackle my biggest source of body dysphoria and how unlikely it seemed gradual measures would help I was super down to nuke that shit from orbit

#also I have actually been taking low dose T for a bit but it hasn't done much for me yet because my prescribing doctor is a moron lol #she didn't know drospirenone is an anti-androgen so I was taking that AND finasteride for a full year until my OBGYN figured it out.#on top of which I found out she lost her medical license in CA (not malpractice tbf she just failed to disclose her rap sheet)#(unrelated to medicine. I think it was like trespassing and disorderly conduct and something else.)#but other than planned parenthood I can't find anyone else in vegas who prescribes HRT so I'm stuck with her!!!

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brittlebutch · 1 year

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forgive any incomprehensibility but the notion that the world can be cleanly split between the two immutable categories of 'the neurotypical' and 'the neurodiverse' ignores the reality that any person can at any point for any reason be arbitrarily 'diagnosed' by a 'professional' and shuttled between categories with no regard for the notions of 'accurate traits' or 'specific symptoms'. nice dichotomy what lies outside of it? you understand me?

#N posts stuff #i'm reading some old issues of 'Phoenix Rising' and a line in one of the articles really caught me #''we are questioning the very foundation of psychiatry which uses mental illness; which is often just behavior that is judged strange #by some usually conventional middle-class-standard of morality''#also thinking about that post i reblogged yesterday claiming that 'posture sway' is a Symptom of adhd like.#Embracing the pathologizing of average behaviors VS the like. weaponizing of diagnoses against 'undesirables'#idk am i making sense? lol #like people talk about this re: disability - the notion that anyone can become disabled at any time but that's usually in the context #of like. 'anyone is one bad accident away from being disabled' but Neurodiversity in particular does not even require that much #another Phoenix Rising tells the story of a woman who like. got a little sick at work and diagnosed as 'stress' and prescribed a #heavy tranquilizer that caused side effects no one had told her about; she got confused at her appointment and her subsequent #panic got her involuntarily committed as psychotic where they upped the medications and gave her ECT until the combo #caused so much brain damage that she seized and died. bc she threw up at work one day. the categories are not immutable and #the people who define them have agendas. who benefits from buying into this dichotomy? you understand what i'm saying?#anti psychiatry

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fancysasquatch · 1 month

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My old HRT prescription finally ran out last week, and I'm still wait-listed by all the clinics in the area, so I was scrambling to find somewhere to get a stop-gap prescription. Planned Parenthoods are usually quick (I was picking up my first prescription within 90 minutes of walking in the door) but none of the ones near me offer in-office trans healthcare, and all the online appointments are booked out the next few weeks. Getting anything shipped from online prescription/pharmacy sites takes too long. I ended up deciding to just find the closest Planned Parenthood with open slots for in-person appointments. It wound up being the El Paso clinic.

The irony of having to go to Texas for transgender healthcare was not lost on me.

#Until now I've been relying on my old prescription from Florida #After they passed the law banning hrt last year the planned parenthood I went to out there told me they couldn't give #me any new prescriptions but they could give me extensions for my old prescription for up to a year #That year finally ended and I still haven't heard back from any of the doctor's offices I contacted out here #Driving four hours for a doctor's appointment seems ridiculous but I got a book on tape from the library and made a road trip out of it #The first nurse that did the questionnaire and blood sample was really nice and took an interest my whole situation and wanted ''the tea''#The prescribing nurse was less nice and openly criticized and condescended about my medical decisions and wouldn't prescribe to a pharmacy #within 200 miles of me but the results of my blood work wound up vindicating my choices and I transferred my prescription to a closer CVS #This was initially just supposed to be a temporary way for me to get my meds while waiting for a nearby doctor to get back to me #but if I don't hear back from anybody local then I'd probably be fine making the trip every few months #until either Texas bans it or I move on to my next destination after ABQ

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heartshattering · 4 months

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My life feels like one case of "Hey I reallyyyy should've taken this medical condition a lot more seriously when I was first diagnosed with it" after the next 🙃

#my digestive system is all fucked up #I didn't start taking IBS meds until like... this year 💀#even though they'd been prescribed to me for several years already #and now the waiting lists for doctors are ridiculous #even my usual 'doctor' is actually a nurse who is limited in what he can do to help me #the last time I ignored a medical issue I ended up needing an emergency surgery sooo... that was fun 🙃#now I'm finally trying to stay on top of my IBS but I feel so sick and unmotivated every day #I wouldn't be surprised if there's something else making me sick too #maybe the bacteria??#idk #the painsomnia is so bad every night #I don't know when and how it's finally going to stop hurting if ever #this is seriously the worst...

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kittlyns · 3 months

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I have soooo much anxiety abt shit rn and lowkey I kinda wish I were just medicated and/or sedated at this point

#unfortunately the doctor I have is not gonna prescribe me anything and I've been through too many to even attempt trying to find a new one #but good god. tell me why I haven't been sleeping and have a stress migraine over shit that hasn't even happened yet #on something that hopefully never will happen #I've had so many stress dreams when I do fall asleep lately that it's actively poisoning the sleep I get #and it just doesn't end. like usually I can just be like meh I'm not gonna worry abt things I can't control rn. eyes closed I don't see it #but rn I'm just lying in bed nauseous as hell lump in my throat terrified of the future #it already feels like I'm standing on thin ice. I'm kind of convinced it won't be long until some sort of catastrophic failure.#and then what.#godddddddddd. I really do wish I were medicated. Idk how much longer I can do this

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mothram · 10 months

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#diana's music diary #good afternoon #I am neutral #today has been neutral #I went to my psychiatrist appointment and I can finally stop the medication they prescribed me #going back to my old ones again which I'm fine with #the fucked up part is I'll be stopping these ones cold turkey which is bad cause apparently it causes withdrawl symptoms?#and uh... they're still insistent on not helping me otherwise until I get seen for another thing which is um... frustrating...#I keep telling them I feel worse and worse and They Do Not Care and insist it's this unrelated thing??? blehhh #either way I'm just glad to be off of that stuff it was the worst #I'm home now... just chilling today... I can finally start some projects I think so I'll try looking into starting those today...#maybe...#Youtube

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fingertipsmp3 · 9 months

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Btw I’ve never talked to an actual medical doctor about my mental health issues so I have no idea how to go about it. Lol

#never been to therapy never been medicated. i just freeball my reality and my emotions and my mind #i did go to grief counselling briefly but the guy who did that was a volunteer. i mean i assume he had a certificate in something and he #absolutely did help me but he couldn’t diagnose or prescribe #i want to be diagnosed and prescribed if at all possible but i don’t know how and i don’t know if they will. i don’t know how to approach it #i mean i guess i should first address the biggest problem i’m having right now which is my mood swings and suicidal thoughts #i am worried though. like will i get sectioned if i mention the latter #like i don’t think i’ll actually do it and i specifically want help because i DON’T want to do that. but is me reassuring them of that #going to be seen as a red flag. because…#i also really don’t want to spend the whole time sitting there crying unable to talk but i probably will because i can’t talk about my #personal problems because my whole life whenever i try my mom screams at me until i stop #especially if i’m calm or apologise to her in any way. it just seems to make her angrier #it’s just like. i’m ngl the thing that’s probably helped my mental state the most was being on microgynon but i didn’t enjoy the other side #effects; and also my blood pressure is too high for it. and like.. i don’t need to take a birth control pill when what’s wrong with me #is my mood. like who cares if it’s just because of hormones. treat it all the time anyway #idk. idk! i don’t know what happens when you talk to doctors about this kind of thing. i don’t even know how bad my symptoms are #for all i know i’m entirely mentally stable. OR i could have ten disorders. i don’t KNOW #personal

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bright-and-burning · 9 months

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GUYS I GOT ADHD MEDS!!!!!

or at least. i will have a prescription for a month. which i will not use until i start work bc it'll take a month for my health insurance to kick in.

#BUT! that means circa january 15th. i will be back on the medicated bus BABY #which means like three weeks until theoretically i can WRITE and have it feel less like pulling teeth #i would like to thank god and shady probably somewhat illegal connections to doctors in my family #to be clear i have adhd. and this dr used to prescribe me my stuff. but i aged out of their office lol

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sharkneto · 1 year

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#lmao apparently i was on Too High A Dose of T for starting #i finally got in with my new doctor - who is great already love him #miles ahead of my old one who asked me if i went to church and found comfort in god #and he did a double take when i told him what i'd been prescribed - a literal double take #i am now on half of what i was before whomp whomp #which is probably good until we know how my body metabolizes T #but also feels like a little step back #you have to be so goddamn patient with hrt huh #up side what i've got now will last twice as long i suppose #i don't regret going with the interim medical provider to get started because i'm 3 weeks ahead of where i would have been if i'd waited #but it is a little disconcerting to have a doctor who works for a pride clinic and prescribes hormones all the time go #''that is absolutely the wrong dose here is what you should be on''#and i am glad i am moving my care to him #thanks beth tho you were a real one for getting me the initial prescription and giving me a max dose to really kickstart things #boy stuff

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roaringroa · 1 year

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i am devastated, i read a book today and didn’t realize it was part of an ongoing series until like halfway through this is the worst thing that has ever happened to me

#it was delilah green doesn’t care btw #a book i really enjoyed!!! and i really liked pretty much all the characters!!!#but it wasn’t until like 100 pages in that i was like wait astrid… iris… i think i heard those names around sapphic booktok #and then i searched the author and turns out both of them have their own books and ughhhh i wanna read them so badddd #but 1.astrid parker doesn’t fail is out in the us but not in brazil yet and i really wanted to buy the brazilian ver to match my delilah on #and 2. iris kelly doesn’t date isn’t even out yet and the ppl i heard talking about it had read the arc #😩😩😩#now i have to wait but i fucking hatee it i hateeee reading books from series that are yet to be completed #cause by the time i read the sequel i always forget what happened in the first book #also today i was supposed to use reading as a stop in between studying #as suggested by my psychiatrist to try to focus on studying with my adhd #did not work 🤪#i suspect i need medication but he’s very careful with prescribing it so we’re trying alternative methods #for like a year before assessing if i really do need it #you know i think it’s very fair to be careful with meds and seeing as my adhd isn’t debilitating #i think he’s doing the right thing to be sure that i need it so as to avoid making me dependent on something i might not need #but… i think i do need it lol

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heartual · 1 year

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calling my doctors office on a whim to set up my appointment before i talk myself out of it and their office is closed boooo

#🍄.txt #i know it’s probably for lunch but whyyyy #they won’t let me refill my meds anymore after this next one until i come in person 🙁#my doctor didn’t even prescribe the 90 day refill my insurance covers so i have to pay the 30 day prescription instead out of pocket 😕#she hates me fr they’ve been telling me to come in since december 🫣#like listen. the lexapro is working but i don’t know if it’s to the degree where my stomach won’t go haywire just stepping foot inside #the waiting room #literally just thinking about it is making me more nervous than i’ve been in a while 😭#need to make use of that therapy referral fr like hmm maybe the medical trauma Won’t go away on its own if i just ignore it #me when it physically hinders me from taking care of myself and going to the doctor ❤️ this is fine #being chronically ill the last few years made it so much worse because now it’s happening to me more directly. lol #get me out of here (< my body) ❤️

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void-tiger · 2 years

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Having a cat snuggling me awake is a much nicer way to force myself up before dawn than dogs persistently whining and barking for over an hour.

Thank you, Tonks. And Zorro you were pretty polite with that “mmmrrrp?” once you heard movement.

(Also…snow and inflammation work as natural insulators against teen temps and a negative windchill lol. But mostly snow.)

#tiger’s musings #tonks the tiny terror #zorro the tailless wonder #the twigster #…yeah sorry twigs. but your whining and barking gets me homocidal.#morning person tiger is NOT #still very swollen and the veins in my hands are all distended like I’m 60 yrs old with a 16 yr old’s skin but. whatever #pain’s at least bearable soooo I’ll take it #can’t take shit for the inflamation #and I’m ‘too young’ for steroid injections; those cause scar tissue which makes another injection harder #it’s legit just an opioid IG. buuuut I’m gonna wait until fam’s home #and we see how gramps responds to the exact same medication since he and mom are both sensitive to opioids/narcotics #…yEAH. I was prescribed the same damn drug they use for HIP SURGERY recovery #because Nothing Else Has Worked while waiting on the humira to build up #happy? me? you must be joking. this sucks.

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jaykin · 2 years

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Any other trans person sick of the “so why do you think your trans” question every time ur trying to access trans healthcare

#anyway my new endocrinologist thinks I’m faking being trans bc Im on birth control n have sex with men 🙃#I’m just a gay guy like trans gay men exist #they’re refusing to prescribe me testosterone until they get my medical records PROVING I’ve been trans since I was like 14 #or at least that’s when I came out #I have enough T to last me until my next appmt but GODDD it’s so annoying I hate the lack of GOOD trans healthcare out there #BRUH HE LITERALLY ASKED ME IF I HAD BREST IMPLANTS #I WAS LITERALLY WEARING A BINDER

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batboybisexualism · 2 years

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absolutely love that my pharmacy, instead of giving me the daily inhaler I need to not have constant asthma attacks, gave me another round of the emergency steroids I took last week to help me heal from the week and a half I went without my daily inhaler and that are really dangerous to take more than once, all while giving me no update on whether or not I'll be able to get said daily inhaler that my doctor is fighting my insurance about

#I took the steroids home because I thought they were the inhaler because the boxes looked kind of similar #plus both medicines (steroids and nasal spray) I picked up today were in paper bags #didn't realize it was the wrong fucking thing until I got home #I still have enough of the sample inhaler to last me another few days but I'm so fucking mad #I wish my health insurance saw breathing as medically necessary #it's especially funny that they'll prescribe me two rounds of intense steroids to help me get over not having the inhaler #but won't just give me the fucking inhaler #(I'd been getting a different brand of inhaler that 1. sucked and 2. I could only get through a pharmacy that sucked)#(so my doctor finally decided to fight my insurance to get me a better one from my regular pharmacy)#(is it working? who fucking knows?!? it's not important that I know apparently!!)#oh yeah and I can't call my doctor because they fucking close at 3pm on Tuesday lmao #we love a functional medical system

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toastsnaffler · 2 months

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and the moral of the story is to always question every single thing private healthcare providers tell u as fact esp if it involves ur time/money and someone not involved in ur case is telling u 👍

#my prescribing nurse gave me a bunch of rly helpful info abt end of titration bc shes happy to sign me off now #so i dont have to continue paying for months longer.. she knows its unexpected financial strain for me and also i am done titrating #but yeah scheduling admin contacted me abt booking the end review and told me a) there were no appointments until sept #and b) the charge was TWICE as much as they listed in the fees section of their website. so i queried the 'discrepancy' and @ed my nurse #and shes brought it up directly with the consultant for me bless her. 5 star medical care from her shes been nothing but lovely #she was like wtf thats not right. and we definitely have availability before sept 🤨 and admin replied w this <1hr later lolll #god the amount of ppl they probably get away with exploiting bc they dont question it. bc why would u question it #only reason i thought it was off was bc id read the fees n conditions section in depth like if someone hadnt seen that they wouldnt know #argh.... anyway! glad thats getting resolved #just hoping my gp accepts shared care plsss. im gonna have to be aggressive abt chasing everything up these next 2 months #.diaries

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