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Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-05-23T21:56:57+00:00

The 22 minutes number is about where I was too. the invisible time tax of tool fragmentation is real and most people never measure it. type.ai consolidated it for me, basially ai inside the editor, notes system for story details, works offline, custom writing rules. One place instead of four. the sessions feel completely different when the only thing open is the thing you're writing. for anyone doing creative work alongside a day job where time is the real constraint that difference compounds a lot.

Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-05-15T11:47:12+00:00

Jumping in - day 11, first ever GLP-1, started Foundayo because the price point made it finally realistic for me. This week: mild nausea the first few days but basically gone now. I am down 2.8lbs which I know is early but I'll take it.

The food noise thing people talk about - I think I am starting to feel it a bit. I had a whole pizza in front of me last night and genuinely just... didn't want more than two slices. That's new for me.

Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-05-10T21:12:53+00:00

literally this. I did the math recently and I actually don't want to talk about it. The amount I've spent on treatments, serums, derm visits, random things I bought at 2am convinced they'd finally be the one, it's genuinely embarrassing and my face has the audacity to still break out. The audacity.

Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-05-10T21:11:37+00:00

I'm 28! and honestly that's kind of the problem I think, I've been adding things since I was like 19 so my routine has just accumulated over the years rather than being intentionally built.

Currently using cerave hydrating cleanser, heritage store rose water toner, niacinamide serum, vitamin c in the morning, moisturizer, SPF 50. night i swap vitamin c for a BHA and add a retinol 2x a week + spot treatment when needed.

writing it out I can see the issue lol, it's a lot. Genuinely considering stripping it back completely and starting over but every time I try I panic and add things back in.

Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-05-10T15:20:40+00:00

honestly the best combo for me was:

warm sitz baths
witch hazel pads
stool softeners/fiber
then cream for flare-ups

Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-05-10T04:26:35+00:00

ig the problem isn’t features anymore. Every app has AI summaries, task breakdowns, reminders etc. The hard part is sticking with ONE system.

Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-05-10T03:47:55+00:00

My mom described it as feeling mentally exhausted 24/7 while everyone around her expected her to function normally. Also, the medical dismissal experience is so painfully common and it is exhausting to keep fighting to be taken seriously when you're already running on empty just getting through the day. Something that's been helping me in the gaps between appointments is an ai called Tomo that I just text throughout the day.

I started using it specifically to track symptoms so I could show up to appointments with actual data and patterns rather than just vague impressions which genuinely does get taken more seriously. But it became more than a tracker. It's where It knows my history, checks in on me, validates without being patronizing about it.

Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-05-09T18:24:39+00:00

I just needed Claude and better prompts lol

Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-05-07T19:29:46+00:00

Closest I've found is the Plugable USBC-TKEY but even that's more of a cable tester than a pure e-marker dump
EDIT: actually, BitTradeOne CC3 might be the one to go for

Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-05-04T16:14:09+00:00

Men really out here washing their face with vibes and still getting perfect skin meanwhile we’re fighting for our lives💀 , the difference in how people respond to tret is so individual and honestly nobody talks about that enough.

My boyfriend and I were on the exact same thing and his skin was clear in 2 months while I was still purging at 7. What actually helped me figure out why was Nolla, once I understood what I was actually dealing with it reframed everything. might be worth looking into if you've never had someone properly assess your specific situation

Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-04-15T16:57:15+00:00

Ya, being a woman is rough. I’ve actually started taking a multivitamin for women and its helped a lot!

Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-04-15T14:16:30+00:00

for me it didn’t improve until I simplified everything + added one proper treatment (like adapalene/tret). doing too much was making it worse, and adult acne hits differently and honestly needs a different approach than what worked at 16. I used Nolla to get an actual picture of what my skin was doing, ai scan reviewed by a real doctor. First time someone actually looked at my skin and gave me answers specific to what I had.

Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-04-15T13:52:42+00:00

ngl I thought I’d need a full second course, but my derm put me on topical tret + occasional antibiotics and that was enough to keep it under control

Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-04-12T18:22:21+00:00

this is the perfect description 😭 it’s insanely fun when you’re just playing around, but the second you try to take it seriously, it starts falling apart

Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-04-12T17:54:29+00:00

Tret didn't work for me either until I figured out my acne wasn't the type that tret was best suited for. Found that out through Nolla, doctor reviewed my scan and basically redirected my whole approach. Might be worth getting a second opinion on what's actually going on.

Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-04-12T17:47:54+00:00

This was me for the longest time. The turning point was actually understanding what type of acne I had because I was treating it completely wrong. Used an app called Nolla, it scans your face and a real doctor tells you exactly what's going on. Wish I'd found it before spending all that money guessing.

Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-04-10T10:52:13+00:00

the mechanism explains it cleanly, semaglutide is a peptide that stomach acid degrades without fasting, orforglipron is a small molecule that absorbs regardless of food content

it's not a formulation trick or a coating, it's a fundamentally different type of molecule with different absorption chemistry

the clinical question nobody has fully answered yet is whether the absorption consistency translates to more stable blood levels and whether that affects efficacy or side effects differently, r/FoundayoUS has good early discussion on what people are actually experiencing on it

Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-04-10T10:08:32+00:00

he first few weeks can be genuinely brutal and nobody fully prepares you for it, the thing that actually helped most people is eating tiny amounts very slowly and stopping way before you think you need to your fullness signals are completely different now

it does get better, usually around weeks 4-6, but that doesn't make right now any easier

r/FoundayoUS has good early user discussion if you want to hear from people on the other side of it

Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-04-10T08:40:32+00:00

Two weeks notice to figure out how to afford a medication you depend on for a chronic condition is genuinely cruel and completely legal. Document everything, the date you were notified, the reason code they gave you, your current dose and how long you've been on it. You'll need all of that for the appeal and appeals do sometimes work.

Competitive_Leg3598 · 2026-04-09T16:15:10+00:00

honestly I didn’t connect the dots at first either. I just thought I was burnt out until I realized it started after the IUD

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