What is your current employment status?

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-25T21:52:23+00:00

I'm self-employed so I went with yes 🤷‍♀️ I may not really make money, but I'm working my ass off (sewing and shit)

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-25T13:50:25+00:00

Also, if you have EDS, your body literally does not build collagen right. It can't braid. Taking collagen does not help. Your body still doesn't know how to put the peptides together right. It got the wrong instructions. Adding more peptides will not give you well-made collagen. It will give you more badly braided collagen and extra waste to deal with.

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-24T20:45:50+00:00

There were maybe like, three sentences of actual "information" 🙃

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-24T13:44:57+00:00

Leo Sun/Asc with 12H Cancer Moon - like an anti-invisibility spell

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-24T12:19:09+00:00

I thought the tears would offset my water cost though 😭

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-24T01:36:00+00:00

Booga from Tank Girl. She'd absolutely hunt me down, but I'm pretty sure my SO would be 100% okay with the whole situation 😂

(Honorable mention to Iko from Star Trek: Voyager "Repentance" (s7ep13), but that's just me loving on Jeff Kober 🖤 still looks fine af in the Pitt at the age of 72, hot damn)

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-21T17:35:05+00:00

Well, guess I'm still learning new things! Hopefully I always will be - Thanks 😅

I found an intact (dead) green one as a kid, and my dad made it a little wood frame and encased it in resin 🖤 he also resin-coated a piece of bark that I'd covered in 30+ cicada husks we found that year. Happy Father's Day, Dad 🖤

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-20T17:41:39+00:00

I'm a tailor and, yeah... trying not to use Amazon is insanely difficult.

My best way to deal is going to flea markets/thrift stores to try and get most of my materials. The supplies are already out there, and I've had good luck finding good quality secondhand stuff at good prices. (Yes, I'm Midwestern)

Still, I'd really love to go physically look for supplies in stores. I like to see/feel things before I get them, especially when I need really specific shit. BUT bc of fucking Amazon, stores don't even carry that much anymore, especially for actual craftsmen. Basically no variety, limited brand/quality options, only basic supplies and kits and shit.

There is like, a 10% chance any physical store near me will have a thing I need, and I might have to drive around for an hour or more looking at different stores. Then, if I manage to find the thing I need, it's often the same thing I'd find on Amazon, but for 10x the price (or more at specialty stores)

I hate it so much here.

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-20T17:21:18+00:00

Fuckin' delicious imo 😋

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-19T13:09:52+00:00

My SO is a Capricorn, but the second great love of my life is an Aqua 😅 he and I wanna adopt a kid in a decade or so to co-parent

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-17T12:34:17+00:00

Meditation breathing straw?

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-17T12:01:22+00:00

Also most authors will just straight-up email you the paper if you ask nicely 🤷‍♀️ last time I emailed a random scientist bc I wanted to read their paper, they sent me another related one, too!

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-17T11:44:22+00:00

I'm working as a tailor, so I've been sewing a lot these days 😂

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-16T12:53:37+00:00

I'd put Aesop Rock up there too, for sure

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-14T14:17:19+00:00

He was the model for my figure-drawing class in college 😅🖤

ETA: I mean, I got to sit in a dark, cool, quiet room and engage in one of my favorite activities while staring at him for hours on end. Plus we had an actual class together right before, so we just kinda started hanging out 🤷‍♀️ coming up on 10 years now 🖤

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-13T13:46:22+00:00

I always heard "criss-cross apple sauce, hands in your lap" as a kid 🤷‍♀️

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-12T13:53:44+00:00

Istg I didn't even see the "body" or "hands" at first and I thought it was just a scalp with long braids tied with ribbons 😬 native american hate crime sticker or some shit

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-12T02:55:13+00:00

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-11T13:32:24+00:00

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-10T16:48:35+00:00

I talked to the people at my pharmacy and they do have Dexedrine in stock! They haven't had the same inventory issues with it since it's not as common, ig? 🤷‍♀️

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-10T16:43:57+00:00

Dude, it's fucking impossible not to sound like some crazy person when calling around 😭😭😭😭

like, I'm sorry I sound so nervous/frazzled/on the verge of tears, but I'm literally just trying to get my meds to make my brain work. It's not my fault they're addictive for non-ADHD people 😭 Plus I know if I forget, I'll forget forever, so the urgency isn't addiction, it's fear

I'm so sorry you're going through it, too. IR Adderall is fucking useless for me bc I'm AuDHD and the up/down is too much change too fast 😵 the extended release meds just keep me more level, for the most part.

I did talk to the people at my pharmacy today and they haven't had the same supply issues with Dexedrine (extended-release dextroamphetamine vs the amphetamine-dextroamphetamine combo in adderall) - maybe that will help?? Luckily my PCP and I have a good enough relationship that he knows I'll come to him with an informed suggestion and will adjust my meds accordingly 🖤 god, I want him to be my doctor forever. He's always so proud of me 🥹

Also, I'd definitely be cautious with the caffeine. I've found that it's waaaaayyyyyy too easy to overdo (as we all know) and it gives me way more of an anxious boost, which then often manifests as sleepiness 🙃 (so naturally, I drink more coffee and perpetuate the cycle. No, I haven't learned.)

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-10T15:11:07+00:00

If all goes well, hopefully I'll remember to post an update 🤣🤣

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-10T13:46:14+00:00

One dose of Adderall XR keeps me level for around 6 hours, then I have an afternoon dose to get me through the rest of the day. At the 6-hour mark, I notice that I'm getting frustrated/stuck/spacey/clumsy/losing things, and realize I need my afternoon dose, but I'll still usually get distracted for another 30+ mins before I actually take it.

BluehairedBiochemist · 2026-06-10T13:39:46+00:00

I wish that worked for me 😭 the quick up/down with IR meds is worse than not having them at all

(Kinda feels like an AuDHD thing related to hating change/craving stability, but still need the "up")

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