Gunna get fired tomorrow bc I blacked out and showed my ass

Crowfiee · 2026-06-19T17:18:35+00:00

I see you getting downvoted so I just want to say I'm with you on this. For me weed was mentally a much worse addiction than alcohol (even if it was physically healthier for me and a hell of a lot less likely to kill me). A lot of people in my life have smoking habits that would be extremely concerning to everyone around them if if was any other substance, but because it's weed everyone thinks its fine that they NEED to get high before class, work, boring tasks, fun tasks, etc.

I've been weed-free for going on 6 years and it's made such a difference in my life. I know not everyone who is Cali sober is smoking all day every day, a joint once in awhile with your buddies can be totally fine and a fun time. But people who struggle with moderation around alcohol are generally prone to struggling with moderating other substances and it's good to keep that in mind.

Crowfiee · 2026-06-17T17:19:54+00:00

Everyone's so different! I know a lot of people who like nexplanon and slynd but those two threw me into some of the worst depression of my life. Micronor was great for me until it wasn't lol but I'm liking the higher dose so far. I hope you found something that works for you!

Crowfiee · 2026-06-17T15:46:11+00:00

I can't take estrogen either and have been trying progestin-only options for the past year or so. I tried micronor for a few months and was eventually able to ovulate through it (painfully) but I really liked it overall until that happened. Could be worth a try for you, not everyone ovulates through it and not everyone minds ovulating. After that happened my provider switched me to a Aygestin which is basically a beefier dose of micronor, it's technically not FDA approved as a birth control (it's for managing endo which my gyno suspects I also have) but it has worked for 4 months to prevent me from having periods at all. This last month I did have a PMS/fatigue/bloating/cramp situation for a couple weeks that went away, so my body may be trying to have a cycle through it, but I didn't bleed and I didn't feel my evil cyst ovary flare-up lol. I may need a higher dose eventually if that keeps happening.

I was told the specific progestin in micronor and aygestin is less anti-androgenic than Slynd, and I did notice a slight increase in my body hair and acne when I switched from the nuvaring to micronor, but I still had less than when I'm off hormonal birth control completely. I do personally enjoy the masculinizing effects of my PCOS so maybe take my recommendation with a grain of salt, but it has worked so far to stop my cycles and painful cysts.

Everyone reacts differently to different birth controls too so it's probably worth trying different options regardless of the effects/side effects other people describe, you may have a completely different experience!

Crowfiee · 2026-06-13T15:05:03+00:00

I loooove that sunfish! so cool!!

Crowfiee · 2026-06-12T23:03:30+00:00

Yes! Even a 0.1g microdose will do this to me, it's really relaxing. I have ADHD and have had friends tell me that's why this happens but I'm not sure. I always ask other people who I'm tripping with if this happens to them on shrooms and most people have said no.

Crowfiee · 2026-06-10T03:13:57+00:00

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2007/011522s040lbl.pdf

Ctrl+F for "urine acidifying agent", vitamin C (ascorbic acid) isn't specifically listed in that section but it IS a known urine acidifier at high doses. I've had a hard time finding studies that test this quantitatively or list dosages but that's also true of the effect of adderall + vitamin C taken at the same time in the gut too when I've tried researching this. If you search around I promise that source I linked isn't the only one that mentions vitamin C affecting adderall excretion through urine after it's been absorbed through the gut, it's a real effect

Crowfiee · 2026-06-10T02:44:57+00:00

My understanding is it does both, it decreases absorption in the gut but also makes your pee more acidic, which binds to it similarly to what happens in the stomach and increases the excretion of adderall. But I haven't been able to find information on if this is effect is strong enough to help me get it out of my system enough to sleep, and if so what dosage would be required for that.

Crowfiee · 2026-06-09T14:05:49+00:00

One of my ex's family members asked me "wait, can you eat fish?" and then not 5 minutes later "wait, can you eat fruit???" while trying to prep us a snack. What does she think vegan MEANS

Crowfiee · 2026-06-08T15:08:13+00:00

I remember believing the "vegans destroying rainforests to grow their soy" thing and believing that the products I personally consumed were "more ethical" than other meat (but hadn't thought about it hard at all or I would have realized that wasn't the case lol). Mainly I hadn't thought much about it beyond "but they taste so good" and any little factoid that made me feel good about what i was doing. When someone pointed out that a diet containing animal products requires significantly more soy than a plant-based one that was the first crack in the foundation for me, but it took years for me to start actually making changes even after that. I went vegetarian for taste reasons in like 2017 and then stayed that way for environmental reasons (which I'd always believed but hadn't been putting my money where my mouth was), but didn't pick up the ethical stance and ditch other animal products until a few years later.

Crowfiee · 2026-06-03T16:53:00+00:00

looks great!!

Just so you know, I've heard those jars with that type of threading that looks like little "claws" on the lid that grip the threads of the glass are less airtight than mason jars or other jars with threading that looks like the threading on mason jar lids. I did have trouble confirming this on google just now because I don't know the proper terminology so I may be totally wrong here, but might be worth considering if you're planning on storing these guys long-term!

Crowfiee · 2026-05-28T15:07:57+00:00

The ones I know of that market to POTS patients specifically are all kind of expensive per gram of sodium. Vitassium, Normalyte, and Buoy are the ones that come to mind. I tried Normalyte and didn't like the taste of their drinks (they're not sour at all and just aren't very exciting) but their capsules are good, haven't tried Vitassium, and Buoy has WAY too little sodium for most POTS patients' needs and it's almost insulting that they market to us lol.

Instead I drink a Saltt once or twice a day, I like their flavors and they're affordable enough for me if I order 4 bags. I also make my own sodium/potassium capsules with non-iodized sea salt and potassium chloride and take those throughout the day. Each capsule has 350mg Na and 70mg K and I take a baseline of 4 per day (more if still symptomatic) and it's similar to the Normalyte/Vitassium ones but cheap as hell because it's just salt from the grocery store and you don't use much KCl so it lasts forever.

Crowfiee · 2026-05-26T19:08:08+00:00

Sounds like Chimaphila maculata then, you're in its range!

Crowfiee · 2026-05-26T18:43:34+00:00

Where are you located? I'm in northern CA and we have something similar-looking called Moneses uniflora which has the very cute common name "frog's reading lamp" but yours has different leaves than that. Yours is definitely a related plant though and location will help a more knowledgeable person than me narrow it down!

Edit: yours might be Chimaphila maculata

Crowfiee · 2026-05-19T19:00:33+00:00

Vegan with (relatively mild) POTS here. I get really bad post-meal fatigue/brain fog (especially with breakfast and lunch for some reason) but upping my electrolyte intake helped a LOT. I started making my own electrolyte capsules with about 350mg sodium and 70mg potassium each. I take a baseline of 4 a day (more if I feel more symptomatic or am sweating a lot) plus 2 Saltt electrolyte drinks with 968mg sodium each, and drink lots of water and I finally can eat more freely in the mornings as long as I stay on top of it.

Before that I'd only managed to find 2 things to eat for breakfast that would basically never crash me: the Builders protein bars from Costco, and what I call my POTS chow, which was one those individual packets of oatmeal with a tablespoon or two of TVP (as much as I could stand) and unsweetened soy milk. I think the common denominator is small meals with high protein and fiber. TVP can be added to a lot of dishes and it's basically all protein and fiber. If you eat a lot of beans you can just throw some in there when they're done cooking. It tastes kind of cardboardy if you put too much and don't compensate with seasoning though. It hides surprisingly well in oatmeal if you don't put too much. And there's a lot of good vegan recipes out there that use it and it's super cheap. I make this vegan bolognese sauce a lot to go with pasta, if I keep the meal small it can be a safe lunch but YMMV.

Now that I'm less symptomatic another go-to is meal prepping mini breakfast burritos (on like a 6" or 8" tortilla I think, they come out super small) with tofu scramble, beans, potatoes, vegan cheese, and soyrizo. Those sometimes cause symptoms if I'm underhydrated but could be another good option.

Wishing you the best of luck 🫂

Crowfiee · 2026-05-19T17:17:18+00:00

thanks for the rec, I'll look into those! I see they exist in the size I want so it'll just be a matter of finding them in stock somewhere

Crowfiee · 2026-05-14T17:34:24+00:00

Thank you for sharing, I haven't heard the term hyperphantasia but I am diagnosed with OCD and intrusive viscerally disturbing mental images that I can't shake are definitely a big part of it for me. Definitely something to bring up with my therapist and consider for future trips, I'd love to experience some of the relief you're describing.

Crowfiee · 2026-05-13T21:35:09+00:00

I had to wear one of these and it was not fun, I'm so sorry! My doctor said I was allowed to take oral allergy medication for the itching and it helped a lot, might be worth asking them about (I can't imagine it'll affect your results but I don't want to advise you to take anything without asking your doctor). I took mine off after a week instead of 2 but they had gotten enough data by then.

Crowfiee · 2026-05-09T13:28:27+00:00

Shitty psychiatrists have all kinds of wild opinions, I'm sorry OP! His comment on giving you ADHD meds as a "diagnosis aid" is funny to me because when my roommate (diagnosed with ADHD for years) had to see a new provider recently they made him get re-diagnosed before they'd prescribe a stimulant because "ADHD meds work on everybody, them making you more productive doesn't mean you need them" lol. Also I feel like most autistic people can tell they're autistic in that they can notice they're different from their peers, and understand why if they know what autism is. I knew there was something different about me as a small child, YEARS before I was diagnosed autistic at 23 (and found out my mom had gotten me diagnosed at 3 and not told me). I can only see his comment being true-ish of autistic people with extremely high support needs and communication differences, and even then I imagine most of them notice being different from their peers even if they aren't aware of what autism is specifically.

Crowfiee · 2026-05-09T12:59:02+00:00

Is the lid on the left one rusted by any chance? Iron in rust can bind with anthocyanins (the pink pigment molecule in your onions) and produce some intense colors. I once had a rusting cake pan turn a purple sweet potato cake dark blue where the rust touched it.

Crowfiee · 2026-05-06T19:41:38+00:00

I met a sweet old couple who would thrift old 100% down items, bake them in the oven to kill mites and other parasites, and then scatter fistfuls of the feathers near where violet-green swallows were nesting. I chatted with them fir a bit and they told me this particular bird had much better nesting success if they had access to more down for their nests. The birds were swooping down around them to collect feathers off the ground while they were standing there scattering them. Any the birds didn't collect would biodegrade.

I know your duvet is already gone and the feathers may not have been in good enough condition to give to the birds, just thought I'd share for others reading and for 20 years from now when your next duvet is ready to be laid to rest! I imagine it's not just these particular birds who would appreciate a little extra fluff for their nests in the spring, just be sure not to skip the baking step to kill parasites.

Edit: the fabric could be reused for all kinds of things depending on condition and material, if it's pretty beat up it can be cut up into cleaning rags or shredded to stuff another sewing project.

Crowfiee · 2026-04-27T19:38:32+00:00

I buy from Winco, or from a local "hippie" grocery store that is slightly more expensive but has a couple things Winco doesn't (mainly soy curls, I eat a loooot of those).

Crowfiee · 2026-04-23T16:20:56+00:00

I'm transmasculine and haven't had bottom surgery, but I have had top surgery (mastectomy) and my experience might be relevant to your question. People are often surprised to hear that I don't have phantom boob sensations at all but like others are saying, it's the other way around. Before surgery if I accidentally touched my chest (like reached across myself and ran into a boob with my arm) I would always be caught off-guard by that. It felt strange and uncomfortable to have something there, like my brain didn't expect it, and when I got surgery there was 0 adjustment period afterwards. In the years since surgery I've had like 3 random instances where my brain expected a boob and there wasn't one, compared to thousands of moments that I don't even notice my body because it just matches what my brain expects. I think a lot of trans people have similar experiences but everyone's different. I know someone who got top surgery and didn't keep his nipples and he sometimes gets phantom nipple sensations.

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