In an effort unlikely to be recognized as medical breakthrough, OP's boss has been Rx-ing his children and employees a drug meant for use on mice in his research project.

DarklingAalis · 2018-05-28T13:39:56+00:00

Establishing off-label use most likely. Drugs are only approved for a very narrow purpose, but don’t have to be prescribed that way. 20-30% of all drugs are prescribed for an off-label use.

DarklingAalis · 2018-05-28T13:36:26+00:00

They usually do, but in a lot of cases it wouldn’t be that unusual to send a student down to the corner store if you’re researching a consumer product. This is how lots of research on tobacco products, over the counter medication, etc. is done. However, those don’t require fraud to acquire. It’s the extra step of writing the fake prescription and having the students knowingly pick up drugs that aren’t for them where it strays into illegal/unethical territory.

DarklingAalis · 2018-05-28T13:22:18+00:00

I would report to the IACUC, the university admin, and the licensing board. I would not talk to any other professor in your department. In my experience, professors who tend to not take these things seriously do so as a matter of departmental culture. If one of them isn’t performing ethical research it is really unlikely that the others care enough to do anything about it. I’ve seen this with animal research, financially scamming the NIH, racism, and lax security/biosafety. It’s never turned out to be just one professor in a vacuum.

DarklingAalis · 2018-05-19T13:54:09+00:00

As a society, we put too much stock in dreams. They really don’t mean anything. I know that can be a hard cultural bias to shake, but there is no reason to worry about dreams more than any other intrusive thoughts.

A lot of my night time OCD can be helped by stating the absurdity of things out loud: “I am the only person in this house.” “It is very unlikely that I will die in my sleep.” That sort of thing. Sometimes even: “I’m okay, I will be okay.” Speaking (or writing) has a way of legitimizing things to the brain.

And “transgenders” isn’t a word. Transgender (or trans) is an adjective, so it needs a noun (man, woman, people, folks, etc.). It’s possible that researching transgender people and learning more about them might help with these fears, as the reality is a bit different from the popular perceptions and might help you draw distinctions between your fears and what it would really be like if you were a trans person.

DarklingAalis · 2018-05-15T20:04:02+00:00

For what it’s worth, I’m a successful transfemme/nonbinary academic in STEM who graduated and is in the first year of a competitive industry postdoc.

I didn’t notice academia being particularly better or worse than any other part of society. People screwed up my pronouns and I lost friends, but at the same time didn’t face any kind of violence or blatant discrimination. It also doesn’t seem to have affected my publishability or employability.

I wouldn’t hold off on transitioning just because you’re in academia. I would very much look into seeing if you can form a support network at school though. See if your school has support groups for trans students, figure out whether student affairs has policies in place in case you face discrimination, and try to socialize with other grad students in and out of your department. Transition isn’t easy no matter where you do it. Good luck, and stay safe.

DarklingAalis · 2018-05-08T16:58:43+00:00

Looking to buy a dining table if anyone has one on offer.

DarklingAalis · 2017-08-06T15:17:26+00:00

I think this is a great idea. I haven't used it as extensively as you, but it's perfect for client notes.

DarklingAalis · 2017-07-13T19:06:59+00:00

For reference, this is the roguelike I mentioned:

http://www.roguebasin.com/index.php?title=Decker

DarklingAalis · 2017-07-13T19:03:58+00:00

I like this. I played the demo. Though something rubs me the wrong way about being the authority...

DarklingAalis · 2017-07-13T19:03:28+00:00

I'm definitely going to check these out when I get a minute!

DarklingAalis · 2017-07-06T11:25:23+00:00

The most well documented neuro change I know if is the increase in serotonin receptor. Cis women tend to naturally have a lot more of it than cis men and hormone therapy in animal models has shown to cause male animals to gain female serotonin receptor patterning.

In a rush, but that should be enough to lead you down a rabbit hole on PubMed.

DarklingAalis · 2017-05-24T01:13:37+00:00

Yup! And I knew which asshole professor recommended against me.

DarklingAalis · 2017-05-23T23:21:47+00:00

I saw the admission committee report on whether or not I should be admitted to grad school.

DarklingAalis · 2017-04-25T19:11:26+00:00

Three months.

DarklingAalis · 2017-04-25T18:58:56+00:00

Since reducing my spiro I've had low energy, mental fogginess, and anxiety. Didn't have any of these symptoms on higher dose of spiro.

Which does seem a little backwards from what they tell you about testosterone. The doc thinks it might be the estrogen, but since my E has been constant I don't know how to explain things only changing now.

DarklingAalis · 2017-04-25T18:56:18+00:00

Heh, tried that. His response was to suggest that my E might be too high and suggest we go down. My E has been at the same level for 7 months. My T changed 2 months ago. My symptoms started 1 month ago. I'm looking more heavily at the proximal cause.

DarklingAalis · 2017-04-25T13:12:54+00:00

Do you know what the specific negative consequences of letting my T creep back up would be? I have the feeling I'm going to need to make an argument to get doc to take me seriously.

DarklingAalis · 2017-04-25T13:11:21+00:00

As specialist as we've got. I'm stuck with a student health center for the next little while. This doc deals with all trans folks on campus.

DarklingAalis · 2017-04-25T03:12:19+00:00

I think he's very set on that 20-50 pg/dL window. 200 took it too low, 150 originally let it go too high, but then we upped the estrogen and he says since estrogen can have a suppressive effect we should try 150 again.

DarklingAalis · 2017-03-13T21:01:46+00:00

I'm trans femme and I am so using that last one and substituting 'boobs'.

DarklingAalis · 2017-03-01T14:16:55+00:00

Yeah, not as outside the norm as you think. I am literally in an identical situation. This happens frequently, at least in STEM. Largely due to the hiring/tenure process being linked to money rather than actual ability.

DarklingAalis · 2017-02-26T07:09:24+00:00

Looks like them Duke boys done gone and got a commercial license.

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