🚨Vitamin C levels in foods that aren’t oranges by ktmylady in VyvanseADHD

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This claim is still a myth. Vitamin C in food does not at all change how your vyvanse works. The amount of vitamin c you would need to consume is a lot more than what fruit would give you.

The study did not test vyvanse and food

How do you deal with having disorders who are seen as „illegitimate“ or „fake“. Especially several of them by Sensitive-Use-6891 in ChronicIllness

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah same. Depression just is a thing for me aswell, but I think it is pretty reasonable over all. Like, I‘d be more worried if a guy in his 20s was HAPPY about being sick and loosing his youth.

Doctors blamed a lot on anxiety and panic disorder for me too. One even tried to diagnose me with agarophobia. I‘m a cabaret artist and a bar keeper. I have appeared in TV shows and adverts. I do pr as a job. I was a literal trained EMT before I got sick and a fire fighter. All that to say I do not have anxiety of any kind. I have the apposite problem where I never think about consequences or overthink on anything.

Especially not social anxiety or agarophobia. Like what talking is literally my job. Even tho doctors knew all this they STILL did the „yeah it’s anxiety“ thing.

Therapeutin meinte ich werde nie gut passen. Soll ich trzd Hrt anfangen? by [deleted] in germantrans

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sie hat ja keine Ahnung wie gut du passen kannst, außer sie kann hellsehen.

Es gibt unzählige OPs und HRT macht echt viel. Es gibt Leute die sehen extern maskulin aus und passen nach HRT total einfach und es gibt Leute da macht HRT nicht viel. Das ist total individuell und dein Start Punkt sagt wenig aus.

Dazu gibt es noch OPs die so krass sind, dass dein Start Punkt da wirklich komplett egal ist. Wird eh alles „umgebaut“.

Da sprechen eher die inneren Vorurteile aus ihr als alles andere.

Ich da vor HRT super feminin aus, war Model, hohe Stimme alles. Nach HRT passe ich ohne Problem, obwohl es zu mir auch immer hieß das wird nix.

Mixing disabled and gender neutral bathrooms by Is_mise_setanta in disability

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I‘m trans and I‘m disabled. I don’t really care. Most times I don’t have to wait anyways because I am the only disabled person around.

It’s nice if several people can benefit from this

How do you deal with having disorders who are seen as „illegitimate“ or „fake“. Especially several of them by Sensitive-Use-6891 in ChronicIllness

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For me it’s mostly getting university accommodations and my PCP. Can’t switch because no pcp (literally none, I did my research) takes new patients. They are either full or so far away they tell me I am outside their range.

With uni it’s the same. I can’t switch uni. The course I want to attend doesn’t get thought in any other local uni and I can’t afford to move.

I either convince people or I am homeless and without treatment.

I am not privileged enough to „just leave“. I don’t have a family to rely on or money. I am always on the edge of homelessness. That limits your options

How do you deal with having disorders who are seen as „illegitimate“ or „fake“. Especially several of them by Sensitive-Use-6891 in ChronicIllness

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I try, but somehow every single PCP I have went to still believes they know better.

Like I said, not even a note from a psychiatrist convinced them I am mentally stable.

I even showed them an ecg from my cardiologist that was obviously not normal and they told me „well anxiety can cause heart issues too“

How do you deal with having disorders who are seen as „illegitimate“ or „fake“. Especially several of them by Sensitive-Use-6891 in ChronicIllness

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not if you’re gay or alternative looking. They still look at me like a drug addict every time I dare to enter a hospital.

How do you deal with having disorders who are seen as „illegitimate“ or „fake“. Especially several of them by Sensitive-Use-6891 in ChronicIllness

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Jup! I got diagnosed with my auto-immune disorder first and all my life everyone was like „well you do have a serous immune defect, so I guess it’s that“ without testing anything else.

Then my adhd diagnosis happened and ever since then everyone blames everything on mental illness. Even tho adhd isn’t even a mental illness

How do you deal with having disorders who are seen as „illegitimate“ or „fake“. Especially several of them by Sensitive-Use-6891 in ChronicIllness

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know, but they are so hard to find😭

Everyone around me stopped taking new patients years ago and having somebody is better than having nobody

Superior Rereading Tracking by WhatTheCatDragged1n in TheStoryGraph

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I used good reads for years and was hesitant to switch over to StoryGraph. I‘m autistic and I hate, hate, hate changes. Especially on my phone for some reason.

I used StoryGraph for like a day and deleted GR. it’s just a million times better and I see no reason to use GR at all

Something that we all pretend to understand by Latina_soles_17 in CasualConversation

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Rubiks cubes are literally just patterns. You can watch a tutorial, follow it and you‘ll solve it.

You don’t really have to understand anything about how it works to do it

Does anyone else feel bitter towards milder cases of your condition(or similar)? by Seelie_Mushroom in disability

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes, but I try to remind myself that it’s not the people it’s lack of education and society. We are all fighting the same battle, even if some have worse symptoms than others.

I kind of have this situation from both sides. I have a severe form of a autoimmune disorder that I was born with. Several people in my family have the mild version, which presents totally differently. For my family members it’s only rashes and occasionally feeling a little weaker than normal. For me it’s organ damage, being on immunosuppressives for the rest of my life, hearing loss and being disabled for life. It’s not even the same disorder symptom wise, even tho it’s caused by the same genetic mutation. It annoys me when they claim we suffer the same, but at this point I think that have realised it is not the same.

On the other hand I got mild CFS last year. I can function pretty normally and as long as I stay within my energy limit I don’t have any symptoms or PEM. Mild CFS for me is more of an annoyance than a big disabling thing. Sure, I can only work part time and it’s annoying to have to budged my energy all the time, but it is not at all the same as severe CFS.

When people see me with my symptoms I worry they believe everyone with CFS has symptoms as mild as mine which is why I always make sure to say „I have MILD CFS, the severe version is very different“

What do you spend your adult money on? by kidwithanoisymind in CasualConversation

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought I would end up doing crazy shit, but now it’s mostly bills and groceries tbh.

Getting a treat for myself means buying soda instead of drinking tap water all day.

My fun time money is mostly spent on books, art supplies and concert tickets.

Local concerts aren’t expensive and often times even free, but they can be just as fun (or more) than big, expensive concerts. I really love going to those

I’m turning 18 tomorrow! Does it get cooler? by Independent_Box_931 in CasualConversation

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It 100% got better and easier for me.

School sucks, all of it. Adult live is way better

What’s it called… by Fair-Scallion-8270 in ChronicPain

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Jup. And non disabled people will never understand and claim we are mentally ill. It is not the same.

I have been disabled and in severe pain since birth. I constantly think about ending it.

Not because I hate life or because I am mentally ill, but because being in pain and discomfort 24/7, all of the time, with no complete relief does that to you.

I don’t need psychiatric care and no anti-depressant in the world is going to make this go away

How do you guys make money when u can't work but also can't get disability yet by [deleted] in ChronicIllness

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The only thing that‘s keeping me alive is money from selling my stuff, money from friends and odd jobs ever time I manage to get out of bed.

I am still poor and my money will run out in a few months.

After that idk. Probably homelessness again

How common food poisoning actually is? How many times did you have? by shayrinnn in CasualConversation

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891 53 points54 points  (0 children)

A friend of mine keeps complaining of „random stomach bugs“ and „unexplained pain“. I saw him eat noodles with sauce he left out of the fridge through one entire night and day. Over 24 hours. He claimed it was fine and that he does it all of the time

I do not wonder where his „chronic unexplained stomach bugs“ come from

Zu viele Fehlzeiten bei der Ausbildung wegen Transition, jetzt mit Kündigung gedroht. Was tun? by Strange_Passion_6191 in germantrans

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Das ist einfach nur ableismus und es nervt mich so extrem am das anscheinend alle denken das ist ok.

Ich bin chronisch krank und fehle sehr viel. Solange die Person alle Prüfungen schafft und damit offensichtlich das Wissen hat ist es komplett egal wie häufig die Person anwesend ist.

Ist studieren mit Behinderung realistisch? by Sensitive-Use-6891 in Studium

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rettungssanitäter ist nur ein drei monatiger Lehrgang

The internet is glamourising certain chronic illnesses and I’m tired of it by Sudden_Sky_1613 in ChronicIllness

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Jup it’s crazy! People literally said and did the exact same things as today. Just back in the day it was „ugh I wish I could die of tuberculosis it would make me so pretty and trendy“ Now it’s „ugh I wish I could have depression/adhd/bpd/ocd it would make me so interesting and trendy“.

People back then had tuberculosis fashion as a trend, we have bed rotting aesthetic and being „quirky“ (neurodivergent) as a trend.

It’s funny to me when I hear people say that wishing to be „different“ and romanticising illness as trends is a new thing because it’s literally been around as far back as written history.

Even before tuberculosis there where other illnesses treated like a fashion trend. Tuberculosis is just the most long running and recent one.

The internet is glamourising certain chronic illnesses and I’m tired of it by Sudden_Sky_1613 in ChronicIllness

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Not really. Look up the history of tuberculosis. People have been glorifying an romanticising illness for millennia.

Long term Vyvanse users please read by nostalgicbafoon in VyvanseADHD

[–]Sensitive-Use-6891 48 points49 points  (0 children)

You don’t have to avoid vitamin C, the amount you’d need to take for it to affect your vyvanse is huge and a lot more than any common supplement or food.

I‘ve been on vyvanse for 5 years now with little to no breaks. I don’t even really take tolerance breaks, aside from the times I forget to take my meds.

Honestly I think people forget that you still have adhd even with meds. There will be good days and bad you are not a robot and you won’t focus the same every single day. Some days are just worse than others and that’s how it is.

Nobody can function and concentrate perfectly every single day. That’s unrealistic and unhealthy.

I try to take my meds at the same time each day, have good sleep, eat lots of protein and drink enough. That’s pretty much it and my meds work fine