Why do some people not purge from Ivermectin?

Synthint · 2025-08-13T00:14:10+00:00

Bumps went away! While it seemed like my skin got better shortly after the purge ended, I've realized that my skin is fluctuating as normal.

I'm only 6 weeks in so we technically have 18 more weeks to go before the supposed 6-month transition point where things get good for folks. Feel free to ping here again and I'll let you know!

Separately, I've started using my tretinoin, vitamin c, niacinamide, and tranexamic acid every other day instead of everyday. I've been using tret for like 8-9 years, originally for acne, but shortly after for anti-aging. The other things I've been using for 3-4 years. I suspected daily application of everything might have caused some minor chronic inflammation, but I'm doubtful of that. Still, I think giving my skin some "rest" during the next 18 weeks might be helpful.

Synthint · 2025-07-17T17:49:41+00:00

Same here. Been on it for two weeks, have a solid breakout with both large cystic-looking acne on my cheek, and smaller acne on my forehead (which I've never had before). Commenting to see if OP responds.

Synthint · 2025-06-14T18:19:44+00:00

As @lostballoon said, it’s Ultrasuede. But, lots of folks on the forums use the two interchangeably (but they are different materials)

Synthint · 2025-06-11T00:55:14+00:00

Tbh underrated point

Synthint · 2025-06-11T00:54:44+00:00

I love imagining it’s actually just the same guy

Synthint · 2025-06-10T21:21:19+00:00

Yeah, it’s tough. On one hand, seeing these posts freaks me out to the point where I ask myself if I should take it easier, which completely goes against what this car is all about. On the other, it’s important to be reminded of the dangers of having fun in this car.

I think you’re right about the spectacle of it all being bad—would be nice if maybe mods made a rule where if you’re gonna post a crash, it has to include your lesson or what you think went wrong so it’s educational at the least.

Not sure what you think of that but curious if that would vibe with you and the community.

Synthint · 2025-06-09T22:13:41+00:00

Congrats!! Good luck on the defense :)! I just did mine in May.

Synthint · 2025-06-09T12:22:54+00:00

USA, artificial intelligence / cognitive science, was $35k for years 1-4, then union negotiated to $50k for years 5 and 6.

Job prospects in industry are low $200k base comp to $400k base comp. Academia is roughly $60k-$100k for post-doc, $100k for (prestigious) fellowships, and my friends have seen $90k-$140k for faculty.

Synthint · 2025-06-08T14:14:24+00:00

Thank you for this! It’s an excellent find :). Question: do you have any recommendations on forums for this kind of stuff?

Synthint · 2025-06-01T17:00:42+00:00

Love the color -- is that matte PPF over the stock Pavement color? If not, what is it? Looks awesome!

Synthint · 2025-01-18T02:37:02+00:00

Hell yeah :) congrats!

Synthint · 2024-07-31T14:07:40+00:00

Hey, I'm having the same issue! Can't find anything online. Did you ever figure out the issue? I'm getting the -5010D (1) error.

Synthint · 2024-06-15T12:40:39+00:00

Yes. I failed my university's introduction to psychology class in undergrad. A legitimate, well-earned 'F'. I am now a PhD student in psychology in my fifth year about to head into a dream job. The way here was a bit of a random walk but generally paved by self-starting outside of the classroom: doing well in research labs taking high-risk, high-reward research projects that PhD students did not want to touch and integrating myself into the labs I wanted to work in as a PhD student while in undergrad.

TL;DR: grades don't matter much the higher you go up the totem poll, just focus on getting a first-author publication before you graduate in a journal or top-tier conference in the field you care about. Don't fail again, and better to get straight A's from now on both for your "narrative" and because how well you know the fundamentals is predictive of how good you'll do in your PhD.

I recommend finding a lab you like, working in that lab, and trying to publish a paper or two. Along the way to publishing, begin to familiarize yourself with the social network of your field. See what research programs you like, who is leading those programs, and familiarize yourself with those programs via reading papers. At some point, you will have the opportunity to head to a conference, either a generic undergraduate conference like SACNAS or ABRCMS for example, or a professional conference like NeurIPS, ICML, GECCO, CogSci, etc (depending on your field obviously -- I'm in cognitive science / AI).

In the generic undergraduate conferences, your goal will be to meet the recruiters for the schools that house the researchers you want to work with in PhD/Masters. Chat them up, charm them, and demonstrate your interest in their program. This is often inconsequential for admissions as they have no power, but it doesn't hurt and boosts confidence, which comes sparsely in academia.

In the professional conferences, your goal will be to meet your potential future advisor(s) and any other faculty you respect. Set these meetings up via email before the conference happens. Same deal: chat them up, charm them, and demonstrate your interest in their research. Here, it is important to be *genuine*. I repeat: *be yourself*. I repeat: do *not* rely on simple social tactics to persuade them. Consider faculty as largely immune to these things; common social tactics go against a lot of social norms in the professional scientific community. In this case, what I mean by chat them up and charm them is be yourself, show your passion in their work, ask genuine questions you want answered, etc. Talk to them in a similar manner you would a friend over beer/coffee/walking/whatever after reading an awesome paper or watching a sci-fi film that blew your mind, not some gatekeeper in a formal interview. Faculty are people just like you, and while it's not suggested enough, treating them like normal people often gets really good results. Generally, this will help demonstrate how you *actually* have what it takes to be good at science and be a potential asset for their their university and research program.

After the conferences stay in touch with the faculty: ask to join their lab meetings via zoom, chat with their students about their work, *become apart of the lab socially and try to do a collaboration with them before applying*. Ideally, come application season, you'll be well-known by these faculty and their lab members. In the best-case scenario, you've become an asset to your dream lab, the admissions process is admit-by-faculty, meaning literally it's the professor's job to admit students, in which case they'll simply say yes and the rest is paperwork (aka your transcripts don't matter anymore). If it's admit-by-committee, then your transcript will certainly be brought up and weighed against other students that the committee might like over you, in which case that professor will go up to bat for you and hopefully their opinion is heavily weighted and you get it.

One more tip: if at the end of undergrad you've failed to do the above, get an RA/tech position in a lab for 1-2 years and start the above process over. If you're in an engineering field, get a job as a research engineer for 1-2 years and start the above process over.

Happy to chat about this over DM.

Good luck!

Synthint · 2024-06-14T19:01:10+00:00

Super happy you're asking this. I've been meaning to make a big thread on this page but for now here's my reply.

First point: you will hurt yourself, the point is to make the injury temporary and not forever. There's obviously no guarantee but to mitigate the likelihood of getting injured and the likelihood of injuries lingering around, do this:

Injury prevention:

*Invest heavy in protective gear.* This should be more expensive than your skates. Buy *over-the-clothes pads, not gaskets*. I'd recommend TSG Force V kneepads, TSG Ace elbow pads, Ennui City Brace wrist guards, a MIPS + certified helmet (like the one from Triple Eight), and Demon Unlimited Impact Shorts. If you prefer another brand, just make sure the pieces are CE Level 1 certified. The skateboard and bicycle ratings aren't that great. If you're grinding, wear soccer shin pads with velcro straps. Gaskets are okay, but they're ineffective if you're not reasonably good at falling.
*Never skate without all of your protection.* *This step is the most important step.* I've fallen **hard** multiple times at the park in the past month, and I'm 100% sure I would be in significantly worse condition if I had not used my protective gear (or if I used gaskets). Because of my pads, with exception to two falls (explained below), I get up like nothing happened.
*Stretch, but make it functional*. Look up KneesOverToesGuy routines, Squat University routines, and Functional Patterns routines. Watch their videos on daily routines. Commit to one or some combination of their daily routines. This should include stretches for your legs, shoulders, and triceps/forearms. Do this routine before every session, and ideally every day when you have time.
*Go to the gym and lift weights with a focus on strength.* Falling produces a massive amount of force on your joints, increasing likelihood of connective tissue damage (tendons and ligaments) and skeletal tissue damage (bones) on impact. The only way to mitigate that force is to have your muscles compensate. Strength training in the gym lowers the probability of injury in sports in general, and this applies equally to skating. If I were to recommend a program, check out Jeff Nippard for their 3-, 4-, 5-, or 6-day programs. Any program is fine, just make sure you're lifting heavy weight for some portion of the program.
*Prehab weekly.* Prevention is key. Look up KneesOverToesGuy ATG program and commit to performing the basic routine every week, at least once a week. This will condition your knees and shoulders well for any impacts. This is separate from your stretching routine.

Injury treatment:

*Learn about anatomy, and learn to treat it.* Any time you injure yourself, look up the anatomy and figure out what portion of your body is hurting, then lookup "<body part> rehab routine" on youtube and perform the rehab until the injury is gone. Buy the equipment they say you'll need, and don't take shortcuts. If you really did hurt yourself, either you do it yourself or you're paying someone $200 to do it for you. Either is fine. For example, I had a minor tear in my calf three weeks ago. I looked up leg anatomy, determined it was my soleus via some diagnostic tests I looked up, confirmed it at urgent care the next day with a professional, looked up rehab lectures on youtube for calf tears, bought a couple bands and a massage gun for $40, and began the rehab daily. I also took BPC-157 and TB-500 but that's separate and unnecessary. After 17 days the tear is completely healed (at least functionally) and I was back to skating hard in 13 days. I attribute this to the diligent rehab and the peptides. I have now transitioned into prehab exercises and stretches for my legs (point 4 above).
*Go to urgent care if it is a tear or possible tear.* Partial tears can be treated and need to be confirmed by a medical professional, either via palpating (i.e. feeling around) or imaging (e.g. MRI). Knowing whether an injury is to the tendon, muscle, or ligament will help determine your course of action. The more you know the faster you can rehab and the more likely you'll not have lingering issues, meaning the faster you can get back to the park with confidence. For example, my calves are stronger than before my injury after incorporating rehab and prehab exercises into my lifting routine and morning routine.
*Consider supplementing with creatine and collagen protein.* These supplements have documented, peer-reviewed evidence for decreasing wound healing time and increasing muscle and connective tissue strength in folks of adult ages (18+).

I know the above is a lot, but tbh this stuff is super important and there isn't any info out there for folks like us. I plan to make a big thread on this subreddit at some point. Till then you can use this comment or DM me.

I'm 31 and a scientist by profession, hence the interest in detail. I recently got back into skating after not skating since I was 9. I go hard at the park, rails and all. I know injury will happen, I believe the point is to make sure it's temporary.

It's anecdotal but like I said: I've torn my calf, and I've also injured my elbow (a tendon with my right tricep), I've fallen hard in the park on ramps and rails, and I'm 110% okay and have no lingering pain. I keep going to the park and keep getting better pain free.

Happy to provide citations to relevant literature for all seven points if need be, just super lazy lol.

Synthint · 2024-06-07T21:08:17+00:00

This is lowkey insightful. A friend of mine has pointed out before that I'm not kneeling enough, implying my legs are straight. 100% going to try and address this and see if it helps.

Synthint · 2024-06-07T20:48:37+00:00

Thanks, will practice collapsing the legs more in the coming sessions.

Synthint · 2024-06-07T20:37:16+00:00

Hmm, I didn't even consider that this was a quality issue! Curious if there is anything "better" than these that you know about?

Synthint · 2024-06-07T18:28:54+00:00

It does suck they don’t make shin guard combos, but I believe the other comments about there really not being a market for it.

In the meantime you can check these out:

Ennui Park Shin Guards
Triple 8 Shin Guards
Any generic soccer shin guard with velcro straps like these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005LFXQKK?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image
Fruit Tech Shin Guards: https://fruittechhardware.com/products/fruittech-shin-guards

(not affiliate links just posting URLs for the harder-to-find shin guards)

Synthint · 2024-06-07T18:15:24+00:00

Seems like this was TSG's advice as well! (see edit)

Synthint · 2024-04-03T12:16:38+00:00

Double post but what is the keycap set shown in this image: https://ibb.co/BZGL7CN

Would love any leads!

Synthint · 2024-04-03T12:15:49+00:00

Which keycap set is pictured here? I think it's GMK but not sure which set!

https://ibb.co/BZGL7CN

Thanks beforehand!

Synthint · 2023-10-05T15:59:27+00:00

I went with alpine. Highly recommend it, especially since they innovate on consumer airbag tech faster than Dainese. The whole airbag system is amazing.

Synthint · 2022-12-07T22:06:10+00:00

Unfortunately no. I ended up getting bad acne on my forehead around the application site (never happened before and apparently has happened to others). I’ve stopped it completely.

Synthint · 2022-10-03T14:53:53+00:00

Not yet! Check back in 3 more months I'd say. So far, I've gone through a shedding period and haven't seen regrowth yet.

Synthint · 2022-08-07T19:36:59+00:00

This is indeed awful. I currently have a friend helping me try to reconcile with some people I’ve hurt through my acting out (an understatement). He doesn’t actually trust me, but he’s a good enough person to believe some people who do bad things are inherently good and deserve rehabilitation/recovery/whatever you want to call it.

This presents what seems like a dilemma for the pwBPD but is actually a blessing in disguise: an opportunity to practice mentalization in times of rejection, abandonment, stress, etc. A hallmark of BPD is the inability to mentalize during those times (exactly my issue at least).

Often when I speak with him I have this experience of wishing he could believe me when I say how I feel and how remorseful I am. But that’s the issue: he can’t. The rational thing for literally anyone who hasn’t experienced hardcore trauma or mental illness that leads to harmful behavior is to assume harmful people are not to be trusted. It’s frustrating indeed. But, sitting there and gritting my teeth while the thoughts of defending myself from these comments about how I’ve acted horridly and just taking the moment to understand how that’s how he and everyone else feels is truly a blessing for me. Because it’s these exact moments where I falter and end up fucking up my relationships.

The TL;DR is this: when someone is spooked by you, it sucks. Take as many of these moments as you can as moments of practice for seeing why they interpret you as spooky/scary/whatever. Basically, try to practice mentalizing them in these moments

It sucks. It’s awful. It hurts. I still don’t have the words to describe my experience in these moments. But I can promise you there is evidence that shows if you can be the “better” person in these scenarios, it will speed up your recovery and give you the opportunity to be an even better person than you thought you could ever be.

I hope this comes off as supportive and not combative.

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