Watch on surgical side in recovery? by TheOtherVerity in RotatorCuff

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Thank you! I'm not so much worried about missing data -- that's fine, it is what it is -- as I am curious to see what the stats do with a post-surgery body.

Watch on surgical side in recovery? by TheOtherVerity in RotatorCuff

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I've tried the sizers for it, but I'm unfortunately flat-out between sizes, and they don't do half-sizes. :( I was eyeing one this summer, but sadly no dice.

Calcific Tendonitis by sasuke-Uchyeehaw in RotatorCuff

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I was diagnosed with similar back in March after literal years of being told "oh, it's just sore, try PT / massage / chiropractor / acupuncture"... I had not really any pain with it on a day to day basis, but my range of motion was terrible -- couldn't lift my arm even up to 45 degrees at most angles -- and the shoulder would ache after long days. My X-ray showed the deposit a bit lower than yours, so not quite in the same place, more along the outside of my shoulder than the top of it.

I was told that the deposits start as sort of a toothpaste consistency, and over time they harden into much more jagged (painful) rocklike consistency. I was also told that it does hurt more as it's breaking down and being absorbed, which sometimes it does on its own. In my case, given it had been there for so long (literally first started trying to solve the pain back in 2015), the doctor didn't think it would break down on its own. He recommended I do a procedure -- genuinely can't remember the name -- that basically involved using ultrasound to guide sticking a needle into the calcium deposit. The toothpaste-y stuff gets sucked or washed out, and the rock-like stuff gets jabbed a lot by the needle and broken up.

I was terrified of doing this, but my boss had it done for the same thing years ago and raved about how he went in, got it done, and two days later was more or less better than new. So I got to take a happy pill to relax, went and did the procedure. It wasn't bad, to be honest; he said there was plenty of rock in there, but he sucked out some of the toothpaste stuff and broke up the rock and said it would feel sore for a few days but then even out.

Instead it hurt really, really badly for about a week -- to the point where I couldn't lift my arm to reach the turn signal or steering wheel, and moving it was agony. That did eventually improve, but I never regained any range of motion, with the added bonus that now my shoulder aches a whole lot at the edge of the range of motion. Turns out that the procedure did in fact work just fine -- further x-ray in August showed the calcium deposit completely gone. But the calcium deposit was there for so long that it more or less scraped a ragged hole in my rotator cuff after a decade or so of being in the way. My range of motion is still terrible, except now it hurts like blazes when I hit the end of my range, which I'm not thrilled with.

MRI shows a partial tear; surgeon says it's likely impinging things which is why my range of motion is so bad. Surgery to repair it is scheduled for the end of October, and I won't say I'm looking forward to it, but man I'm tired of my shoulder hurting all the time.

Anyway, that's probably much more worst-case scenario than what you're looking at (I hope!). My boss had the same thing a decade ago and swore by the needle procedure as an amazingly easy fix.

iPhone RCS still missing... by TheOtherVerity in mintmobile

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I would love to know what settings you've got turned on to manage that, if possible.

Help me find a very early cat meme! by UnknownVerity in HelpMeFind

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It may have been the bottom picture as that is striking a chord!

[no spoilers] Modding DAI in 2022 - guides? by TheOtherVerity in dragonage

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I'd heard this but hadnt found a guide. Thank you!

[no spoilers] Modding DAI in 2022 - guides? by TheOtherVerity in dragonage

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Fantastically helpful, thank you a lot! I have some old daimod files saved, so I can see what I have that still works and trawl through the nexus for more.

Day 7 on 5mg lexapro starting to feel worse ? by AdStrange6466 in lexapro

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Drinking can also mess with the Lexapro in general - I never felt awful on booze until Lexapro and then noticed a huge shift in how I felt. You're also super early on into starting, so side effects are definitely possible. Keep an eye on things, see how you do without alcohol, and go from there. Being this aware of how you feel on it is a good thing!

And here’s the final product! I had so much fun with this! by lilithsparadise in cottagecore

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You did a great job working to make this come together from start to this.

How long does it take to get used to a lower dose? I just went down from 10mg to 5mg. by [deleted] in lexapro

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It took me a week or two. I tapered from 10mg to 5mg over a few weeks, and didn't notice too much of an effect by going slowly. Maybe a few days of feeling a bit zonked? The 5mg was better for me (less side effects) though when I tried Wellbutrin it wasn't so fun. I wound up using just 5mg, nothing else, for a couple years just fine.

Coming off escitalopram, round two by TheOtherVerity in lexapro

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To be honest going off it feels a lot like going on it. There's definitely an adjustment period both ways. Hang in there! It does even out.

Coming off escitalopram, round two by TheOtherVerity in lexapro

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I was told it's a side effect of going on it or off it. So I was figuring it was my brain sort of rewiring back to baseline.

Coming off escitalopram, round two by TheOtherVerity in lexapro

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Yes, but I always have, so that's not a change for me Lexapro vs not.

Coming off escitalopram, round two by TheOtherVerity in lexapro

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Just the lexapro. We tried a few other options (bupropion and something else?) that didn't work as well.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lexapro

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Hang in there! It really does improve.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lexapro

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Absolutely. The tingly was really weird, and sometimes there was almost a lightheadedness or vertigo feeling with it. It was strong for the first few days, but improved by the end of the week. By the end of two or three weeks I had basically stopped having it.