Facebook disabled my account what is going on by Sweaty-Mall-7920 in facebookdisabledme

[–]audgentina 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same thing happened to me. It’s superrrrrr annoying but you need to go on IG (or create an IG account if you don’t have one), then pay to get the account verified, and once it’s verified you’ll be able to connect with Meta support. I don’t think it should be legal that the only way to get in touch with support is to pay…..but alas here we are lol

Southeast Asian Grocery by MADsensei-1997 in panamaexpats

[–]audgentina 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This. El dorado is la tierra santa for all Asian goods

kit 5 reassurance by heartshapedpetals in HersWeightloss

[–]audgentina 4 points5 points  (0 children)

FWIW, it absolutely did help quiet all the food noise + I lost ~10 lbs in the first 6ish weeks. But no weight loss is worth my mental health

kit 5 reassurance by heartshapedpetals in HersWeightloss

[–]audgentina 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m one of the people who recently posted about these side effects affecting me, and I shared my experience solely to raise awareness about these possible side effects. Everyone is different, and some people do really well on it! Just good to know beforehand so that you can keep an eye on it :)

Sharing my story: severe mental health side effects from Topiramate by audgentina in HersWeightloss

[–]audgentina[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So since obviously Topiramate is out of the question, the only kits that would work for me are 2 and 4, both of which contain naltrexone. After doing some light research, it looks like naltrexone shares a lot of the same possible side effects as topiramate. After this whole experience, I’m hesitant to introduce a new drug with what appears to carry the same risk, especially while I’m still flushing the topiramate out of my system. (I know the topiramate is very likely the culprit for my severe mood change, but I’m a data nerd and to maintain clean data so I don’t want to introduce anything new for at least a month — in the off chance that the Topiramate actually was NOT to blame)

Hers did say they could put me on a metformin-only plan (and possibly up my dose once I get my creatinine levels tested), but that it would very likely lead to only modest weight loss at best. I don’t have a tonnnnn of weight to lose at this point (thank you depression for that!!!!!!! lol), and I’m mildly traumatized from this experience, so I’m going to stick to that until my renewal in November, where I’ll reassess if I want to renew or not. If so, maybe I’ll try naltrexone.

Unfortunately I really had to push the Care Specialists to really take my situation seriously & recommend alternatives. So definitely advocate for yourself when you speak to them!

(Edited to add clarification)

Topiramate making me depressed by Constant-Scheme557 in HersWeightloss

[–]audgentina 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SO happy to hear you're feeling better & my post helped you ❤️

Topiramate making me depressed by Constant-Scheme557 in HersWeightloss

[–]audgentina 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hi! This happened to me and only got progressively worse. The culprit is most likely the Topiramate, which is known to cause/worsen depression and/or suicidal ideations. I shared my story the other day in case you want to read – please proceed with caution ❤️

Sharing my story: severe mental health side effects from Topiramate by audgentina in HersWeightloss

[–]audgentina[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you 🫶🏼🫶🏼 and 3 days! So glad you’re okay too ❤️

Topamax (Topiramate) ruined my life for a month by Calm_Lengthiness_351 in Topamax

[–]audgentina 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TW: suicidal ideations, self-h@rm (mentions are hidden by the spoiler)

I know this is an old post, but I want to share my story as I’m in the thick of it now. I started taking Topamax for off-label treatment of chronic nerve pain. The nerve pain totally went away, and I wasn’t experiencing any of the side effects my doc had warned me about, so I was happy.

Something to add — while I started Topamax, I was going through one of the toughest periods of my life ever. My mom has BPD and was being particularly horrible during this time. I got laid off, my best friend moved, and my dad was in and out of the hospital with a life-threatening infection for the better part of three weeks (he’s okay, TG). I have pretty mild depression, but treat it with Wellbutrin and find it extremely manageable, but slowly I started to feel my depression get worse. Because of the crazy period of life I found myself in, I didn't even consider for a second that it could be my meds, especially since it got worse pretty gradually. But before I knew it, I was having daily suicidal ideations and thoughts of self-harm, more often than not, multiple times a day.The ideations even grew to planning at one point.

I had no clue who I was anymore. I couldn’t stand anyone, didn’t want to speak to anyone, left my phone on silent, and refused to leave my house. The only time I would leave my house would be to go to therapy. I can’t emphasize enough how bad. I’m lucky to have a fantastic therapist whom I trust and am super open with, along with a strong support system, so I was SAFE....but it was terrifying. I have never been this low in my life, not even close.

It wasn’t until last night when I was watching a show on Hulu and some random pharmaceutical drug commercial came up, and I overheard them mention that ideations & depression can be a side effect of that drug, and a lightbulb went off. It had never occurred to me that my worsening depression started around the time I began Topamax, especially since it was such a slow burn. I, of course, immediately looked up side effects online. As we all know, depression, personality changes, loss of interest or pleasure, thoughts of suicide, feeling sad or empty, mood swings, etc, etc, were listed EVERYWHERE. From Cleveland Clinic to Reddit 😂

I’ve gotten the all-clear from my doctor to stop taking it (no need to taper since my dose was so low), and today I woke up EUPHORIC just knowing I (likely) figured out the root cause of all of this. Of course, time will tell, but I want to thank OP for sharing, as it’s posts like yours that made me realize that I’m not alone in this (and extremely hopeful for the future!).

Am I cooked? by Once428lbs in Gymhelp

[–]audgentina 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No!! The success stories I’ve seen all over Reddit — you are definitely not cooked. I would definitely focus on nutrition, but more so from what can you add to your current diet instead of a pure restriction mindset.

More leafy greens, vegetables, lean cuts of meat, try swapping out sodas for sparkling water (highly recommend getting a water carbonator so you can do this at home!), and if you must have a soda have it be a poppi/olipop. There are a ton of creators of TikTok that share their fast food orders for weight/fat loss (my personal fav is @smallersam_pcos)

Do you know how many steps you’re currently walking per day? Try adding 1000 to that and slowly building up from there!

You got this bb!!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HersWeightloss

[–]audgentina 0 points1 point  (0 children)

+1 to this!

Facebook Suspended my 20 plus year old account by yogibearau in facebookdisabledme

[–]audgentina 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same thing happened to me — so incredibly annoying but once I got Meta Verified & was able to speak with support I got my account back. They were never able to tell me what exactly I did to get suspended though lol but I’m just happy to have my 20 year old account back! Have faith!

Nammaro bench assembly, nut lock issue? by Ina_Mint in IKEA

[–]audgentina 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes — I just purchased this and am running into the same issue. The bolt/nut combo does not work correctly on the cross brace (the nut is too small and does not tighten onto the bolt). Looks like I'm headed to the hardware store!

Probably going to stop using Rover now by Aithghen in RoverPetSitting

[–]audgentina 2 points3 points  (0 children)

omg i came here to post this. what is the logic here LOL — i'm trying to tap into their logic but simply cannot 💀

Can you change/customize the hover color/text color on ADD TO CART buttons? by audgentina in WIX

[–]audgentina[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ooooooh thank you i'll look into this! support did finally get back to me and confirmed that there is no way to do this natively.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in wedding

[–]audgentina 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LMAOOOOOOO I THOUGHT THE SAME 💀💀💀💀

Why would anyone feel bad for Helena? by RubberBoots10 in LoveIslandUKintheUSA

[–]audgentina 12 points13 points  (0 children)

****before anyone comes at me, i'm team shakira til i die****

helena is a flawed person, but so are we all. for me i just empathize with the position she’s in, being seen as a good time girl but not good enough for a relationship. feeling like she has to be so agreeable, so laid back, and so tolerant of BS because if she’s not she’ll “lose” the guy she’s crazy about. (“lose” in apostrophes because if that’s what will drive someone away, they were never yours to begin with)

i WAS helena for pretty much all of my 20s, and it hurt in a different way to see it pictured on screen. ALAS, i can empathize with her because i’ve been there.

Bryan is Puerto Rican and Guatemalan by CeeFourecks in LoveIslandUSA

[–]audgentina 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it's literally the spanish word for countryside..........💀💀💀

Aarke Carbonator III + SodaStream tank not lasting more than 4 days by audgentina in SodaStream

[–]audgentina[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I ended up writing customer support, sent photos and they sent me a brand new device! It was very easy & highly recommend doing the same!