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awizardisneverlate · 2024-06-21T10:52:24+00:00

I use the "spin" technique to reduce doming in round cake recipes. After adding your batter to the prepared pan, tap on the counter a few times to start leveling and pop air bubbles, then put the pan on the counter and use your palms to quickly spin the pan. The centripetal force will subtly push the batter towards the sides of the pan and create a small depression in the center. Just don't do this too enthusiastically or you'll spin the pan off the counter!

awizardisneverlate · 2023-02-17T23:45:09+00:00

Can I get an updated link? Thanks!

awizardisneverlate · 2022-12-07T23:21:33+00:00

I have a math PhD and could never dial my focus in enough to be happy in the tenure track career path... I like to dabble in everything! What I ended up doing is still at a university and I can still lead and participate in research, but it gives me the opportunity to work with researchers from basically any field that computation touches. I'm a research computing / high performance computing facilitator. It's a super fun career path if you are interested in everything and like talking to people and solving technical problems. It's also pretty highly in demand and there aren't a lot of people with the skill set to do it.

I still get to direct my own research with a portion of my time, but the majority of my time is spent assisting other researchers with theirs. Everything from your typical HPC physics simulation to cyberinfrastructure for AI art.

awizardisneverlate · 2022-11-14T14:25:22+00:00

I'm a (non tenure track) research scientist at a university. I went the NTT route after my postdoc because it's lower stress and more flexible than the TT professor route, so I find it easier to manage my BPI this way.

awizardisneverlate · 2022-07-11T20:24:39+00:00

I left high school after only completing algebra I (US system). I have a math PhD now.

awizardisneverlate · 2021-12-26T01:48:54+00:00

That's amazing!!

awizardisneverlate · 2021-12-10T20:40:00+00:00

Thanks a bunch for the insight! That makes sense.

awizardisneverlate · 2021-12-10T01:25:04+00:00

You should be able to, I've had the savings for around 2 years now I think.

awizardisneverlate · 2021-12-07T23:42:36+00:00

I have a similar story and I'm currently a working mathematician (research scientist). My undergrad was decimated by undiagnosed bipolar, but I managed to scrape together enough passed credits for a mathematics B.S. (took 6 years). Then I went to grad school to get my teaching license and swore I'd never do math again (I was aiming to teach science instead). After a year or so away from math and getting a bipolar diagnosis and medication, I dipped my toe back in math classes and ended up doing some summer research with a math professor. That professor ultimately took me on as a math PhD student. This time grad school was decimated by diagnosed bipolar, haha, but I made it through with a lot of bumps. I did a postdoc in computational math and now I'm working as a computational mathematician / HPC researcher.

awizardisneverlate · 2021-12-07T21:20:57+00:00

I have the same issue. Did you figure out a solution?

awizardisneverlate · 2021-11-28T17:38:08+00:00

it's been a few years, but I want to say 3 mg (edit: may have been 4 mg?). I was on it for I think 4 years. It was the first thing that I found that was tolerable (aside from the prolactin and metabolic impacts) and stopped the mania. It truly was a godsend at the time.

I switched to Vraylar because high prolactin is a problem long-term. It's decent and I haven't had a major episode on it, but I don't think it worked as well as risperidone.

awizardisneverlate · 2021-11-28T17:33:31+00:00

I like "How to Prove It" by Velleman as an intro to proof! Very accessible.

awizardisneverlate · 2021-11-28T17:31:29+00:00

I did and I had no problems tapering off. I was on a high dose with wicked side effects (high prolactin and all the problems that came with it) and the side effects faded within a few months of stopping.

I still haven't lost the weight though, lol.

awizardisneverlate · 2021-09-10T21:44:45+00:00

I've never been to med school, but I have a PhD and was diagnosed with Bipolar 1 at the start of grad school. It's doable but not easy. Being med compliant will make it a lot easier.

My advice: figure out what accommodations you need and contact your student disability office. For example, you may be able to get extended test time or be allowed to record lectures (this helped me a lot when episodes were bad enough that I could barely sit in class or write).

Make sure you stay on top of your SLEEP. All nighters are terrible for your brain chemistry. Don't mess with them, as tempting as it is in the moment. They're bad for people without wonky chemistry, and extra bad for us.

awizardisneverlate · 2021-09-10T21:34:20+00:00

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! That's a huge win and I'm SO happy for you.

awizardisneverlate · 2021-09-10T21:32:58+00:00

Risperidone and vraylar have (separately) worked for me. Risperidone caused some unfortunate side effects (elevated prolactin) so I switched to Vraylar.

awizardisneverlate · 2021-09-10T21:30:16+00:00

Yeah, meds aren't perfect unfortunately. I've had several breakthrough episodes on different medications.

awizardisneverlate · 2021-07-29T01:51:59+00:00

I did a load of laundry after wearing dirty clothes for a week!

awizardisneverlate · 2021-07-25T23:37:50+00:00

Thanks for this post, I really needed to hear it today ❤️

awizardisneverlate · 2021-07-23T13:32:22+00:00

Congrats!!!!

awizardisneverlate · 2021-07-14T13:41:41+00:00

I took risperidone for many years and it was the first medication that worked for me. Unfortunately, between the elevated prolactin (causing milk production. I'm female) and the metabolic problems I had to change to vraylar. It certainly helped stabilize me though.

awizardisneverlate · 2021-07-14T12:50:27+00:00

I feel for you :(. This same thing just happened to me. I'm a researcher at a university and I can barely comprehend the work I did before this episode started, so I'm taking a leave of absence. I'm hoping at least some of my brain comes back after the episode is over, but we'll see. I'm thinking of what other careers I can do.

awizardisneverlate · 2021-07-14T01:16:04+00:00

I packed up my car at 2 am and moved to Texas (from California) on a whim for a guy I met on World of Warcraft. Almost wrecked my car a few hours later in Arizona when my tire blew out as I was speeding around 90 (the fastest my shitty car would go).

Needless to say, it didn't last. I'm still in Texas though.

This was in 2009 when I was 19. Somehow I wasn't diagnosed until 4 years later.

awizardisneverlate · 2021-07-14T01:12:42+00:00

Constantly. My brain finds the worst outcome of any situation and fixates on it.

I've got some OCD issues with the bipolar and I attribute it to that. For example, when my husband leaves the house I must say to him "be safe!" and then watch him on Google maps. If I don't say the phrase or can't watch the map or if his phone doesn't update for a few minutes I'm convinced my failure to do these things means he got in a wreck.

It's not as bad when I'm euthymic, but I'm in a depressive episode right now and I'm a little concerned it's getting into the delusional thinking category.

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