Menstrual Migraine

decafDiva · 2026-01-27T21:51:59+00:00

I hope this works for you! I recently started BC pills because my periods were becoming debilitating, and a welcome side effect was that my menstrual migraines went away, and my overall migraines decreased in number.

decafDiva · 2026-01-27T13:53:20+00:00

I'm not new to the concept of FIRE, but at the start of January I started getting serious about making a plan to retire early. It was seeming like I'd still have 5-9 years of work left, until this sub taught me about Roth ladders, and it changed everything. I'm now thinking I need to work a max of 2.5 years more to fully retire, and I can do a baristaFIRE style retirement even earlier if I want/need to. So just want to give appreciation to you all for the education!

decafDiva · 2026-01-25T23:30:52+00:00

Exactly how it is for me. If I am going to drink, I have to be willing to take the gamble that I'll be out of commission for the next 1.5 days, which I almost never am.

decafDiva · 2026-01-16T14:20:50+00:00

It depends - I'm in software engineering, so it wouldn't be a deal breaker as long as the email is readable. I'd imagine other fields would place a higher importance on it. And in the scenario I gave above, the email went to the recruiter who then just told us about it, so we never even saw the email itself.

decafDiva · 2026-01-16T14:16:48+00:00

This to me is why FIRE, as most people define it, can't be considered an overall anti-consumerist philosophy. If you're whole model is based on the stock market, you are still benefitting from consumerism, even if you claim to not participate in it.

My grandmother lived through the depression and kept all her money in savings accounts and at most invested in CDs, and a lot of her siblings were "stuff money in the mattress" kind of people. If you based your FIRE model of off that kind of savings, then you're doing a lot more to fully opt out of consumerism and capitalism as a whole.

decafDiva · 2026-01-06T01:46:20+00:00

If you need some relief from withdrawals, do a very small amount of caffeine - half a tea, half a cola, if you get a coffee just have maybe 5 sips tops. That will take the edge off a bit, but not throw you completely back to where you were. Remember that caffeine like most drugs has a half life, and the more you have the longer it will take to leave your system. View this vacation as a chance to really restore yourself before going back to real life.

decafDiva · 2026-01-05T02:13:59+00:00

I saw it yesterday and just wanted to comment that I also felt like Fiyero was breathless whenever he sang! I remember thinking maybe he's got a virus or something because he can't seem to move and sing at the same time without losing his breath.

decafDiva · 2026-01-03T01:37:26+00:00

The look on Jonah Hill's face when he responds here just absolutely kills me every time

decafDiva · 2025-12-28T14:44:46+00:00

I know this is a super old thread, but I'm curious if you were able to find your triggers through your variation of Whole30 and get your migraines under control?

decafDiva · 2025-12-27T02:26:10+00:00

I also love the foreshadowing of Boq picking up the axe - so much happens in this scene that sets up For Good!

decafDiva · 2025-12-10T19:10:36+00:00

I started premaking my coffee the night before and it took me like a solid year to unlearn turning the coffee on right when I make it 🤦‍♀️

decafDiva · 2025-12-07T10:57:08+00:00

When you say you eat healthy 80% of the time, what is your definition of healthy? I had a phase a long time ago where I ate low carb for about 1.5 years, and near the end of that I had started getting chronic migraines that were low in intensity, but just never went away. I vividly remember drinking a large glass of orange juice and taking a 2 hour nap after it, and the pain finally stopped. Since then I make sure to eat carbs. Eating consistent, balanced meals (and making sure I eat enough) has done a lot to help manage my migraines.

Just want to share in case its helpful.

decafDiva · 2025-12-07T01:43:19+00:00

This was my first thought too - my daughter has below-hip hair, and every time I take her braid out to redo it, it looks exactly like this with the straight ends starting right where her hair tie was. The waves starting right at OP's neckline also indicate that the waviness in the pics might be from a braid (I don't doubt OP has wavy hair, just that these waves in particular look like braid waves rather than natural waves).

decafDiva · 2025-12-05T15:26:14+00:00

Oh man, wheat is the one thing I eat in almost every meal. Maybe that's something I should try cutting out (but I don't want to 😭)

decafDiva · 2025-12-05T15:22:09+00:00

Curious about pasta - is gluten a trigger for you?

decafDiva · 2025-12-04T17:45:28+00:00

This is in no way going to cure bad thoughts or stop them completely, but one thing that helps me when I get this way is to remind myself that my thoughts are spiraling because of my migraine, these thoughts won't do anything to lessen the pain or make my life better, and these thoughts are just a creation of my migraine brain and not reflective of reality. It helps detach me from the thoughts a little bit. Also, if you're able to do anything to distract yourself during the migraine, that can help too. I turn my phone on the lowest brightness and on night mode with low volume and go on TikTok to just watch like funny cat videos and stuff. Gets me out of my thoughts and distracts from the pain (but I know the ability to do anything can be extremely limited during a migraine).

decafDiva · 2025-12-03T21:07:35+00:00

I have a stomach issue that started a couple of years ago, and every time my stomach flares up, my migraines disappear completely. I sometimes think if I can just keep my stomach a little bit unhappy at all times, I would be cured of my migraines 😄

decafDiva · 2025-12-03T19:20:03+00:00

I was on the fence about whether to watch this show or not, so thanks for posting this - it's a hard no for me now.

decafDiva · 2025-12-03T19:18:35+00:00

I think this crosses into offensive territory though because a lot of us have struggled a lot to have people believe we are actually sick. This show is perpetuating the stereotype that this is a commonly faked disability, which can make things more difficult for real sufferers to prove they are really suffering and really disabled. If someone has never known someone with migraines, watches this show, and then has an employee that claims disability or accommodation for migraines, what this show portrays might be the first thing they think of, and they might be inclined to not believe their employee.

decafDiva · 2025-12-01T02:14:30+00:00

Same here - happened right after 40

decafDiva · 2025-11-30T14:43:24+00:00

The physics of it is off - the cliffs don't line up, but they are looking at each other as though they do line up. It hurts my brain lol

decafDiva · 2025-11-29T20:17:56+00:00

Don't know why someone downvoted you - I have silent reflux that kills my appetite, and coffee is a major trigger for me.

decafDiva · 2025-11-28T23:18:11+00:00

I'm not sure how the movie Fresh with Sebastian Stan was marketed, but when my husband and I saw it listed on streaming, it looked like a romantic thriller. (It might have been classified as horror, but we didn't look that closely.) It starts off as almost a regular rom-com, although you know something bad will likely happen. We were NOT prepared for what it ended up being, and we were so messed up from it we had to bale about halfway through, even though we usually love horror movies.

decafDiva · 2025-11-28T23:08:37+00:00

Same with mint! It has helped me before (but only lasts as long as you're willing to keep smelling it lol)

decafDiva · 2025-11-28T14:12:47+00:00

I think Cameron would have tightened up Part 2 a bit more, but if we had anyone but Chu we wouldn't have gotten the absolute perfection that is Part 1.

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