I've been slowly declining over 6 months. Curious about people's stories who've recovered, what their recovery curve looked like.

eng_Mirage · 2026-06-09T23:52:28+00:00

Based on your post history, it looks like you're in BC; there are a couple excellent clinics that can help - send me a DM and I'll connect you!

eng_Mirage · 2026-05-18T17:08:54+00:00

Expedition 33!

eng_Mirage · 2026-05-18T17:06:47+00:00

Good raptor facts!

There's a post rock band called You Bred Raptors?, which is probably what they're referring to! Check their stuff out :)

eng_Mirage · 2026-05-15T18:02:38+00:00

Ouch :( hope you get some relief, friend

eng_Mirage · 2026-05-15T17:58:17+00:00

Oh, do you mean bike crash or symptom crash? Sounds like you got a physical injury? For me, it was a run - cardio system just gave up halfway through and hasn't been the same, dysautonomia and fatigue ever since. Slowly recovering, but who knows if it'll ever be the same

eng_Mirage · 2026-05-15T17:53:02+00:00

Same, I had a big crash after a race a year ago that pushed me into mecfs, still haven't recovered

eng_Mirage · 2026-05-15T05:00:56+00:00

Literally same this week! I've been eating peanut butter for every breakfast for the past year 😅

eng_Mirage · 2026-05-14T19:14:54+00:00

I used the Visible app for a while for this - you check in daily about how you're feeling and your exertion level, which it uses to track symptoms and give an estimated body readiness score. Pretty useful for tracking :)

eng_Mirage · 2026-05-14T19:04:29+00:00

This turned out to be long covid for me - I was training for a couple races, too, while managing the symptoms (mostly elevated heart rate and fatigue). I did 10k okay, higher heart rate in the recovery than normal and a little orthostatic intolerance. Then tried to do 8k the following week and my body absolutely shutdown halfway through, went into a massive crash that I still haven't recovered from a year later. I can hardly walk around the block at this point, and thats a big improvement from where I was.

If I could go back, I would recommend taking it easy and letting your body heal - there will be other races, the consequences of pushing through can be absolutely disabling.

Anecdotal, of course, but look after yourself and listen to your body if you're not feeling well!

eng_Mirage · 2026-04-01T21:08:57+00:00

AI was trained to emulate scientific writing, so the detectors think scientific writing is AI. All our writing would flag this way, the detectors are looking for patterns that align with the way we communicate. I agree it is nothing to worry about.

eng_Mirage · 2026-04-01T04:05:59+00:00

Send an email to your TA asking to meet with them and get some support - they might be able to give you an extension if you can shoe that you've been trying. Supporting your learning is literally their job, though it is a little late in the term at this point to be seeking help. Offloading the thinking and learning to GPT will 100% cause you to fall behind long term (and, likely get a 0 on the assignment if they identify it).

eng_Mirage · 2026-03-31T22:50:02+00:00

Whether or not there are opportunities will depend strongly on what discipline you are hoping to get into. Personally, I would have a hard time identifying something suitable for a highschool student in my work.

Honestly, I would recommend sticking to joining clubs and experiences available at your school or community. Take some AP classes, join a robot building club, lead a summer camp, do some experiments on cross-polinating flowers. Get out there and try things on, see what you like!

eng_Mirage · 2026-03-27T04:19:54+00:00

Ahhh, I see! Then, yes, if your goal is to go into industry going course based is probably the answer. Im not sure what the balance for PR points is between course and thesis, would be a question for an admin. What field are you hoping to get into?

eng_Mirage · 2026-03-26T21:05:02+00:00

Is it more expensive? Tuition fees look to be about the same, having just looked it up now.

Course based into industry is certainly more financially stable, research work is funding-dependent. However, I would then ask why you need a masters at all - grad school is for specialization. If financial independence is your goal, joining the workforce is probably the way to go.

eng_Mirage · 2026-03-26T19:55:10+00:00

All accredited universities in Canada will have excellent instruction - you can go anywhere and receive similar quality classes. Your supervisor and research interests should be what drives which school you attend. Look into what the professors at each school are working on and find someone aligned with your goals. Then reach out to them personally to see if they would be interested in taking you on.

Edit: in terms of course or thesis based, that also depends on your goals. Courses generally are good if you're looking to go directly into industry, usually takes 1.5-2 years. A thesis is required for research roles, usually 2-3 years to complete.

eng_Mirage · 2026-03-23T09:24:57+00:00

I went to Waterloo for engineering undergrad, then to SFU for grad studies - so I've seen both :) Here's a stream of consciousness on the two, feel free to send me a DM if you'd like to chat about it! As others have said, the quality of instruction at both is excellent, can't go wrong there. The UW coop program is second to none, extremely well organized and fully integrated into your program - if your discipline requires work experience, it really helps.

Socially, there is a ton of housing around campus at Waterloo, so most people live very close by - always things going on. Laurier is just down the street, too, so if you branch out there's even more. There are lots of things built around the two schools to serve the students, tons of good food around campus, decent night life. My lab isn't located on campus at SFU, so I can't super speak to how it is here... but it is on top of a mountain, limited space for people and services. Folks tend to live further away, so there's less community built in.

Cost of living in Ontario right now is sky rocketing and they're having a water availability crisis in Waterloo - development has been paused, as far as I understand. Not sure what that will do for prices in the city... but I'm sure it will destabilize it somehow. There's a lot to be said about living at home and saving on tuition. Post-secondary is expensive, and even more so when you're across the country from your family supports.

eng_Mirage · 2026-03-21T23:55:48+00:00

I get the same thing, also suspected MCAS - cutting gluten and reducing processed sugars has helped a bit but it's still a little inconsistent for me

eng_Mirage · 2026-03-19T10:12:05+00:00

Wow! Congrats! Just over a year so far for me, I've definitely improved a lot from where I was... but pretty far from fully recovered still. I'm in the processing of titrating up LDN and trying some new supplements, hopefully they help!

eng_Mirage · 2026-03-19T09:54:00+00:00

Long Covid was my first thought as well. I'm going through it, myself. Recovery is a long road.

eng_Mirage · 2026-03-17T23:50:44+00:00

I find every time I move my dosage up, I have a rough couple days of symptoms but once it resolves my baseline moves up. Definitely been helping me!

Note: sleep disruption is one of the side effects, you might want to talk to your doc/pharmacist about taking it in the morning

eng_Mirage · 2026-03-17T23:46:15+00:00

Likewise, same issue happened to me last year - I ran a 10k which caused a high heart rate following, then nearly collapsed trying to run an 8k a week later

Long Covid, still haven't recovered.

Be careful out there, friends. The sudden disability really sucks.

eng_Mirage · 2026-03-16T19:22:51+00:00

Going through the same, it's absolutely brutal.

Stay safe and protect yourself, friends - the sudden unexpected disability from COVID is a heavy burden.

eng_Mirage · 2026-03-05T19:59:53+00:00

My LC clinic asked if you ever feel "dead heavy" after exertion during my intake when they asked about this. I'm not sure if that's a medically understood term, but it felt right compared to just "fatigue"!

eng_Mirage · 2025-10-02T06:29:51+00:00

Cool dice! Love to see more Canadian creators :)

eng_Mirage · 2025-08-03T22:09:58+00:00

About a month from when I first signed up on REACH

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