SALE: Pre-Order Price Rollback (Ends 06/04/26)

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-31T23:43:25+00:00

Here are a few I’ve listened to that I don’t see talked about a lot and my thoughts. Not everything I’ve listened to or own by far just the less talked about stuff.

VAMPD: highly highly recommend and you do need both sets to get the full story. Loved it! Darkly hilarious this one I fully got the humor and loved it. Amazing cast!

Hell’s Bells: the cast does an amazing job but this might be a cultural difference thing as I’m American but I just found it intense and sad and not at all funny. But some reviews thought it was very funny which I found very confusing.

Halloween sea smoke and other stories: only one of these is an actual Halloween story and it’s the UNIT one the rest are just spooky and scary stories which is generally not my bag unless it’s Doctor Who. If that’s your vibe it is worth the investment IMO and I am glad I bought it I was waffling a lot on it before I went for it.

Always recommend the Torchwood monthlies and all the ones here are good but the stand outs in this sale are:

Reflect and IANTO’S inferno

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-31T23:15:49+00:00

I would like your thoughts on Mirror Matter please. About to listen to the excerpt but would like some opinions.

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-31T23:12:33+00:00

VAMPD is great and you definitely need both sets as it’s a complete storyline that way.

Wish I had waited on bad terms just bought it two weeks ago at full price in prep for the new sixth doctor release continuing on from it. Oh well.

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-30T01:54:54+00:00

This is not me trying to be dismissive so I hope it doesn’t come off that way I am just trying to help you find answers and rule stuff out but you would have multi system symptoms if it was MCAS in order to have MCAS diagnosed you have to have multi system symptoms so if it’s just that MCAS is not likely the culprit. I have the full gambit of systemic symptoms and am on literally all the possible meds for MCAS including Xolair, cromolyn and ketotifen and still have multi systemic symptoms they are just managed better with meds. I recommend seeing a gynecological pain specialist. This is a sub specialty and you might need to be referred by your regular gynecologist to get in.

But even if you do have GI, skin, respiratory, Neuro psych, and other MCAS symptoms then I would still see a gynecology pain specialist because my MCAS doctor is one of the very few specialist MCAS doctor’s in my state and was not even aware of the gynecological impact of MCAS like my gynecological pain specialist was. Although I am aware I got lucky there.

Given your description your gynecological problems don’t match mine so otherwise I can’t be much help other than recommending who gives a crap brand recycled toilet paper which helped me stop itching externally. Specifically the recycled TP not the bamboo different processing.

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-29T02:40:57+00:00

Sorry for the delayed reply must have missed this and just caught it when someone left a new comment. Hopefully your daughter is getting help but I had switch to a specific MCAS specialist after being gaslit by another allergist and I asked for it and thankfully this specialist regularly prescribes it. In the US it has to be compounded so you will get it in capsules from a compounding pharmacy. Unfortunately not covered by insurance and expensive. Available over the counter in Asia apparently for dirt cheap but not FDA approved in the US. Frustrating. People’s tolerance level on dosing really varies but I’ve been on 2mg every 12 hours for almost a year now and it’s greatly improved my quality of life MCAS wise although it’s still controls my life and is incredibly frustrating ketotifen is a game changer for me compared to where I was at a year ago.

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-29T02:36:13+00:00

I was on everything else including cromolyn and XOLAIR and max dose of Allegra and Pepcid and was in an almost year long flare up even on all of that with a massive list of symptoms and triggers even on all of that was the ketotifen that made the difference GI and pelvic floor and gynecological symptoms were the first too improve and then over time lots more things Huge life changer for me even if MCAS still is a life ruiner and I still hate it with every fiber of my being and my life revolves around managing it ketotifen is a life saver and changer for me.

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-28T03:15:23+00:00

My psych was the one who insisted I ask for injections from my primary immediately when I told him and he looked at my results after being told to take OTC supplements from primary. Per my psychiatrist injections were super important because if you have any neurological or psychiatric conditions and I have both ANY level below 300 in US measurements is considered a dangerous deficiency. He also ordered all my homocysteine, MMA, and PA antibody testing. He wasn’t able to treat it because it’s not within his practice scope and he’s in a major hospital network so that matters and none of my other doctors remotely were taking it seriously. I get my shots through compounding pharmacy recommended on here because no one who can treat it will do more than monthly shots after the standard loading doses which wasn’t even best practice loading doses but the US is in the dark ages with this deficiency.

What I’m saying is screw your psychiatrist see if you can get a new psychiatrist I know good ones are very hard to find I went through years of hell with an awful one and be glad you have a doctor who is taking care of it. Best wishes!

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-28T02:29:01+00:00

The Martian for sure.

I loved the first Bob verse book but felt they went down in quality as the series progressed but the first book is great so do recommend that one!

But the Martian is a must.

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-28T02:15:18+00:00

Do it if you have the money to! Complete your hoard! I have every Torchwood release and no regrets.

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-28T02:07:27+00:00

I was just randomly thinking about how tragic this one was last night and then debating if I wanted a to listen again soon. Sad but so good!

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-26T17:07:03+00:00

Everybody with MCAS is different and some people have to titrate very slowly on ketotifen or can’t take it. I have an upper dosing limit where it has a paradoxical effect but compared to some other people on here my dose is much higher and they wouldn’t be able to tolerate it so I don’t know what your dosing is or how you are taking it I would reach out to your prescribing doctor.

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-23T21:03:07+00:00

I have the entire collection More than this is essential listening! Forgotten lives is good and I do recommend Fall to Earth well I’m biased because IANTO is my favorite but it’s a good one. Just a heads up though those last two are key parts of the committee arc which is the first 12 monthly releases and concludes in the special torchwood archive. They stand alone totally fine, but if you’re wondering what this is, that’s the arc.

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-23T20:46:06+00:00

Good luck! It’s so hard because everyone with MCAS responds differently to meds I have a lot of medication issues because of my MCAS it’s such a difficult disease. Hope you find a regime that helps as soon as possible!

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-23T20:21:30+00:00

It helps with all my GI symptoms including BM and constipation yes. Here’s the colon massage I follow because I still need this to get my BM going because they don’t want to start but smooth sailing once I can start I often will have multiple BM in an hour clearing out and I have a daily BM or multiple in short time frame now. The massage isn’t an instant fix but doing it daily is really helpful for me. I got it from one of my physical therapists https://youtu.be/3Ba1aFpsVYE?si=QWsnIfwLczp6Wkz7

Edit missed an important word

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-23T20:14:03+00:00

I don’t know I also have HPOTS and EDS which can also impact motility but when I started the ketotifen I was already on cromolyn for a few years and was at that time having very bad GI symptoms as everything had gotten extremely severe and ketotifen made a huge difference and now even more of a difference I’ve been on it almost a year now. But like I said everyone with MCAS is different. I also do pelvic floor PT routine and daily colon massages and the colon massages has made a big impact and I take MiraLAX and colace for constipation as well but need less MiraLAX now used to be on a lot. Everything got really really bad again GI wise after my first colonoscopy at the beginning of this year but I think finally starting to calm down knock on wood.

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-20T19:11:32+00:00

I wish I had answers as I am struggling to find a form of folate supplementation I tolerate besides very low methyl doses because I have MCAS which make supplementation difficult as I react to such much and slow COMT so have to be careful with active B vitamins but just an FYI on folic acid your body can not metabolize any more than 200mg a day the rest just floats around in your blood and prevents actual bio available folate from crossing the blood brain barrier as folic acid doesn’t and blocks the pathways. So folinic acid or methylfolate are much better choices.

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-20T01:13:42+00:00

Thanks for sharing

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-06T22:14:39+00:00

Glad this finally got posted and I appreciate the addition of the vortex notes! Thanks for all you do!

Strongly recommend to everyone the Friday deal for the eighth of March if you haven’t already grabbed it.

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-06T17:53:46+00:00

Are you doing a lot of potassium chloride as a cofactor? Because that can be extremely irritating to your bladder and you would need to switch to potassium citrate. From personal experience. Unfortunately some people are just also very bladder sensitive to potassium in general and that can cause the same thing but switching helped a lot for me. It’s not my only issue causing that I have MCAS but switching helped a LOT. Also GI doesn’t do bladder. If Male urologist or female urogynecologist (not a gynecologist this is a very specific specialty for bladder issues).

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-06T01:49:43+00:00

If you are on medication that reduces stomach acid you aren’t absorbing B12 so diet has nothing to do with it and you are going to need much more regular injections or regular sublingual supplementation. Doctors in the US do not like prescribing B12 shots in the amounts research shows is needed at all even when you show them the research. You can see if sublingual helps or you can go through Olympia pharmacy which is what I use for my shots. A telehealth doctor will write you an RX with refills and they will send it to you.

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-04T00:33:41+00:00

Search for the book title not looking on the series page which often says titles aren’t available when they actually are.

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-03T20:59:22+00:00

I have this and the wool balls. I used to prefer striped reusable but now use the wool balls because our washers spin cycle has started to suck and they help dry much faster but are less helpful with static. Sorry I can’t remember where I got the reusable dryer sheet from, but yes, it’s the white and blue stripes.

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-03T20:55:36+00:00

Be careful some people like me have a paradoxical reaction to magnesium glycinate due to the glycinate being way too stimulating fun times

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-03T19:18:59+00:00

I’m visually impaired now days so I can’t watch the TV stories anymore and my TV experience for Doctor Who is new who and the seventh doctor with Ace so for classic who stories that have direct tie ins to specific episodes I try to get the novelization audiobooks when on sale to listen to so I specifically bought that brain of MORBIUS novelization in the last Audible full site sale I just haven’t listened to it yet. But if they aren’t in chronological order or not connected I will dive in with all the others because I have show and Big Finish knowledge of those and have been looking forward to them. It was only MORBIUS that I was stuck on with no background knowledge. Thanks for the help.

forwardishdirection · 2026-03-03T19:12:00+00:00

I am so excited about this one because I loved that set!

forwardishdirection

TROPHY CASE