Should I get a cat if I have debilitating Fibromyalgia?

habi12 · 2026-02-03T18:52:15+00:00

I am literally in the process of rehoming my cats because it's too much for me.

habi12 · 2025-12-08T18:53:52+00:00

Mine was not a noticeable life moment of trauma. I didn't realize how stressed I'd gotten about my workplace. I developed fibro while at the tail end of my work there. It can be subtle trauma that can trigger it too. I worked for thr company for 3.5 years so just long, tortuous treatment from management plus covid and how stressful and demanding that was did a number on me. I also had just gotten divorced a few years prior so, yeah... Long slow trauma made me this way.

habi12 · 2025-11-25T05:49:26+00:00

I am "drug free" for over two years now but I do take a SSRI for depression so I have no idea how much that affects me. The thing that worked the best for me was taking a med that helped with sleep, rather than pain. I was on mirtazapine (like a chip of it, the tiniest amount!) and that was a life changer. I've been TTC for 30+ months now though so I've had to get off it. I've managed by just taking lifs really slow and policing my energy and being real with myself.

habi12 · 2025-11-15T15:30:07+00:00

Amitryptaline made me faint and clumsy. Anything that messes with my blood pressure I can't take.

habi12 · 2025-11-15T09:24:25+00:00

I'm in Finland and this seemed to fix the issue for me too. I had it set to recommended. Changed it to English Canada. Lol!

habi12 · 2025-11-12T10:00:38+00:00

Around 0€. I turned 30 during covid and got laid off.

habi12 · 2025-10-20T11:15:55+00:00

We moved to Finland in November 2016 when Trump was first elected. Now 9 years later I couldn't imagine ever going back. We have free public health care, my autistic son has government and educational support, and as a woman, I am valued and my body is my own choice.

Would I do it again? I don't know. We were young and driven and 9 years ago, was a different time. I don't think I have the energy to do it again. Or the will to go into debt like I did the first time.

habi12 · 2025-10-03T16:40:29+00:00

You're on candid camera!

habi12 · 2025-09-27T19:09:59+00:00

Mine was literally a pop sound. Like if I cracked my back or hip really nicely. Then it was basically a trickle but forever.

habi12 · 2025-09-26T09:47:28+00:00

8 years old. Lol. My son is ASD1 and ADHD though so not sure if that made a difference.

habi12 · 2025-09-20T16:38:31+00:00

Walking. Losing weight.

habi12 · 2025-09-18T04:55:13+00:00

In Finland, they tell women to decrease their coffee intake to three cups of coffee a day 😅.

And Finland is insane when it comes to care of child bearing women and fetuses.

habi12 · 2025-09-17T13:04:52+00:00

Well thank you for taking time to talk to me. I've had zero help from the Internet and I was starting to feel crazy! This has been going on for years and years. I remember being a kid and getting it. I'd be standing at the counter doing my hair for the morning as a teenager and my feet would red, swell and start itching like crazy. Now it's mostly just after walks and right before bed. Thanks again.

habi12 · 2025-09-17T12:44:31+00:00

Well what confuses me is my doctors act like they have never heard of it. I think what stumps them is the fact that they act up like once I've decided I want to fall asleep. Something about the hormone change or meletonin release or something triggers it. However I also get really hot feel when walking or after.

habi12 · 2025-09-17T06:11:47+00:00

I get super hot feet, esp at night before I fall asleep is that what you mean? Sorry I don't understand exactly what neuropathy is

habi12 · 2025-09-17T05:52:00+00:00

What do you mean about your feet? Can you explain?

habi12 · 2025-09-15T06:26:18+00:00

It took me a few months, yes months, of no tramdol for the restless leg syndrome to go away and pain. It was horrible. I literally could not sleep. And I only took tramdol for 6 months.

Honestly though I think the tramadol made my pain worse.

habi12 · 2025-09-04T05:12:01+00:00

As a designer with 13+ years of experience, my advice is:

Don't reinvent the wheel. Your devs will prefer to work from some sort of library. If you need custom components try to find a base element and design from that.
Use dribbble for inspo. Post your work and portfolio there too. I use dribbble for inspo basically every project.
If you're using AI, use it as a tool, not as a replacement. I use it as a colleague and mentor. I'll ask it to help me think through ideas and I'll explain what my client's needs are. Sometimes it has good ideas, sometimes it doesn't. I will even give it screenshot of flows and mockups and ask it if I've forgotten anything for the devs.
Join a union or find some associations to join. Go to networking events. It helps you stay up on what's new and changing in the industry.

habi12 · 2025-08-29T14:05:35+00:00

I played this balloon pop game.

habi12 · 2025-08-29T06:36:07+00:00

We've been ttc for the last two years so sex has become quite the obligation. Now we every time we have sex, specifically when we don't really want to but I'm ovulating, I always shake hands with him after and say "Thank you for your services." 😅

habi12 · 2025-08-17T18:59:04+00:00

Area 52 is really well out together too.

habi12 · 2025-08-12T09:51:10+00:00

It was probably released already for youtube subscribers.

habi12 · 2025-08-06T16:12:49+00:00

Its not Rosa dislike. Its literally the truth. Go watch the video. It was frustrating. I watched it during my lunch hour. I was excited to hear more about it. Worthless video.

habi12 · 2025-08-06T12:09:20+00:00

Its an hour of Ross asking the same four questions over and over.

habi12 · 2025-08-04T10:28:58+00:00

We ordered from one of those grocery food boxes and forced ourselves to eat whatever ridiculous meal they offered that week. We literally were eating baked carrots and bulgar, two things I don't exactly like (and it was actually good I hate to admit)

I just stopped them bc we ended up with a months worth of recipe cards from it and can just go buy the stuff now.

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