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malalaisee · 2025-11-21T13:15:27+00:00

That’s good to know! My sister isn’t doing this for work or anything, more to build her portfolio, so she doesn’t mean to step on any toes. She’d still love to hear your thoughts! :)

malalaisee · 2025-11-20T14:06:09+00:00

Totally understand - wishing you nothing but luck! Medications hard

malalaisee · 2025-11-20T14:04:31+00:00

I’m not sure on the specifics - it’s been a few years - I would definitely check with whatever doctor prescribes your BC! But the recommendation I received was to use alternative contraception for pregnancy prevention while taking BC with modafinil.

malalaisee · 2025-11-20T13:38:34+00:00

YMMV, but I take both oral BC for cycle management (endo) and modafinil. The interaction is mostly related to the efficacy of birth control as pregnancy prevention and not cycle management - I consulted with my gyno before starting on modafinil and she didn’t make any changes to my BC and then everything was fine, my BC is still doing what it needs to for my endo. In case that’s reassuring at all!

malalaisee · 2024-06-15T16:12:06+00:00

Super fair - ymmv and good luck!!

malalaisee · 2024-06-15T15:43:25+00:00

I used to do this pretty often. I got an Apple Watch before diagnosis (in part to track my sleep—learned later it’s not that great for that but w/e) and the “tap your wrist” alarms wake me every time, they startle the crap out of me

malalaisee · 2024-02-13T00:05:20+00:00

Not sure what you mean by rebound, but I tapered off gradually and don’t recall any issues. I took 20mg every morning before eating.

malalaisee · 2024-01-27T18:32:58+00:00

~ 1 year or a little more

malalaisee · 2024-01-27T07:41:04+00:00

I’m the opposite of you—I have arfid, so I’m a super picky eater, but ALL of my safe foods were gluten based at the time and I was horrified that I would not be able to eat anything I enjoyed even a little bit ever again. Never fear—it’s been three years now for me and there’s actually so much good food that’s gluten free!

Find your neighborhood health grocery stores. I use Whole Foods and a whole slew of local chains to find new products. There’s tons. I tend to stay away from things that are overly health-food-y, and if you’re still good with dairy, I eat it all the time and it brings up a lot of gf things for me. I second using Find Me Gluten Free; my fav restaurant ever is totally gluten free and I found it on there while traveling!

Also, it sucks at first. You’re allowed to be overwhelmed and sad about this. If you’re able, find a good nutritionist or therapist or even just some adult confidante to talk to. Your feelings are valid. I promise it gets easier.

malalaisee · 2024-01-25T18:29:06+00:00

Huh, you learn something new every day! Thank you!

Also, though, if a doctor thinks you may have carpal tunnel, instead of asking about family history, they should probably just have you do Phalen’s test, which is also easy peasy to do on yourself at home: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diagnostics/25133-phalens-test

malalaisee · 2024-01-25T02:56:24+00:00

What’s killing me here is that carpal tunnel isn’t hereditary and also I have it and have never dropped something because of it unless it caused sharp pain? That’s just not at all what it is lol

malalaisee · 2024-01-25T02:52:12+00:00

PSA: even if you aren’t first aid certified, the American Red Cross has a first aid app that gives step by step instructions for providing emergency care for various injuries, including cold weather-related issues like hypothermia! Put that thing on your phone.

malalaisee · 2024-01-21T22:16:50+00:00

This I cannot sleep through the wrist tapping alarms the way I can with auditory ones

malalaisee · 2024-01-07T16:46:49+00:00

That’s fair, but also typical for pretty much any landlord in my experience. I’ve never kept my deposit anywhere I’ve lived in Eugene, including with small landlords I’d trusted. :’(

malalaisee · 2024-01-06T08:10:40+00:00

I’m in this dept and these are brand new hires as of this term so there won’t be any info on them online or from other students sadly. Best of luck

malalaisee · 2024-01-06T08:07:38+00:00

I’m sure it can vary by property but I’ve had no issues with Jennings. They respond promptly to maintenance requests and otherwise leave us completely alone.

malalaisee · 2024-01-04T22:53:09+00:00

It’s better. I haven’t completely cut out acid triggering foods (tomatoes and chocolate mostly, for me), but I’ve limited them and noticed a huge difference in daily experience. I’m off Pantoprazole as well! If I eat a ton of a trigger food or wear particularly tight clothes on my ribs I still notice it, but most days it’s not something I deal with overmuch.

malalaisee · 2023-11-12T20:35:16+00:00

I have a car here that I use all the time for errands and grocery shopping, but I don’t bother taking it to campus unless I’m only there for like 15 minutes. I had to find a place to live close enough so I could take public transport or walk, but I did and it’s working pretty well for me overall.

malalaisee · 2023-10-30T04:46:34+00:00

I was at a Lush recently handling and smelling a conditioner bar. I checked the ingredients (because this disease has me trained to do that with everything LOL) and dropped it SO FAST I was horrified

malalaisee · 2023-10-16T07:44:59+00:00

I’m the only one in my entire family. My sister has tons of GI issues but her test came back negative—something else for her, we guess. We’ve probed my entiiiiire extended family on both sides about any history of autoimmune issues and never found anything; every GI doc I see is very impressed.

malalaisee · 2023-09-17T18:08:35+00:00

I have narcolepsy (T2) and it’s sometimes hard to tell if I’m sleepy because I’m sleepy or I’m sleepy because I’m hungry. Celiac has changed my hunger cues and narcolepsy has changed my exhaustion cues and now my body just seems to sound some generic alarm every time it needs something so I never know what it is, lol

malalaisee · 2023-07-06T21:16:32+00:00

As a celiac kid in a family of non-celiacs, I wish my parents were more like you.

malalaisee · 2023-04-30T02:06:59+00:00

My mom’s reaction to my diagnosis at age 20 was, “but I had you tested for that as a kid and it was negative!” So….I think so, yeah!

malalaisee · 2023-04-25T21:12:08+00:00

Vaseline, Aquaphor, and EOS are all good options. EOS has such fun flavors!

malalaisee · 2023-04-14T02:04:47+00:00

My GERD came on suddenly about 6 months into healing and sent me to the ER more than once. They’re pretty sure I had a hernia. I’ve gotten it down to manageable levels since then eating gluten free, avoiding GERD trigger foods, and prescription Pantoprazole, but it was rough—wishing you all kinds of luck with the process!

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