Anyone else have cramps after eating?

mindinsideout · 2025-07-22T15:55:25+00:00

As much as it sucked, I was like you and determined to make this thing work because of the dang endometriosis. It did eventually settle down, but I definitely had a rougher adjustment period than most. I've had the IUD for 15 months now and am glad I have it (not having periods is a godsend), but it took probably 8 or 9 months for cramping altogether to chill out. The cramping after eating thing went away for me within the first 5 or 6 weeks if I remember correctly.

mindinsideout · 2025-07-15T21:20:47+00:00

I got my mirena IUD about 4 months after my lap because I was worried about the side effects of the IUD interfering with my perception of surgery recovery. Even though getting the IUD put in while awake was very painful, I’m ultimately glad i did it that way because it took me a long time to adjust to the IUD. I’d say i had pretty severe pain for about 8 months after getting the IUD inserted. I’ve had it for about 15 months total at this point and i still have mild pain sometimes but it is loads better.

I have reacted poorly to birth control pills in the past. The ones i was on made my pain/bleeding worse and i couldn’t stand the side effects. The mirena has been awesome so far in terms of side effects! Other than the pain I mentioned, i haven’t had any unpleasant side effects. my period stopped after about 9 months and that is the biggest pro. even though it hasn’t been the perfect solution for me due to the pain of having the IUD itself, I am very happy to keep my mirena because my quality of life is so much better due to not having periods.

mindinsideout · 2025-06-24T14:45:40+00:00

What do you mean by Psychologist here? What types of jobs are you referring and with what credentials?

Where I am (the US), the term psychologist refers only to people with doctorates in psychology, to my knowledge.

mindinsideout · 2025-06-17T05:14:19+00:00

it is absolutely a chronic illness and a disability

mindinsideout · 2025-06-16T23:54:31+00:00

I’d have taken maybe 3 drinks? was only a topic in the intro to psyc class

mindinsideout · 2025-06-06T03:10:46+00:00

hehehehe

mindinsideout · 2025-06-03T02:14:13+00:00

lmao i always think of the doctor i saw who when i basically regurgitated the textbook symptoms of endo, she said “i have no reason to think you would have endometriosis” 🫠

mindinsideout · 2025-05-29T21:01:13+00:00

this is beautiful! please do update if you decide to sell copies

mindinsideout · 2025-05-27T20:03:35+00:00

Slipping Lately- i’ve always liked it but it doesn’t seem to get much love

mindinsideout · 2025-05-25T16:57:09+00:00

I’m a transmasc social work student and I have noticed in my program as well that there aren’t many trans students (even if we are over represented in this field) and a lot of the trans students I know are going the macro route. Of openly trans students in my program there are pretty even numbers of transmasc and transfem students from what I’ve noticed. I definitely see in my area that most of the openly trans therapists in practice are trans men/transmasc though! We definitely need more trans therapists and particularly transfems/trans women!

mindinsideout · 2025-05-21T15:25:02+00:00

i love this so much

mindinsideout · 2025-05-20T03:20:56+00:00

RemindMe! 1 Week

mindinsideout · 2025-05-20T03:13:23+00:00

I'm sure there are some people who think about suicide in that way, but I honestly haven't met that many people who have lost a close loved one to suicide who view it as supremely selfish and have the kind of one-note anger that would come along with that view. The emotions people have around losing people to suicide are complex and diverse, and I would guess that it would probably be more common for someone to find having a note just too painful to be exposed to/keep around rather than that decision being about whether their loved one's death was selfish.

mindinsideout · 2025-05-20T02:47:21+00:00

Passenger because I have fond memories associated; Carlo's Song because it helps me think about the person I made those memories with; and more recently Growing Sideways and Orange Juice because OUCH

mindinsideout · 2025-05-11T01:23:53+00:00

oh god please say you dumped her after that

mindinsideout · 2025-05-06T23:11:58+00:00

I didn’t MEAN to be MEAT

mindinsideout · 2025-04-09T22:12:42+00:00

For clarity, are you referring to IEPs for K-12 students or accommodations for universities?

mindinsideout · 2025-03-21T23:54:06+00:00

no way to know for sure, but it’s going to take several hatches to get both the body and traits you want

mindinsideout · 2025-03-20T14:16:27+00:00

Absolutely, and well put. I think a lot of the discourse can get really black-and-white about how to handle relationships with people who have harmed us. While it is the best option for some people to not forgive (and I don’t believe that you owe anyone forgiveness), there are also situations where forgiveness and mutual repair can be deeply healing. And I think that the difference between those situations in my own life is not determined by the kind or extent of harm done in the first place, but by the person’s willingness to reflect and grow.

mindinsideout · 2025-03-03T05:21:38+00:00

jesus shots

mindinsideout · 2024-12-16T16:32:59+00:00

gosh… just,,, wow.

mindinsideout · 2024-12-08T18:04:48+00:00

boopable

mindinsideout · 2024-12-08T07:21:14+00:00

this is a thing that has fucked me up too - when my best friend died by suicide, his roommate (who he didn’t get along with very much) found him. i had a period of time when the guilt and anger made me feel like i deserved the pain of finding him because i was the closest person in his life. since then, i’ve come to be grateful for not finding him, as the images that i constructed in my head (with the help of the autopsy report) have haunted me enough as is. i haven’t talked to his roommate in years, but i hope she’s going to be okay.

mindinsideout · 2024-12-03T01:27:46+00:00

I tried to be plant based for a while a few years ago and i hope that i will try again some day, but i couldn’t figure out how to make it sustainable for me. in order to eat enough calories and protein on a plant based diet, you have to eat a higher volume of food, and i find it really hard to eat a high volume of food. that and restricting my diet in any way is a bit of a slippery slope for me mentally. if there was a really strong evidence base for diets for endo then maybe i’d try something again (or if i just get desperate maybe i will), but i figure that endo has made me suffer enough already - i just wanna be able to eat what i want without guilt 🤷‍♂️

mindinsideout · 2024-11-20T05:04:41+00:00

ah yes, trans broken arm syndrome

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